A. First, he pleads our cause in heaven in the presence of his Father.1 Second, we have our own flesh in heaven- a guarantee that Christ our head will take us, his members, to himself in heaven.2 Third, he sends his Spirit to us on earth as a further guarantee.3 By the Spirit”s power we make the goal of our lives, not earthly things, but the things above where Christ is, sitting at God”s right hand.4
Biblical References:
1 Rom. 8:34; 1 John 2:1
2 John 14:2; 17:24; Eph. 2:4-6
3 John 14:16; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; 5:5
4 Col. 3:1-4