For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,
the Man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:5
A mediator is only effective when both sides have confidence in their go-between. Divergent sides with no common ground cannot be brought together unless there is someone standing with one foot firmly in each camp. That person must be able to take seriously the interests of both.
Job had many problems, but he was afflicted most of all by his loss of fellowship with the living God. Feeling frustrated and rejected, he cried out to his maker, “Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both” (Job 9:33). Job longed for a mediator who could get things settled.
Holy God and sinful man – a great gulf separated the two. The vast expanse was uncrossable, so a cross was provided. The Creator took on His creature’s form and bridged heaven and earth at the moment of the incarnation. Christ Jesus, having both the divine and human natures, became the true Mediator Between God and Men.
God
Holy Omnipotent
All-seeing Ruling Judging
Jesus Christ Savior Lord
Feeling Searching Thirsting
Living Breathing
Man
– R. Khol
August 14
