Moments For You

“The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). There is one word in this portion of holy Scripture to which we would call your attention. It is the word lost. This is God’s own word, used by Him to describe the... Read more →

I cannot imagine an affirmation that would meet with more resistance from contemporary Westerners than the one Paul makes in 1 Timothy 2:5: “There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” This declaration is narrow and downright un-American. We have been inundated with... Read more →

When a man has broken the laws of his country, and is under a sentence of death, he paces the floor of his gloomy cell, looks through the steel bars, and thinks of the fearful tomorrow. If you could speak to him, what would you say? Would a lecture on... Read more →

The central truth of all truth concerns the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was a man on earth, and He is a man now at the right hand of the Majesty on High, having been raised again from the dead by the glory of the Father. But He... Read more →

If possible, read Luke 15. In speaking of Luke 15, J.C. Ryle once said that “There is probably no chapter of the Bible that has done greater good to the souls of men.” Seeking The Lost Jesus was ministering to society’s outcasts: tax collectors, whom everyone hated, and sinners, which... Read more →

Question: How can Jesus be God and the mediator to God? Answer: That is an excellent question, and one that perplexes many people. Let’s start by reading the verses you are referring to in your question. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 says, “There is one God, and one mediator between God and... Read more →

“I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned” (Luke 15:18). Think about what the prodigal son lost in all these years. First, he lost his home. As long as he had money, his friends might have invited him around to their... Read more →

“There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). Israel had the truth committed to them that there was one God, in contrast to the many deities of the heathen. Christianity bears witness to the fact that there is a mediator—but... Read more →

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men” (Matthew 5:13). In ancient times salt was the most important agent... Read more →

“He [Jesus] is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises” (Hebrews 8:6). Jesus is the mediator of a better covenant than the one received through Moses. It is a better covenant because it is founded on better promises. The covenant of law (the Ten Commandments,... Read more →

“There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth” (Luke 15:10). In Luke chapter 15 we are presented with three parables which speak of God’s grace in seeking the sinner. In one case, the shepherd seeks the lost sheep “until he find it,”... Read more →

Statistics show that self-representation is on the rise in America. This is especially true for domestic and civil cases, where most proceedings now have at least one party who is pro se—that is, not represented by an attorney. While representing one’s self may have few risks in a simple legal... Read more →

“He sought to see Jesus … the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:3,10). There are two exceedingly anxious seekers in this passage, Zacchaeus and the Lord Jesus, and we should not be surprised that they found each other. God’s word... Read more →

Is needed when there is a difference between two parties. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. (Galatians 3:20) Is a middle-man, a reconciler. God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the... Read more →

Philemon, to whom this book of the Bible is addressed, was a friend of the apostle Paul. He evidently lived at Colosse with Apphia, his wife, and Archippus, his son. Philemon’s house was a meeting place for God’s people, so that Paul could write of “the church in thy house”... Read more →