KINABUKASAN SOCIETY

Towards Unity and Service

Judgment

    After living a "decent" life my time on earth came to an end. Thefirst
  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 sins is death and this man deserves to be punished".

  Jesus took a deep breath and turned to his Father with out-stretched
  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 - thepenalty
  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 andasked
  Me to represent them has received the same verdict as you...Paid inFull."

  In this world of terrible hurt, pain, suffering, and extreme
self-centered   focus, to  the  exclusion of everyone and everything
else, there are times   when logic, thought, discussion, etc., do
nothing.  It is in these times I   have learned that I have only one
place to turn to ease the pain.

Contributed by: Noel Macatangay

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