Thematic Bible: Advocate
Thematic Bible
Advocate » Saviour » Became mediator between God and man
to Jesus who mediates the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood whose message is nobler than Abel's.
For "there is one God" and "one intermediary between God and men,
As it is, however, the divine service he has obtained is superior, owing to the fact that he mediates a superior covenant, enacted with superior promises.
He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant.
For Christ has not entered a holy place which human hands have made (a mere type of the reality!); he has entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just;
Advocate » Tertullus
Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul. So Paul was summoned, and then Tertullus proceeded to accuse him. "Your excellency," he said to Felix, "as it is owing to you that we enjoy unbroken peace, and as it is owing to your wise care that the state of this nation has been improved in every way and everywhere, we acknowledge all this with profound gratitude. read more.
I have no wish to weary you, but I beg of you to grant us in your courtesy a brief hearing. The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect. He actually tried to desecrate the temple, but we got hold of him. -- Examine him for yourself and you will be able to find out about all these charges of ours against him." The Jews joined in the attack, declaring that such were the facts of the case.
I have no wish to weary you, but I beg of you to grant us in your courtesy a brief hearing. The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect. He actually tried to desecrate the temple, but we got hold of him. -- Examine him for yourself and you will be able to find out about all these charges of ours against him." The Jews joined in the attack, declaring that such were the facts of the case.
Advocate » Figurative
My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just;
Christ » Names of » Advocate
My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just;
Jesus Christ » Names of » Advocate
My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just;
Names » Of Christ » Advocate
My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just;