I Have An Advocate
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I Have An Advocate
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If you have your Bibles turn with me to 1 John Chapter 1. I am going to pick up where Pastor Rustan left off last week. In order to do that I am going to have to bounce back into some of the scripture he cover.
Let me remind you that all of John the Apostles letters are written to the Gentile Christian in response to false doctrines that were being taught.
1 John is written to directly combat false teachings. Today we are going to deal with the false teaching that one must be sinless in order to have fellowship with God.
8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
To say you are with out sin is to completely wipe out the Jesus and his purpose.
This idea that I can somehow aspire to a place of being sinless is a lie and John tackles it right here.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
The Condition for fellowship is not Sinlessness it is Belief in Jesus and Confession of Sinfulness.
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
If we say we have not sinned then we are in fact calling God a liar and therefore his word is not in us.
Heresy at it’s core has a sole purpose to divide and cause confusion.
Leader of this core is Satan the father of lies and confusion.
Here is the main issue at it’s very core.
Whenever we start adding criteria for Salvation or Fellowship with God other than Jesus we are guilty of the same sin as the Gnostics.
The only requirement is Confession, Repentance, and Acceptance.
Confession, Repentance, Acceptance
Confession, Repentance, Acceptance
Those who say............
My Christianity does not come with another label.
I am not a White Christian.
I am not a Conservative or Republican Christian
I am not an American Christian.
I am simply a follower of Christ.
All those other labels come with my citizenship in earthly things and have no barring on my eternal things.
What we should be looking to is the Word of God and The Helpers Guidance into all truth.
The word of God and the Helpers Guidance should navigate my citizenship.
13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
Now that we have established this idea that we all have sinned. In case you have forgotten. John Shifts into a the role of a father.
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
John is say look guys you have to realize we all sin. However, we shouldn’t be ok with that. The helper comes to lead us away from our sin. However when we do mess up Jesus has our back.
John wants to direct his readers away from making the same mistakes as the guys who left the church.
He wants us all to resist sin and break free from the things that keep us from connecting with God.
What I have found in my walk with God is that when I am in sin God doesn’t necessarily hide himself from me. My human tendency when I am in sin is to hide from God.
However, when I am in sin God has every right to cast judgement upon me. He is a righteous Judge. The beautiful thing that John is pointing out here is that when we sin as Christians Jesus steps in to be our advocate.
Jesus takes on the role of helper, But who does he help.
1 John 2:1 (ESV)
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
Who is anyone.
John is writing to Christians, Those who are with in the fellowship of Believers.
John lays out the requirements
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Therefore anyone is someone who fits the criteria of Confession, Repentance, and Acceptance.
When Believers Sin Jesus becomes our Helper to break of back out of the pattern.
He is here to help you not beat you.
He stands in the path of judgement and lends us his righteousness.
When we confess, repent, and accept.
25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Why is Jesus able to do this?
Because He is the Propitiation
Which means He is the Atoning Sacrifice. The One who appeases God’s Judgement.
It’s like saying Somebody has to pay for this crime and Jesus Steps up and Says I’ve got this.
How awesome is that.
When we are confess our sins he is faithful to forgive.
Somebody in here today has their arms crossed thinking you make it to easy.
I didn’t make it easy God did, Why because we aren’t capable of handling on our own, so he did it for us.
1, 2, 3 John (2) Resist Sin (1:8–2:2)
First John 1:5–2:2 fits into John’s purpose of underscoring both the universality and the exclusivity of salvation through Jesus. While the heretics claimed that they could have fellowship with God (= having eternal life) without believing in God’s gift of eternal life in Jesus (see comment on 1:5–10), John strongly affirms that Jesus is the only way of salvation for all. Jesus is the propitiation for the sins not only of John (and his fellow apostolic eyewitnesses) and his original readers, but also for the rest of the world for all time (without intending to say that everyone inclusively is saved). Jesus, Jesus and no other, is the Savior for all humanity. To enjoy the benefits of his wonderful provision requires a response of faith. Without this faith, though the provision has been made, the enjoyment of its benefits are tragically missed.
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