CHRIST, OUR ADVOCATE

CHRIST, OUR ADVOCATE

Heb. 9:24 For Christ has entered into heaven itself to appear now before God as our Advocate.  NLT

       Christ is in heaven today.  He is there because of His own merit.  He lived life without sin in His heart.  He lived in perfect obedience to God.  He even went beyond living a sinless life.  He became a sinless sacrifice for our sins.  He willingly went to the cross to make it possible for us to be forgiven for our sins.  He didn’t need forgiveness, but we do.  He willingly took all of our sins upon His shoulders and went into the depths of hell and threw them into Satan’s face.  He did away with the curse of the law for all who would believe in Him and accept Him as their Savior. 

       When He declared, “It is finished”, there was nothing else for Him to do.  He had completed all that needed to be done for our salvation.  He could now go back to heaven to sit at our Father’s right hand.  It is there where He now ministers on our behalf before God. 

      The ultimate proof of His sinless life was the cross.  Jesus came into the world to die for our sins.  If He had not gone to the cross He would have died a sinner, for the cross was God’s predetermined will for our Lord.  He would have died, and so would everyone else die in their sins.  We would still be trying to appease God with our sacrifices and offerings for our sins. 

      Christ is in heaven today actively representing us before God.  Only Jesus is qualified to stand before God as our representative.  He is there continuously proclaiming us to be His own.  He is there to stand between us and God.  He is there to be for us our righteousness even when we mess up.  He is there to keep us pure before God so that we can have an audience with Him.  He is there to defend us and keep us safe from God’s wrath.

     Christ is in heaven today for us.  Let us bow before Him and worship Him today.  Let us sing forth His praises.  Let us give Him our thanks and unwavering devotion today and always.