An advocate

 

My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. – 1 John 2.1-2

 

Can you imagine standing before God in sin and guilt and trying to justify why you are good enough to be let into heaven? Imagine listing all the wonderful things you think you have done, but remembering all the bad that you have and trying to weigh them up against each other and realizing that even one sin violates God’s rules and cancels all the good?

 

Without an advocate we would be without any hope. Our sin is I’d a deal breaker. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. If we break one point of the Law we break the whole law and we have no case.

 

But praise God we do have an advocate with the Father. Our advocate is Jesus Christ the righteous and because He advocates for us God is going to rule in our favour. Jesus says in essence that though we are guilty the penalty has been paid. He is the advocate – the One who makes an appeal on our behalf.

 

Even now He continues to advocate and intercede for us before God the Father. Only Jesus could offer the perfect sacrifice.