Once upon a time, God asked Jesus and Satan to participate in a writing
contest. Each was given an essay question and a computer and a day to write.
After nearly eight hours of hard work both Jesus and Satan were nearly
finished with their respective essays. With only five minutes to go before
they were to hand in their papers, God suddenly and without warning pulled
the plugs on each of their computers and then plugged them back in. Satan
burst into tears, having lost everything. Jesus made no sound, kept typing,
and began to print out his paper, grinning all the while in a self-satisfied
manner. Satan cursed a blue streak and finally calmed down enough to ask
God why Jesus was able to print his paper and thus win the context. God
said, simply: "Jesus saves."
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