ULTIMATE CARE DEVOTIONAL ⛪WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,2022🪐💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦TODAY’S THEME: OUR SENIOR ADVOCATE“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous”.TEXT: 1 John 2:1MESSAGE🍎“If any man sin, we have an advocate.” Yes, though we sin, we have the Advocate still. John does not say, “If any man sin, he has forfeited his advocate,” but “we have an advocate,” sinners though some are. Who is an Advocate?An Advocate is someone who speaks up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. An Advocate is also a person who speaks on behalf of someone and judge fairly; defends the rights of the poor and needy. The Holy Spirit is called The Advocate. Once we put our trust in Jesus, He defends us. He testifies with our spirit that we are the children of God (Romans 8:16). While the Devil accuses us before the father.Satan accuses us before God, our Father, day and night concerning all our sins. Satan is called the Accuser of the brethren (Rev. 12: 10),“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven. Now is come Salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of the brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God, day and night” (Rev. 12:10)while the Holy Spirit is the Advocate to the brethren (1 John 2:1).All the sin that a believer ever did, or can commit, cannot destroy his interest in the Lord Jesus Christ, as his advocate. The name here given to our Lord is suggestive. “Jesus.” Ah! then he is an advocate such as we need, for Jesus is the name of one whose business and delight it is to save. “They shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins” (Mathew 1:21). His sweetest name implies his success. Next, it is “Jesus Christ”—Christos, the anointed.This shows his authority to plead. The Christ has a right to plead, for he is the Father’s own appointed advocate and elected priest, so I called him “Our Senior Advocate”. If he were of our choosing, he might fail, but if God hath laid help upon one that is mighty (Psalm 89:19), we may safely lay our trouble where God has laid his help. ‘He is Christ, and therefore authorized’; ‘he is Christ, and therefore qualified’, for the anointing has fully fitted him for his work.He can plead so as to move the heart of God and prevail. What words of tenderness, what sentences of persuasion will the anointed use when he stands up to plead for me! One more letter of his name remains, “Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1). This is not only his character but his plea. And if the Righteous One be my Senior Advocate, then my cause is good, or he would not have espoused it. It is his plea, for he meets the charge of unrighteousness against me by the plea that he is righteous. He declares himself my substitute and puts his obedience to my account (Isaiah 53:4-8).4 “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken”.My soul, thou hast a friend well fitted to be thine advocate, he cannot but succeed; I leave myself entirely in his hands. Lord, I commit my life into thine hands, guide me aright in Jesus mighty name, Amen.PRAYERS♨️Heavenly Father, I thank you for being my help all the time. I thank you for sending your only begotten son to take my place as a sinner, so that I become the righteous one today. Lord, I am grateful.I place my care in thy hand, empower me to live unto you till the end of age in Jesus mighty name, Amen.I commit my life and activities to you today, and I plead for your refuge, care and favour in Jesus mighty name Amen.FURTHER BIBLE READINGObadiah 1BIBLE READING PLAN FOR THE YEAR, 2022MORNING: NUMBERS 36, DEUTERONOMY 1.EVENING: 2 CORINTHIANS, 1-2💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦Author: Pastor NseAbasi Harry 🪐💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦HAMMER WORD BIBLE CHURCH, ABAK, AKWA IBOM STATE CARES⛪