8-18-19Freedom Series

Accountability

1. Growtha. Inviting others to speak into your life will:

Cause you to look at your ______________________.

Proverbs 27: 17As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

Push you onto _____________________ deeds.

Hebrews 10: 24 – 25 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Help you recognize and deal with ___________.

Proverbs 27: 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Galatians 6: 1 – 2 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 

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b. Invited authority – A Warning and a SuggestionMatthew 7: 1 – 6 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Ephesians 4: 29 – 32 29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

2. Protectiona. When you are close to others in a community there

are people __________________________________Ecclesiastes 4: 9 – 10 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

b. Wise decisions are made when we ______________Proverbs 11: 14Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

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c. When the disaster strikes, those on the outskirts ____________________________________

Numbers 11: 1And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. 

3. Healtha. Others shining a light on the dark areas of your life

can restore you to ______________________James 5: 19 – 20 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

b. Darkness does not dwell in the _________________John 8: 1212 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Matthew 5: 14 – 16 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

c. When we know people are looking we don’t tend to _________________

Luke 12: 2 – 3 2 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not

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be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

4. Accountability towards Goda. God so ____________________ the world

John 3: 1616 “For God so loved the world,[i] that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

b. An inheritance was givenJohn 1: 12 – 1312 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

c. The household of God comes with _____________Matthew 22: 36 – 40 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

d. _________ will give an account to GodRomans 14: 10 – 1210 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” 12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Response:

What is God speaking to me?

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Specifically, how will I obey Him?

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