Tipp City United Methodist Church
Radical
Radical Accountability
October 24, 2021 – Dan Glover – Acts 5:1-11 & Ephesians 4:11-15
Addressing a Problem
"Then Peter said, 'Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?' "
Acts 5:3
Definition of Accountability
“Taking the life of another person seriously enough to hold them responsible for the life they say they want.”
The Value of Truth Tellers
"So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.”
Ephesians 4:11-14
The Role of Feedback
"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ."
Ephesians 4:15
Discussion Questions:
1) Describe a time when you were held accountable for something you said or did. What did you learn?
2) Who have been a couple ‘truth tellers’ in your life?
3) Describe what ‘speaking the truth in love’ means to you.