Elements City Church
Gentle & Lowly week 2 - Jesus, the Intercessor and Advocate
Gentle & Lowly — discovering the heart of Jesus. in this 6 week series, we dive into how Jesus described Himself, and why that matters in helping us know Jesus more deeply, so we can follow Jesus more closely and reflect Him more truthfully to others.
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Elements City Church
1825 N Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85712, USA
Sunday 5:00 PM
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https://connect-card.com/yr4Y0g8VLBSqzKXeubjbIntercession:
When a third-party comes between two others to make a case to one on behalf of the other
When a third-party comes between two others to make a case to one on behalf of the other
Intercession is what Jesus
is always doing for you.
is always doing for you.
“His interceding for us reflects his heart — the same heart that carried him through life and down into death on behalf of his people is the heart that now manifests itself in constant pleading with and reminding and prevailing upon his Father to always welcome us.”
Dane Ortlund (pg. 80)
Dane Ortlund (pg. 80)
His intercession for us
shows how personal
our salvation is.
shows how personal
our salvation is.
“To the uttermost”
One Greek word - panteles
denotes completeness, comprehensiveness,
exhaustive wholeness
One Greek word - panteles
denotes completeness, comprehensiveness,
exhaustive wholeness
“We are to-the-uttermost sinners. We need a to-the-uttermost Savior.”
Ortlund (pg. 82)
Ortlund (pg. 82)
"We all tend to have some small pocket of our life where we have difficulty believing the forgiveness of God reaches. We say we are totally forgiven. . . But there's that one deep, dark part of our lives, even our present lives, that seems . . . so ugly, so beyond recovery.
"To the uttermost" in Hebrews 7:25 means: God's forgiving, redeeming, restoring touch reaches down into the darkest crevices of our souls, those places where we are most ashamed, most defeated. More than this: those crevices of sin are themselves the places where Christ loves us the most. His heart willingly goes there. His heart is most strongly drawn there. He knows us to the uttermost, and he saves us to the uttermost, because his heart is drawn out to us to the uttermost. We cannot sin our way out of his tender care.
But how do we know? [Hebrews 7:25] tells us. . .
Here is what this means. The divine Son never ceases to bring his atoning life, death, and resurrection before his Father in a moment-by-moment way.
Ortlund (pg.83)
"To the uttermost" in Hebrews 7:25 means: God's forgiving, redeeming, restoring touch reaches down into the darkest crevices of our souls, those places where we are most ashamed, most defeated. More than this: those crevices of sin are themselves the places where Christ loves us the most. His heart willingly goes there. His heart is most strongly drawn there. He knows us to the uttermost, and he saves us to the uttermost, because his heart is drawn out to us to the uttermost. We cannot sin our way out of his tender care.
But how do we know? [Hebrews 7:25] tells us. . .
Here is what this means. The divine Son never ceases to bring his atoning life, death, and resurrection before his Father in a moment-by-moment way.
Ortlund (pg.83)
Advocate:
an advocate steps over and joins the one party as he approaches the other
an advocate steps over and joins the one party as he approaches the other
Intercession is what Jesus
is always doing.
His advocacy is only for
the moments we need it.
is always doing.
His advocacy is only for
the moments we need it.
Utilize the power
of the Holy Spirit.
Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you daily,
to give you wisdom,
to empower you
to grow in holiness
as you live for Christ.
of the Holy Spirit.
Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you daily,
to give you wisdom,
to empower you
to grow in holiness
as you live for Christ.
As our hearts are conformed
to the image of Christ,
we become Intercessors for others,
and Advocates of Jesus and His Gospel.
to the image of Christ,
we become Intercessors for others,
and Advocates of Jesus and His Gospel.
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Our EGroup campaign -- based on the Gentle & Lowly series -- is ongoing, and we'd love for you to connect into one of our EGroups for the next 5 weeks to get the most out of this series. Find out more by emailing info@elementscitychurch.org.
Keep an eye on the Events tab in the Elements app for our upcoming events, like our Volunteer Rally this coming Saturday.
And don't forget about our HopeMob. Help us partner with several Ukrainian refugee families by giving directly through the app, or gift cards to Walmart and QT.
Our EGroup campaign -- based on the Gentle & Lowly series -- is ongoing, and we'd love for you to connect into one of our EGroups for the next 5 weeks to get the most out of this series. Find out more by emailing info@elementscitychurch.org.
Keep an eye on the Events tab in the Elements app for our upcoming events, like our Volunteer Rally this coming Saturday.
And don't forget about our HopeMob. Help us partner with several Ukrainian refugee families by giving directly through the app, or gift cards to Walmart and QT.