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True Body Life Results in Accountability| Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other (James 5:16) | Do not lie to each other (Colossians 3:9) Accountability is one of those eyebrow raising words. Besides sounding a bit cultish, accountability runs against the grain of our self-sufficient, individualistic society. We like to be our own person, do our own thing, and not have someone else tell us what to do or believe. God, however, says . . . . . . so in Christ, we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. (Rom. 12:5) Some people shy away from the concept of accountability because they associate it with confrontation. While rebuking, challenging, warning, and admonishing may be necessary at times, accountability also yields support, counsel, encouragement, and affirmation. If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! (Eccl. 4:10) There are benefits beyond the support described in Ecclesiastes 4. The contexts of the verses with which this article began provide us with the results of Body Life in which accountability is exercised.
God designed the Body of Christ to function best when its members are there for each other in ways that spur them on and hold them responsible to the commitment they have made to follow Christ. How are these authentic, accountable relationships developed and maintained? Following are some suggestions.
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