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CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR .
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CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
1 Timothy 2:3-6 (KJV) 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
1. There is only one mediator between God and men.Somebody who works with both sides in a dispute in an attempt to help them to reach an agreement.The mediator is a negotiator, speaker, representative a middle person, an arbitrator, a go-between. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
1 Timothy 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;2. God is our Savior.I’ve been rescued.A Savior who snatches a person from some terrible disaster that leads to perishing; One who saves from any form or degree of evil. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 3. God wants all men to be saved. and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." What truth is it that God wants man to know? Truth that all can be saved from sin and death and judgment. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 4. For there is one God, There is only one God, there can be only one way to reach Him—only one way to be saved.There is only one mediator between God and men. Man must have a mediator if he is to be saved. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
5. "God would never accept me.... You don't know what I've done."The issue is not what you've done, but what Christ has done for you.Isaiah 1:18 (KJV) 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
6. “God could never forgive all my sins."God not only forgives your sins, but He also forgets your sins. Isaiah 43:25 (KJV) 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
7. "I can't give up my sins."The power of Christ in you is bigger than the power of sin over you.John 8:36 (KJV) 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
8. "I might be harassed or hated. My friends might not accept me anymore.”True, every authentic Christian will be opposed and oppressed. John 15:18 (KJV) 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
9. "I think I've committed the unpardonable sin."Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit—the only unpardonable sin—is a complete and total hardening of the heart, resulting in an unwillingness to yield to the convicting work of the Holy Spirit. Mark 3:29 (KJV) 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR
10. 1 Timothy 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. This is the right time to be saved, because he gave himself just for this moment for you to be saved. CHRIST THE PRIEST: THE WAY GOD SEES US HE SEES THE MEDIATOR