God's Promises
by
John Bradshaw
"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."
1 John 2:1
A billboard I once saw offered this advice to people in trouble: "Get Lawyered Up." In other words, if you're in a bind, you need good legal representation. If you were charged with a crime, you'd want to make sure you have a good lawyer representing you. That old adage states that a person who chooses to represent himself or herself in court has a food for a client. Everyone on Earth is in serious legal trouble. According to Romans 3:23, "all have sinned," and Romans 6:23 says that "the wages of sin is death." How does a person get out of that sort of legal trouble- a death sentence?
In 1 John 2:1, it says, "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." In other word, if anyone transgresses God's standards and principles, that person has an Advocate- a Lawyer. That Advocate is Jesus. If you had Jesus as your legal representative in trial here on Earth, you'd likely feel confident that your case would turn out well. We have a date in God's heavenly court. Even though we are as guilty as- well, sin- with Jesus as our lawyer, we can be certain that we will receive the most favorable judgment. You can be confident knowing you have an Advocate with the Father- Jesus, the Son of God. He has promised!
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