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"I am accountable to no one but God"
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1Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
1John 4:20 "If a man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?"
We relate to God by relating to man.Our direct relation with God is limited by our relation with man
1Timothy 4:14 "Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery."
Because God releases authority to men through men men must be accountable to God through men also
Hebrews 13:17 "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you."
James 5:16 "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."
Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
"I don't have to answer to anybody"
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1Peter 5:5 "Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for
1Timothy 4:14 "Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery."
You are not entitled to receive anything from anybody if you won't answer to anybody
Ephesians 1:21 "Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come:"
Hebrews 13:7 "Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life."
James 4:6 "But he gives more grace. Therefore he says,
James 5:16 "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."
Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Being accountable to men is the way to keep the God-ordained order in a group