From the Cross to the Courtroom
Just thinking over the sermon I heard today. Our pastor was speaking about how Jesus was in the courtroom as our advocate. This made me think of how Jesus went from the cross to the courtroom on our behalf. First on the cross He became the guilty one by taking on the penalty for our sins. For the wages of sin is death and that's what Jesus endured for me. Also on the cross He endured the wrath of God. He became cursed as is written. Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree. The other part of the wrath of God was separation. Christ felt that when He yelled out from the cross, "why has thou forsaken me". Jesus was on the cross making intercession for us. He continues to intercede for us as in a courtroom. Whether it's satan or ourselves trying to prove that we are still guilty and deserving of the punishment of God. But the word says there is therefore now no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus. In other words the debt is paid. The bail has been paid, our reco