1. textbox center Jesus: Advocate and Intercessor Job 16:15-21 and 1 John 2:1-2

2. textbox center 1. The most glorious thing about Jesus our Advocate isn’t about what he says about you or for you, it’s about who he is.

3. textbox center Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. Matthew 10:32

4. textbox center Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you. Proverbs 23:10-11

5. textbox center Do not deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice…when harvesting your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand. Deuteronomy 24:17-19

6. textbox center O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest! Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend. Job 16:18-21

7. textbox center 1. The most glorious thing about Jesus our Advocate isn’t about what he says about you or for you, it’s about who he is. 2. The advocacy of Jesus means we have friends in high places.

8. textbox center Five bleeding wounds he bears, they pour effectual prayers. Received on Calvary, they strongly speak for me. Charles Wesley

9. textbox center 1. The most glorious thing about Jesus our Advocate isn’t about what he says about you or for you, it’s about who he is. 2. The advocacy of Jesus means we have friends in high places. 3. Jesus’ advocacy is based on his shed blood on our behalf.

10. textbox center My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:1-2

11. textbox center For there is one God and mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5

12. textbox center 1. The most glorious thing about Jesus our Advocate isn’t about what he says about you or for you, it’s about who he is. 2. The advocacy of Jesus means we have friends in high places. 3. Jesus’ advocacy is based on his shed blood on our behalf. 4. The advocacy of Jesus is really all we need.