WEIGHED AND BLOTTED OUT

By Zeres Vitto

VERSE 1 — The Holy Throne

In heaven’s courts the temple stands,

The ark upholds God’s law divine;

Ten commandments by His own hand—

His covenant through all of time.

The Sabbath bears His sacred seal,

The Lord of all—both near and far;

Of worlds unseen and angels bright,

Before this earth and all its stars.

REFRAIN

The books are opened before the throne,

Each life revealed, each deed made known;

God’s holy law—the measure true,

It weighs the heart and searches you.

While mercy pleads, names yet may stand,

Through Jesus’ blood, by pierced hand;

When sins are retained at judgment’s call,

Their names are blotted out.

VERSE 2 — Profaned Worship

Strange fire burns o ...