One of the most important pieces of advice we can give the younger generation, as technology continues to develop, is be careful what you put online, as once it's there, it's there forever. This can be especially problematic in today's world, as some people make it their life's mission to utterly destroy people's lives by finding the most deeply buried Tweets, Snaps, Facebook posts etc. and making them public. The radical Left, in particular, are happy to hold their enemies' pasts against them.
But long before social media was a thing, even long before the invention of the camera, it was still important to mind your own behavior. In fact, from the moment the first man took his first God-given breath, his every thought, word, and deed, were being recorded.
And he was not alone in this regard. As life went on, and the human race multiplied, more and more books were being written. God sees all, knows all, judges all. There is nothing we have ever thought, said, or done, that has escaped His notice, nor will it escape His memory. And a time will come when each and every one of us will face Him to be judged for our lives.
Now ask yourself, what will He think when He looks at your life? Have you ever done something that might offend Him? Have you always done what it takes to please Him? According to scripture, none of us are Holy. Only one person in all of human history has lived a perfect life: Jesus. The rest of us have gone our own way, rebelling against Him constantly. When God reads the books of our lives, we should be found guilty.
Should.
There is an alternative. Because Jesus never sinned, He did not deserve punishment. Yet, He died a sinner's death regardless. Therefore, we are able to "swap verdicts" with Him, so to speak. Scripture says "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21). Therefore, although we have done many things that offend God, God can justly forgive us, because our punishment has already been delivered.
There is a "catch". It is a small one, however; we must repent of the sin that brought us death, and believe in the risen Lord, who bought us life. "But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”" (Romans 10:8-13).