One day, perhaps much sooner than most people realize, we will stand face to face with our Creator. Paul talks about the personal nature of our accountability.
“Each of us shall give account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12
“For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10
“They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.” 1 Peter 4:5
Ellen White gives us a graphic description of the judgment.
“Each has a case pending at the bar of God. Each must meet the great Judge face to face. How important, then, that every mind contemplate often the solemn scene when the judgment shall sit and the books shall be opened, when, with Daniel, every individual must stand in his lot, at the end of the days.” The Great Controversy, 488
“The Judge of all the earth will render a just decision. He will not be bribed; He cannot be deceived. He who made man, and whose are the worlds and all the treasures they contain—He it is who weighs character in the balance of eternal justice. … Every individual has a soul to save or to lose.” In Heavenly Places, 360
“We are on the great battlefield of life, and let it never be forgotten that we are individually responsible for the issue of the struggle; that though Noah, Job, and Daniel were in the land, yet should they deliver neither son nor daughter by their righteousness. … But you have justified your own course because you thought that your brethren did not do right. Sometimes you have acted like a petted, spoiled child and have talked unbelief and doubt to spite others; but will it pay?” Testimonies, Vol. 5, 337, 338
“Those who do not become saints here can never be saints in heaven. God will accept in His service nothing less than the entire being—body, soul, and spirit. At the coming of Christ, many who now pass for Christians will be found wanting. … They will see their true condition. In the light of the law of God, they will see the destitution of their souls.” The Review and Herald, February 26, 1901