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The True Mediator, July 18
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5
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In the mediatorial work of Christ, the love of God was revealed in
its perfection to men and angels.
He stands to mediate for you. He is the great High Priest who is
pleading in your behalf; and you are to come and present your case to
the Father through Jesus Christ. Thus you can find access to God; and
though you sin, your case is not hopeless. “If any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
1 John 2:1
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Christ is your Redeemer; He will take no advantage of your humili-
ating confessions. If you have sin of a private character, confess it to
Christ, who is the only mediator between God and man.
He presents us to the Father clothed in the white raiment of His own
character. He pleads before God in our behalf, saying: I have taken
the sinner’s place. Look not upon this wayward child, but look on Me.
Does Satan plead loudly against our souls, ... claiming us as his prey,
the blood of Christ pleads with greater power.
The work of Christ in the sanctuary above, presenting His own blood
each moment before the mercy seat, as He makes intercession for us,
should have its full impression upon the heart, that we may realize the
worth of each moment. Jesus ever liveth to make intercession for us;
but one moment carelessly spent can never be recovered.
Think of Jesus. He is in His holy place, not in a state of solitude, but
surrounded by ten thousand times ten thousand of heavenly angels who
wait to do His bidding. And He bids them go and work for the weakest
saint who puts his trust in God. High and low, rich and poor, have the
same help provided.
Consider this great fact that Christ ceases not to engage in His
solemn work in the heavenly sanctuary, and if you wear Christ’s yoke, if
you lift Christ’s burden, you will be engaged in a work of like character
with that of your living Head.
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