GOD- THE LIFE CHANGER. Pt. 1

FAITH

While reading Deuteronomy 6... I could not help but see what FAITH does in GOD.  It is a very different landscape and new world with God.   It is an indeed a very “unexpected” journey.  Though once part of "this" world we now become like foreigners and nomads living and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with our fellow man while we look forward to the time when we can finally fall asleep and the angels lift us out of these bodies and we go to our rightful HOME... that is if we are not taken up or ruptured first.

 

TO SEE JESUS... the one when we think about -brings all good things to our soul.   Though HIS smile, I have only seen in visions and dreams , it instantly lifts and lights my burden soul.  How wonderful this affect is on the soul - I do wonder how much more wonderful it will be when there is nothing separating us from HIM.  

Like a child who loves the embrace of a parent or relative, I look forward to JESUS' embrace.    To hear his laugh and hear the voice that called everything into being.  Can you imagine? We will hold the very hands that made and formed us and even took the punishment for us.    

John 1:3 says: “God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.”

GOD the FATHER thought it, JESUS spoke it, and the Spirit created it.

 

Can you imagine the hands lifted in such JOY and PRAISE!  Hands raised in golden rain that soaks and saturates our smiling faces (I do not how this will be because I have only seen glimpses of this in vision.) I look forward to be without fail in his continual presence where no fleshly hindrances interrupt - for full surrender is that what will be lived in heaven of every moment of eternity.   The peace and energy that will encompass us.  It will be beyond comprehension.  

We gave nothing compared to GOD who gave everything to become personal with us.  We gave ourselves and GOD gave us HIMSELF which is everything!   

Now we draw water from cisterns we did not dig and eat from vineyards and olive trees we did not plant.   The Spirit gives us living water and we are anointed and baptized in HIS Spirit.  The LORD has broken the chains of our slavery and rescued us from Hell.  We have opportunities everyday to stop from our basic cluttered thinking and start afresh- abiding in His SPIRIT of GOD who is richly stocks us with unlimited goods and resources to encourage and relieve us from our load.   Where we receive understandings and spiritual food we did not produce or thinking up on our own.  He is the one who becomes our guide of the day- organizing the tasks at hand and we often don’t thank GOD for doing such thing- and for this I am sorry for not recognizing the efforts you have put forth for me. 

By GOD’s patient teaching, we realize LIFE is about trusting GOD with holy surrender and reverence knowing in doing so he blesses and preserves our soul.

Religion does not do this for how could it if GOD is absent and it only preserves the traditions of man.  Religion is acting.  Religion is left to it's own unsatisfying devices; it is absent of the assurances, hopes and leadership of GOD. 

GOD is the GOD of FAITH not RELIGION.

Faith is finding GOD is GOOD and FULL OF MERCY.   FAITH is KNOWING GOD is SPIRIT and HE ALONE renews the SOUL and makes us RIGHT with HIMSELF.       

RELIGION can use God’s name or not use God’s name and even those who claim to have no religion have the religion of their own understanding.  Religious people like to crawl into the seat, which is rightfully GOD’s.  They are like kings and rulers who kill their predecessor so they can be ruler but GOD cannot be killed and no one can sit on HIS throne but HIM. 

    

RELIGION is dependent upon all the accomplishments and deeds of the USER and excludes GOD from being SOLE SAVIOR.   

JESUS said: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.  The words I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” JOHN 6:63

JESUS speaking of himself said: “There is no judgment awaiting those who trust him.  But those who do not trust him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God.  Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than light, for their actions were evil.  They hate the light because they want to sin in the darkness.  They stay away from the light for fear their sins will be exposed and they will be punished.  But those who do what is right come to the light gladly, so everyone can see they are doing what God wants.” JOHN 3:18-21

  

Religions may seem wise in appearance because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial and even serve bodily discipline but they provide no help in godly maturity and conquering a person's evil desires. (Note Colossians 2:23).  Religion is blind to the path of GOD's grace and prevents others from experiencing the transforming power of JESUS CHRIST.  

ASK any Christian; if they were not saved by some religious rule of man.  Did they break free of some stronghold on their own?  Of course not....  They were saved by GOD who birthed them into the realization of Himself/ JESUS CHRIST.   

Reputation

“Listen!  It’s the voice of someone shouting, “Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD!”  Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God!  Fill in the valleys, level the mountains and hills, straighten the curves and smooth out the rough places.  Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all the people will see it together.  The LORD has spoken!” Isaiah 40:3-5

How true it is of the human heart and mind.  The heart and mind can be a wilderness of things, thoughts, concerns, wants, needs, pains, and so on.  They can be a wasteland full of worry and useless thought.   They can be valleys of self-pity and selfishness.   They can have mountains and hills of hurt, failure and what we think and only see as “impossibility”.   They can have snaking roads that lead us on self-exploration and activity but in the end lead nowhere.   They can be full of rough spots that make life uncomfortable because of our unsettling outlook on life.   In fact it so rough that we only pay attention to the bad ride instead of what God might have for us.

Notice the words "can be".  They don't have to be.

The heart that never gives those things to the Lord to answer and heal will never reveal the glory of the LORD.

“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Matthew 12:34)  What is in your heart?  What is in the heart of others around you?  You can tell what is affecting their heart by what they say.

The reputation we give to others about the LORD will be dependent on the level of dependence we have in the LORD.   The level of dependence we have in the LORD will gauge how much we love trust and reverent respect we have for the LORD.   A heart without love, trust and reverence for the Lord is without peace, hope assurance and is lost in a wilderness of it’s own making.  The life captive to such a heart has only set their affections on the things on the earth not on God above.  A heart that sets its affections only the things of this life isn’t receptive to receive from God.   A heart like this lives in the foolishness of the world and wonders why it is so easily crushed and harden by the things of this life.   May God help them…. Seriously.  I was once one of those people and only by God’s love and grace was I saved and I am empowered everyday not to go back to be one of those people.  God help them.  I feel for them.

“With the Lord’s authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopeless confused.   Their closed minds are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds and hardened their hearts against him.  They don’t care anymore about right and wrong, and they have given themselves over to immoral ways.  Their lives are filled with all kinds of impurity and greed.” Ephesians 4:17-19

David writes the very words of God, in his thoughts, “How long, O you sons of men, will you turn my glory to shame?  How long will you love worthlessness and seek falsehood? Selah. But know that the LORD has set apart Himself him who is godly; The LORD will hear when I call him.  Be angry, and do not sin.  Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.  Selah.  Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the LORD.   There many who say, ‘Who will show us any good?’  Lord, life up the light of your countenance upon us.  You have put gladness in my heart, more then in the season that their grain and wine increased.   I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”  Psalm 4:2-8

How long will people not turn to God to help them?  How long will people who call themselves Christian turn God’s glory to shame?

Let me warn you in humility:  Your actions matter.   They matter more then you know.

Our dependence on God has far greater affects then anyone really knows.   The tiniest actions good or bad affect others and how others perceive us as Christians and the LORD.   Think of the sigh or someone rolling their eyes- how is that looked at by others.  Think of a sincere smile and warm greetings that seeks nothing in return.  Just think of what happens with an encouraging word in amongst many discouraging words.

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will reap.  For he who sows in the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” Galatians 6:7-8

“Do not stifle the Holy Spirit” 1 Thessalonians 5:19

Do not stifle the Holy Spirit by allowing the things of this life and world to take a higher position over God in your life.  God is to be highly respected and reverently feared.   Our actions should show something about who God is in our lives.  The only excuse we should have is “God is our excuse.”

“Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:2

“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits at God’s right hand in place of honor and power.  Let heaven fill your thoughts.  Do not think only about things down here on earth.  For you died when Christ died, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.  And when Christ, who is your real life is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.”  Colossians 3:1-4

How does one make a highway for the LORD in their heart? I have to put myself aside everyday.  Some call this “picking up my cross or denying myself”. 

Some might say,  "Don't you feel like you are missing out?  Don't you feel like you don't have any control of your life?" 

"What am I missing out on?  In the end, is what I miss out on really matter in the end?  I could gain everything for selfish gain and leave nothing worth anything.   My faith would be worthless.  My legacy would mean nothing.   We must ask ourselves have we allowed God charge of our lives to make a difference in other people's lives?"  I throw pride and self ambition away to gain what God has to empower me to touch others for Him.   I want people to see God's influence, glory and reputation in my life.  Besides does anyone really have any control of their life?  Think about it....

Everyday I pray and give God whatever is heavy on my heart, (this allows God's spirit an open channel to flow) which aligns my heart and mind so I can receive what God wants me to receive for that day, hour, moment.    Often I spend several times throughout the day meditating, and studying and listening to what God is speaking to me and building upon in his word in my heart and understanding. 

I see my actions matter and I can’t take any of them for granted.    His Holy Spirit enriches my soul as I open myself to Him.  I hope you see that all your actions matter to God.    

I encourage you to spend time with God.  Free up your mind and heart- making a highway for God.  Spend time reading his word carefully.  Asking for more heartfelt insight and looking more deeply at what God’s word really means to make you live it out.  Continually seek the Lord throughout the day for direction and purpose.   And trust God and trust what God has said in his word.

“And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17

Up Holding the Faith. Disciple 2

We take a lot of things for granted.   We take electricity for granted.   Imagine getting up in the morning on your trip to the bathroom and flipping on the light and have no electricity for that light.  Imagine turning on the water faucet and having no water come out?  We take those things for granted.  We even take God for granted.  

God is the source of our faith.  If we aren’t seeking and plugged into him we aren’t living by faith.    We might as well have stayed in bed if we haven’t sought and placed ourselves in his hands that morning.   A person cannot uphold the faith and stand in the faith unless they are earnestly, sincerely, seriously contending, asserting, and maintaining in the faith.   God doesn’t have an off and on switch but we do (it’s called choice).  We have a choice to seek God or not seek God. 

You and I have been chosen and entrusted by our Holy Father to live and carry out in the faith in obedience, submission, and holy reverence towards God and in God.   Only in the holy faith of our God do we not fall into compromise of others or ourselves and lose the holy convictions God has given us.  We were created and chosen to glorify God and things don’t go so well for others or us if we don’t plug into God.  Instead of God’s goodness and godliness coming out something that should had stayed out of view and out sight comes out instead (your flesh).   If we aren’t focused, plugged into God, our flesh can be manipulated by those around us and situations around us.  That is why is so important to be mindful of God and have a heart full of God. 

Jude 1:3-25

“Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share.  But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.  I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives.   The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.  I want to remind you, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.  And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged.   God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment.  And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion.   Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.  In the same way, these people- who claim authority from their dreams- live immoral lives, defying authority and scoff at supernatural beings.  But even Michael, one of the mightiest of the angels, did not dare accuse the devil of blasphemy, but simply said,  “The Lord rebuke you!”  (This took place when Michael was arguing with the devil about Moses’ body.) But these people scoff at things they do not understand.  Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.  What sorrow awaits them!  For they follow the footsteps of Cain, who killed his brother.   Like Balaam, they deceive people for money.  And like Korah, they perish in their rebellion. (Numbers 16:19-49, 26:9-10)  When these people eat with you in your fellowship meals commemorating the Lord’s love, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you.   They are like shameless shepherds who care only for themselves.   They are like clouds blowing over the land without giving any rain.  They are like trees in autumn that are doubly dead, for they bear no fruit and have been pulled up by the roots.  They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their shameful deeds.  They are like wandering stars, doomed forever to the blackest darkness.”

“These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires.  They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want. But you, dear friends, must remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said.  They told you that in the last times there would be scoffers who purpose in life is to satisfy their ungodly desires.  These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you.  They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God’s Spirit in them.    But you, dear friends must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life.  In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.   And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering.  Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.   Now all glory to God, who is able keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.  All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord.  All glory, majesty, power and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.”  Jude 1

We aren’t to make excuses.  We have either sought God or haven’t sought God. 

“No, O people, the LORD has already told you what is good and this is what he requires: “to do what is right, to love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.”  Micah 6:8

 Proverbs 6:16-19

“There are six things that LORD hates- no seven things he detests: haughty eyes, (stuck up, lofty, exalt, magnify oneself, to think of ones self to be too highly to humble and help someone else.) a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among believers.” 

A person who sows discord among believers are conspirators, gossipers, grumblers and complainers.  They are also those who are stuck up and think too highly of themselves.  They are on the same list as murders and thieves and whatever else is defined as feet that race to do wrong.

We have to understand that the reason God hates those things because he knows it’s not just the big things that destroy but the small things as well.

James says, “In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.  But a tiny spark can set a great forest fire.” James 3:5

1 John 5:4-5

“For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.   And who can win this battle against the world?   Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.”

Why do I mention this?  I mention all this to stimulate and warn you and to build a fortress of God words in your heart and mind.   So when the savages and pirates and slaves and beasts of compromise and temptation come to raid and pillage they will find an invincible, impregnable fortress of conviction built by God’s everlasting wisdom and love.   You will be able to stand without fear for the source of your strength will be God himself.   You will be a beacon of light; you will glorify Him and uphold the faith God has entrusted.  You will then pass this on (in action and word) to others to build up their faith in Jesus Christ.

Why do I mention this?  I mention all this to stimulate, remind and warn you and to build a fortress of God's words in your heart and mind.  So when the savages and pirates and slaves and beasts of compromise and temptation come to raid and pillage they will find an invincible impregnable fortress of conviction built by God's everlasting wisdom and love.  We will be able to stand without fear for the source of our strength will be God himself.  You will be a beacon of light of God's goodness; you will glorify Him and uphold the faith God has entrusted.  You will then pass this on (in action and word) to others to build up their faith in Jesus Christ. 

God is our source.  We are to be hooked to him and he empowers what comes out.

Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.  You have already been pruned for greater fruitfulness by the message I have given you.  Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch can not produce fruit if is served from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me.  Yes I am the vine; you are the branches.   Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.  For apart from me you can do nothing.  Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers.  Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.  But if you stay joined to me and my words remain in you, you may ask of any request you like, and it will be granted! My true disciples produce much fruit.  This brings great glory to my Father.”  John 15:1-8 

Motivation in Reverence and Fear.

“This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance … Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men”

- FDR Inaugural Address March 1933

“ Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing. Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them it cannot live.8 Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. This Nation asks for action, and action now.” - FDR’s Inaugural Address in March 1933

History tends to repeat itself when we don’t put fear where it belongs.

When it comes to fearing people, circumstances, and thoughts that have not come to fruition- they don’t do us much good but placing fear where it truly belongs brings fruitful results.

Proverbs 9:10 “Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.”

Proverbs 1:7 “Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”

Proverbs 14:27 “Fear of the LORD is a life-giving fountain; it offers escape from the snares of death.”

Proverbs 15:33 “Fear of the LORD teaches wisdom; humility precedes honor.”

Deuteronomy 13:4 “Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.”

“-you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off; fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:9-10

I don’t know why this is but for a majority fear and reverence for God does not come until they come under the enlightenment of Jesus Christ. For all of us, we come to God out for self-preservation reasoning. We come to God for eternal life in heaven not hell. We come to God for a better life. We come to God because the life we sought gave us no sustaining nourishment. We came to God because the life we had was miserable. We came to God because we worried and feared the things in this life. We came to God because we felt our life was worthless and pointless. We came to God because there was no other way out of the hole we found ourselves in. We came to God because he had showed us his faithfulness in our unfaithfulness. We came to God after we swam deep within ourselves and found this shiny seed that instinctively pointed us to God. I would even say those lucky enough to be “broken” by pride, folly, and false idols (such as money, religion, and possessions and popularity) do come to God after seeing how fragile life is. Of course you have those who put their soul hope in other human beings and in the material things of this world instead of God and end of up losing their soul one way or another instead of giving their life to the one who could save it.

“And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites when he judges. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time as foreigners hereon earth. For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.” 1 Peter 1:17-19

“Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And because God raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory, your faith and hope can be placed confidently in God.” 1 Peter 1:21

Through Christ one comes to trust in God. Through Christ we see how holy and awesome God truly is. And who better to fear then the LORD who made your very soul? If you are in the LORD then there is nothing else to fear. There is freedom in the LORD.

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity but of power, love and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7

It is impossible to live in power, love and self-discipline when we are not living according to the spirit and not understanding who God truly is.

In the Enlightenment of Jesus Christ we start to understand the importance of having reverence and fear of God.

“As we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. He has called us to receive his own glory and goodness! And by that same mighty power, he has given us all of his rich and wonderful promises. He has promised that you will escape the decadence all around you caused by evil desires and that you will share in his divine nature. So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to know God better. Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance and patient endurance leads to godliness. Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But those who fail to develop these virtues are blind or, at least very shortsighted. They have already forgotten that God has cleansed them from their old life of sin. So dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Doing this, you will never stumble or fall away. And God will open wide the gates of heaven for you to enter into eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:3-11

Living in the faith of Jesus Christ = comes a life of moral excellence.

Moral excellence =knowing God better.

Knowing God better =Self Control. (Dependence on God through Holy Spirit)

Self-control =to patient endurance.

Patient endurance= godliness.

Godliness= love for other Christians.

Grow in this understanding=become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Think about this. You are in a stressful situation. You know how Jesus wants you to live. You have a choice to depend on your feelings, thoughts, understandings, circumstances, imaginations which lead you to unwarranted fear, anxiety, stress, and paralyzing reasoning OR trust in God who gives you the self-control. You trust God and you are able to patiently endure the stressful situation and act appropriately instead of taking out your stress on those around you. Hence the more you live in this mindset of Christ you are able to live in godliness regardless of the circumstances around you and are able to love and be productive vessels for God. You are sustained in the ways of the Lord not in the ways the flesh which often doesn’t put fear where it rightfully belongs.

This is not saying you have to work to earn your salvation. Salvation is a gift from God made only possible through Jesus Christ. It saying it is impossible to live in enlightenment and in a life of moral excellence if you “don’t” keep your thoughts on how Jesus Christ wants you to live through the Holy Spirit. Without the guidance and acknowledgment of God we do foolish and shameful and even destructive things.

(Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” I say, “I can’t see your faith if you don’t have good deeds, but I will show you faith through my good deeds.” Do you think it’s enough just to believe that there is one God? Well, even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror! Fool! When will you ever learn that faith that does not result in good deeds is useless?) James 2:18-20

James is saying your faith in Jesus Christ should result in godly actions.

“… be even more careful to put into action God’s saving work in your lives, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him.” Philippians 2:12-13

God’s “saving work” is the Holy Spirit who Jesus Christ sends to those who have faith in him. The Holy Spirit reminds and motivates us in how we should live as representatives of Jesus Christ. God ways sustains us as well as remind us to have a healthy amount of respect for God who we will have to answer for our actions.

Fear of God can advance us in living a successful productive godly lifestyle in Christ.

Hope these notes were helpful to you.

Accountability

I was thinking about the founding fathers of the United States. Why did they set up under the constitution the three branches government (legislative, executive, and judicial branches)? They do so because they saw first hand the tyrannies and power a monarch had over its people. They wanted to ensure no single branch would have supreme reign. They wanted a system of accountability or checks and balances. The next thought was how did they come up with such an idea and after considering many of the founding fathers of the United States held degrees in seminary and Christian theology and published the first bible and required it’s teachings in public school I came down to this conclusion- our accountability to God and our fellow man.

Keeping others accountability has been a problem in the United States. Just make a list for yourselves and you will see the following: government officials, law makers, stock brokers, car and truck manufacturers-dealerships -and mechanics, doctors, lawyers, insurance companies, utility companies, contractors, those in public office all the way down to parents not making their children accountable for their own actions and children blaming their dog or sibling for eating their homework.

We see more finger pointing, shrugged shoulders of “I could care less”, denial, lies, debt, bailouts and people just accepting things as just the way things are then people holding others accountable. I think part of reason of finding it hard to make people accountable is the process of finding ways in which to make people accountable.

I should draw a cartoon of a bank robber holding up the U.S. treasury and a government official telling the bank robber to hold on- they have to warm up printer. It is an embarrassment to a have government that is so ignorant of its own nation’s history and what it “is” founded upon. It’s an embarrassment to have government consider abortion as health care and a way to not hinder one’s successes. Since when were children not considered a blessing of many successes in life? It’s a shame I can’t take a politicians’, lawyers’, or mechanics’ word as truth without checking their information with other sources. It’s a shame I rather buy a Toyota or a Mazda over any new American car/truck such as Ford, Chevy, Jeep, Dodge/ Chrysler product. (I could go on but why… you already know this.)

God makes us accountable for our actions. He has made immoveable laws of nature that no one can move such as: you reap what you sow Gal 6:7, the consequences of sin are disease and death Gal 6:8 , our words and actions are a very powerful Pro 18:4 .

Every person, no matter if they to believe or not, will have to answer to God. They will be held accountable for their actions.

I will be responsible for what kind of fruit I bear and produced while I was on earth. The fruit I produced will be dependent on who I trusted when I spoke or acted. Did I trust God or myself Gal 5:22.

An ignorant soul would tell you there is no God and there is no accountability. An ignorant soul will tell you there is a God but he has a hands off approach to his creation. An ignorant soul does not see the importance of Jesus Christ- why he came from heaven to take our punishment for our sins and raised to life on the third day so all who believe in him and trust in him have eternal life. (That was I once.)

A Christian soul, however, knows he/she will be held accountable for their poor actions just as those who don’t believe but the difference will be this:

Romans 3:22-31 We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done. For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus. Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law. After all, God is not the God of the Jews only, is he? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is. There is only one God, and there is only one way of being accepted by him. He makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.

A believer in Christ Jesus is accountable in their actions. You know it is cold- you dress in warm clothes. You know Jesus Christ is Lord – you live accordingly to how the Lord would want you to live. We don’t make a practice of sinning but when we do make a mistake we must try to make it right with the person we have hurt or offended and ask God for his forgiveness as well.

God disciplines all he loves so we will turn from our sinful ways and not spend eternity in hell. When no one holds you accountable then there is no maturity and heavenly virtues being instilled in you. When you are not held accountable you act and do as a spoiled uncorrected child does disrupting and affecting others around you. No accountability encourages a problem and does nothing to stop it. Uncorrected problems spread like a flame to straw.

A nation, a church, an individual can burn all way to it’s foundation and if that foundation is God, it can be rebuilt again but if a nation, a church or individual builds on something other then God- that nation is forever cursed and doomed for failure. Think of the nations of history that have come and gone- Be grateful God holds you accountable for a God who keeps you accountable is a real God.

A god that doesn’t keep you accountable is a false god and those who take a liking to them - do so they can continue to live in sin.

Those who want to deny accountability to God and to their peers will only try to cover it up or disguise it as something it is not. They will disguise it and say it is some form of love, freedom, pursuit of happiness, justice, democracy, normalcy, etc so you don’t smell their dark motives. Think how some Americans first perceived the Nazi’s when they were coming to power. Think how a person disguises and covers their sin? Why do they try to cover it up?

Why does the devil disguise himself as an angel of light probably because if you saw his real appearance you would shutter.

Is a half-truth the truth? You buy a cup of coffee only get a half of cup- are you going to settle for that? You ask for a 12-inch sub and only receive a 6-inch sub, are you going to settle for that?

A person who isn’t accountable is a slave to sin.

It is sad you have watch your back, you have to do the research to know what others is saying is actually true, you actually have to say, “That is not right” when it is obvious it is not right.

The world is becoming a very dark place but thank God I don’t have to live in fear because I know who my God is and I am accountable to Him.