Accountability

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Accountability

• Family series Part 6

Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
March 11, 2007
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• Accountability to be liable, subject to
  giving an account, To be answerable to God
  Almighty.

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Philippians 210-11 that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and
under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.

• Hebrews 413 Nothing in all creation is hidden
  from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and
  laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must
  give account.

Ecclesiastes 1214 For God will bring every deed
into judgment, including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.
Romans 1412 So then, each of us will give an
account of himself to God.
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Im Accountable to God
1. To Know and Love Him Personally.

• 1 John 410 This is love not that we loved God,
  but that he loved us and sent his Son as an
  atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• Ecclesiastes 317 God will bring to judgment
  both the righteous and the wicked, for there will
  be a time for every activity, a time for every
  deed."

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Know the Lord

• 2 Thessalonians 18 in flaming fire, bringing
  judgment on those who don't know God and on those
  who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord
  Jesus. NLT
• John 336 And all who believe in God's Son have
  eternal life. Those who don't obey the Son will
  never experience eternal life, but the wrath of
  God remains upon them." NLT

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Genuine Salvation

• Admit my sin be willing to turn from it
  (repentance).
• Believe Jesus sacrificially died for your sin
  rose again.
• Invite Jesus Christ to come into your life as
  Savior Lord.

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Love the Lord

• Mark 1230 Love the Lord your God with all your
  heart and with all your soul and with all your
  mind and with all your strength.'
• Galatians 220 I have been crucified with Christ
  and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The
  life I live in the body, I live by faith in the
  Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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Im Accountable to God 2. To Teach my Family
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To Fear their God

• Proverbs 17 The fear of the LORD is the
  beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom
  and discipline.
• Proverbs 910 "The fear of the LORD is the
  beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy
  One is understanding.

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To Guard their minds

• Proverbs 423 Above all else, guard your heart,
  for it is the wellspring of life.

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To Obey their parents

• Proverbs 620-23 My son, keep your father's
  commands and do not forsake your mother's
  teaching. 21 Bind them upon your heart forever
  fasten them around your neck. 22 When you walk,
  they will guide you when you sleep, they will
  watch over you when you awake, they will speak
  to you. 23 For these commands are a lamp, this
  teaching is a light, and the corrections of
  discipline are the way to life,

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To Select their companions

• Proverbs 1320 He who walks with the wise grows
  wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
• 1 Corinthians 1533 Do not be misled "Bad
  company corrupts good character."

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To Control their lust

• 2 Timothy 222 Flee the evil desires of youth,
  and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace,
  along with those who call on the Lord out of a
  pure heart.

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To Enjoy their spouses

• Proverbs 515 Drink water from your own cistern,
  running water from your own well.
• 1 Thessalonians 43-5 It is God's will that you
  should be sanctified that you should avoid
  sexual immorality 4 that each of you should
  learn to control his own body in a way that is
  holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like
  the heathen, who do not know God

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To Watch their words

• Proverbs 424 Put away perversity from your
  mouth keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
• Proverbs 1218 Reckless words pierce like a
  sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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To Pursue their work

• Proverbs 66-8 Go to the ant, you sluggard
  consider its ways and be wise! 7 It has no
  commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet it stores
  its provisions in summer and gathers its food at
  harvest.

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To Manage their money

• Proverbs 39-10 Honor the LORD with your wealth,
  with the firstfruits of all your crops 10 then
  your barns will be filled to overflowing, and
  your vats will brim over with new wine.
• Proverbs 234 Do not wear yourself out to get
  rich have the wisdom to show restraint.

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To Love their neighbor

• Proverbs 327-29 Do not withhold good from those
  who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.
  28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later
  I'll give it tomorrow"-- when you now have it
  with you. 29 Do not plot harm against your
  neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
• Matthew 2239 And the second is like it 'Love
  your neighbor as yourself.'

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Im Accountable to God
3. To Serve Christ by Serving One Another.

• 1 Peter 410 Each one should use whatever gift he
  has received to serve others, faithfully
  administering God's grace in its various forms.
• John 1226 Whoever serves me must follow me and
  where I am, my servant also will be. My Father
  will honor the one who serves me.

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Im Accountable to God
4. To Reach my World with the Gospel of Jesus
Christ.

• Acts 18 But you will receive power when the Holy
  Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses
  in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and
  to the ends of the earth."
• Luke 1423 "Then the master told his servant, 'Go
  out to the roads and country lanes and make them
  come in, so that my house will be full.

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• Adapted from following resources
• The Heritage Foundation - http//www.heritage.org
• Family Life - http//www.familylife.com
• Successful Christian Parenting, John MacArthur
  Word Publishing 1998
• The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman
  Northfield publishing 2004
• Starting Your Marriage Right, Dennis Barbara
  Rainey Nelson Books 2000
• Battle Cry for a Generation, Ron Luce Cook
  Ministries NexGen 2005
• Bringing Up Kids Without Tearing them Down, Dr
  Kevin Leman Delacorte Press 1993