{"id":1560,"date":"2022-01-02T13:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T19:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2022-01-05T07:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T13:08:49","slug":"the-accounting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/02\/the-accounting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Accounting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cFor God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be<\/em> good, or whether it be<\/em> evil<\/strong>.\u201d
Ecclesiastes 12:14 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There were times in the Old Testament that God warned a people that He would send complete and utter destruction upon them because they were against God\u2019s people and because of their wickedness (remember Nineveh in the book of Nahum). The city of Nineveh saw complete physical destruction. In remembering the book of Nahum, one can see the wrath of God fall upon a nation that had wronged His people. However, more than that, remember that the people in Nineveh had once repented from their sin and wickedness and turned to God (during the days of Jonah). Nevertheless, the people of Nineveh forgot God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, we must consider another kind of judgment as\nwell. Each Christian will be accountable for his or her own actions: good or\nevil. After we die, we will all stand before the Lord and He will pass eternal\njudgment upon each individual according to what that person has done with his\nor her life. \u201c10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ;\nthat every one may receive the things done<\/em> in his<\/em> body, according\nto that he hath done, whether it be<\/em> good or bad. 11. Knowing therefore\nthe terror of the Lord, we persuade men \u2026<\/strong>\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:10\u201311a). These verses were written as a\nwarning to Christian people. Terror<\/strong>\nin this verse means \u201ca deep and reverential sense of accountability to God\nor Jesus<\/em>.\u201d How many Christians are living their life with a deep and reverential\nsense of accountability to God; or are most people just living a life pleasing\nself? Just as in the Bible times, today, each person must consider the things\ndone in his body, whether they are good or bad, knowing God is a perfect and\nrighteous judge. Not only will we be accountable, but we should live a life\nthat persuades others to have a reverential fear of God as well. God had spared\nthe city of Nineveh once before\n(remember Jonah). Nevertheless, when they returned to sin, forsaking God and His\npeople, there was a price to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the New Testament, we can read pictures of a life<\/em><\/strong> apart<\/em><\/strong>\nfrom Christ. These are then compared to a life with<\/em><\/strong> Christ. Be\nencouraged to compare your own life to these verses and see what kind of a life\nyou live in comparison to God\u2019s Word, revealing the kind of witness you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must understand the law reveals the sinner (remember that all are\nsinners according to Romans 3:23). \u201c9.\nKnowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless\nand disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for\nmurderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10. For\nwhoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers,\nfor liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is\ncontrary to sound doctrine<\/strong>\u201d (1 Timothy 1:9\u201310).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christians are not to live like the world. \u201c17. This I say therefore,\nand testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in\nthe vanity of their mind, 18. Having the understanding darkened, being\nalienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because\nof the blindness of their heart: 19. Who being past feeling have given\nthemselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness<\/strong>\u201d\n(Ephesians 4:17\u201319).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are Christians to live? Read and then reread the following verses: \u201c22.\nThat ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is\ncorrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23. And be renewed in the spirit of\nyour mind; 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in\nrighteousness and true holiness. 25. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every\nman truth with his neighbour \u2026 26. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go\ndown upon your wrath: 27. Neither give place to the devil. 28. Let him that\nstole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his<\/em> hands\nthe thing which is good \u2026 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your\nmouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying \u2026 30. And grieve not the\nholy Spirit of God \u2026 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour,\nand evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32. And be ye kind\none to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s\nsake hath forgiven you<\/strong>\u201d (Ephesians 4:22\u201332).\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember what Solomon recorded for us to remember. \u201cFor God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be<\/em> good, or whether it be<\/em> evil<\/strong>\u201d (Ecclesiastes 12:14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you live a life in which you are ready to give an accounting to the Lord?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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