Access Through the Advocate by Pastor Gerald Hicks II

Today’s Passage – Leviticus 5 – 7 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)

(Second Milers also read – John 1 – 2; Proverbs 4; Psalms 21 – 25

Listen to this morning’s Scripture song – Psalm 119:105

Read the “0204 Evening and Morning“ devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

Read a previous post from this passage – “Ignorant but not Innocent.”

Advocate- (n.) one that pleads the cause of another. Intercessor.

In these next set of chapters of Leviticus we read a good amount from the Law of Moses on the different offerings that were observed. There are about five different offerings discussed in chapter five alone. All these offerings were apart of their normal way of life. There were two verses in chapter five that I just couldn’t get over.

“And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.” (Leviticus 5:5-6)

After reading those verses, I just could not stop thinking of the free access that we have to God through His Son. Throughout chapter five you will see how specifically detailed each offering and it’s requirements were. It is a humbling thought to think that Jesus loves someone like me so much that He died. Not only did He die and rise again so that I could have the chance to receive Him as Lord and Saviour, not just so I would never see or spend a second in Hell, but He did all that so that I could have access to the Father. 

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:1-2)

“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews‬ ‭4:14-16‬)

I don’t know what you’re going through or where your walk with the Lord is at today. I want to encourage you to not take for granted that high priest named Jesus Christ, but instead take advantage of the relationship you can have with Him. The One that took our place and interceded for us on Calvary desires for us to know Him intimately. He knows you better than you know you. He knows what you’re going through. 

He wants to hear from you! He never gets tired of your voice and you can talk to Him anytime of the day or night! 

I find more and more as time goes on just how much I need that mercy and grace that is referenced in the verse above. As you have probably gathered by now, life is tough, but I promise you it’s a whole lot easier to go through when the Captain of our salvation is at the helm of our lives. I can hear my dad now whenever he’d talk about life’s trials, “Just keep livin’, you’ll see, just keep on livin.”

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: (1 John 2:1)

One Last Thought:

Life doesn’t stop at salvation!

James says our life is “but a vapour “.. it’s here now, but with every fleeting breath that God allows us to breath, in all reality we draw closer and closer to being with our Saviour… What are we doing for Christ with the time that we have left?