.
● Rom 8:26 . . The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what
we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans
that words cannot express.
Intercession in that case can be thought of as assistance with an area of
expertise in which mortal men are amateurs. In other words; it's a silent,
invisible, activity whereby the Spirit moderates our prayers and revises them
as need requires so as to make them acceptable to God's ears.
Christ has a part in that too:
● Rom 8:34 . .Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died? -- more
than that, who was raised to life, is at the right hand of God, and is also
interceding for us?
In that respect: intercession is prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of
another by an advocate.
Those two passages reveal that two of the most powerful influences in
Heaven are kept busy supporting the folks who've entrusted their safety to
Christ's crucifixion-- a remarkable difference between sinners who at one
time were alienated from God and sinners now reconciled with God. And
those two powerful influences are doing what they do without requiring a
fee, i.e. they are not on retainer nor do they charge by the hour nor is theirs
a limited-time offer.
● Heb 7:24-25 . .Because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him,
because he always lives to intercede for them.
* I was born, baptized, and raised a Roman Catholic. For a long time I was
convinced the Church's hierarchy would stand in my defense when the time
came. I had no clue, none at all, that there was a powerful Heavenly tag
team in the wings wanting to do that very thing for me-- the quality of their
association with God far exceeding the quality of every man of the cloth on
earth. How does one even begin to comprehend the magnitude of such a
remarkable benefit?
_
● Rom 8:26 . . The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what
we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans
that words cannot express.
Intercession in that case can be thought of as assistance with an area of
expertise in which mortal men are amateurs. In other words; it's a silent,
invisible, activity whereby the Spirit moderates our prayers and revises them
as need requires so as to make them acceptable to God's ears.
Christ has a part in that too:
● Rom 8:34 . .Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died? -- more
than that, who was raised to life, is at the right hand of God, and is also
interceding for us?
In that respect: intercession is prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of
another by an advocate.
Those two passages reveal that two of the most powerful influences in
Heaven are kept busy supporting the folks who've entrusted their safety to
Christ's crucifixion-- a remarkable difference between sinners who at one
time were alienated from God and sinners now reconciled with God. And
those two powerful influences are doing what they do without requiring a
fee, i.e. they are not on retainer nor do they charge by the hour nor is theirs
a limited-time offer.
● Heb 7:24-25 . .Because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him,
because he always lives to intercede for them.
* I was born, baptized, and raised a Roman Catholic. For a long time I was
convinced the Church's hierarchy would stand in my defense when the time
came. I had no clue, none at all, that there was a powerful Heavenly tag
team in the wings wanting to do that very thing for me-- the quality of their
association with God far exceeding the quality of every man of the cloth on
earth. How does one even begin to comprehend the magnitude of such a
remarkable benefit?
_
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