Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Trial After death

A friend sent me this and I wanted to share it........

The Trial after death.





After living what I felt was a ' decent ' life, my time on earth came to the 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 Attorney, kind an d gentle looking man whose appearance seemed so familiar to me, I felt I knew Him.

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 I couldn't ' 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 horrible 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 ' t look at anyone, even my own Attorney, 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 Attorney 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 - could ' t that at least equal out part of the harm I ' d 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 Attorney 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 in His full splendor and majesty.

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 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 said, ' There is nothing else that needs to be done. '

' I ' I've done it all. '

The Judge lifted His mighty hand and slammed the gavel down. The following words bellowed from His lips PS..

' 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 will 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~ '

If you do not pass this along to 10 people immediately, absolutely nothing will happen.

Passing this on to anyone you consider a friend,
(As I have done here), will bless you both.

' Stop telling God how big your storm is.
Instead, tell the storm how big your God is! '

7 comments:

  1. I love these kind of stories (truths really), and I especially love the last two lines!
    Thanks for posting this!

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  2. Wonderful post Garnet. It is truly a story that I love!

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  3. It is a tearjerker but one that made me stop and think how lucky we are to have had people like Brian in this world and how lucky we are to have such a loving God.

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  4. Garnet another beautiful and thought provoking post. I so love coming here. Thank you for this. Hope you are feeling a bit better my friend......:-) Hugs

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  5. Good advice for me today - especially in light of my post! lol Definitely needed the last line to this!

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  6. I will be posting more shortly but not right now.

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  7. This is also to mean that when we are unforgiving of ourselves and have self defeating thoughts we are allowing in influences of satan and not those of Christ. Our minds can be those very courtrooms this speaks of.

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