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[1402.78 --> 1403.80] is going to be
[1403.80 --> 1404.58] once and for all
[1404.58 --> 1406.24] the atoning sacrifice
[1406.24 --> 1408.18] that will forgive us,
[1408.40 --> 1408.92] rescue us,
[1408.96 --> 1409.60] and set us free.
[1409.70 --> 1410.36] Praise the Lord.
[1411.58 --> 1412.72] But the word I love
[1412.72 --> 1413.52] in this passage,
[1414.18 --> 1415.04] the word that grips
[1415.04 --> 1415.92] my own heart,
[1416.34 --> 1417.64] is advocate.
[1417.64 --> 1420.60] we imagine Jesus
[1420.60 --> 1421.68] in so many ways,
[1421.82 --> 1423.18] sometimes a very unhealthy
[1423.18 --> 1423.82] and there is,
[1423.96 --> 1424.40] I think,
[1424.46 --> 1425.46] really distorted views
[1425.46 --> 1426.10] we have of Jesus.
[1426.46 --> 1427.50] But not only does Jesus
[1427.50 --> 1428.50] once and for all
[1428.50 --> 1429.32] deal with the power
[1429.32 --> 1429.76] of sin,
[1429.88 --> 1430.58] the power of Satan,
[1430.68 --> 1431.14] the power of the
[1431.14 --> 1431.86] idolatrous powers
[1431.86 --> 1432.36] in this world
[1432.36 --> 1433.60] and take it to the grave,
[1433.86 --> 1435.02] he rises victorious
[1435.02 --> 1436.12] and then ascends
[1436.12 --> 1436.98] to be with the Father.
[1437.56 --> 1438.52] And Romans 8 says,
[1438.74 --> 1439.64] not only is the Spirit
[1439.64 --> 1440.54] interceding for us
[1440.54 --> 1441.30] with wordless groans,
[1441.60 --> 1442.72] but Jesus Christ,
[1443.38 --> 1444.42] your and my Savior,
[1444.80 --> 1445.64] is at the right hand
[1445.64 --> 1446.18] of the Father
[1446.18 --> 1447.96] interceding for us
[1447.96 --> 1449.64] on our behalf.
[1450.50 --> 1451.76] Is that how you view Jesus?
[1453.28 --> 1454.06] I think there are
[1454.06 --> 1454.90] so many extremes
[1454.90 --> 1455.48] in the church
[1455.48 --> 1456.66] about our view of Jesus.
[1456.80 --> 1457.20] Sometimes,
[1457.66 --> 1458.84] I think I encounter this
[1458.84 --> 1459.66] probably more regularly,
[1459.86 --> 1461.76] but we're so broken
[1461.76 --> 1462.50] by our sin.
[1463.32 --> 1464.44] We're so ashamed
[1464.44 --> 1465.32] of the patterns
[1465.32 --> 1466.26] of addiction.
[1466.56 --> 1467.20] We're ashamed
[1467.20 --> 1467.90] of these things
[1467.90 --> 1469.06] that we just can't get over
[1469.06 --> 1469.90] that we just think
[1469.90 --> 1470.58] there's no way
[1470.58 --> 1471.50] that God loves me.
[1471.76 --> 1472.28] There's no way
[1472.28 --> 1473.00] that work of Jesus
[1473.00 --> 1473.72] is for me
[1473.72 --> 1474.86] and we're just too far gone.
[1475.64 --> 1476.82] I encounter that perspective
[1476.82 --> 1478.50] in explicit and implicit ways
[1478.50 --> 1479.48] in the church all the time.
[1479.68 --> 1481.04] But the other extreme is
[1481.04 --> 1483.64] that it's fine.
[1484.38 --> 1485.58] There's no sin to deal with.
[1486.04 --> 1486.72] It's all good,
[1486.80 --> 1487.38] sort of what we see
[1487.38 --> 1487.94] in this passage.
[1489.00 --> 1490.36] And what John says to us
[1490.36 --> 1491.10] is number one,
[1491.18 --> 1492.18] the sin's far worse
[1492.18 --> 1492.94] than you realize.
[1493.24 --> 1494.46] The darkness you walk in
[1494.46 --> 1495.08] is real.
[1495.52 --> 1496.76] And the way you deal with it,
[1496.80 --> 1497.76] the way you bring it
[1497.76 --> 1498.48] to the Father
[1498.48 --> 1500.22] is confession.
[1500.22 --> 1503.18] And Jesus Christ
[1503.18 --> 1504.56] delights
[1504.56 --> 1505.92] in bringing mercy,
[1506.24 --> 1506.50] forgiveness,
[1506.72 --> 1507.68] and purity.
[1508.58 --> 1508.98] One of the things
[1508.98 --> 1509.92] I love about this passage
[1509.92 --> 1510.88] is that the word
[1510.88 --> 1511.42] that shows up
[1511.42 --> 1512.18] is purify
[1512.18 --> 1512.98] and purifying.
[1513.40 --> 1514.06] And it's the image
[1514.06 --> 1515.24] of this ongoing
[1515.24 --> 1516.06] work of Jesus
[1516.06 --> 1516.80] in our lives
[1516.80 --> 1517.72] just to make us
[1517.72 --> 1519.30] more and more like Him.