1 John 2:1-2 (NKJV) My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
Revelation 12:10 (NKJV) Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
We have boldness on the day of judgement because Jesus is our advocate in heaven. The devil acts like a prosecutor in the presence of God accusing us before Him day and night. He also condemns us in our minds by bringing into our remembrance all our past wrongs, accuses us for not being good enough to be loved by God and deceives us into thinking that God is against us, has abandoned us, and doesn’t love us because of our shortcomings. Unless we understood God’s perfect love for us, all these accusations and condemnations will bring about fear and insecurity before God.
As the opening Scripture says, Jesus Himself is the propitiation for our sins and the sins of the world. We overcome the devil with the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony. Whenever there is a charge against God’s elect, Jesus provides the evidence that the penalty for our sins has been paid. He will show forth the blood that was offered in the heavenly tabernacle for our sins because He is our high priest who has offered His blood once and for all, after which He sat down besides the Father. Jesus plays the double role of an advocate as well as the one who paid the price of our sins. Therefore, we have nothing to fear because it is God who justifies us. This is why the Apostle Paul was so convinced that God’s love would never leave us.
Romans 8:31-33 (NKJV) What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
God intentionally established the Abrahamic covenant so that all the families on the earth will be blessed. Through His perfect love, God pursued, restored, and redeemed us to Himself through the blood of Jesus Christ despite our sins, weaknesses, and lawlessness. He gave us His best in His beloved Son because He wants us to have the highest good. Therefore, no demonic operation or anything in this world can separate us from God’s agape love. When we fully understand God’s perfect and everlasting love for us, it will eradicate all fear in this life and life after death.
Sermon Series: Fearless
无所畏惧
约翰一书 2:1-2我小子们哪，我将这些话写给你们，是要叫你们不犯罪。若有人犯罪，在父那里我们有一位中保，就是那义者耶稣基督。他为我们的罪作了挽回祭，不是单为我们的罪，也是为普天下人的罪。
启示录 12:10我听见在天上有大声音说：“我 神的救恩、能力、国度，并他基督的权柄，现在都来到了！因为那在我们 神面前昼夜控告我们弟兄的，已经被摔下去了。
我们在审判日坦然无惧，因为耶稣是我们在天上的中保。魔鬼就像检察官一样日夜在神面前控告我们。 牠还会在我们的思想中定罪我 们，让我们想起所有曾经的过犯，指责我们不够好，不配得到上帝的爱， 并欺骗我们乃至我们以为上帝与我们为敌，抛弃了我们，不爱我们因为我们的缺点。除非我们了解上帝对我们的完美的爱，否则所有这些控告和定罪都会使我们在上帝面前惊恐不安。
正如开篇经文所说，耶稣自己为我们的罪和世人的罪作了挽回祭。 我们因着羔羊的血和 口中的见证胜过了魔鬼。每当有人控告上帝的子民时，耶稣都会提供证据证明我们的罪孽已经付清了。 祂还会展示祂为了我们的罪而献祭在天上圣所的宝血，因为祂是我们的大祭司，祂为全人类一次过地献上了祂的血， 之后就在天父身旁坐下。 耶稣担负着中保和为我们的罪付上代价的双重角色。因此，我们无所畏惧，因为称我们为义的是神。 这就是为什么使徒保罗如此坚信上帝的爱永远不会离开我们。
罗马书 8:31-33既是这样，还有什么说的呢？ 神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？ 神既不爱惜自己的儿子，为我们众人舍了，岂不也把万物和他一同白白地赐给我们吗？谁能控告 神所拣选的人呢？有 神称他们为义了。
神定意设立亚伯拉罕之约，使地上的万家万族都蒙福。尽管我们有罪、软弱，也不守律法，但上帝通过祂完美的爱，藉着耶稣基督的宝血追追寻、恢复和救赎我们归向祂自己。祂在祂爱子里将祂最好的赐给我们，因为祂要我们拥有至善。 因此，这个世界上没有任何邪魔的行动或任何事物能使我们与上帝完美的爱隔绝。 当我们完全理解上帝对我们的完美和永恒的爱时，它将消除今生和死后所有的恐惧。
讲章系列：坦然无惧