1 John 2:1-2

Pastor Martin expounds 1 John 2:1-2 to unfold Christ's heavenly ministry as the Advocate of His people. He shows that the believer's relationship to God is always both personal and legal, that Christ is advocate in God's courtroom pleading our case as the Righteous One who is Himself the propitiation. With illustrations from Amintas of Greece, he shows that the Advocate does not deny His client's guilt but pleads His own wounds, securing the just forgiveness of God. He closes urging believers never to live as if they had no advocate, and warns the unconverted what it means to face judgment without one.