Mediator

Mon. 6/11/12: Galatians 3:19 – 20 (NKJV)                   What purpose does the law serve?

What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.

What purpose does the law serve? The purpose of the law was to show that all are sinners. This was accomplished by Moses who was a mediator between God and men till the ‘Seed’ of promise would come.

Tue. 6/12/12: 1 Timothy 2:5 – 6 (NKJV)                   Who is the mediator between God and men?

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

Who is the mediator between God and men? The man Christ Jesus is the mediator: He gave Himself to die as a ransom for our sins.

Wed. 6/13/12: Hebrews 8:6 (NKJV)                           What is the better covenant?

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

What is the better covenant? The better covenant is that of faith which erases our sin, not atones (or covers it up temporarily). Christ is the Mediator of the New Covenant.

Thu. 6/14/12: Hebrews 9:14 – 15 (NKJV)                   What is the effect of the spotless sacrifice?

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

What is the effect of the spotless sacrifice? Christ becomes the mediator of the New Covenant which promises eternal inheritance.

Fri. 6/15/12: Hebrews 12:22 – 24 (NKJV)                   What have we now come to?

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

What have we now come to? We have come to the Assembly of the Church, to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, who gave Himself a spotless sacrifice, not a lamb like Abel did.