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Jesus Our Advocate

And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous. 1 John 2:1.

Jesus is our Advocate, our High Priest, our Intercessor. Our position is
like that of the Israelites on the Day of Atonement. When the high priest
entered the Most Holy Place, representing the place where our High Priest is
now pleading, and sprinkled the atoning blood upon the mercy seat, no
propitiatory sacrifices were offered without. While the priest was
interceding with God, every heart was to be bowed in contrition, pleading
for the pardon of transgression.

Type met antitype in the death of Christ, the Lamb slain for the sins of the
world. Our great High Priest has made the only sacrifice that is of any
value in our salvation. When He offered Himself on the cross, a perfect
atonement was made for the sins of the people. We are now standing in the
outer court, waiting and looking for that blessed hope, the glorious
appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. No sacrifices are to be
offered without, for the great High Priest is performing His work in the
Most Holy Place. In His intercession as our advocate, Christ needs no man's
virtue, no man's intercession. He is the only sin-bearer, the only
sin-offering. Prayer and confession are to be offered only to Him who has
entered once for all into the Most Holy Place. He will save to the uttermost
all who come to Him in faith. He ever liveth to make intercession for us. .
. .

The mightiest created intellect cannot comprehend God; words from the most
eloquent tongue fail to describe Him. . . . Men have only one Advocate, one
Intercessor, who is able to pardon transgression. Shall not our hearts swell
with gratitude to Him who gave Jesus to be the propitiation for our sins?
Think deeply upon the love that the Father has manifested in our behalf, the
love that He has expressed for us. We can not measure this love; for
measurement there is none. Can we measure infinity? We can only point to
Calvary, to the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. . . .

No middleman comes between the sinner and Christ. . . . Christ Himself is
our Advocate. All that the Father is to His Son He is to those whom His Son
in humanity represented. In every line of His work Christ acted as a
representative of the Father. He lived as our substitute and surety. He
labored as He would have His followers labor, unselfishly, appreciating the
value of every human being for whom He suffered and died (Signs of the
Times, June 28, 1899). From

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