SCRIPTURE: Job (NIV) 16:19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. 20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; 21 on behalf of a man he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend.
OBSERVATION: Without full understanding, Job is crying out to God for relief from his suffering. He is a righteous man and cannot understand why he is suffering. In this passage, Job’s faith shines through his pain. Prophetically he cries out to God, he needs an intercessor to take up his case. What he calls for is fulfilled in Jesus!
APPLICATION: What a witness Jesus is! What an advocate I have in Jesus! It is not my sin of which He witnesses, nor of the good things I have done to pay the penalty of my sin. He witnesses of His righteousness and His payment on the cross!
My sin is not the issue. That I am guilty is not the issue. I am guilty. I have sinned. But whatever that sin … however vile it may be, the sacrifice is sufficient!!! His death on the cross more than covers the cost of my sins! My Advocate is not arguing my guilt nor any mitigating circumstances. He is presenting the over-reaching value of His sacrificial payment!
PRAYER: Lord, when I confessed my sins to you, you cleansed me from all unrighteousness! (1John 1:9). To stand before you free from the guilt of sin, and not facing the penalty of sin, I am free to love and serve you! I want to live my life in honor of you and what you have done for me. Amen
Pastor Leon
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