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Introduction
As we begin, turn to (p. 98).
(p.
98)
When I hear this word “mediator” I think of Moses and the role that he often played between Israel and God.
Over and over again the Israelites would sin, God would decide to punish them, and Moses would pray and intervene on their behalf.
That is what a mediator does.
That is what Christ does with us.
Moses in mediating between Israel and God gives us an OT picture of Christ mediating on behalf of sinners.
Between the sinner and God stands a chasm.
Christ, through His death, burial, and resurrection, bridges that gap.
As we seek to know Jesus Christ and remember Him this morning, we will know Him as mediator.
Because Christ is our mediator, reconciliation with the Father is possible.
In this passage we learn three reasons why Jesus Christ is a perfect mediator.
As we understand our mediator, we will be challenged to tell others of Him.
Reason #1.
Jesus Christ is a perfect mediator because he has…
1.
The Heart Of A Mediator vv.
3-4
READ v. 3
This chapter begins with Paul telling Timothy to pray for all men and for those in authority.
We pick up Paul’s letter where he is telling Timothy why we should pray like that.
We pray for all men is because it pleases God.
Why does it please God?
We get a full answer in v. 4. But but there is a partial answer in Paul’s declaration of God as our Savior.
God is pleased when we pray for all men because He is the Savior.
This is the heart of a mediator.
A mediator rejoices when there is care and concern for others.
Our savior rejoices when we pray for the lost and pray for our leaders.
He rejoices because of what v. 4 reveals.
READ v. 4
puts it a little differently (S).
God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance!
God’s desire is for all of mankind to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth.
What truth?
To answer that question in context we go back to 1:15-16.
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners (v.
15)! How?
By believing in Him (v.
16).
Jesus said that He is the way, the truth, and the life ().
God takes pleasure in our prayers for the lost and for our leaders because He desires all to be saved.
This is the heart of a true mediator.
A true mediator desire the reconciliation of all parties involved.
A true mediator desire the reconciliation of all parties involved.
A mediator is not partial, the desire is for all to be reconciled.
We are told here that this is the attitude of Christ.
As our mediator He has a heart for the lost.
“His Robes For Mine” (verse 1)
Jesus Christ has a desire for all to be reconciled.
Because of this desire, our Savior takes on the position of a mediator.
This is reason #2.
Jesus is a perfect mediator because he has…
2. The Position Of A Mediator v. 5
READ v. 5
There is one mediator between God and men, and that is Jesus Christ.
Notice very carefully what this says.
One mediator.
Not two, not three, not four or five; one mediator.
Mediator – μεσίτης (mesitēs) mediator.
A negotiator who acts as a link between parties; sometimes specifically selected.
Mediator – μεσίτης (mesitēs)
A mediator is an arbitrator, it is someone who reconciles opposing parties.
This is someone who intervenes between two in order to make or restore peace and friendship.
This is someone who intervenes between two in order to make or restore peace and friendship.
Christ is called a mediator because He interposed by His death and restored the harmony between God and man which human sin had broken.
tells us that peace between God and man was accomplished by the blood that Jesus Christ shed on the Cross!
Jesus Christ is our mediator; He stands in the gap between us and God and reconciles us.
Christ is called a mediator because He, by His death and resurrection, stepped into the gap and restored the harmony between God and man which human sin had broken.
Turn to (p. 1353).
tells us that peace between God and man was accomplished by the blood that Jesus Christ shed on the Cross!
Jesus Christ is our mediator; He stands in the gap between us and God and reconciles us.
(p.
1353)
This is such a powerful passage of Scripture.
Christ, as fully God and fully man, has reconciled the alienated, the enemies, those wicked in thought and practice; our kind of people!
In Christ us sinful, wretched, people are reconciled!
We are made holy, blameless, and above reproach in the sight of God!
That is our position.
Paul exhorts us to match that position with our practice in the end of the verse.
Peace between God and man was accomplished by the blood that Jesus Christ shed on the Cross!
Jesus Christ is our mediator; He stands in the gap between us and God and reconciles us.
Job endure more suffering and trials than almost anyone ever.
Part of his lament was that there was no one to go between him and God.
In he says the following (S).
Jesus Christ is the answer to Job’s plea!
He is our mediator.
This is a picture that most of us have probably seen (S).
Sin separates man from God! Our mediator, Jesus Christ, bridges that gap through the blood of the Cross (S)!
He makes reconciliation with God possible!
He stands in the gap and provides the way of salvation.
He is the only mediator between God and man.
That means that Mary is not a mediator, she is simply a mother.
There is nothing and no one else that can make you right with God.
Muhammad can’t do it, Buddha can’t do it, Joseph Smith can’t do it, Charles Russell can’t do it.
No amount of good works or religion will get us there (S).
Jesus Christ is the only one who can bring reconciliation to God (S), and He can do so because He is the man Christ Jesus.
He came to this earth and lived a perfect sinless life so that He could be a fitting sacrifice for our sin.
He is only able to fulfill this role because He is Jesus Christ the righteous, as we talked about last month!
If He were not righteous, He couldn’t be our mediator.
A true mediator stands between offenders and offended to facilitate reconciliation.
A true mediator stands between offenders and offended to facilitate reconciliation.
Christ is standing between us and God making a way for us to have a relationship with Him.
Christ has taken up the position of mediator and there is no other name, under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved ().
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