The courtroom

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 know quite for sure
What that verdict would be if ever
So let's imagine for a moment you're standing dead center
In the court room of Forever

Sitting before you is a structure
Massive and intense
It's here your fate will be determined
Before this judges' bench

Then a voice booms, "This Courts 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 silhouette 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 destruction in hell
You've just been introduced to your prosecuting attorney
None other than Satan himself

The Bible says he is the accuser of the brethren
So guess what he is gonna do
He's gonna accuse you of all your sins
And he knows them all
Both the old and the new

He's prepared his case for years
Now the golden moment is his
So in arrogance 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?
The one is a sinner to the core
The one has committed adultery, cursed his neighbor,
Stolen money
Been into drugs, alcohol and even more"

"This hopeless wretch has slandered friends
And by that guilty face this whole courtroom can tell
That to a moral certainly and beyond any reasonable doubt
This one deserves eternal judgment 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 book says you did this, this and this
And everything you were accused of here today
Now, before I sentence you to hell forever
Are there any last words you have to say?"

Now, if it's true standing there on 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 here'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, 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 ma and I walked 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 said, "OK"
Then he takes the book out, lays it open and says
"Now, we'll what this book has to say"

He turns to the first page, the second page, the third
By the forth, the devil seems shock
God closes it and says, " The blood of Jesus must have worked
'Cause there absolutely nothing in this book"

The devil says, "Now wait a minute, check the book again
All his sins were written down, there're all right there"
God said, "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, dust flies
And on the corner of 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
Then life your hands, praise the Lord

Yes, my names in that book
Yes, my names in that book
Yes, my names in that book tonight
I've been forgiven
And I know my name is written
In the Lamb's Book of Life
In the Lamb's Book of Life

This court is adjourned