The Only One Mediator

Good Morning! My name is Danny Watton and I am your service pastor. I want to thank you all for coming this morning! It’s getting colder and it’s not pleasant to be outside so thank you for coming to hear His Word this morning. We are continuing through our study in

Good Morning! My name is Danny Watton and I am your service pastor. I want to thank you all for coming this morning! It’s getting colder and it’s not pleasant to be outside so thank you for coming to hear His Word this morning.

Good Morning! My name is Danny Watton and I am your service pastor. I want to thank you all for coming this morning! It’s getting colder and it’s not pleasant to be outside so thank you for coming to hear His Word this morning. We are continuing through our study in

We are continuing through our study in want to let you know that I have chosen Deuteronomy because of it’s richness and I knew that God would reveal Himself to us through this book.

want to let you know that I have chosen Deuteronomy because of it’s richness and I knew that God would reveal Himself to us through this book.

I want to let you know that I have chosen Deuteronomy because of it’s richness and I knew that God would reveal Himself to us through this book.

My goal when I started as your service pastor was to walk us through who we are in Christ. I wanted us to know that our identities are fully rooted in Jesus Christ and what He did for us on the cross. That no matter what you are going through or what stage you are in in your life that you knew that the only thing that matters is Jesus. That you are never alone, that you have His power through the Holy Spirit and that you are His beloved.

want to let you know that I have chosen Deuteronomy because of it’s richness and I knew that God would reveal Himself to us through this book.

My goal when I started as your service pastor was to walk us through who we are in Christ. I wanted us to know that our identities are fully rooted in Jesus Christ and what He did for us on the cross.

That no matter what you are going through or what stage you are in in your life that you knew that the only thing that matters is Jesus. That you are never alone, that you have His power through the Holy Spirit and that you are His beloved.

But I felt that we can’t know who we are if we didn’t know what it meant to be a Christian and what our mission was. So we spent the summer diving into Acts. And we were blessed by His Word and seeing how the early church proclaimed Jesus.

My goal when I started as your service pastor was to walk us through who we are in Christ. I wanted us to know that our identities are fully rooted in Jesus Christ and what He did for us on the cross.

That no matter what you are going through or what stage you are in in your life that you knew that the only thing that matters is Jesus. That you are never alone, that you have His power through the Holy Spirit and that you are His beloved.

But I felt that we can’t know who we are if we didn’t know what it meant to be a Christian and what our mission was. So we spent the summer diving into Acts. And we were blessed by His Word and seeing how the early church proclaimed Jesus.

I didn’t think we could fully understand our identities if we didn’t know who God is. Who is the God we are serving! So that’s what we have been learning in Deuteronomy. Who is God and why can we trust Him. How can we love Him more than anything this temporal world could offer?

That no matter what you are going through or what stage you are in in your life that you knew that the only thing that matters is Jesus. That you are never alone, that you have His power through the Holy Spirit and that you are His beloved.

I didn’t think we could fully understand our identities if we didn’t know who God is. Who is the God we are serving! So that’s what we have been learning in Deuteronomy. Who is God and why can we trust Him. How can we love Him more than anything this temporal world could offer?

But I felt that we can’t know who we are if we didn’t know what it meant to be a Christian and what our mission was. So we spent the summer diving into Acts. And we were blessed by His Word and seeing how the early church proclaimed Jesus.

And through Deuteronomy we learned that God is a God of LOVE, ACTION, personal attention and faithfulness. He loves us so much that He personally is Active in our lives.

I didn’t think we could fully understand our identities if we didn’t know who God is. Who is the God we are serving! So that’s what we have been learning in Deuteronomy. Who is God and why can we trust Him.

And through Deuteronomy we learned that God is a God of LOVE, ACTION, personal attention and faithfulness. He loves us so much that He personally is Active in our lives.

But I felt that we can’t know who we are if we didn’t know what it meant to be a Christian and what our mission was. So we spent the summer diving into Acts. And we were blessed by His Word and seeing how the early church proclaimed Jesus.

How can we love Him more than anything this temporal world could offer?

And then for us to have a full picture of our hope for the future I want us to look into Revelations to see the promises that are yet to come. Our God wants to give us an inheritance that will never pass away. An inheritance that is in Him. A communion with God for eternity where there will be no more sorrow and no more pain but an eternal happiness that we will have when we are in His presence forever.

I didn’t think we could fully understand our identities if we didn’t know who God is. Who is the God we are serving! So that’s what we have been learning in Deuteronomy. Who is God and why can we trust Him.

I didn’t think we could fully understand our identities if we didn’t know who God is. Who is the God we are serving! So that’s what we have been learning in Deuteronomy.

Who is God and why can we trust Him?

How can we love Him more than anything this temporal world could offer?

And through Deuteronomy we learned that God is a God of LOVE, ACTION, personal attention and faithfulness. He loves us so much that He personally is Active in our lives.

How can we love Him more than anything this temporal world could offer?

Last week we looked into Deuteronomy chapter 15:15. We were remined that we too were slaves in Egypt but your Lord God redeemed thee.

And then for us to have a full picture of our hope for the future I want us to look into Revelations to see the promises that are yet to come. Our God wants to give us an inheritance that will never pass away.

And we paused to REMEMBER that we once were lost. Wondering down a path that only led to death. As we remembered we looked at our bondage before Jesus and we looked at out redemption once Jesus freed us from the chains that were keeping us in Bondage.

And through Deuteronomy we learned that God is a God of LOVE, ACTION, personal attention and faithfulness. He loves us so much that He personally is Active in our lives.

And then for us to have a full picture of our hope for the future I want us to look into Revelations to see the promises that are yet to come. Our God wants to give us an inheritance that will never pass away.

This week I want to look at

And then for us to have a full picture of our hope for the future I want us to look into Revelations to see the promises that are yet to come. Our God wants to give us an inheritance that will never pass away.

An inheritance that is in Him. A communion with God for eternity where there will be no more sorrow and no more pain but an eternal happiness that we will have when we are in His presence forever.

But before we hear His beautiful Word let us go to Him in prayer that He might give us the wisdom and insight to hear everything that He has for us this morning.

An inheritance that is in Him.

But before we hear His beautiful Word let us go to Him in prayer that He might give us the wisdom and insight to hear everything that He has for us this morning.

An inheritance that is in Him. A communion with God for eternity where there will be no more sorrow and no more pain but an eternal happiness that we will have when we are in His presence forever.

Last week we looked into Deuteronomy chapter 15:15. We were remined that we too were slaves in Egypt but your Lord God redeemed thee.

A communion with God for eternity where there will be no more sorrow and no more pain but an eternal happiness that we will have when we are in His presence forever.

Last week we looked into Deuteronomy chapter 15:15. We were reminded that we too were slaves in Egypt but your Lord God redeemed thee.

And we paused to REMEMBER that we once were lost. Wondering down a path that only led to death. As we remembered we looked at our bondage before Jesus and we looked at out redemption once Jesus freed us from the chains that were keeping us in Bondage.

Last week we looked into Deuteronomy chapter 15:15. We were remined that we too were slaves in Egypt but your Lord God redeemed thee.

A New Prophet like Moses

This week I want to look at

And we paused to REMEMBER that we once were lost. Wondering down a path that only led to death. As we remembered we looked at our bondage before Jesus and we looked at out redemption once Jesus freed us from the chains that were keeping us in Bondage.

A New Prophet like Moses

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 17 And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.

This week I want to look at

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 17 And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.

But before we hear His beautiful Word let us go to Him in prayer that He might give us the wisdom and insight to hear everything that He has for us this morning.

Meaning of the Text

The Israelites were not to hear about the future or entertain prophesies that were not given from the Lord. As we learned last week the Israelites were not to worship the false gods in the promise land that the previous inhabitance worshipped. In that same way they would engage in dark magic listening to diviners, witches and spiritists. God was telling them that the

But before we hear His beautiful Word let us go to Him in prayer that He might give us the wisdom and insight to hear everything that He has for us this morning.

“Line of Prophets” or a mediator would continue after Moses and to know that the Lord was speaking through that mediator if those things came true.

A New Prophet like Moses

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 17 And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.

So what I want to look at through this text is look to why we must have a mediator, second we can look at the mediator that God has chosen and then close with looking at how that implicates us today.

A New Prophet like Moses

Meaning of the Text

God’s Voice

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 17 And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.

Meaning of the Text

The Israelites were not to hear about the future or entertain prophesies that were not given from the Lord.

We were created to have communion with God. We still desire that today but we since sin entered the world this is just not possible.

The Israelites were not to hear about the future or entertain prophesies that were not given from the Lord.

As we learned last week the Israelites were not to worship the false gods in the promise land that the previous inhabitance worshipped. In that same way they would engage in dark magic listening to diviners, witches and spiritists.

The Israelites were not to hear about the future or entertain prophesies that were not given from the Lord.

But we long to hear our Fathers voice. And before Adam and Eve tasted the forbidden fruit they enjoyed that intimate communion in the cool of the day in the midst of the garden.

As we learned last week the Israelites were not to worship the false gods in the promise land that the previous inhabitance worshipped. In that same way they would engage in dark magic listening to diviners, witches and spiritists.

But Adam and Eve found themselves cut off from the beautiful closeness that they had from their Father. And once the sweetness from the forbidden fruit touched their lips we were no longer able to walk with God in the cool of the day talking to Him face-to-face.

God was telling them that the

There became a separation. The Bible says if we saw the full glory of God we would perish.

“Line of Prophets” or a mediator would continue after Moses and to know that the Lord was speaking through that mediator if those things came true.

So what are we to do then. How are we to bridge the separation between God and us here humans?

“Line of Prophets” or a mediator would continue after Moses and to know that the Lord was speaking through that mediator if those things came true.

So what I want to look at through this text is look to why we must have a mediator, second we can look at the mediator that God has chosen and then close with looking at how that implicates us today.

God in His amazing grace towards us did not leave us or separate from us fully. We were never going to walk in the cool of the day in the garden like Adam and Eve did before sin came into the world.

So what I want to look at through this text is look to why we must have a mediator, second we can look at the mediator that God has chosen and then close with looking at how that implicates us today.

God’s Voice

We were created to have communion with God. We still desire that today but we since sin entered the world this is just not possible.

But God’s voice did not cease. We know that God spoke between Adam and Moses. Enoch walked with God and we can rest assured that that communion with Enoch was not a silent walk.

We were created to have communion with God. We still desire that today but we since sin entered the world this is just not possible.

The Lord spoke to Noah and made a covenant with him.

But we long to hear our Fathers voice. And before Adam and Eve tasted the forbidden fruit they enjoyed that intimate communion in the cool of the day in the midst of the garden.

We were created to have communion with God. We still desire that today but we since sin entered the world this is just not possible.

But Adam and Eve found themselves cut off from the beautiful closeness that they had from their Father.

But we long to hear our Fathers voice. And before Adam and Eve tasted the forbidden fruit they enjoyed that intimate communion in the cool of the day in the midst of the garden.

And He spoke with Abraham who He loved and made a covenant with Him. We know that He spoke with Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.

But we long to hear our Fathers voice.

And before Adam and Eve tasted the forbidden fruit they enjoyed that intimate communion in the cool of the day in the midst of the garden.

But Adam and Eve found themselves cut off from the beautiful closeness that they had from their Father.

But then silence from the Almighty left the earth while Israel dwelt in Egypt. It was as if God forsaken them forever but we know that though He may have been silent He was not gone and He was actively working in them and for them as they were slaves in Egypt.

And once the sweetness from the forbidden fruit touched their lips we were no longer able to walk with God in the cool of the day talking to Him face-to-face.

They cried out for deliverance and after 400 years God delivered them and parted the Red Sea. God was with them as they wandered the desert.

And once the sweetness from the forbidden fruit touched their lips we were no longer able to walk with God in the cool of the day talking to Him face-to-face.

There became a separation. The Bible says if we saw the full glory of God we would perish.

So what are we to do then? How are we to bridge the separation between God and us here humans?

There became a separation. The Bible says if we saw the full glory of God we would perish.

There became a separation.

But during all this time it our communion with God was not like it had been in the Garden. We needed a mediator because we could not fully hear the voice of God. God knew that we were unable to hear His voice and decided to speak through prophets speak through a mediator.

The Bible says if we saw the full glory of God we would perish.

So what are we to do then? How are we to bridge the separation between God and us here humans?

So what are we to do then?

God in His amazing grace towards us did not leave us or separate from us fully. We were never going to walk in the cool of the day in the garden like Adam and Eve did before sin came into the world.

How are we to bridge the separation between God and us here humans?

God in His amazing grace towards us did not leave us or separate from us fully. We were never going to walk in the cool of the day in the garden like Adam and Eve did before sin came into the world.

16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’

God in His amazing grace towards us did not leave us or separate from us fully. We were never going to walk in the cool of the day in the garden like Adam and Eve did before sin came into the world.

But God’s voice did not cease. We know that God spoke between Adam and Moses.

That came from Deuteronomy chapter 5

But God’s voice did not cease. We know that God spoke between Adam and Moses.

Enoch walked with God and we can rest assured that that communion with Enoch was not a silent walk.

The Lord spoke to Noah and made a covenant with him.

Enoch walked with God and we can rest assured that that communion with Enoch was not a silent walk.

And He spoke with Abraham who He loved and made a covenant with Him. We know that He spoke with Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.

The Lord spoke to Noah and made a covenant with him.

24 And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man still live. 25 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

The Lord spoke to Noah and made a covenant with him.

And He spoke with Abraham who He loved and made a covenant with Him. We know that He spoke with Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.

The Necessity of a Mediator

But then silence from the Almighty left the earth while Israel dwelt in Egypt. It was as if God forsaken them forever but we know that though He may have been silent He was not gone and He was actively working in them and for them as they were slaves in Egypt.

They cried out for deliverance and after 400 years God delivered them and parted the Red Sea. God was with them as they wandered the desert.

There was a necessity for the Israelites to have a mediator because they could not withstand the voice and glory of God. The ear, their eyes or their mind could not endure Gods glory. Like a fire it would consume them and they would die.

But then silence from the Almighty left the earth while Israel dwelt in Egypt. It was as if God forsaken them forever but we know that though He may have been silent He was not gone and He was actively working in them and for them as they were slaves in Egypt.

They cried out for deliverance and after 400 years God delivered them and parted the Red Sea. God was with them as they wandered the desert.

We can assume that God speaking to them at Mount Sinai was not His full glory. With more study into that encounter God giving them the Law was through the sound of Thunder. But the extreme awesomeness of Gods voice made even Moses tremble. It scared them so much that they said if they ever heard Gods voice again they would die.

They cried out for deliverance and after 400 years God delivered them and parted the Red Sea. God was with them as they wandered the desert.

But during all this time our communion with God was not like it had been in the Garden. We needed a mediator because we could not fully hear the voice of God. God knew that we were unable to hear His voice and decided to speak through prophets speak through a mediator.

Imagine that! Gods full glory was not on display for them on Mount Sinai. That the Thunder that made them tremble in amazing fear was but only Gods whisper. That we can’t even handle the whisper of our Lord and even His whisper would consume us and kill us.

But during all this time our communion with God was not like it had been in the Garden. We needed a mediator because we could not fully hear the voice of God. God knew that we were unable to hear His voice and decided to speak through prophets speak through a mediator.

God’s Glory on Mount Sinai was toned down to our weakness.

16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’

Who has seen and heard an epic Thunder and Lightning Storm. I remember as a kid hearing these storms and I was overcome with fear. I was afraid that any moment the storm would unleash its fury and I would be killed.

That came from Deuteronomy chapter 5

Im not so worried about that today as a grown man but I see the fear in my children when such a storm presents itself. I tell them it will be ok and that they should look upon the storm with such awe and wonder at what God had created.

That came from Deuteronomy chapter 5

But now and again there is that thunder that catches me off guard and sends me back to when I was a boy and that momentary fear in experienced once again.

24 And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man still live. 25 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

You see God could not commune with us anymore and He knew that even His whisper would consume us and He,

24 And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man still live. 25 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

The Necessity of a Mediator

24 And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man still live. 25 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

The Necessity of a Mediator

In His love and Mercy decided to speak to us through a mediator.

There was a necessity for the Israelites to have a mediator because they could not withstand the voice and glory of God. The ear, their eyes or their mind could not endure Gods glory. Like a fire it would consume them and they would die.

So He spoke to Israel through Moses. And Israel was assured that after Moses God would rise up another mediator from their midst.

There was a necessity for the Israelites to have a mediator because they could not withstand the voice and glory of God. The ear, their eyes or their mind could not endure Gods glory. Like a fire it would consume them and they would die.

We can assume that God speaking to them at Mount Sinai was not His full glory. With more study into that encounter God giving them the Law was through the sound of Thunder. But the extreme awesomeness of Gods voice made even Moses tremble. It scared them so much that they said if they ever heard Gods voice again they would die.

There was a necessity for the Israelites to have a mediator because they could not withstand the voice and glory of God. Their ears, their eyes or their mind could not endure Gods glory.

Like a fire it would consume them and they would die.

We can assume that God speaking to them at Mount Sinai was not His full glory. With more study into that encounter God giving them the Law was through the sound of Thunder. But the extreme awesomeness of Gods voice made even Moses tremble. It scared them so much that they said if they ever heard Gods voice again they would die.

Imagine that! Gods full glory was not on display for them on Mount Sinai. That the Thunder that made them tremble in amazing fear was but only Gods whisper. That we can’t even handle the whisper of our Lord and even His whisper would consume us and kill us.

You see, we now can only approach the Throne of Grace through a mediator. It is absolutely necessary. Because without a mediator we would perish forever.

We can assume that God speaking to them at Mount Sinai was not His full glory. With more study into that encounter God giving them the Law was through the sound of Thunder. But the extreme awesomeness of Gods voice made even Moses tremble. It scared them so much that they said if they ever heard Gods voice again they would die.

The Person God chose to be our Mediator.

God’s Glory on Mount Sinai was toned down to our weakness.

Imagine that! Gods full glory was not on display for them on Mount Sinai. That the Thunder that made them tremble in amazing fear was but only Gods whisper. That we can’t even handle the whisper of our Lord and even His whisper would consume us and kill us.

May the Holy Spirit make this truth absolutely clear in our minds and hearts.

God’s Glory on Mount Sinai was toned down to our weakness.

Who has seen and heard an epic Thunder and Lightning Storm. I remember as a kid hearing these storms and I was overcome with fear. I was afraid that any moment the storm would unleash its fury and I would be killed.

God’s Glory on Mount Sinai was toned down to our weakness.

Who has seen and heard an epic Thunder and Lightning Storm. I remember as a kid hearing these storms and I was overcome with fear. I was afraid that any moment the storm would unleash its fury and I would be killed.

Im not so worried about that today as a grown man but I see the fear in my children when such a storm presents itself. I tell them it will be ok and that they should look upon the storm with such awe and wonder at what God had created.

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen”