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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Our mediator...


"But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises."--Hebrews 8:6.  Here we find a description of Christ which is pretty unique.  Here, the Hebrew writer describes Christ as our mediator. In tonight's blog I want to explore this idea a little bit about Christ being our mediator.

Our mediator. Consider the image above. The man facing you in the image is what we would call a mediator. A mediator is someone who stands between two parties and has the ability to communicate with both parties without any bias.  Christ is our mediator.  He stands between us and God.

Our mediator.  We know from Isaiah 59:2 that our sins are what have separated us from God.  As you read through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one thing you will find is that the Bible is an account of man's journey back to God after our relationship with Him was forever severed when Adam and Eve committed the first sin in Genesis 3:1-7.

Our mediator.  As I said, among other things the Bible is an account of man's journey back to God. But this is a journey man could not complete without help from God Himself.  What we needed was someone who could bridge the gap that was created by our sin.  How big a gap was this? Well consider the Grand Canyon and multiply that times 100 and that would not even begin to describe how far away from God our sin puts us based on Isaiah 59:2.  So like I said, we needed someone to bridge that gap, we needed a mediator.

Our mediator.  This mediator had to satisfy ALL that had been written by the prophets about Him.  And there was only one man who would satisfy the description given by the prophets of old.  One of the most famous descriptions of this person can be found in Isaiah 53:1-12.  There was only one man who could satisfy the requirements of being the mediator we needed to bridge and that man was and IS Jesus Christ!

Our mediator.  Some have called Jesus Christ the God-Man because He is 100% God and 100% man which gives Him the ability to speak to both God and man without any bias. Christ is our one and ONLY mediator.

Our mediator.  Since Christ is our one and only mediator, He is the only one that can reconcile us to God and bring us back into a right relationship with Him. Today, we live in a world that claims there are many ways to God.  We live in a world that thinks there are multiple routes to take to complete our journey back to God. One Scripture alone puts those theories to rest and that is John 14:6 where Jesus says "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."  Christ is our mediator.

Our mediator. Read John 14:6 again.  Christ says He is THE way, THE truth, and THE life, NO ONE comes to the Father but through Him. The word "THE" is pretty powerful in this passage as its use automatically excludes any other "ways" to God.   Christ is our mediator.

Our mediator.  In conclusion, my partner and good friend, Andrew Lemus and I were discussing the fact that people follow God based on how they feel as opposed to basing their walk with God on His authoritative word.  So I want to leave you with a simple question, what will you do with the fact that Christ is our one and only mediator? Will you take the gospel message and take it for what God's Word says it is? The choice is yours. This is just a simple reminder that Christ is our one and only mediator.

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL! GOD BLESS!  

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