One Mediator
Series 1 Timothy
One Mediator - 1 Timothy 2:5-7
Introduction and Brief Review:
I. Mediator Defined in its Biblical Context…
A. Literally the word means a “Go-between.”
B. One who acts as a guarantee (surety), Hebrews 8:6; 9:15; 12:24
C. One who mediates between two parties in dispute…
- Human mediation is often compromised and pragmatic…
- Jesus is the perfect mediator, uncompromised… Isaiah 53:9 “…There was no deceit in His mouth.” John 17:4
II. The Great Necessity We Have for a Mediator…
Consider Job's lament in Job 9:32-33…
A. There is Our Great Distance from God…
- The “creator/creature” distinction, Isaiah 55: 9; Psalm 113: 4-6; I John 1: 5
- If we simply looked at God in His essence we would be confused and lost…
B. There is Our Great Difference with God…
- God is angry at the sinner and we are sinners…
- All men know these things to be true…Romans 1:18-19, 32; 2:1-2.
- Our difference with God is ethical (not metaphysical)…Romans 8:7
- God is against the sinner, Psalm 5:4-5
- He is provoked, Hebrews 12:29; Isaiah 33:14.
C. There is the Good News… “One mediator…' Acts 4:12
III. The Mediator Identified and Qualified… He is the God-man…
A. He possesses all the attributes of humanity completely and perfectly…
- Our salvation depends upon it…Hebrews 2:14-15
- It is taught clearly throughout the Gospel record… i.e. Luke 2:8-14, 40…
- He is without sin…I Peter 2:22, 24; I John 3:5
B. He Possesses a Divine nature, i.e. I Timothy 1:2, 12, 14, 17…
C. He became for us sinners… Galatians 4:4
Application: Consider Hebrews 7:25
Sermon ID | 1130081936502 |
Duration | 49:37 |
Date | Nov 30, 2008 |
Category | Sunday - AM |
Bible Text | 1 Timothy 2:5-7 |