Moments For You
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Jesus: The Only Savior
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 →
Job's Lament
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 & Answer
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 →
One Mediator
“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 →
A Better Covenant
“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 →
Do I Need A Mediator?
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 →
A Good Mediator
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
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 →