Climax of Clarity

"I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget Thy statutes" (Psalm 119:83). "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life" (John 5:24).

This world still is blowing smoke,
And living daily in denial;
As if God's judgment were a joke,
As if His truth were out of style.

But God has cleared the smoke to see
His glorious truth before our eyes,
And oh the wondrous clarity
With which His Word now testifies!

For all God's children it is clear:
Their future holds no condemnation;
The past and present hold no fear
For those who trust Him for salvation.

But to the lost God has appealed,
And still continues by His Spirit:
The wrath of God shall be revealed
Though scorners rather would not hear it.