One Mediator (Daily Devotional)

Hello and welcome to Living Supernaturally, this is the daily devotion all of All People's Church and we are so glad that you could be here today. We have been meditating this week on some of the instructions that Paul writes to Timothy in his epistles, in his letters to Timothy, who's a young pastor and these are some instructions to him. So, we look at 1 Timothy chapter 2 and verses 3 to 6, so he says, ‘for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, for this is good and acceptable.’ So, what is good and acceptable? In the previous verses he talks about praying for those in authority and he says for this is good and it is acceptable. In fact, it is God's desire, God's will, in other words that Greek word says it's God's wish, it's God's desire, wish or preference for all to be saved, for all to experience salvation, for this is good and that is why we need to pray. So, it's God's wish, it's God's desire for all to be saved, to receive this free gift of salvation and to come to the knowledge of what we can call as the truth, the knowledge of the truth. He also goes on to mention that there's only one mediator, there is one connection that one go between God and man, God who is holy, who is infinite and man who is sinful and finite, there is one only one mediator, one bridge or one connection for this salvation, to receive this free gift of salvation and this one mediator is the Lord Jesus Christ. There is only one mediator, so there are no other mediators. Scripture is very clear that man cannot reach God by himself or herself, that we cannot have any kind of self-help or reformation and by all these ways attain or receive salvation. God has made a provision and that is only one mediator between God and man and that is Christ Jesus. The Lord Jesus Himself says in John chapter 14 and verse 6 says, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through me.’ So, this is reiterated once again in the words of the Lord Jesus Himself that no one can come to the Father except through Him and He did that so that He can pay that ransom. The Bible declares in verse 6 that He Himself is the ransom, the price that He paid to redeem man from slavery. So, to buy back, to redeem, He paid the ultimate price, the ransom. Today, even as we look to God, let's acknowledge the fact that there is only one mediator, Christ Jesus. Shall we pray, Father, we thank you that there is only one mediator, that you are the way the truth and the life and no one can come to the Father except through you. If we have been found Lord trying to reach through various other means, through our performance and through other things, Lord we know that we cannot, there is only one way and that is you God. We thank you that salvation is free and you are extending it to each one of us, we thank you, we give you the praise and glory, in Jesus’s matchless name we pray, Amen.

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