Accountability to God

ACCOUNTABILITY TO GOD Belief in God is necessary for the proper conduct of human life. Man repeatedly falls prey to temptations that cause him to give in to injustice and oppression. Only a living belief in God’s omniscience can be a firm check on that tendency. It is only belief in God that can genuinely discipline him. The necessity of belief in God for an individual and society is definite proof of God’s existence. The fact that the proper conduct of human life is impossible without belief in God itself proves that God exists and that each person is accountable to Him. Belief in God gives man certainty. It disciplines his life. It gives him the confidence and assurance that if he abstains from evil in his daily life and follows the path of virtue, he will simultaneously obtain benefits. First, he will be saved from God’s chastisement. Second, he will earn an eternal reward for righteous living in eternal Paradise from God. The belief in accountability to God is a belief in human progress. It acts as a powerful incentive for the