1 Timothy
2:5-6---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.
Man always
tries to step into the role that is reserved for Christ alone. Fortune telling,
speaking to the dead, or any other means of trying to commune with God other
than through Christ Jesus are all subverting the role of our one mediator. Cult
leaders steal this role with devastating consequences to those who allow them
to do so. God wants to speak personally with you through His Son. Under the Old
Covenant, the prophet and priest stood in this intervening place. Because the
Spirit of God was not poured out to all men, those who had the Spirit upon them
spoke in the place of God. Though the gift of prophecy is in the church today,
the office of prophet ceased with John the Baptist (Luke 16:16). Now that the
Spirit is poured out, we are all called to be priests. We can all come boldly
to the throne of grace. The Spirit can speak directly to us. You don't need a
prophet to tell you what God is saying for your mediator is Christ alone. The
gift of prophecy may confirm what the Spirit is speaking to your heart, but it
is not the infallible word of God. We are to test all prophecy to see that it
lines up with the Word. The Word has been made flesh, Jesus, our mediator. What
a wonderful mediator we have! If you are in trouble with another person, you
want someone who is impartial, yet, you want someone who has your best interest
at heart. Sin makes us all in trouble with God, yet our mediator, Christ Jesus,
is ever present before God, interceding on our behalf. You couldn't ask for a
better mediator. He paid our debt for us so that we could be right with the
Father. Now He mediates our prayer requests. He intercedes for our spiritual
growth. He presents requests according to the perfect will of God in order that
we might be found faultless at the Day of Christ.
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