See My Lawyer

“But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."
  1 John 2:1 (ESV)

Every time you sin, someone is lurking in the shadows waiting to drag you into court. 

Revelation 12:10 calls him the accuser of our brothers, the one bringing charges before God day and night. And here is what makes him so dangerous. He is a prosecuting attorney who wants to give you the spiritual death penalty every single time you blow it.

And this is the one time the devil doesn't lie.

Let me show you what I mean. I get impatient with Teresa, and the devil accuses, "Did you see how he just spoke to her?" I have a lustful thought, and the devil says to the judge, "Did you see what he just thought?" I miss a chance to share the gospel and cop out completely. "What are you going to do about it?" Every charge is true. I start to speak up in my own defense, but I have nothing to say.

Then I remember I have an Advocate. That word means somebody who pleads your case, your defense attorney, and His name is Jesus Christ the righteous. He is a very unusual defense attorney. Jesus doesn't maintain the innocence of His clients. He acknowledges their guilt. But are you ready for this? He has never lost a case.

Here is why. He is Jesus Christ the Righteous, and He is the only person in that courtroom besides the Judge who has never sinned. More than that, the Judge is his Father. 

He doesn't have to lie to get you off the hook, and He won't. Jesus is just going to tell the truth, that He has already paid for your crime in full.

Every time the devil comes to you and says, "Look what you did!" all you have to say is this. See my lawyer.

Prayer: Father, I know the charges the enemy levels against me are true. I have no defense of my own. But I am grateful beyond words that I have an Advocate who stands before You on my behalf. Thank You that Jesus has already paid for every sin the accuser can name. I rest in that today. In Jesus' Name, Amen.