Christ Our Advocate
What It Means For The Christian?
It
is a fact, Christians sin. Sin
leaves us broken hearted because we know
that we grieved the Holy Sp
irit.
A pattern of sin in the life of a
believer hinders their fellowship with
God and diminishes their confidence in
the Word of God. Very often,
Christians who failed God want to enjoy
fellowship with God again but are not
sure how this can be realized. More
often than not... the parasite of guilt
has done its damage and has left the
Christian feeling absolutely hopeless.
Realizing Jesus Christ as our advocate
is essential for the prospect of
restoration and recovery (1
John 2:1). The terminology of
advocate represents the idea of a
lawyer who represents his client before
a court of law. From a biblical
perspective, it presents Christ
Jesus as the single defense for the
believer who sins and brings the
repentant believer back to fellowship
with God the Father. The sole
basis of Christ advocacy is the work He
accomplished on the cross... namely, His
shed blood and death.
A
Christian can never be restored to
fellowship with God by virtue of a
promise or willingness to do better.
The only basis why God is justified to
forgive the Christian is the death of
His Son Jesus Christ. Our relationship
to God is made sure by His grace (Ephesians
2:8,9) and our fellowship can only
be made secured by grace. God's
grace compels the sinning believer to
rely upon Jesus as the advocate for the
remission of their sin. Christ
Jesus can only advocate for us
effectively by virtue of His shed blood.
When a Christian repents from their
sin and confesses their sin and
sorrow to Christ, fellowship is
restored instantly (1
John 1:9). Forgiveness is
instant.... cleansing is constant.
God not only restores the Christian to
fellowship with Him... He begins the
process of recovery from the consequence
of sin.
The
advocacy of Christ not only restores
us... He enables us to recover.
This is why a Christian will never
be hopeless.
Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger
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