Judge of All the Earth (feat. Sovereign Grace Kids)

Tune in with concentration as we resume the conversation The loftiest thoughts conceivable for human contemplation Trying to search the mysteries of the divine is real deep And when it comes to the nature of God, at times we still sleep We must risk people tuning us out as we discuss this The topic on the table for reflection? God's Justice The Scriptures are clear: salvation belongs to God alone And that righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne He's the priceless gift and treasure, all life exists for His pleasure And He is the standard by which all righteousness should be measured All human judges fail- no need to share the statistics But God judges perfectly due to His characteristics First, He's omniscient, so He never lacks information Secondly, His understanding: it has no limitations Plus He knows the thoughts and all the motives behind them And no one could ever go hide in a place where the Sovereign LORD cannot find them When passing a sentence, He has the power of execution The proper retribution for our private revolutions And He's in the position to smash us for our treason No one'll be copping pleas when God dispatches all His legions To execute the sentence on resolute defendants Who rejected the truth because they never knew repentance And those who stood against the Great I Am and His Anointed When God judges the nations through the Man He has appointed The Judge of all the earth shall do right The Judge of all the earth shall do right He is good and His ways are just Worthy of our faith and trust The Judge of all the earth shall do right As we continue to consider this particular perfection Let's take a second to address a few misconceptions When many think of God they assume His love is a must That's true, but it doesn't negate the fact that God is just So when we say this, they'll wanna take us off the playlist But God is never under obligation to be gracious See, justice and mercy are two separate categories And God is the one who chooses which way He'll have His glory The choices The Holy One certainly can't be faulted In punishing the guilty, His righteousness is exalted He also rewards the righteous, we kind of/ sort of like this The problem of course is that nobody who's born is righteous All of Adam's descendants are inherently filthy That's problematic for a God who will not clear the guilty If God is gonna save us and demonstrate what His love is It must be in a manner that's consistent with His justice Jesus Christ, The Righteous One, the perfect solution Proving that God is just on the basis of substitution Perfect obedience, consecration without a flaw Yet on the cross He suffered the condemnation of the law So now God is able to be just and the justifier Of all who turn from their sin and place their trust in Messiah The resurrected Lord is our infinite treasure truly He gives us new eyes to see His justice in all its beauty! The Judge of all the earth shall do right The Judge of all the earth shall do right He is good and His ways are just Worthy of our faith and trust The Judge of all the earth shall do right