CHRISTMAS
“C” Is For Christ, Our CORNERSTONE
“H” Is For Christ, Our HIGH PRIEST
“R” Is For Christ REACHING FOR US
“I” Is For Christ, IMMANUEL
“S” Is For Christ, The SERVANT King
“T” Is For Christ, Our TREASURE
“M” Is For Christ’s Mother, MARY
“A” Is For Christ, Our Only ANSWER, ADVOCATE And ACCESS To God The Father
“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an ADVOCATE with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” I John 2:1 KJ
The NIV translation says, “We have one who speaks to the Father in our defense”. “The Greek word for ’advocate is ‘parakletos from the word ‘parakaleo, which means to call hither, toward, or to speak to, to speak cheerfully to, encourage. He who has been or may be called to help, a helper. One who comes forward in behalf of and as the representative of another. Thus in 1 John 2:1, Christ is termed our substitutionary, intercessory advocate. Christ designates the Holy Spirit as Paraclete, and He calls Him ‘allos, another, which means another of equal quality and not ‘heteros, another of different quality.” Taken from The Hebrew-Greek Study Bible; Word Bible Publishers; page 1718
“God’s love is truly made complete in him” from the NIV translation. Or, “In him verily is the love of God perfected” from the KJ translation. (1 John 2:5)
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