The Wednesday Word - 31MAY23 A.D.
Jesus, the Effective Mediator! by D.G. Miles McKee “For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” -I Timothy 2:5 [KJV] If Jesus is to be considered an effective mediator, there are certain things He must be able to do. First, He must be able to reach down to the lowest of the low and the worst of the worst. Why? Simply this. If we are stuck on the top of a building and use a ladder to try to climb down, the ladder is of no use if it doesn’t go all the way to the bottom. Spiritually speaking, that’s what Jesus did. He came all the way down. He reached the lowest of the low. In gospel terms that means there is no sin so terrible that the blood of Christ cannot reach and take away. Nothing you have done is too powerful for the blood to forgive. Indeed, a mediator who could not save the worst of sinners is no mediator at all. What kind of mediator do we need? We need a mediator who has taken away all our sins. Only Jesus has