JESUS CHRIST: OUR ADVOCATE AND PROPITIATION
1 John 2:1–2

I. THE PURPOSE OF CHRIST’S COMMAND — WE ARE CALLED TO SIN LESS — 1 John 2:1
Core Truth: Jesus did not save us so that we could become comfortable with sin; He saved us so that we could become increasingly conformed to His righteousness.
A. The Tenderness of the Command
B. The Target of the Command
C. The Tension of the Christian Life

II. THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST’S COMPASSION — WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE — 1 John 2:1
Core Truth About Jesus: Jesus is our righteous Advocate who represents sinful believers before a Holy Father.
A. The Reality of Our Failure
B. The Representation of Our Advocate
C. The Righteousness of Our Advocate

III. THE POWER OF CHRIST’S CROSS — HE IS OUR PROPITIATION — 1 John 2:2
Core Truth About Jesus: Jesus Christ completely satisfied the righteous demands of God against sin by offering Himself as the sacrificial payment for sinners.
A. The Meaning of Propitiation – appeasement, atonement, turning away God’s holy anger against sin.
B. The Magnitude of the Propitiation
C. The Mission of the Propitiation