Scripture declares, “So then each of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:12).
God’s judgment of every human being is both a comforting and a sobering thought. On the one hand, the Day of Judgment will be a day of vindication for the downtrodden. Right will be done about every wrong that has ever been perpetrated, and justice will prevail over injustice. But on the other hand, it will be impossible to escape the consequences of our own actions. “Each of us,” Paul wrote, “shall give account of himself to God.”