| “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.-” |
| —1 Timothy 2:5-6 |
Have you ever had a serious argument with someone and another person stepped in to try to resolve the differences between the two of you? The one who stepped into such a strident conversation has a difficult task. On the one hand, you believe that you are right. Likewise, the other person believes that he or she is right. The job of the one who stepped in is to try to mediate between the two of you and find some common ground of agreement that will settle the score.
That’s exactly what Jesus has done for us. Because God is holy and we are not. Because God has created the order of the universe and we are “order-breakers,” we are at enmity with God. We have sinned against Him. We inherited the sin nature of Adam from our parents. We added to that huge catalog of sins by committing our own acts of disobedience. We have placed ourselves at odds with a holy God.
Jesus comes, sent from God, to redeem us through the shedding of His precious blood. He dies in our place. He rises from the dead. He ascends to heaven. He sits down at the right hand of God the Father Almighty where He makes intercession for us. He mediates between us and God. The Apostle Paul writing to his son-in-the-faith, Timothy, expresses this great truth in 1 Timothy 2:5-6:
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.
As we begin a new day, let’s remember that we have an advocate, a mediator who ever intercedes in our behalf. He came to us as a precious gift from a loving God. He abides with us every moment of every day through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. If ever we have a reason to live joyful, fulfilled lives it is because of Jesus—our Savior, Lord, and King.
Based on a blog originally posted on Thursday, July 20, 2017
