THE COURT

 

Welcome to the court. Where we'll follow the trial between Jesus our attorney and the Accuser, Satan. To understand why and how we are saved, I’m going to explain how the power of sin has been lost as a weapon in court. This is connected to the very beginning as to why God made us the way He made. The strongest weapon of the devil is sin, for righteousness is its prosecutor.

 

We are guilty of sin everyday again and again. The judgement is not in our favor for God has to plead us guilty of sin. The righteousness of God gives Satan the opportunity to bound us to death. In order to walk out of court, we need to search for a way to turn this verdict around. We cannot win this case on our own, we need help. It might feel impossible to accomplish, there may be times the court clock doesn't seem to be moving. But, there is hope to turn the verdict in your favor. God is indeed a righteous judge for both sides and He will follow the law, but He is rooting of us. He could not afford to lose this trial, so He made sure He gave us the best attorney.

 

In order to understand how this trial came to be, we need to go to the very beginning,..

 

In the beginning was God. Ruler of the law and the law itself. A spirit of love and righteousness, incomprehensible by men. It is of great importance to understand that He created out of love. God loves His creation and everything in it unconditionally, including Satan. He respects everyone's own decisions and will only interfere righteously. To understand more about this topic, read love.

God knew His creation would eventually turn against Him or feel like they are better off alone. The creation does not know or recognize that without Him life is not possible. Creation is part of Him, you cannot destroy the creator without destroying yourself. Indeed, the Creator will not allow you to destroy Him, but He is righteous, so righteous that He blessed you with free will. God will not interfere in your own decisions. It didn’t stop Him from creating, because of His unconditional love.

 

He created the angels, but after some time has passed, 1/3 of His creation turned against Him. Satan was blinded by pride and thought to be better without God. He lost sight of the bigger picture and chose to turn against God. They knew God from the beginning, yet they abandoned Him.

 

So, God made a new creation. He made Adam and Eve and lived in their presence. But in order to maintain the concept of free will. He had to make the three of knowledge of good and evil. If God did not give Adam and Eve the choice to know the difference between good and evil, they would live in a perfect world. They would live with God, just because they don’t know any better. God gave them free will in order to have a creation that wants to be with God out of love and free will. When Adam and eve ate of the Three of knowledge of good and evil, they got aware of the difference between good and evil written in the law. Thus, gaining the ability to sin by choosing evil. Satan took this opportunity to deceive men and made them guilty of sin, bounding them to death.

 

We can blame Adam and Eve for ruining our possibility to live without sin. But, we are of the same blood and flesh and would eventually fall for the tricks of Satan ourselves. Our desire for the meaning of life and the wisdom beyond, would make us sinners indeed, as we already are. The Devil knows we search for answers and will use these desires to deceive us. Sooner or later we would all eat from the three of knowledge of good and evil, making us guilty of sin.  We are now accusable of sin and are now to be plead guilty in court.

 

Adam and Eve even  lived with God, but that did not stop them from rebelling against Him. Creation had turned against Him for the second time. But, God does not give up on His creation. So, decides to remove His presence from men and build a kingdom instead. This was the only way for God to have a creation that will love Him. He needed a creation that wanted to life in His presence, because they LOVE Him. He wanted a creation that will never turn against Him, because they KNOW, without God there is no way to eternal life.

 

He could not make humans greater than the third dimension, for they would be blinded by pride, just like Satan. He gave the human consciousness the perfect amount of awareness. Meaning, that we are not created like Satan, a perfect cherub, blessed in perfect harmony with knowledge beyond our comprehension. In Ezekiel  28:11 - 19, God said:

 

“You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone - red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone, blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper, blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald— all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created. I ordained and anointed you as the mighty angelic guardian. You had access to the holy mountain of God and walked among the stones of fire. “You were blameless in all you did from the day you were created until the day evil was found in you. Your rich commerce led you to violence, and you sinned. So I banished you in disgrace from the mountain of God. I expelled you, O mighty guardian, from your place among the stones of fire. Your heart was filled with pride because of all your beauty. Your wisdom was corrupted by your love of splendor. So I threw you to the ground and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings. You defiled your sanctuaries with your many sins and your dishonest trade.

 

Instead, God backed away out of unconditional love, and lets us experience how it feels when the world doesn't recognize their Savior. We humans are born sinners, because of our choices. Sooner or later we would all fall for the tricks of Satan, making us guilty of sin. We have absolutely no chance in court, for God is righteousness and has to punish us with death. Satan knows this and uses sin to destroy creation. Every time someone sins, Satan rushes  himself to court and wants God to plead them guilty.

 

In order to get a creation that wants to be with God and knows there is no other way, they have to be raised in faith and choose for God out of free will, without living directly in the presence of God. Humans know how life is with sin and death. Humans know there is something more that we cannot comprehend. We are not born in a perfect world like the angels, instead we are born in a world which was doomed from the start. We know this isn’t how it’s supposed to be. Our heart desires peace and love towards each other. We can choose our own decisions in this life, but when we find God through love, we find the way to eternal life.

 

But, there is a problem. We are born with Sin and even if we’re lucky enough to find God, we cannot join Him in eternal life, for we are sinners. The devil has played the same card over and over again. Even when we find God, we are sinners and since God is so righteous He cannot give us eternal life. He has to plead us guilty in court. Satan the accuser, spends a lot of hours in court room. Accusing people of their sins and convincing God to plead guilty. The punishment? Death… Satan knows God is so righteous, that when we sins, our only destination is death.

 

"Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, 'Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down." Revelation 12:10

 

So, God used a trump card in court. And the name of this card is, Jesus. Het sends His son to the earth to be with the people one more time, before eternal life. He lived a life without sins, yet he died. This doesn't add up. When someone lives a life without sin, he cannot die and has the right of eternal life. But, for who among us can say they lived a life without sin? The only man that ever live a life without sin, was Jesus...But, he died anyway. Why?

 

Satan cannot drag Him to court, for He had done nothing wrong. The death of Jesus was the payment for our sins. He never had to die, but He did anyway. It was the trump card and He used it to convince the court that He could take our sins and pay it with His own death. Satan never saw it coming. The court (God), is righteous and agrees that Jesus, His life can indeed pay for the pile of depth, created by us.

 

When Jesus died the court went crazy. The Devil thought he won, for the righteousness of God was in his favor. But, he forgot that Jesus payed with His death. Once He was dead, the debts were payed and Jesus still lived, because death could not get a grip on him. He literally rose from the dead...

 

The death of Jesus was the payment for our sins. When He died, death could not get grip of Him, because He lived without sins. The court could not declare Him guilty, for He had done nothing wrong to deserve death. He could walk out free, without having to worry about death ever again. He found the way to give us life, for He has now paved the way for us.

 

The only thing we have to do is accept Jesus in our heart and the devil cannot get a grip on us. It’s all about righteousness in court. Sin was the only thing the devil could use as a weapon against us in court, for its punishment was death. God must plead you guilty, because you sinned, every day again and again. But, Jesus is our trump card out of the cycle. Break the chain, be free of death and have eternal life. Put Jesus in your heart and search, "for the love of God!!"

 

"For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous."

 

Everyone that has experienced “unconditional love” towards someone, is willing to give his life for that person. That's exactly what Jesus did for us.