For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
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… Pushes it all back to Christ. Look at what it says in 1 Timothy 2, verse 5. There is one God and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Hebrews 4 says that through Christ we may draw near with confidence to the throne of grace. Now think about that. Throne means sovereignty. Grace is talking about just that welcome and the confidence that gives us access. So through Jesus Christ, you and me, the scriptures say you have access to the throne of Almighty God, and the one seated upon that throne actually welcomes you. Now, if that's the case, why search for another mediator when Christ himself has brought you to the Father? So necromancy, which is what witchcraft and superstition is, he says these things don't even compare to a sovereign God. Now, what's interesting, he gives those specifics here, but then he makes a really serious turn. This is where I want to spend most of our time. He makes a great turn. …
… one answering in the New Testament. The one Job wanted as the mediator between God and man is the man, Christ Jesus. Paul wrote to Timothy, there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man, Christ Jesus. And Jesus is the perfect mediator because Jesus is both God and man. he can lay his hand on both because he is both in one person one being he is theanthropos the god man not half god half man fully god and fully man the theanthropic nature of christ perfect mediator the writer of hebrews said we don't have a high priest who is unable to be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. The perfect mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. If you were to come to my house, and I'll give you a little bit of quick history as we close this, I do not have a good relationship with the ant world. …
… in his first letter, he has also made it perfectly clear that there is only one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. So that the storyline of the Bible, which we have come to believe and which we have the privilege of proclaiming, is straightforward, that God in creation has made everyone and has made everything. There is nothing that has been made apart from the creative work of God. He has made a beautiful place. He's made beautiful people. He's put the beautiful people in the beautiful place. And as a result of their rebellion, they find themselves banished from the place. God essentially says, you're out of here. They get a red card to stay with the World Cup for the moment. They get a red card, and they're off the field. There's no possibility of them coming back on the strength of their own merits. …
It is the living God of the scriptures. There is one God. And there is one mediator between this God of the heavens who has made us and all things pertaining to us and humanity on this earth. And he has identified there is one mediator, the man Christ Jesus. There are not many. The way is narrow. Don't believe the lie. Don't be afraid to be that specific. I hear people struggle with specificity. When I hear people struggle with that, I think, do you want people to be specific about the flights you take? You ever call up and they'll say, well, it's flight 413, or it actually might be 1096, or really it could be 309. You say, no, no, I want to know which flight is it. Well, and also it takes off from DFW, actually could be Love Field, and flight departs at 1214, thereabouts, maybe 110 or 230. You go, wait a minute, get specific isn't that amazing something as simple as a flight we want exact numbers and times and gates you don't want to walk all over the airport going oh let's see i'm open-minded i'll take i'll i'll take whatever flies just just so the pilot is sincere and and and it looks good It seems right. …
It is the living God of the scriptures. There is one God. And there is one mediator between this God of the heavens who has made us and all things pertaining to us and humanity on this earth. And he has identified there is one mediator, the man Christ Jesus. There are not many. The way is narrow. Don't believe the lie. Don't be afraid to be that specific. I hear people struggle with specificity. When I hear people struggle with that, I think, do you want people to be specific about the flights you take? You ever call up and they'll say, well, it's flight 413, or it actually might be 1096. Or really, it could be 309. You say, no, no, I want to know which flight is it. Well, and also it takes off from DFW. Actually, it could be Love Field. And the flight departs at 1214, thereabouts, maybe 110 or 230. You go, wait a minute. Get specific. Isn't that amazing? something as simple as a flight. We want exact numbers and times and gates. You don't want to walk all over the airport going, oh, let's see. I'm open-minded. I'll take whatever flies just so the pilot is sincere and it looks good. It seems right. It's just like, I need to feel it deeply when I get on the plane. …
… No one comes to the Father but through me. If you like to mark your Bibles, you might mark in the margin of your Bible 1 Timothy 2.5. 1 Timothy 2.5, which says, There is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Couldn't be plainer. Matthew chapter 7 again. Allow me to summarize. According to Jesus, there are only two ways. One is hard to find. One is easy. one is narrow one is broad there's no middle way there's no third gate which brings me to the second these ways are entered by only two gates there isn't a third one remember broad gate and narrow gate third they are taken by two crowds the many and the few And they end at opposite destinations. Destruction and eternal life with God. Nothing is more unfashionable in our times than teaching like this. Nothing. It is offensive. The teaching of the cross is offensive to the person who believes I can make it on my own. …
… First Corinthians 16.22 says, if you love not the Lord Jesus Christ, you're damned. And 1 Timothy 2.5 says, there's one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. He's the only gate. You must enter. If you want to be in the kingdom of heaven, you must enter, and you must enter this gate. A third thing to think about is you must enter this gate alone, alone. You leave the world behind. You leave family and friends behind. If you go a few chapters over to chapter 10 of Matthew, Hence In verse 34, Jesus said, Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And the man's enemies will be the members of his household." This is not a group exercise, not a matter of race, not a matter of circumcision, not a matter of family, not a matter of community. …