Accountability

Some need personal accountability to other believers in a more significant way.  

 

We are all weak, and we are all ultimately accountable to God, before whom we will all stand to be judged.  We are not judged in this strong sense by any man, so surely we should fear God more?  

 

He sees everything, and nobody can lie to Him and deceive Him the way one man can deceive another.  There is no hiding your sin from God.

 

Better to be directly accountable to God, and to know the presence of His Spirit in conviction of sin.  Keeping your hand from that which is evil because the God who has had great mercy on you can see you always.

 

But... we are so weak and filled with unbelief that we need an accountability partner at our own level.  This should be an encouraging and growing relationship to make each other better believers, walking in the fruit of righteousness more convincingly.  And we should make a practice of learning to do this because God is with us, rather than because we will meet once a month with a friend we don't want to disappoint.

 

God is real.  Aim not to disappoint Him before man.