|
|
 |
discipleship
Accountability
Accountability is vital to finishing the course set
by Jesus. It can be described as opening your life to
a few carefully selected, trusted, and loyal confidants
who speak the truth in love and who have the right to
examine, ask the hard questions, and give counsel.
Four Qualities in Accountability
- Vulnerability - Capable
of being wounded, shown to be wrong, even admitting
it before being confronted.
- Teachability - A willingness
to learn, being quick to hear and respond to reproof,
being open to counsel.
- Availability - Accessible,
touchable, able to be interrupted.
- Honesty - Committed to
the truth regardless of how much it hurts, a willingness
to admit the truth no matter how difficult or humiliating
the admission may be.
Biblical Principles
Accountability to:
- God is inescapable
and inevitable. (Matt. 12:35-36; Rom. 14:10-12)
- Spiritual leaders as
commanded by God and is profitable to us. (1
Cor. 16:13-16; Heb. 13:17)
- One another is helpful
and healthy. (Rom. 12:9-16; Rom. 15:1-2,14; Gal.
5:25-6:2)
Advantages of Accountability
- When we are regularly accountable,
we're less likely to stumble. (Prov. 13:10,14,18,20;
15:31-33)
- When we are regularly accountable,
we are more likely to see accurately. (Prov.
27:17,19)
- When we are regularly accountable,
we are not likely to get away with sinful and unwise
actions. (Prov. 27:6)
An Honest Evaluation of Ourselves
- Can you name one or more people outside
your family to whom you have made yourself regularly
accountable?
- Are you aware of the dangers of
not having accountability?
- When was the last time you gave
an account of the "private areas" of your life
to someone outside your family?
|
Adobe
pdf
