Lesson 26: Christ the Intercessor

Have you ever wondered what Jesus is doing right now in Heaven? Maybe you've heard or read in Romans that He is "at the right hand of God, making intercession for us (Rom. 8:34)." "But what does He have to pray about?" Well, everything actually. Did you know that every salvation, every answered prayer, every miracle, and every transformation of a life goes through Christ in Heaven before it is experienced by us on earth? He is our literal, present-day Advocate, working and praying at the throne of Almighty God this very moment. Andrew Murray puts it this way: "In all conversion and sanctification, in every victory over sin and the world, there is a real forth-putting of the power of Him who is mighty to save... He asks of the Father, and receives from the Father... His mediation on the throne is as real and indispensable as on the cross. Nothing takes place without His intercession: it engages all His time and powers, is His unceasing occupation at the right hand of the Father." And yet, before you think we are off the hook: "it is not a work He does without us... we participate not only in the benefits of this His work, but in the work itself. This because we are His body... [And] 'The head cannot say to the feet, I have no need of thee'... We are partakers of His life... we share with Him in His intercession too; it is not a work He does without us." Let Him lead you there. To a life of unceasing intercession for others. Such a prayer life is the only way for us to be a channel of God's blessing to the world.