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 →

“The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again” (2 Corinthians 5:14,15). If... 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 →

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 →

“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 →

“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 →

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 →

An unknown author captured eloquently the way in which we so religiously fall short of Christ’s demand of service for others: I was hungry and you formed a humanities club and discussed my hunger. I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your chapel and prayed for my release.... 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 →

I read about a man in New York City who died at the age of 63 without ever having had a job. He spent his entire adult life in college. He had acquired so many academic degrees that they looked like the alphabet behind his name. Why did this man... 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 →

Christ had passed through the awful hour of agony and death. He then came back from the grave a victorious conqueror, and proclaimed to His disciples, “All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.” Then He immediately added, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the... Read more →

“Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works” (James 2:17,18). I wish to point out the difference between good... Read more →