This is our last and most important look at the character trait of Responsibility or Accountability. It could be entitled, “The One Personal Responsibility in Life.” It is the one responsibility that qualifies a man to even be a spiritual leader in the first place. Every man will be held responsible and accountable for the one life given to him and the one question that every man will have to answer. Philippians 2:10-11 “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow. Of those who are in heaven and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” It is not a question of “if” a man will confess Jesus as Lord. It is a question of “when” he will confess Him. It is either now in grace or later in judgment.

The Bible also says in Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.” This verse is both an invitation and a warning. Today is a day of grace, but at some time in the future, the opportunity to accept Christ will be gone and lost forever. A spiritual leader also has the personal responsibility of being an example of a life which has accepted Jesus and a life in which Jesus lives. He must communicate in word and deed to those whom he leads to realize their own personal responsibility to answer the question of what they will do with Jesus. This is real spiritual leadership.