Grace in Our Hour of Need

UV 3607/10000. Grace in Hour of Need Therefore let us (with privilege) approach the throne of grace ( that is, the throne of God;s gracious favour), with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy (for our failures) and find (His amazing ) grace to help in time of need ( an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment. Hebrews 4 v 16 Since Christ became a human and was faced with similar situations, temptations, trials like all of us, we can draw confidence and courage to approach Him now that He is our High Priest and Advocate on high in heaven at the right hand of the Father’s throne. Though He was tempted, He did not yield to it, though He faced much hardship, He did not complain. Rather, He overcame both sin and death with first, his death on the cross as a ransom or payment to free all people and second, by His resurrection since death could not hold an absolutely righteous person as prisoner. He understands and empathises with our difficulties, weaknesses, suffering in this lifetime. This gives us boldness and confidence to approach Him at will whenever and wherever we need His help, His comfort, His strength. Jesus overcame sin and temptations. Hence, we too can overcome. He endured extreme suffering. Hence, we too can endure suffering to the limit of our capacity which varies from person to person depending on his or her faith and patience. The Lord will give us grace to both overcome sin and temptations and to endure suffering. We receive forgiveness for our falling to temptation or sin, over and over again. But Jesus expects us to sin less though we cannot be sinless or perfect like Him. We are to strive relying on His grace to do our best to avoid, to overcome temptations. Jesus pleads on our behalf before the court of God, the Father as a compassionate Advocate on record. The enemy, satan appears as the accuser or public prosecutor to have us punished for our shortcomings. But the Lord washes us clean, makes us spotless in the eyes of the Father. We can appropriate the specific or needed blessing or promise or grace at the appropriate moment or the hour of our need. He rushes to our help. He also sends the Holy Spirit and the angels to our help in our time of need.