Quotes About Accountability

Magic" was not an answer; it was an excuse to avoid looking for one.

Oh, why don't we blame it on Pen?" not-Triss heard herself snap, in a voice that sounded harsher and more brutal than her own. something had burst, and the words welled up in spite of all her attempts to dam them. "That's what we always do, isn't it? That's what she's for, isn't it? We blame everything on Pen and then we change the subject. And nothing matters as long as we don't talk about it.

The Bible says we should know a tree by the fruit it bears," Makepeace replied, a little sharply. "If you burn my hand off, what should I think of you?

Somehow the sting of guilt was always more acute when there was a risk that she might get caught.

We are what we do and what we allow to be done.

1. Responsabilidad

hacerte responsable de tu vida y de tus actos, asegurándote de sus consecuencias. Es decir, no hacer daño a los demás ni a ti mismo.

The saddest words I can ever imagine would be to hear the Lord say, "I never knew you. Away from Me" [Matthew 7:23 NIV].

The evangelistic harvest is always urgent. The destiny of men and of nations is always being decided. Every generation is crucial; every generation is strategic. But we cannot be held responsible for the past generation and we cannot bear full responsibility for the next one. However we do have our generation! God will hold us responsible at the judgment seat of Christ for how well we fulfilled our responsibilities and took advantage of our opportunities.

One of the saddest statements in the Bible is when Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven. . . . Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not . . . done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' " (Matthew 7:21–23).

The Bible teaches that we are to live in this world, but we are not to partake of the evils of the world. We are to be separated from the world of evil. When I face something in the world, I ask: "Does it violate any principle of Scripture? Does it take the keen edge off my Christian life? Can I ask God's blessing on it? Will it be a stumbling block to others? Would I like to be there, or reading that, or be watching that, if Christ should return at that time?

In the end there will be people who did the work of the Lord. They were busy in the church. They had done many wonderful works. But Jesus Himself says, "I never knew you" [Matthew 7:23 NKJV].

God holds every man accountable for his rejection of Christ.

A few years ago, honesty was the hallmark of a man of good character. But it's been set aside for an "It's all right if you don't get caught" philosophy.

What makes us Christians shrug our shoulders when we ought to be flexing our muscles? What makes us apathetic in a day when there are loads to lift, a world to be won, and captives to be set free? Why are so many bored, when the times demand action? Christ told us that in the last days there would be an insipid attitude toward life.

Conscience is the detective that watches the direction of our steps and decries every conscious transgression.

Sin—plain, old-fashioned sin, the self-same sin which caused Adam's downfall—is what we are all suffering from today, and it will do us far more harm than good to try to dress it up with a fancy, more attractive label.

There is less teaching about sin, and very little warning of judgment.

The truth is that others judge us. More than that, they evaluate the truth of the Gospel by what they see of our lives and our integrity. [We] must make every effort to be above all suspicion in the matter of finances and statistics. We are not only accountable to God's people, but also to our Master (see Acts 24:16).

We will be judged according to the secret motives and the character of our work. If we have done our work for selfish motives or personal gain, even if the results looked noble to our friends and family, God knows our hearts.

When we all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, we will have our true motives revealed.

God has already set the date [for judgment]. You may make and break appointments in this life, but this is one appointment you are going to keep.

We are accountable to [God] for the way we use our time.

Here is the judgment toward which every person outside [of] Christ is headed. The date has already been set by God. All men of all races and nationalities, both past and present, will be there. You may make and break appointments in this life—but this is one appointment you will keep.