"Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. "
Romans 10:13
GUILTY BUT FREE
Read It: Romans 3:9-20 A young woman was caught going one hundred miles an hour in a fifty-five-mile-per-hour zone outside one of those small towns. The policeman brought her into court where the judge fined her one hundred dollars. "But I don't have one hundred dollars," she wailed. "I'm sorry, but you will have to spend the weekend in jail," the judge told her. "You owe the court one hundred dollars. You may not have the money, but the law is the law" She began to cry. "Please, your honor, I don't have one hundred dollars, lars, but I don't want to spend the weekend in jail." The judge said, "I can't change the law" But the young woman begged for mercy again-and to the surprise of the bailiff and the policeman, the judge did something very interesting. He pushed his chair back from the bench, took off his robe, walked around to where the woman was standing, ing, pulled out his wallet, and gave the bailiff a one-hundred-dollar bill, went back to the bench, put his robe back on, and sat down. Then the judge picked up his gavel and said, "Young lady, I see someone one has paid your fine. Case dismissed. You're free to go." That's what God did for you and me. We stood before the bench of His justice, and He said, "You've been found guilty of sinning against My holy character. You've either got to pay the price of perfection or spend eternity nity in the prison called hell." But God the Judge also heard us cry out for mercy.
He knew we had nothing to pay our debt with. So in the Person of Jesus Christ He stepped out of heaven, "zipped down" His deity, put on the robe of humanity, and paid the price Himself on the cross. Three days later, He put His robe of deity back on and ascended back to the bench of heaven. Now He looks down and says to anyone who comes to Him and begs for mercy, "I can't change the law, but I can pay the price." You will never have to worry about heaven again if you know Jesus Christ. Think About It The Judge who pronounced sentence against you also paid your fine. He'll do it for anyone who comes to Him. Do you know someone who needs good news like that?
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