The Questions of Guilt and Grace

Every moment of your life, your accuser is filing charges against you. He has noticed every error and marked each slip. Neglect your priorities, and he'll jot it down. Abandon your promises, and he'll make a note. Try to forget your past; he'll remind you. Try to undo your mistakes; he'll thwart you.
This expert witness has no higher goal than to take you to court and press charges. Even his name, Diabolos, means "slanderer". Who is he? The devil.
He is "the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accused them day and night before our God" (Rev. 12:10). Can't you see him? Pacing back and forth before God's bench. Can't you hear him? Calling your name, listing your faults.
He rails: "This one you call your child, God. He is not worthy. Greed lingers within. When he speaks, he thinks often of himself. He'll go days without and honest prayer. Why, even this morning he chose to sleep rather than spend time with you. I accuse him of laziness, egotism, worry, distrust."
As he speaks, you hang your head. You have no defense. His charges are fair. "I plead guilty, your Honor," you mumble.
"The sentence?" Satan asks.
"The wages of sin is death," explains the Judge, "but in this case the death has already occured. "For this one died with Christ."