Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Scales of Scorn

"And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized" (Acts 9:17,18).

God has removed the scales of scorn
That kept me from seeing the glory of Christ.
The dark night is over; oh, glorious morn!
I see now the love of the Lamb sacrificed.

Once I had scorned, in my arrogant youth,
The idea that absolute truth could be known.
But God intervened, and He showed me the truth
Which He had so clearly in Jesus Christ shown.

How could I have missed it? How plain now it is!
The scales of blindness have now been removed.
I know He is mine, and I know I am His.
The evidence stands and the verdict is proved.

The witnesses speak and present their conclusion:
The prophecies written are clearly fulfilled.
The grave is still empty; there is no confusion,
Except in the minds of the stubborn, self-willed.

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