Honourably

Honourably

“When a man appears before the Throne of Judgment, the first question he is asked is not, “Have you believed in God?”  Or “Have you prayed and observed the ritual?  “He is asked: “have you dealt honourably and faithfully in all your dealings with your fellow men?”
                                                                                    The Talmud.
The above is somewhat how I imagine it when it comes to standing before God.
The Atheist can’t exactly say to God you don’t exist because he is standing before God. The theist can’t say that either because he or she believes God exists even before they got there.
So the question becomes “have you dealt honourably and faithfully in all hour dealings with your fellow man?”
This question applies to everyone from the poorest person living in the poorest neighbourhood on earth to the greatest politician to the richest person on earth and everyone in between.
God I believe will ask this question, not because he doesn’t know how we’ve dealt with our fellow man, because he does, but because he want’s an honest answer from us.
Will you be able to answer yes to that question?
I believe the further our society drifts from God and the fear of God’s ultimate judgement the worse our society becomes,
Aba Hillel Silver wrote
“Faith in God is the strongest bulwark of a free society.  Human freedom began when men became conscious that over and above society and nature there is a God who created them...who fashioned them in His likeness, and that they are, therefore, possessed of intrinsic and independent significance and are endowed, as individuals, with original and irrevocable rights and authority.”
                                                                                                             Abba Hillel Silver.
Please think about it.