If tonight you stood in Heaven's court
To seek eternal favor
Would you face Jesus Christ as judge
Or would you face Him as your Savior?
There are many who don't quite know for sure
What that verdict would be if ever
So let's imagine for a moment you're standing dead center
in the courtroom of forever
Sitting before you is a structure
Massive and intense
Its here your fate will be determined
Before this Judge's bench
Then a voice booms, "This court's now in session"
And your adrenaline starts to rush
Peering down with eyes that see through your soul
Is God the Father, your judge
Then off to your left across the room
Is the virtual silhousette of sin
Stepping out of the shadows of condemnation
Your worst nightmare walks in
On his face is the smirk of evil incarnate
His mind fixed on your destrucion in hell
You've just been introduced to your prosecuting attorny
None other then Satan himself
The Bible says he's the accuser of the brethren
So guess what he's going to do
He's gonna accuse you of your sins
And he knows them all
Both the old ones and the new
He's prepared his case for years
Now the golden moment is his
So in arroagance he presents his case to the Judge
And it comes out sounding something like this
"God, You see this worthless piece of trash over here?
This one is a sinner to the core
This one has committed adultery, cursed his neighbor
stolen money
Been into drugs, alcohol and even more"
"This hopeless wrtech has even slandered friends
And by that guilty face this whole courtroom can tell
That to a moral certainty beyond any reasonable doubt
This one deseveres eternal judgement in hell"
The words of accusation still echo
Your every sin thrown up in your face
Then God opens the book where every deed is recorded
And reviews your records of disgrace
God says, "The books says you did this, this and this
And everything you are accused of today
Now before I sentence you to hell forever
Are there any last words you ahve to say?"
Now, if it's true you're standing there in the
courtroom of eternity
With God to your front and Satan the prosecutor to your left
There's one remaining eternal truth, one that's
crucial to remember
One you should never, ever, ever forget...
That on the other side of the courtroom
I said, on the other side of the courtroom
You ain't hearing me tonight
I said on the other side of the courtroom
Is the one and only Son of God
Revealed in time and space
And He's your defense attorney
Who has never lost a case
It's not Buddha, Mohammed, or Krishna
Or any others who succumb to death
Ladies and gentlemen on the other side of the courtroom
Is Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Then Jesus jumps up and says, "Wait a minute Judge
Now I've got something to say
May I remind you that on a cross 2,000 years ago
I washed his sins away"
"I was crucified, I died, they put Me in a tomb
But long about the midnight hour
The power of God hit Me and I walked out of that grave
Alive and well with resurrection power"
Then the devil said, "It's in the book, it's written in the book
Check the book." and God says, "OK"
Then He takes the book out, lays it open and says
"Now we'll see what the book has to say"
He turns to the first page, the second page, the third
By the fourth the devil seems shook
God closes it and says, "The blood of Jesus must have worked
'Cause there is absolutely nothing in this book"
The devil says, "Now wait a minute, check that book again
All his sins are written down, they're all right there"
God says, "Devil, maybe you're mistaken all together
Maybe it's this other book down here"
The devil cries, "NO! Not that book, not that one"
God said, "Devil, why you so uptight?"
God sets the book down the dust flies
And on the cover it says
The Lamb's Book of Life
Is your name in that book?
Is your name in that book?
Is your name in that book for sure?
If you've been forgiven and your name is written
The lift your hands, praise the Lord
Yes, my name's in that book
Yes, my name's in that book
Yes, my name's in that book tonight
I've been forgiven
And I know my name is written
In the Lamb's Book of the Life
In the Lamb's Book of the Life
This court is adjourned