“So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Rom. 14:12).
Let no saved person imagine that he can disobey the Word of God and not be held accountable. Let no Christian husband think that he can fail to be “giving honor to the wife, as unto the weaker vessel,” or let no Christian wives who do not “submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,” imagine that God will not hold them accountable. Let no Christian child who does not “obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right,” or fathers who do not follow God’s instructions to “provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord,” think that the matter is of little importance. If you are employed by someone, you are to “be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh,” and if you are the employer, you are to “give unto your servants that which is just and equal.” Equally serious is neglect of and disobedience to other parts of God’s Word, for either here on earth now or in the Lord’s presence at His coming “every one of us shall give account of himself to God.” “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body ... whether it be good or bad.” Let us pray, “Search me, O God, and know my heart ... and lead me in the way everlasting.”
To know and do the will of God
Ever be our aim each day,
In spite of all the griefs and trials
That beset us on our way.
1 Peter 3:7; Eph. 5:22; 6:1,4-5; Col. 4:1; Rom. 14:12; 2 Cor. 5:10; Psa. 139:23-24.