OCT 8

1 Timothy 2:5

Memorise John 1:14

“For there is one God, and one mediator...”

WHO IS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT?

What’s the answer to the question today (“who is the mediator of the New Covenant”)? You’d probably say, “it’s easy!” Yes, the answer is in the verse itself – the mediator is our Lord Jesus Christ!

Is that the end of the devotion for today? Oh no! – we’ve got to probe further.

1. 1. What is a “mediator”?
2. 2. What does a mediator do?
3. 3. Why do we need a mediator?
4. 4. Why is Jesus the mediator? Can’t we get somebody else?

A mediator is needed when there’s enmity between two parties. He is a person who would come in between them to mediate, to resolve the conflict, to try to reconcile the enemies.

Do you know that unless we are saved, we are God’s enemies? Romans 5:10 says, “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”

Why were we God’s enemies? It’s because God is holy, and He cannot tolerate any sin; so all sinners (i.e. all of us) are His enemies.

Why did God want to reconcile with us? It’s because God is love, and He does not want to leave us in our sin and damnation. So we need a mediator so that there will be peace between God and us! We need someone to come in between us and God and to bridge the huge gulf that separates us because of our sin.

Why is Jesus our only mediator? Answer: A mediator needs to understand both parties – God and man. As the verse for today tells us, and Jesus is the only “God-man”, for he is the one God... the man Christ Jesus. So he understands both sides, and is the only one qualified to stand between us and God!

Is this not such a wonderful thought? God himself provides his own son to be the mediator for us. We had to do nothing on our part to be reconciled to God!

Thought: In a way, the Christian life is an easy one – follow Christ!
Prayer: Lord, help me to be more and more “Christocentric” day by day!