Our lives are like a test match. Over and over again Satan the demon bowler hurls everything he can at our three stumps of body, soul and spirit to get us out. He tries every fiendish trick, but if we watch and pray like Jesus our captain taught us we can sometimes knock a short ball for six so that all the supporters in heaven and on earth rejoice. [Matthew 26:41, Hebrews 2:10]
The Lord Jesus completed the world’s only perfect innings and declared at 33! He did not duck paying the penalty our sins deserved but boldly went up to the place of crucifixion. As He breathed His last breath He cried triumphantly, “It is finished!” [Matthew 27:50 and John 19:30] He was the only human being to die with no regrets. Satan had been knocked for six and death our greatest enemy had been conquered!