Jesus, your Advocate!

Jesus, your Advocate!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

I John 2:1
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.

The Spirit of God doesn't want us to sin because sin has consequences and if you keep sinning, you will eventually destroy yourself for the wages of sin is death.

If a believer sins, he loses his confidence before God. Satan condemns and accuses a believer when he sins and he doesn't feel like praying any more, he doesn't want to read the word any more and doesn't want to go to church anymore. He feels God is angry at him and doesn't love him anymore. God's love is not based on your works. God loves you because God is Love and because He honours the blood of Jesus. If you sin, remember you have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. An advocate is a lawyer who pleads for another's cause or case. Jesus is the payment for our sins. His blood has wiped out our sins. He doesn't plead your case based on your works, He pleads with the Father based on His blood and His finished works. There is no wrath for a believer, there is no condemnation, no guilt and no punishment for a believer because Jesus is our Advocate. Be established in this reality! Never slow down!

Knowing  Jesus as your Advocate will restore your confidence before God, will develop righteousness consciousness and will restore your fellowship with God. Anytime you sin, run to Jesus your Advocate by confessing your sins, confessing the advocacy of Jesus, confessing the blood of Jesus and receive your forgiveness. Satan would love to accuse, condemn and insult you. But you remind the devil that you have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. This doesn't give you freedom to sin more but rather reveals the immense grace, love and mercy of Jesus so that you sin no more. Let nothing stop you. If you fall, get up and keep running - Jesus, your Advocate!

"Anytime I sin, I have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the payment for my sins. His blood has wiped out my sins. If I make a mistake, I will not shrink back but rather I will run to Jesus for He is my Advocate. Thank you Lord for your immense love, grace and mercy. I sin no more."