5 NKJV 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men the Man Christ Jesus I Timothy 25 Do You Know My Jesus The Mediator This morning we want to focus in on Jesus as the Mediator ID: 481186
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I Timothy 2:5 (NKJV)
5
For
there is
one God and one Mediator between God and men,
the
Man Christ Jesus,Slide2
I Timothy 2:5Do You Know My Jesus?Slide3
The MediatorThis morning we want to focus in on Jesus as the Mediator
When we think of the idea of Christ the Mediator, we often think in terms of prayer
That’s the context in which I Timothy 2:5 is writtenSlide4
The MediatorFirst we might ask what exactly a mediator is
The dictionary defines it as one who intervenes between two persons who are at variance, with a view to reconcile them; one who acts as a medium of communication between two contracting partiesSlide5
The MediatorStrongs defines it as a go-between; one who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship, or form a compact, or for ratifying a covenant
We often think of Jesus as that go-between when we praySlide6
The MediatorThe truth is that Jesus has been a Mediator in many different ways
It was through His sacrifice on the cross that we have been reconciled back to God (Rom. 5:6-11)
However, I want us to think about what Jesus says of Himself in this respect….Slide7
The Mediator1. Jesus Words
John 1:43-51
Philip brings Nathanael to Christ
Jesus indicates that He knows who Nathanael is
Christ goes on to prove who He is to Nathanael by telling Nathanael that He saw him under the fig treeSlide8
The Mediator1. Jesus Words
Nathanael was amazed and immediately confesses his faith in the Christ
Jesus then affirms that seeing Nathanael under the fig tree was just the tip of the iceberg
He then reveals this in verse 51…Slide9
The Mediator1. Jesus Words
What exactly did Jesus mean by this?
What was He revealing to us about Himself with these words?
These words that are spoken here by Jesus sound very familiar to an Old Testament passage found in Genesis…Slide10
The Mediator2. Jacob’s Ladder
Genesis 28:10-19
Jacob was on his way to Laban’s when he stopped off for the night
He dreams of a ladder that went from the earth all the way up into heaven
The angels of God were going up and downSlide11Slide12
The Mediator2. Jacob’s Ladder
Jacob called that place Bethel
(House of God)
What we read in this passage bears resemblance to what Jesus spoke of
in John 1
What does this parallel tell us?Slide13
The Mediator3. Jesus The Mediator
Christ told Nathanael that he would see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son
of Man
In other words, Christ would be that ladder that Jacob saw back in Genesis 28Slide14
The Mediator3. Jesus The Mediator
What this means is that Jesus is that ladder that connects God to man
He would bridge the gap between the two
Isn’t that what a mediator does?
Jesus is telling us early in the Gospels here what He has come to doSlide15
The Mediator3. Jesus The Mediator
Paul reminds us in II Corinthians 5:17-19 what Christ did in reconciling us to God
He is the Mediator in the aspect of prayer, but He is also Mediator in so many more ways
Jesus reveals this to us by looking back at a type of Himself