In the beginning of creation, God gave a command to Adam for all the trees and fruits in the Garden of Eden. To be his food and to enjoy the blessing He blessed them with. With a condition:
Genesis 2:16, 17 “And the Lord God commanded the man saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Therefore, the day they disobeyed; death reigned until Jesus conquered it at the Cross! The animals, and the entire creation are affected! At that moment, our case before God was already determined. Our life was to be separated from God forever. When you have a bad case, you need a good lawyer, an advocate to stand on your side to plead your situation.
We have the best lawyer an Advocate; His name is Jesus Christ! Jesus came to fight for us and appeal our case. To get us out of the predicament wherewith we were already judged with penalty of death. There was no way to avoid it and there was no other choice. He helped us to come out clean, with victory and righteous like Him!
Jesus is our Advocate to defend our offense and our case before God the Father! He won the case! He came to stand in our place as payment for our sin so that we may be forgiven! Saying, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing, Luke 23:34”
1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Jesus paid the price for our sins, what remains is our confession. The Bible said our sins are like white as snow (Isaiah 1:18). God sees us as clean people without sin because when He looks at us, He sees Jesus! God sent Jesus to be our Advocate! Jesus did not come to show the world He is Righteous (although He is), but to be counted as a sinner. 2 Corinthians 5:21, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Jesus was punished for us!
If you don’t have any problems, have not done any offense, or have not been accused, you don’t need an advocate! But humanities case was already judged. We needed an advocate with knowledge of the law to defend us before God! The sentence was final! But Jesus pleaded our case before the Father, offering another way to save mankind! Jesus wanted everyone’s, (past, present, and future) judgment to be forgiven! So that we could live forever in God’s glory!
1 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.”
Jesus character – people looked at the way Jesus behavior was when he walked the earth. He behaved like God in every way righteous in this sinful world! Although the world is chaotic, Jesus did not involve Himself in any trouble! He maintained the character of God! John was reading this to us as little ones. The Apostle John wrote to bring to our senses the character of Jesus! Jesus was like us in this world with a human body, tempted in every point like us, but He did not sin! He was born in the house of a carpenter, trained to work. Jesus never lied; He was presenting the nature of God! What God has spoken to us is true! It is yes and amen! Whether it is popular or not. People try to change the word of God and bring their knowledge, but God cannot change His nature! If God has spoken, He will heal, bless, and forgive you, He cannot lie!
Jesus methods – how He served at optimal level before the case. He knows what He is doing! Jesus was making sure we would win. He was not guessing. He challenged sin itself and its power and it is now powerless. He challenged death and it is nothing. He gave Himself as payment. We don’t have to pay nothing! This is why we have free salvation. It costs Jesus everything, but we owe nothing. He brought hope in a hopeless world. He healed the sick, raised the dead, set people free. Jesus healed His friend Lazarus. His family believed him dead. They buried him and laid him in the tomb. His family and friends had given up. Jesus with a heart of compassion, came to raise Him. He took Lazarus out of that death. As we receive the Lord Jesus, death has no power, sickness has no power!
Jesus came to carry our burden, poverty, and suffering! Jesus took everything for us and when He rose from the dead, we rose with Him in victory! We became the righteousness of God!
Jesus did not charge us with legal fees for His service! Who could pay? The rich? No one could afford it! It’s not about money. Jesus was the perfect man. People tried to find accusation against Him but could not! When we sin (not excusing sin), and confess, Jesus is faithful and just to forgive you! No generation can say from Adam to the future generations, we did not get chance for forgiveness.
Jesus work – He worked hard on our behalf! He was not lazy, waking up early to do God’s business! Teaching, praying, ministering! Not like some today, saved and waiting to go to heaven. Not working for the Lord! We also need to work because He has set an example of what we are to do! Jesus always did the will of the Father! So, the Father would be pleased with Him! He followed the instructions and the steps of the Father! God was indeed pleased with Him and therefore all in Jesus, are pleasing to God!
Matthew 3:17, “And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Jesus tells us to be His witness in the world! Sharing the love of God to everyone! Know Jesus and trust Him! Jesus is everything we need! We are free people, not like the world’s definition! Know Him as your Savior, provider, healing, advocate!
The Bible tells of Stephen being stoned, Jesus sitting at the right hand of the Father, stood up! Acts 7:55, “But he being full of the Holy Spirit gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.”
We are seated with Jesus in heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3), but when He sees us in trouble, He stands up!
2 Corinthians 5:19, “that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.”
We were so far away from God because of sin after Adam fell! Jesus came as our Mediator between God and people! To bring us back together! In my counseling of families, reconciliation is not easy but if you give up, they may never come together. Because everyone has a reason, why they are right. Jesus is in the middle of man and God! We walk away from God, curse Him, disobey Him, but Jesus doesn’t give up! Thank God for His steadfast love!
As humans, it is not easy for us to say, “I’m sorry” to each other, even harder to God! This is an evil mind from the devil. It started with Adam, he blamed God for His wife. Eve blamed the creature. People hate being told they are wrong. This is why the world is in a mess. Some believe they are being judged, condemned. But Jesus says “sorry” for us before the Father! Forgive them! He obtained the victory for us!
The proof of God’s acceptance is when He raised Jesus from the dead! He lives!
Moses & Marguerite Wafula
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