Jesus Pleads Our Cause Even Today
3 Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him—
4 Saying: Father, behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be glorified;
5 Wherefore, Father, spare these my brethren that believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have everlasting life.
--Doctrine and Covenants 45:4
Jesus is our advocate with the Father. He pleads our cause even today with the Father for our benefit and welfare. An advocate is a person who supports or recommends a particular cause or thing. An advocate is:
- A champion
- An upholder
- A supporter
- A backer
- A spokesman
- A campaigner
- A fighter
- A crusader
Jesus is all these for us since He is the divine Son of God.
He it is who suffered, bled, and died for us to glorify the Father, this being the Father’s will. Jesus shed His innocent blood for us guilty sinners. He did no wrong, but we do, and He still loves us enough to lay down His life in our behalf so that we might live.
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