I saw this video once on facebook that sought...very mistakenly...to present how Jesus presents His advocacy of His followers before God. In the video it has certain non-believers being sent to hell no matter what they did...which is false to begin with.
Then it has another sinner come up to be judged...and Jesus steps in to say "this one is mine and I cover all his sins" ...another glaring error. As in...this one has diplomatic immunity and God cannot judge righteously in this case.
Now the advocacy of Jesus subject is raised up specifically in this verse.
1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
People mistake that Jesus will do this on judgment day for those who claim the blood for themselves. But John wrote that so that we don't sin...and who's going to sin on or after judgment day?
So then this advocacy is for right now.
We are in training towards the full stature of Christ. IF we sin along the way...Jesus (who is the author and finisher of our faith) will step in and restore us to the race of faith so that we can continue to move forward in our training.
People who are in the race of faith need a chance to err and get back to the race. So we have grace from God in both power and patience so that we get things right. Jesus restores us to a spiritual walk when we fall back into walking according to the flesh.
But this advocacy is not a free pass to not be judged by our own works on judgment day.
The advocacy is to help send us into a life that will indeed pass the judgment of God on that day. There will be no advocate to hide behind when ALL things are revealed. All the hidden things will come to light. And all people will receive for their works.
Maranatha!
Then it has another sinner come up to be judged...and Jesus steps in to say "this one is mine and I cover all his sins" ...another glaring error. As in...this one has diplomatic immunity and God cannot judge righteously in this case.
Now the advocacy of Jesus subject is raised up specifically in this verse.
1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
People mistake that Jesus will do this on judgment day for those who claim the blood for themselves. But John wrote that so that we don't sin...and who's going to sin on or after judgment day?
So then this advocacy is for right now.
We are in training towards the full stature of Christ. IF we sin along the way...Jesus (who is the author and finisher of our faith) will step in and restore us to the race of faith so that we can continue to move forward in our training.
People who are in the race of faith need a chance to err and get back to the race. So we have grace from God in both power and patience so that we get things right. Jesus restores us to a spiritual walk when we fall back into walking according to the flesh.
But this advocacy is not a free pass to not be judged by our own works on judgment day.
The advocacy is to help send us into a life that will indeed pass the judgment of God on that day. There will be no advocate to hide behind when ALL things are revealed. All the hidden things will come to light. And all people will receive for their works.
Maranatha!
