Day 30 – Advocate
1 Jn 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
As we begin this new devotional series, The Names of Jesus, I pray that you will be blessed and that excitement will fill your heart! How can we not be blessed, amen!? Each name given to Christ will give us insight to Who He is and what He represents. It will show us His character and hopefully, we will learn more about Him! So let’s begin, shall we?
Noah Webster defines “advocate” as:
Advocate, in its primary sense, signifies, one who pleads the cause of another in a court of civil law.
This word is only used once in the King James Bible and it refers to Jesus Christ! Notice that today’s verse calls Him, “Jesus Christ the righteous”! Only someone who has never sinned can be our attorney and represent us to the Father? Why? We are justified through Him, we are made free from the penalty of sin, through Jesus Christ.
Rom 3:20-24 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. (21) But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; (22) Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: (23) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (24) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Therefore, when we sin, Satan can no longer accuse us before the Father. And if he does, our Advocate, Jesus Christ, is there to represent us. He is able to tell the Father that His (Christ) own blood was shed for our sins and because we are born again in Him, our sin is no longer our debt to pay. Christ has paid that debt for us! Amen and amen!
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