This Case Is Closed — Yet the Defendant Declares Himself Guilty.
How the believer forgets the finished work and battles the enemy’s lies
Imagine standing in a courtroom, declared innocent, yet whispering to yourself that you’re guilty — that’s what the enemy wants us to do every day. There is a legal ground for our peace, joy, and freedom, yet so often we forget it and agree with accusations that have no weight.
There is a legal ground — an exchange that secured our peace, joy, salvation, fulfillment, sound mind, and health. It is a finished work. But the devil knows this, and for now, we still exist in the same world with him.
Like every accuser, his strategy is simple: to blind us from the truth and present his own version of the story. It is like a man already declared innocent, yet made to feel guilty because of a persistent accusation in court. The devil takes his role so seriously that it almost seems as though the judge could believe the lie. But the verdict has already been given.
So what do we do?
Friends, I want to share a scripture with you:
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“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
This is my responsibility. This is your responsibility — to look, to fix our eyes, and to stay anchored. Another scripture reminds us:
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
Yes, tribulations will come. Challenges will arise. Thoughts will whisper. But the trials, doubts, and unrest in our minds are often deceptions — subtle attempts to pull us away from what God has already done. If we forget the truth, we start to live as though the verdict was never declared.
Let us take our time to know the truth. Not rush it, not assume it, but know it. Because as the Bible says, the truth will set us free. It is the lawyer who understands the law that can effectively defend a case, and in the same way, it is the believer who understands the finished work that can stand in the face of accusation.
This is how we fight. Not by striving for what has already been given, not by trying to earn what has already been secured, but by standing, remembering, and aligning ourselves with what has been settled. Even when it doesn’t feel like it, we can say, “The matter has been settled.”
This is how we put the blood of our Savior to use — not by questioning it, but by standing firmly on it every single time.
Stop agreeing with the accusation. Stand firm — the verdict has already been given.
