1 John2:1 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: 1Jn 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Assurance of forgiveness is the longing of the heart. Can I be forgiven? Am I forgiven? These questions and similar questions plague the mind of saint and sinner alike. The LORD does give assurance. In our passage of Scripture, the offer of forgiveness is made to the saved and the unsaved. The offer of Total Forgiveness is made to all through Jesus Christ, Romans 6:23, For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Jesus Christ is “Eternal Life “. 1Jn 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;). You cannot separate Eternal Life or ‘Everlasting Life from Jesus Christ; they both are “The Life” that He gives. “ And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand”. And they both are the same as Jesus told Nicodemus, Joh 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Have you believed in Jesus for “The Life” that He promised the believer? Joh 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Jesus Christ is the Advocate. Again the focus is on the Person of Jesus Christ. His sacrificial death is in view but the emphasis is on Him and not on His sacrifice. 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: An Advocate intercedes for you. Jesus is with the Father still bearing the wounds of His suffering of the Cross. [It is unreasonable to think that the Father does not see the wounds of Calvary? – I use the word wounds because of the prophecy of Zachariah and John 20:25-27].
Jesus is the propitiation. And there He is with the Father visible as the personal satisfaction for our sins. Remember the writer of Hebrews said, “….when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; “
Our Advocate is perfect! The Father looks at Him with complete satisfaction for any sin we commit: Jesus is our propitiation = The Father’s complete satisfaction for all sin is Jesus the righteous, who is with Him. Regardless of whatever the sin, Jesus Christ has made satisfaction for it.
God gave Jesus for us, not to us. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Because of sin, there had to be a sacrifice and God provided Himself One, Jesus Christ the righteous. So from John 3:16, the Son is the Advocate and the Propitiation in 1 John 2:1-2.
According to 1 John 2:1-2 Jesus is the satisfaction for our sins and all Christians everywhere, but it also covers the sins of all humanity, “….and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”
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