Jesus, Our Advocate & Random Quotes

Embracing Accusation- Desiring God by John Piper

Isn't it amazing how God will look upon a guilty sinner and say "you're not guilty"?

Sinner though I am, but righteous. Jesus Christ is our advocate regardless of our sins.

-John Piper

1 John 2:1-2 (English Standard Version)

1 John 2

Christ Our Advocate

¹My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin,^A)">(A) we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ²^B)">(B) He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but^C)">(C) also for the sins of the whole world.

Random Quotes:

"There is no situation so chaotic that God cannot from that situation, create something that is surprisingly good. He did it creation. He did it at the cross. He's doing it today."
-Handley C.G. Malle

"Sometimes God doesn't tell us His plan because we wouldn't believe it anyway."
-Carlton Pearson

"The key to Christian living is a thirst and hunger for God. And one of the main reasons people do not understand or experience the sovereignty of grace and the way it works through the awakening of sovereign joy is that their hunger and thirst for God is so small."
-John Piper

"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him"
-John Piper

"To grow in your passion for what Jesus has done, increase your understanding of what He has done.

Never be content with your grasp of the gospel. The gospel is life-permeating, world-altering, universe-changing truth. It has more facets than any diamond. Its depths man will never exhaust."
-C.J. Mahaney (Living the Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing)

"We make time for what we truly value. We build habits and routines around the things that really matter to us. This is an important principle to understand as we seek to build our lives around the gospel. Do you want a cross centered life? A cross centered life is made up of cross centered days."
-C.J. Mahaney