OK this post has significant meaning to me I will admit. For lack of a better term , I would describe it as true 'insight' . Hope you will benefit from it in some living way.
Are you seeking an advocate for your life? How about in a spouse, a parent, a friend, a co worker? I tell you it is the very nature of the flesh to seek this advocacy out. For the fleshly mind will not only look for it but, will go to great lengths to conform to anything that shows promise in it's potential to be an advocate for it. This advocacy is only in the realm of MAN. It is a seeking after justification in THIS world. A fleshly advocate is something or someone that can make a person feel justified and 'OK'. Whether at work with a work mate or a spouse or a child, man seeks anything and everything to be his advocate. You think I am full of bologna? Really? You sure? How many times have you watched a mother seeking comfort for her 'ways' of doing things by 'inadvertently' teaching there child the same things THEY are comfortable with about themselves? Or a young boy to become friends with another based on the idea that they BOTH hate there elementary teacher? Or a sister finding solace in a sibling who can' back them up' on just how 'unfair' dad is? It is that voice inside that screams out "now I am defend-able"! "WE said so!". Yeah it is no longer just 'me' or 'you' saying it/living it. It's 'US'. See, WE are right and WE are justified. We are 'special'. Guess what? THAT my friend will all end in...DESTRUCTION.. Yes, just as Jesus said. For an earthly advocate does not satisfy and is not our place in Christ. Why? Because WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE ALREADY! You can not have both. If you are in Christ, you have an advocate in Jesus Christ the Righteous. Let us not play along with the world in seeking out anything or anyone else. For our God is a consuming fire. We are not called to self justification but, to Christ. We are not called to use others for the purpose of the flesh[to help justify us] but, to love one another in the freedom brought in Jesus Christ. You can not do both.
Adam
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Hi Adam,
I appreciate what you are saying here. We don't want to help someone or ourselves feel justified. If they/we are in Christ we want to declare that they/we already are justified! Seeking to be justified is living off the tree of knowledge of good & evil.
Recently, I was told I needed to be an advocate for my mother in regards to her health as she wasn't standing up for herself, so being an advocate in this regards would be an ok thing-no?
Enjoying reading your posts.:)
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