Yes, as you are standing before God, witnesses will testify either for you, or against you. Consider Matthew 12:41, 42 -
"The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here."
Romans 14:12 says this: "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God."
Noah Webster defines account as "an assignment of reasons; explanation by a recital of particular transactions, given by a person in an employment, or to a superior, often implying responsibility."
Giving an "account" means giving an "explanation." Let me be clear. Some have the idea that, if they do stand before God, God will be obligated to tell them "why this happened" and "why that happened." You need to back up just a minute. God Almighty will not be the one required to explain anything; YOU will be the one on trial. God Almighty will be the One asking questions and demanding answers. AND YOU WILL GIVE ACCOUNT. You can explain to Him why you put off salvation too long. You can explain to Him why you disregarded the preaching of God's unadulterated Word. You can explain to Him why you let crummy excuses cause you to be lost forever. The good news is this - it does not have to be that way. You can ask the Lord to save you today and give your life to Him, and Judgment Day will not be day of agony for you!
I am sure that, as people stand before God, and give account of themselves, there will be excuses offered. Understand this - NO EXCUSE WILL HOLD WATER ON JUDGMENT DAY! Whatever excuse you offer for why you didn't let Jesus save you, there will be a witness stand up to testify against you. Let me illustrate. Suppose "Bill" is standing before God. He offers his excuse for his lost state - "Lord, I had to go to work every day in a bad evironment! No one can live for you in those conditions!" Then, a witness will stand up in the crowd. Being granted permission to speak, he says to the Lord, "Lord, I worked IN THE SAME EVIRONMENT, but I served you." And that lame, sorry excuse will be thrown out. Perhaps "Susie" stands before God and offers her excuse for not heeding to the Spirit of God. She says, "Lord, you know my husband left me. If he hadn't left me, we would have served you together." Now, do you think "Susie" is only woman in the world whose husband left her? Nope. And another woman will rise on that day, and say, "Lord, my husband left me as well, but I lived my life for you." That excuse, though it is a hard circumstance, will be thrown out and rendered meaningless to the Creator of heaven and earth.
So, what's your excuse? Why are reading this, yet unsaved? One of the most popular excuses is this - "there are too many hypocrites in church." Oh, really? How does that let you off the hook, and make it okay for you to reject Christ? Someone will rise in the Judgment, and say, "Lord, I went to church with hypocrites, but it didn't stop me from serving you." And, before God and the entire world, you will look like an idiot if you offer the "hypocrite excuse" on the Day of Judgment.
There is only one way your circumstance will be a valid excuse for rejecting Christ when you stand before God. If there is just ONE Christian in the entire world who went through the same circumstance you did, but they served God, then your circumstance is really not your problem. The Day of Judgment will illustrate Romans 2:1, which states, "Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O Man!" Hear me well. There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for you being lost. NONE. You're depressed? Many who were depressed turned their life over to God. NO EXCUSE. You've had a hard life? Your parents died when you were young? You were molested as a child? You've had to bury one of your children? You've had to bury a spouse? A relative committed suicide? Have you went to church regularly in the past, but got hurt? Listen, I'm not trying to be hard. All these things are very hard things to take, and many of them are things with which I have not been acquainted. However, I know Christians who are serving God with all their hearts who have been through THESE EXACT SAME THINGS. Rather than using them as excuses, they used them as a means to take steps to the Saviour, and let Him save them. That puts you, dear friend, without a single excuse. If you are letting circumstances keep you from serving God, why don't you turn those circumstances over to Jesus, and let Him be a friend to you today? Ask Jesus to save you. Make Him Lord of your life today.
"The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here."
Romans 14:12 says this: "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God."
Noah Webster defines account as "an assignment of reasons; explanation by a recital of particular transactions, given by a person in an employment, or to a superior, often implying responsibility."
Giving an "account" means giving an "explanation." Let me be clear. Some have the idea that, if they do stand before God, God will be obligated to tell them "why this happened" and "why that happened." You need to back up just a minute. God Almighty will not be the one required to explain anything; YOU will be the one on trial. God Almighty will be the One asking questions and demanding answers. AND YOU WILL GIVE ACCOUNT. You can explain to Him why you put off salvation too long. You can explain to Him why you disregarded the preaching of God's unadulterated Word. You can explain to Him why you let crummy excuses cause you to be lost forever. The good news is this - it does not have to be that way. You can ask the Lord to save you today and give your life to Him, and Judgment Day will not be day of agony for you!
I am sure that, as people stand before God, and give account of themselves, there will be excuses offered. Understand this - NO EXCUSE WILL HOLD WATER ON JUDGMENT DAY! Whatever excuse you offer for why you didn't let Jesus save you, there will be a witness stand up to testify against you. Let me illustrate. Suppose "Bill" is standing before God. He offers his excuse for his lost state - "Lord, I had to go to work every day in a bad evironment! No one can live for you in those conditions!" Then, a witness will stand up in the crowd. Being granted permission to speak, he says to the Lord, "Lord, I worked IN THE SAME EVIRONMENT, but I served you." And that lame, sorry excuse will be thrown out. Perhaps "Susie" stands before God and offers her excuse for not heeding to the Spirit of God. She says, "Lord, you know my husband left me. If he hadn't left me, we would have served you together." Now, do you think "Susie" is only woman in the world whose husband left her? Nope. And another woman will rise on that day, and say, "Lord, my husband left me as well, but I lived my life for you." That excuse, though it is a hard circumstance, will be thrown out and rendered meaningless to the Creator of heaven and earth.
So, what's your excuse? Why are reading this, yet unsaved? One of the most popular excuses is this - "there are too many hypocrites in church." Oh, really? How does that let you off the hook, and make it okay for you to reject Christ? Someone will rise in the Judgment, and say, "Lord, I went to church with hypocrites, but it didn't stop me from serving you." And, before God and the entire world, you will look like an idiot if you offer the "hypocrite excuse" on the Day of Judgment.
There is only one way your circumstance will be a valid excuse for rejecting Christ when you stand before God. If there is just ONE Christian in the entire world who went through the same circumstance you did, but they served God, then your circumstance is really not your problem. The Day of Judgment will illustrate Romans 2:1, which states, "Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O Man!" Hear me well. There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for you being lost. NONE. You're depressed? Many who were depressed turned their life over to God. NO EXCUSE. You've had a hard life? Your parents died when you were young? You were molested as a child? You've had to bury one of your children? You've had to bury a spouse? A relative committed suicide? Have you went to church regularly in the past, but got hurt? Listen, I'm not trying to be hard. All these things are very hard things to take, and many of them are things with which I have not been acquainted. However, I know Christians who are serving God with all their hearts who have been through THESE EXACT SAME THINGS. Rather than using them as excuses, they used them as a means to take steps to the Saviour, and let Him save them. That puts you, dear friend, without a single excuse. If you are letting circumstances keep you from serving God, why don't you turn those circumstances over to Jesus, and let Him be a friend to you today? Ask Jesus to save you. Make Him Lord of your life today.
