Alma 5: 16&18

Right now in Alma, the people have decided that having just one ruler like a king is not what the Lord wants. So they have established a group of judges that will rule and judge the people in the land. Anyway, in chapter 5 of Alma, verse 16 and 18 express some things the Lord might say to us, good or bad, on judgement day.

Verse 16: I say unto you, can you imagine yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye blessed for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth? Verse 18: Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the tribunal of God with your souls filled with guilt and remorse, having a rememberence of all your guilt, yea, a perfect rememberence of all your wickedness, yea, a rememberence that ye have set at defiance the commandments of God?

Between those two scriptures, I want to go to heaven and be welcomed because of my good works I have done here on Earth like in verse 16, rather than going to the judgement seat with the guilt I have for not helping a neighbor in need, for not going to church one day, or for not being as nice to my siblings as I could be. I hope that is all our goal. To be on the right hand of God, and receive eternal life is the greatest gift we will ever be given. So we must hold to the rod and endour to the end. And this I leave you with, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.