Back in 1908, or so, (yes, that was
before my time,) something happened that touched my heart. Someone did
something awful, really, really awful and he killed another human being. He
deserves to be condemned to death, right? But his attorney saw things
differently. I think he must have visited with this prisoner many times, and
became convinced the man deeply regretted what he had done. Most likely the
guilty man didn’t give a whole list of excuses why he committed that horrendous
act. He knew he was a sinner, and his advocate knew that he knew so he pled his
cause.
In those days the man probably didn’t have a hope or not
being hung from a tree or whatever means of punishment they used in his area,
so it came to him as a surprise when the verdict was changed to a life
sentence. There were tears of gratitude
in his eyes when he was led away.
I wish I could fill in the names of the key characters, my
written source had not included them, but let’s put our own names into the
blank.
We have been condemned to die, we are guilty. Our sin
separates as from God. We can offer a multitude of excuses why we are like we
are, but they won’t get us anywhere, certainly not to Heaven. An advocate came,
and plead our cause. Perhaps it was because of His deep sacrificial love-I’m
talking about Jesus now- we began to feel remorse then repentant. Yes, we
admit, we deserve to die, but we are sorry, very sorry. The death sentence is
lifted.
Do we run away scot free? Do we want to? Not if we truly
realize what Jesus saved us from. In gratitude we will offer to be bond slaves to Jesus. It’s a whole lot easier than to be imprisoned by guilt and sin. It’s
a whole lot easier in another way also. There is warmth and joy in such close
fellowship.
What do you choose?
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