Saturday, January 31, 2015
TEXT: HEBREWS 8:1-6
Key Verse: “Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens” (Hebrews 8:1).
Each time a regional crisis erupts that threatens to degenerate into a global conflict, the United Nations raises a team of mediators to broker peace between the warring parties. Those engaged in the struggle would not sit to discuss and work out a situation at the same table unless brought together by a go-between who is trusted and respected by both groups. The strategy has often worked to bring peace to our turbulent world.
This reveals the wisdom God has given man to save him from destroying himself. For the Creator Himself has used the process of mediation to redeem fallen man. Alienated from our Maker as a result of our sin, we had been at loggerheads with Him; our fate is decidedly His wrath, judgment and perdition in hell. To halt the process, a mediator must step in. Jesus Christ is that Mediator.
He is infinitely fit for the great mission to resolve the problem of sin, because he is “set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.” The Bible says Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry as “a mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises”.
Supplications, worship, service, confession of our sins, request for grace to be empowered to live righteously made to God through Him are assured of answers from the throne of Majesty in the heavens because “He (Jesus) ever liveth to make intercession...“ for those who seek God through Him.
All that sinners and backsliders need to do to be reconciled with the offended God is to drop their old sinful ways, repent and accept the mediation Christ made on behalf of everyone the world over. God will not reject the penitent who seeks pardon through Jesus, the Mediator and Saviour of the world.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ROMANS 13 - 16
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Jesus is the ultimate Mediator.
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