Tag: 20 June 2016

It has been the theme of the Old Testament Scripture that man does not live his life without accountability. He is accountable to the God, who made him. Solomon admitted in Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. Also, he urges us to fear God and keep His commandments because we will be judged one day for all our actions – Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

We must not allow evil to overwhelm our heart so that we respond evil with evil. To Christians are these words given in Galatians 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke” and in Galatians 5:16-17 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. f bondage…”