Reporting to God
Published by saltcans October 31st, 2004 in SaltcansAt ABC today (ABC = Adult Bible Class in my church), we were learning about fight the Good Fight, Finishing the race and keeping the faith. So my teacher asked, “Do you think you can write ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith’ on your tombstone? When facing death, will you be as satisfied with your life as Paul was with his? Why?”
My friends and I giggled. Personally, I don’t think I’d dare to put that on my tombstone, especially if the time for me to leave this earth is say, tomorrow.
The class was pretty quiet. The younger people in class (aka my friends and I) did the typical thing students do when the don’t want to answer questions. We were all staring at the paper, pens poised, pretending to want to write something (hahaa).
“One of the regrets I have would be leaving my family members behind.. espcially those who haven’t heard the gospel, or those who need to be cared for. I could have done more,” said auntie N.
“JT, how about you?”
Uhuh. So I kenna.
“Erm, I can’t say I have fought the good fight… When I meet God ah… it’d be time to account everything to Him… and I don’t think my life is lived the way which God would be completely pleased with. I think if I look back, there are so many opportunities missed, so many tiny rebellions and struggles against God leh. And I can’t say I’ve been wise in using the resources God has given to me… “
Another lady who’s working with YWAM (Youth with a Mission… heard b4?) spoke. (She’s quite a *salute salute* kind of person. From the way she shares, I can sense the love for God’s word and the awe she has for God… )
” Why do we need to account to God on that day when God already knows? I mean he searches our hearts and is in the know all the time…”
I’m stumped. Yah. Why ah. “On our part maybe? To come clean and honest before God and confess?” I said.
She smiled and with that conviction in her voice, she answered, “I guess when we account to God, it’s not exactly about all the millions of sins we have committed in our lives. It’s about our relationship with God, living right with God. God has already forgiven our sins when Christ died for us. It’s about how we are with God. It’s not the things you have done or not done, or the people you live behind. All these, God knows. But it’s the relationship between you and God that we are really accountable for.”
It never occured to me that way before. And I want to dig the Bible to see what the Word says about this accountability. If you know of a passage or somewhere in the Bible about this, do share k! 
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“It’s not the things you have done or not done, or the people you live behind. All these, God knows. But it’s the relationship between you and God that we are really accountable for.”
1 Jhn 4:15-17
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD
18 There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love, because he first loved us.
God sees us the same way He sees Jesus! We are to Him just as He is. That is HOW much God Values us, That is WHAT God Sees when we have an Accounting with Hiim, He Will Look and See the Beauty and Perfection of His Son Jesus our Lord, see the Scars on his Wrists Reminding of His Perfect Work of Salvation and Redemption. He Sees the Righteousness accounted to US on Christ’s Behalf thru the Cross.
Our relationship with God our Father, our right standing with Him, is All Based on How His Relationship is with Jesus. What a Saviour! We have all these thru the Cross. =)
We are SAVED, incorrigibly Saved.