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The measure we use in judging others, He will use in judging us.

But as Christians and believers in the triune God of all creation, we will be judged by Christ's righteousness and not our own. That is the glorious gift of His justification of us. Through nothing in ourselves we have been forgiven of our sins and acquitted of our trespasses because Christ has taken on the job of standing in our place and paying the debt for our transgressions.

If we think a sin, even if we do not physically carry it out, we will be held accountable.

Yes, that is completely true. Accountable for every sin we ever commit or think.

And still He shoulders the punishment for every one of them.

"Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Above when he said, sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." -- Hebrews 10:5-10

This is the magnificent distinction of grace that sets Christianity apart from every religion on earth for all time -- someone else pays the tab, God Himself.

Thank you so much for your wonderful reply!

Truly, no mortal man could atone for his own sin, and no mortal man is without sin. Jesus' atonement for us is complete, nothing can be added to it.

Thank you, Jesus!

I used the term "musing" in characterizing my comments on how I believe the Great White Throne Judgment will go, because I do not have a clear leaning in the Spirit in any particular direction. Nevertheless my musing is that being "known" to Jesus (having our names recorded in the book of life from the foundation of the world) assures our passage into the new heaven and new earth. The price has been paid in full by Jesus.

Further, I muse that we will suffer loss for squandering His gifts, loss of heavenly treasure. Conversely, I muse that we may gain heavenly treasure for pure thoughts and deeds. The purpose of the treasure would not be for vainglory, but rather for Him.

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. - Rev 21:22-27

So it is my hope to not be empty-handed before Jesus, but to have some heavenly treasure for Him. But, as I said, this is just my musing on the subject of the Great White Throne Judgment which precedes the new heaven and new earth. We'll see...

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. - Matt 6:19-21