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A little ‘fiction’ to help understanding…

What do you think would be in the heart of this ‘fictional father’?

— A man who is the powerful chief judge in a kingdom, one day was called to judge a person convicted of wrong-doing and requiring sentencing. As this person stands before the bench head down waiting the sentence to be pronounced, the judge’s son steps forward and ask for permission to speak.

— Granted permission, he states that this person has truly repented of their wrongful deeds, and this same judge’s son has already paid the heavy price for all the damages incurred. He asks the court to recognize the fact of true repentance and the full payment of the penalty of Law, and therefore as an act of mercy, to dismiss the charges and set the prisoner free.

— The judge, being aware of all this aforehand, gazes down at the defendant and accepting the righteousness of his own son’s words, with a stroke of his gavel, pronounces the prisoner as set free of all charges, and dismisses him/her with only one requirement to fulfill… “Go, and sin no more!”

 

My question isn’t about this judge’s decision… I would like you to think about what would be going through the mind of this judge as he dismisses the charges?

— Would he…

1/ Grudgingly acknowledge that all the penalty of Law was fulfilled and therefore, against his personal feelings release the prisoner.

OR… 2/ Smile down on the defendant and gladly set the verdict of paid in full, and set the prisoner free.

 

Maybe this will help… ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” (From the Bible in John 3:16-17)

— God the Father has loved you and I, before we asked for His mercy, so OF COURSE He is delighted every time ANYONE asks for forgiveness in the name of His Son Jesus.

— Do you feel Him smiling on you today?