There was a righteous judge who would not take bribes. He was just. Honest. A lady was caught and brought before him. The penalty she might have to pay was a life sentence or a huge sum of money which she did not have.

The judge asked her, “Are you guilty or not?”

And she cried out, “Your honor, I cannot pay the sentence. I cannot pay the money. Please have mercy on me.”

The judge said, “I am asking you, ‘Are you guilty or not? Do you confess?’”

Finally the young lady said, “Your honor, yes, I am guilty.”

He said, “Then you pay the price. Life sentence or the sum of money.” And he closed the case.

She starts screaming and wailing, and they dragged her out of the courtroom to prison. The judge took off the robe, and walked out of the court. He then walked to the treasury. And right there at the treasury, he paid all the money he had and paid the ransom for that girl. Why? Because he loved the girl very much. She was his daughter. And he redeemed his daughter himself, with everything he had.

When the judge took off his robe, he became like any other man. And that’s exactly what Jesus did. He left heaven, took off the robe of glory, and became like any other man. And he died for us, so our sins would no longer condemn us and keep us eternally separated from God.

All the prophets said that Jesus would come and die for the sins of the world. Jesus is the only hope for mankind to have eternal life.

Back at the beginning with Adam and Eve, God told Satan that an offspring of a woman would crush Satan’s head, and mankind would be redeemed. Jesus’ death and resurrection overcame the power of Satan. Jesus overcame sin, death, and our separation from God…delivering a crushing blow to Satan.