Your Advocate
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Tim Keller, and the Scripture is Hebrews 7:18,27 Therefore Jesus is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them . . .. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.
What do you look like in court? You look like your advocate (attorney). If you are in court and your attorney is brilliant and skillful, then all of that comes to you. It is his performance, not yours that will make or break you. If your advocate is eloquent or brilliant, then quite literally you are eloquent and brilliant. All of the benefits of that eloquence and brilliance are going to be imputed to you. If your advocate wins, then you win. If your advocate loses, then you lose. You are in your advocate, and he is your substitute. This is what it means to be a Christian.
To be a Christian is not simply to have Jesus as your example but to be in Him. It is union with Christ; and it is to have Him be your substitute. A lot of people believe that they are Christians because they come to church, they try to obey Christ s teachings, and they have some general understanding that Christ died for their sins. That is not the same thing as understanding Him as an advocate. Jesus Christ is the ultimate advocate; He stands as your representative before the ultimate throne in the ultimate trial before the only court that counts.
Jesus intercedes for us. He says, Father, you demand justice, and you are a just God. My friends here, the people on whose behalf I am speaking, are guilty. But I have made payment, there is my blood, and it would be unjust to get two payments for the same debt. Therefore, because I have made payments for them on this debt, I am not here asking for mercy for my brothers and sisters. Instead, I demand justice. Your very justice, your very righteousness demands your complete embrace and acceptance of them throughout all eternity.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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