'The Trial' After living a "decent" life my time on earth
came to an end. The first
thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the
waiting room of what I
thought
to be a court house. The doors opened and I was
instructed to come in
and have a seat by the defense table.As I looked around I saw the "prosecutor," he was
a villainous
looking gent who snarled as he stared at me, he
definitely was the most
evil
person I have ever seen.
I sat down and looked to my left and there sat my
lawyer, a kind
and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed
very familiar to me.The corner door flew open and there appeared the
judge in full
flowing robes. He commanded an awesome presence
as he moved across the
room
and
I couldn't take my eyes off of him. As he took
his seat behind the bench
he
said "Let us begin."The prosecutor rose and said "My name is Satan
and I am here to
show you why this man belongs in hell." He
proceeded to tell of lies
that I
told, things that I stole and in the past when I
cheated others. Satan
told of
other terrible perversions that were once in my
life and the more he
spoke the
further down in my seat I sank. I was so
embarrassed that I couldn't look
at
anyone, even my own lawyer, as the Devil told of
sins that even I had
completely
> > > forgotten about.As upset as I was at Satan for telling all these
things about me, I was
equally
upset at my representative who sat there silently
not offering any
form of defense at all. I know I had been guilty
of those things, but I
had
done some good in my life - couldn't that at
least equal out part of the
harm
I've done?Satan finished with a fury and said "This man
belongs in hell, he is
guilty of
all
that I have charged and there is not a person who
can prove otherwise.When it was his turn, my lawyer first asked if he
might approach the
bench.The judge allowed this over the strong objection
of Satan, and beckoned
him
to come forward. As he got up and started
walking I was able to see him
now
in his full splendor and majesty. Now I realized
why he seemed so
familiar,
this was Jesus representing me, my Lord and my
Savior.He stopped at the bench and softly said to the
judge "Hi Dad" and then he
turned to address the court. "Satan was correct
in saying that this man
had
sinned, I won't deny any of these allegations.
And yes the wages of sin
is
death and this man deserves to be punished".Jesus took a deep breath and turned to his Father
with outstretched arms
and
proclaimed "However, I died on the cross so that
this person might have
eternal life and he has accepted me as his
Savior, so he is mine."My Lord continued with "His name is written in
the book of life and no
one
can snatch him from me. Satan still does not
understand yet, this man is
not
to be given justice but rather mercy."As Jesus sat down, he quietly paused, looked at
his Father and replied,
"There is nothing else that needs to be done,
I've done it all."The Judge lifted his mighty hand and slammed the
gavel down and the
following
words bellowed from his lips- "This man is free -
the penalty for him has
already been paid in full, case dismissed."As my Lord led me away I could hear Satan ranting
and raving "I won't
give
up, I'll win the next one."I asked Jesus as he gave me my instructions where
to go next, "Have you
ever
lost a case?" Christ lovingly smiled and said,
"Everyone that has come to
me
and asked me to represent them has received the
same verdict as
you...Paid in
Full."
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