accountability comes before repentance.

i remember reading how the arrival of the order of John the Baptist and the arrival of Jesus into the world was in oder for a specific reason. Jesus came to prepare the world for the Cross and then Ressurection. the order of SALVATION then the NEW BIRTH. but first had to comthe message of REPENTANCE. the ABCS A. I CANT B. HE CAN C. I THINK ILL LET HIM.

but theres something that has to come ven before REPENTANCE. its ACCOUNTABILITY. theres no resurrection without salvation and theres no salvation without repentence. but theres no repentance without accountability. and accountability is the one part of the equation in which this process of the new birth wasnt covered spedifically by someone coming into the world with a specific message. that is the part that god left up to us. and reptnance and accountability are two things that do not stop at the new birth. theyre an ongoing process. they continue thruout my life as i continue to walk with Him. i will never repent of anything if im not willing to be accountable

for it. satan can have no foothold in my life unless i open the door to him first.my natural tendency in my flesh to want to shift blame is not due to satan. its due to the fallen condition of the flesh nature that came from that separation from god which DID start thru the orignal temptation from satan.

shifting of blame from self to something or someone else i used to think was learned. until i read GENESIS 3:11-13 "AND GOD SAID "WHO TOLD YOU YOU WERE NAKED? DID YOU EAT OF THE TREE THAT I TOLD YOU NOT TO EAT FROM. AND THE MAN SAID "THE WOMAN GAVE ME THE FRUIT AND I DID EAT.' AND THE WOMAN SAID "THE SERPENT BEGUILED ME AND I DID EAT IT'" shifting of blame is an integral part of the flesh nature and comes from that deep selfishness which is at the root of all sin. GENESIS 3:7 "SHE SAW THE FRUIT WAS PLEASANT TO LOOK AT AND DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE SO SHE TOOK THE FRUIT AND ATE IT AND GAVE IT TO HER HUSBAND" he didnt eat the fruit because SHE TOLD HIM TO and she didnt eat it because THE SERPENT TOLD HER TO. they BOTH ate it because they were SELFCENTERED and in a sate of ingratitude towards God feelg what he had given them was no longer enough and wanted more. their unwillingness to repent was what got them kicked out of the garden not the factthat they ate the fruit he told them not to. and they didnt repent because they werent willing to be accoutable for what they did.

this is what SHIFTING BLAME looks like- i REBELLED AGAINST YOU GOD AND ATE THE FRUIT BECAUSE THE WOMAN OR THE SERPENT TOLD ME TO.

this is what ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPENTENCE looks like- I REBELLED AGAINST YOU GOD AND ATE THE FRUIT.....PERIOD!!!!! NO SIFTING BLAME NO EXTERNAILIZING IT. I REBELLED AGAINST YOU GOD BECAUSE I WAS SELF CENTERE

when i first got sober and i was working thru the amends i had to make to the people id burned thru my cons lies and deceits i tried to say i conned you BECAUSE I WAS DRIVEN BY MY NEED FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AND IT WAS THE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL THAT DROVE ME TO DO IT. the truth of the matter was that I CONNED YOU..PERIOD!!!! MY EXTERNAL BEHAVIOR IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SYMPTOM

OF MY SIN NATURE the truth was i did it because i was completely and utterly SELF CENTERED. when i was reading about adam and eve i could quickly identify with my own selfish nature in it and how ive always excercised the free will that God gave me TO CHOOSE OR NOT CHOOSE HIM!!

EVERYTHING IS MY LIFE TODAY IS A CHOICE