Damascus Road Church

As I am watching a video on "Calvinism", one man goes around asking people how you can be saved. They give various answers, all echoing the truth of the gospel in some way. One individual, however, when asked how you can be saved, or how salvation works, says, "I like the way my pastor says it..." and proceeds to give a short illustration. It's a common image of a court room where, he describes, God is the judge, Satan is the prosecuting attorney, and Jesus is the defense attorney.  He continues saying, the difference is that Jesus defends us, posts bail, and pays whatever fine we might have.  Ultimately, we're declared innocent.  I am not convinced we're ever innocent, or that we really want to be.  In fact, theologically, we've committed a crime worthy of death.  We're guilty.  We've already been sentenced.  There is nothing to defend.  Jesus doesn't "defend us", once we are declared guilty by the LAW of GOD, not Satan (he's merely a witness), Jesus stands up and says, I'll give him my perfection and I'll take the condemned's punishment.  Jesus doesn't say, go, you're innocent.  He says, you're guilty, you weren't framed, there is no one to blame but yourself, you deserve to die.  I'll take what you deserve.  That's mercy. Then, after he is killed in my place, we assume his life of perfection and leave the courtroom not with a "clean slate" where we're some sort of neutral vanilla-being who can now do good or bad, we leave with Jesus-clothes on, righteous and full of His glory.