Advocate or Liar?
1 John 2:1-6
“My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. 2 He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world. 3 And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. 4 If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. 5 But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. 6 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.”
I couldn’t resist thinking about these two movies when I read this passage today. First, they are two of my favorite movies, Liar, Liar with Jim Carrey and The Princess Bride. These pictures are misrepresented a little. Jim Carrey plays a lawyer in the movie, who should be advocating for others – and he does but mostly with deception. The second picture is of Carol Kane, who plays Valerie, the wife of Miracle Max in the movie. In this picture she is actually shouting, “Liar, Liar” at her husband.
She is advocating on behalf of true love. Jesus does the same for us in this passage and expects the same of each one of us.
