John has proclaimed amazing words of encouragement and hope. In the second chapter of 1 John the author has declared that he is writing so that we will not sin. But if we do sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous. God has provided the defense attorney we need. Jesus is the advocate and helper needed because of our sins. God is light and in him there is no darkness at all (cf. 1 John 1:5). Therefore, our sins are a very big problem, separating us from having a relationship with the Father. But we have an advocate. We have Jesus who is the propitiation for our sins and for the sins of the whole world. Since the advocate, Jesus Christ, has been appointed on our behalf, then we need to know the advocate. So how do we know that he is our advocate? How do we know that he is interceding for us? How do we know that his atoning sacrifice for sins have been applied to us? John is going to answer this question in 1 John 2. Please open your copies of God’s word to 1 John 2:3-6…

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