137. Responsibility, Individual
137. Responsibility, Individual
137 INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
INTRODUCTION Responsibility is measured by ability and opportunity.
Man is responsible for his character and destiny.
I. CHURCH MEMBERS 1. Duties of elders-rule (1 Timothy 5:17), feed the flock. (Acts 20:28.) 2. Duties of members. (Hebrews 13:17.) II. ADAM’S RESPONSIBILITY 1. Increased when Eve was created.
Ill. DUTIES AND OBLIGATlONS, RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Duties and obligations never conflict.
2. Too many doing nothing. (John 15:1-6.) (a) The workers bear fruit. (Matthew 5:13; Matthew 5:16.) 3. Everytime you shirk a duty you lose a blessing. (James 1:25.) 4. We are not only responsible for the evil we do, but for the good we might do. (James 4:17;
Galatians 6:10; Proverbs 3:27.) (Sin of omission).
5. All to know Christ are responsible if they do not impart that knowledge to those who do not know him .
6. Example: the watchman on the tower. ( Ezekiel 33.) 7. We are not rewarded for having a talent, but for the proper use of it. (Matthew 25:14-30.) 8. We are not rewarded so much for starting in the Christian life, but for running well.
(Ezekiel 18:24; 2 Peter 1:10; 1 Corinthians 9:27; Php 3:12-14.) 9. The Christian’s reward. (11 Tim. 4:6-8.) 10. The crown of life is to the faithful until death. (Revelation 2:10.)
CONCLUSION Daniel Webster was once asked: