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Introduction
What does it mean to have an advocate?
It means having someone who speaks on your behalf.
Jesus Christ is our Advocate with the Father
He speaks on our behalf.
This particular context gives the word a legal connotation.
The advocacy of Christ on our behalf is a legal affair.
Here’s the idea.
You stand before a judge and you are guilty.
There is evidence to convict you.
No more testimony is allowed.
It is time for sentencing.
But along comes your advocate and intercedes on your behalf!
Though you cannot speak to the judge, He can.
He explains that The punishment for your crime has already been given.
The price has already been paid!
There is no need for punishment.
That is our advocate.
The presence of an advocate means that confessed sin will never be counted against us.
Therefore, we no longer live as slaves to sin, but as followers of Christ.
These two verses teach us three valuable lessons about our advocate.
Lesson #1.
Jesus Christ is…
1.
A Necessary Advocate v. 1a
The first thing we need to note is that the people being addressed are believers.
“My little children” is how John is addressing them.
John has just said, in the previous chapter, that a denial of personal sin makes you a liar.
But confession of sin brings forgiveness.
Sin is present in the life of every single believer.
John’s goal in writing this letter is to encourage these believers not to sin.
That’s the goal.
The goal is to walk in the light and have unbroken fellowship with God.
That’s in ch. 1, verse 7.
However, because our sin nature is still present, we will sin.
John wants his readers to realize that the presence of sin and the ability to confess that sin doesn’t mean we have a license to sin.
Now he wants them to realize that the presence of sin and the ability to confess that sin doesn’t mean we have a license to sin.
His purpose in writing to them is so that they won’t sin!
But because sin is a reality we have an advocate with the Father.
Again, his purpose in writing to them is so that they won’t sin!
But because sin is a reality we have an advocate with the Father.
This is the point I want to get to.
After stating that he desires them not to sin, John immediately states, “if anyone sins.”
We are going to sin.
But Just because we can sin and will sin does not mean that we give up and give in to sin!
Turn to (p. 1300).
(p.
1300)
What Paul describes here is a battle.
We fight against sin.
In Paul explains that our victory over sin in daily life depends on whether or not we are yielding to the Holy Spirit.
The reality of sin demands the presence of an advocate.
We are sinners.
We have been made saints.
But we still sin.
We have an accuser, a prosecuting attorney.
We need a defense attorney.
We need someone to plead our case before God!
That is the role of Jesus Christ, and He is perfectly suited to that role.
And so, when sin happens, run to Christ.
“I Run To Christ” (vv. 1, 3)
John reveals here a second lesson about our advocate.
Jesus Christ is…
2. A Perfect Advocate v. 1b
Because sin is a reality we have an advocate with the Father.
Advocate is the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklētos) and it is only used by the Apostle John in the New Testament.
Advocate – παράκλητος (paraklētos)
An advocate is a helper; intercessor.
A person who acts as a spokesperson or representative of someone else’s policy, purpose, or cause; especially before a judge in a court of law.
So An advocate is one who pleads another’s cause before a judge; an intercessor.
Here the word is used of Christ in His exaltation at God’s right hand pleading the pardon of our sins with God the Father.
Here the word is used of Christ in His exaltation at God’s right hand pleading the pardon of our sins with God the Father.
Now you may wonder, “Why does Christ pleads with the Father when His death, burial and resurrection blotted out our sin?”
calls Satan the accuser of the brethren (S).
A clear picture of what this means is when Satan appears before God in the book of Job.
Satan comes before the throne of God and points out our sin.
“See God; see what your children are doing!”
Then Jesus steps forward and says “See the nail prints, the thorn marks, see my pierced side?
I paid the penalty for that sin.”
As our advocate Jesus Christ pleads our case before the Father!
His role as advocate is closely associated with His role as intercessor.
In Paul says (S).
What an awesome truth!
Our Judge, Who has the right and power to condemn us, is the One who died for us and is our intercessor and advocate!
He is the perfect person to advocate for us.
John calls Him Jesus Christ the Righteous!
John calls Him Jesus Christ the Righteous!
“Righteous” is used of one whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no correction in heart or in life.
In this sense, Christ alone can be called Righteous.
Jesus Christ, as the only righteous one, is the only one qualified to plead our case!
He pleads on the basis of His sacrifice not on how good we are!
Turn to (p. 1378).
(p.
1378)
Jesus Christ as the only holy, undefiled, righteous person that has ever walked this earth, sacrificed Himself on the Cross bearing our sin!
And now He intercedes for us as our advocate before the Father!
Being perfectly righteous, Christ is a perfect advocate.
What an awesome God we serve!
A God who pleads for us.
“Before The Throne Of God Above” (verse 1)
He is a necessary advocate because of our sin.
He is the perfect advocate because of His righteousness.
Finally, Jesus Christ is…
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