acknowledge the unassailable right and reality of God’s rule, and our duty to Him as His creatures. Second, then, we both acknowledge that all mankind will have to give an account to God for our lives on earth. And because God is morally perfect, He will judge all unrighteousness and punish the wicked. We can then talk with one another as people with a sobering, vitally important question in common: how will anyone be reconciled to God and enter His presence? The answer to that question is inextricably