Accountability To God

Bible Questions Answered:

“...l told him, that one day every sinner will be accountable to God....”

Clare/Cheyenne, Wyoming  U.S.A.

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts:

I Peter 4:4,5 KJV

4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

5 Who shall give account to Him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

Revelation 20:11-15 NLT (Judgment of the lost.)

11 And I saw a Great White Throne and The One sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from His presence, but they found no place to hide.

12 I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s Throne. And the books were opened, including The Book Of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.

13 The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds.

14 Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.

15 And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Yes, everyone who has ever rejected The Savior, will be judged, at The Great White Throne, judgment, and thrown into the lake of fire.

But the whole story is that Christians too, will one day come before The Judge, not to be sentenced as for eternal life, but a life time of works that they have done, are they worthy of fame (reward), or fire.

Romans 14:11,12 KJV

11 For it is written, As I live, saith The Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. (Christians)

Is it possible that Christian leaders, and parishioners, have done works that do not deserve reward, works that do not deserve fame, but fire, yes!

Hebrews 13:17 KJV

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

I Corinthians 3:11-17 KJV

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

(Hebrews 12:29 KJV For our God is a consuming fire.)

14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. (Because his works, will be purified as by fire.)

(Revelation 21:27 KJV And there shall in no wise enter into it (Heaven) any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie...")

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that The Spirit Of God dwelleth in you?

17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

II Timothy 2:19-21 KJV

19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.

21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for The Master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

What, will fall to the fire?

*Works that are not True Christian Works:

(MOTIVES TESTED)

*Works, not acceptable, because they were done for show. (Personal prestige and glory.)

*Works, not acceptable, because they were done for positions of power.

*Works, not acceptable, because they were done to gain salvation. (Ephesians 2:8,9)

*Works, not acceptable, because they were wrongly done out of ignorance. (I Cor. 11:34/Luke 12:49)

*Works, not acceptable, because, they were never called for, by God.

Etc. etc.

Is is possible to appear pious, and yet not so from the heart?

Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Psalm 44:21 KJV

Shall not God search this out? for He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Hebrews 9:27 KJV

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment

A story of the unforgiving debtor, from Jesus:

Matthew 18:21-35 NLT

21 Then Peter came to Him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”

22 “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!

23 “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him.

24 In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.

25 He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.

26 “But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’

27 Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.

28 “But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.

29 “His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded.

30 But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.

31 “When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that had happened.

32 Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.

33 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’

34 Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.

35 “That’s what My Heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.” (This said, by Jesus.)

The debtor appeared, humble and very thankful as he left the all forgiving king, and yet, he was an angry, unforgiving monster, in his heart.

Daniel 2:20,22 KJV

20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His:

22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: He knoweth what is in the darkness, and The Light dwelleth with Him.

Prayer:

Romans 5:7,8 KJV

7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

8 But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 6:23 KJV

“For the wages of sin is death; but The Gift Of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Romans 10:9, 10 KJV
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth The Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation.