Advocate….

 Advocate….

“One who pleads for cause of another”…Merriam Webster…

 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

1John.2.1-2

We have had a lot of estate planning in our family…I saw it with my grandparents, then my parents, ourselves and now I see my children doing it…piles of paperwork, it seems, to pass on inheritances, take care of people… making sure everyone and everything is taken care of in the way we want…and once your get it all done, there seems to be a need for revision or updating periodically when family dynamics change, laws change, etc….

Choosing a trusted advocate can be daunting at times for some families and other families the choice is easy…

When it comes to our eternal lives, we have a fully trustworthy advocate…God…

Job spoke of his advocate…

 Even now my witness is in heaven;my advocate is on high.

Job.16.19

John wrote several times of our advocate…

 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. 

The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. 

But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

John.14.16-17, 26

 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.

John.15.26

 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 

When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because people do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

John.16.7-11

Our advocate bears truth, our witness…our counselor, our defender…and cares for us much more than any earthly advocate…our final “estate” planner…

Thank YOU that you stand for us…

Watching over…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF5AtWyknG8