It is finished.
In the Nicene Creed, we confess:
"On the third day, he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father." (Pause)
What does this mean?
The Scriptures share with us ... this truth: BIBLE My little children, ... I am writing these things to you ... so that you may not sin. ...... But if anyone does sin, ... we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, ... and not for ours only ... but also for the sins ... of the whole world. END (1 John 2:1-2)
Beloved ... We have an advocate ... Jesus Christ the righteous ... sitting with power ... at the right hand of the Father.
In our culture.... we would call someone who speaks in our defense .... a lawyer, or a defense attorney. (Pause)
Can you picture in your heart ... Jesus as he is pleading for you ... before the throne?
I am sure .... in your daily prayers, ... you make a confession .... of where you have falling short of the glory of God ... where you have allowed ... sin into your life.
And they may be ... some of the same sins .... that you confessed the night before, .... and the night before that.
You may at times .... feel that the God of heaven may run out of mercy?
How many times ... will the Father forgive me for this?
Yet.... there is Jesus, .... at the Father's ... right hand.
Advocating ... interceding ... for those that know him as Savior and as Lord.
Father.... I bore this one's sins on the cross.
Father.... It is finished.