An Advocate (9 of 9)
Series: Christ's Heart for Sinners
Stephen Whitney
I John 2:1-2
Clarence Earl Gideon was a poor drifter who was accused by the owner of Florida tavern of stealing $50 which was felony theft. At his first trial in August of 1961, he was denied legal counsel and forced to represent himself which resulted in him being convicted.
The judge gave him the maximum sentence of five years.
From his cell Clarence wrote a note asking the Supreme Court to review his conviction for a crime he said he did not commit. He added that he didn't have the means to hire a lawyer. One year later, in the historic case of Gideon vs. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that people who cannot afford the cost of their own lawyer must be given a public defender - an advocate - provided by the state to defend them.
Two years after his conviction in August of 1963, with the help
of a court-appointed lawyer, Clarence was retried and acquitted.
As a result of the Supreme Court's decision some 2,000 people in Florida were pardoned and the whole course of legal history has since been changed.
An advocate is someone who speaks in favor of someone else
or who pleads the cause of another in order to defend them.
Because we sin, we need an advocate to represent us before the throne of God so we can be pardoned instead of condemned.
SPEAKS FOR US :1
Hope
Little children - a kind address by a teacher to his disciples showing his love for them. John 13:33 Jesus said to his disciples,
''Little children, yet a little while I am with you.''
John uses it throughout his epistle (2:12,28; 3:7,18; 4:4; 5:21).
May not sin (KJB sin not) - Gk. absolute negative.
The aorist tense used here means to commit a single act of sin.
Satan may tempt us to sin, but the believer has the Holy Spirit
to help them choose not to sin. Galatians 5:16 If we walk in
the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
John's goal is that as a believer you will choo ...
Series: Christ's Heart for Sinners
Stephen Whitney
I John 2:1-2
Clarence Earl Gideon was a poor drifter who was accused by the owner of Florida tavern of stealing $50 which was felony theft. At his first trial in August of 1961, he was denied legal counsel and forced to represent himself which resulted in him being convicted.
The judge gave him the maximum sentence of five years.
From his cell Clarence wrote a note asking the Supreme Court to review his conviction for a crime he said he did not commit. He added that he didn't have the means to hire a lawyer. One year later, in the historic case of Gideon vs. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that people who cannot afford the cost of their own lawyer must be given a public defender - an advocate - provided by the state to defend them.
Two years after his conviction in August of 1963, with the help
of a court-appointed lawyer, Clarence was retried and acquitted.
As a result of the Supreme Court's decision some 2,000 people in Florida were pardoned and the whole course of legal history has since been changed.
An advocate is someone who speaks in favor of someone else
or who pleads the cause of another in order to defend them.
Because we sin, we need an advocate to represent us before the throne of God so we can be pardoned instead of condemned.
SPEAKS FOR US :1
Hope
Little children - a kind address by a teacher to his disciples showing his love for them. John 13:33 Jesus said to his disciples,
''Little children, yet a little while I am with you.''
John uses it throughout his epistle (2:12,28; 3:7,18; 4:4; 5:21).
May not sin (KJB sin not) - Gk. absolute negative.
The aorist tense used here means to commit a single act of sin.
Satan may tempt us to sin, but the believer has the Holy Spirit
to help them choose not to sin. Galatians 5:16 If we walk in
the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
John's goal is that as a believer you will choo ...
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