Author: Servant of the Lord

Jesus, Our Mediator

For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 2:5 (NLT)

Jesus is our great High Priest. He set aside the role of the high priest under the law once and for all. He alone is able to stand before God on our behalf. He alone is able to make us fit to be in the presence of God. He did away with all of the law’s demands for sacrificial offerings when He offered himself up on the cross for our sins. He is the perfect sacrifice who alone is qualified to take away our sins.

Anyone who would suggest that they can forgive sins is a false teacher. Christ is seated at the right hand of God in heaven as the only one who can forgive. It is by His shed blood that we are made right with God. He alone is able to make us righteous and holy before God.

We do not need anyone else to stand before God on our behalf. Anyone can come to God through Christ. Jesus is THE mediator between God and man. We can ask anything in Jesus’ name and know that God hears us and answers our prayers. There is no power in any other name than that of Jesus. He is the living Word of God, the Alpha and Omega of all creation. He is God and has no equal. He needs no help from anyone; He stands before God as our High Priest, ever making intercession for us. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords.

It is before Him that every knee shall bow, in heaven above and earth below. If you do not bow before Him now, you will on Judgment Day. You will bow voluntarily or by force, but you will bow. It is your choice. Is Jesus your Saviour and Lord today?

God’s Word Is Not About Putting Restrictions On Us – It’s About A Great Freedom He Wants Us To Live.

Faith and obedience are closely linked.

Faith comes from hearing the word of the Lord. Obedience comes when we submit to the authority of that word.

There’s the real challenge and test of faith… obedience. That’s often where there’s a price to pay.

For a Christian, obedience, or submission to God’s word is the “real deal.”

It’s easy to cover our real state of heart with many types of “Christian activity” but given time, his word always exposes the truth of what’s in our hearts.

God’s word is not about putting restrictions on us - it’s about a great freedom He wants us to live.

That’s part of his grace towards us. Why? To set us free… not by just knowing His word but by repentance and submission to His word.

God’s Word is not about putting restrictions on us – it’s about a great freedom He wants us to live.

Romans 16:26
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

He wants to write that word in our hearts. Let him. It’s sets us free.

  • Mark Saunders

You’re The Potter Lord And I’m The Clay

A good hunter knows how to lay a trap that his prey is lured into.

Comparing ourselves to others is a trap. Don’t be lured in.

It bears the fruits of either pride or condemnation. Neither is God’s heart for us.

Comparing ourselves to others has its roots in legalism which has the same fruits – self righteousness or condemnation.

So what do we do? Surrender and accept who we are. That’s tough but it’s the first step towards giving the Lord access to change us.

The change begins with surrender… Lord let me be what you want me to be. You’re the potter Lord and I’m the clay.

Without this surrender we’re still in the trap… comparing ourselves to who we would like to be. There’s no freedom in that.

Are you dissatisfied with yourself?
Surrender your life Jesus – He’ll know what to do.

2 Corinthians 10:12
For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.

Isaiah 29:16
Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?

  • Mark Saunders