Saturday, April 23, 2016

Accountability

Luke 12:45-48 
45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47 And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

We are accountable for all God gives, and especially how we use our gifts for others.  If we do not love others in action we do not love God, and will answer for it.  As this parable says, it depends on if we willingly sin against others or knew and just neglected to do what is right, or if we really did not know fully and still did wrong.  God sees our hearts and actions, and rewards accordingly.  We are not the judge who sentences, but must also know grace and mercy that delivers us, yet understand accountability is written in each of our books.

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