What is our responsibility or accountability to God and ourselves?<\/p>\n\t
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil<\/em>” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: What is our responsibility or accountability to God and ourselves? Answer: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[354],"class_list":["post-5911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-responsibility"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9866,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-personal-accountability-mean\/","url_meta":{"origin":5911,"position":0},"title":"What does personal accountability mean?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What does the term personal accountability mean? 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