529 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 1 Book 45 - The Mediator Between God and Man

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 45 The Mediator Between God and Man I Timothy 2:3-7 I Timothy 2:3 The Grace of God has been showered on this nation like no other people on earth, and we should never take it for granted. Let’s go to verse 4. The same God who is pleased when we pray for men in high places and for our government, the same God: I Timothy 2:4 "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." Romans 3:1-2 2. Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles (Word) of God." The Scripture is full of it, that God died for ALL. Romans 10:13 Anybody! shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Now turn to II Corinthians 5, verses 14-15. Don’t forget what we read in Timothy, for God would like to have ALL men to be saved. Remember the word ALL. II Corinthians 5:15 Repeated, twice in two verses.) Hebrews 2:9 Let’s move on a little further back to II Peter chapter 3 verse 9. John 3:16 God is not willing that ANY should perish but that ALL would be saved and come to "the knowledge of the truth." Now, the reason I teach is so that people can share these things with others who probably never look at the Word of God. That is why I take it slowly and verse by verse, as we pick every word out and examine it. Now remember, Paul always writes primarily to the believer. truth,.." We became believers after we heard the word of truth. The Gospel! A lot of times I will say "truth" and the name of Jesus Christ are synonymous, because Christ is Truth and Truth is Christ. Jesus Christ! Ephesians 1:13 "In whom you also trusted, (or placed your faith) after you heard the word of truth. (and the Word of truth is the Gospel) the gospel of your salvation: in whom (the Christ of truth)also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise." Now then, when Paul identifies "truth" as the Gospel, then we will go back once again, as we have done probably a hundred times on this program, to I Corinthians chapter 15 verses 1-4. John 3:16 was spoken primarily to the Jewish people, because Jesus spoke it in His earthly ministry. I Corinthians 15:1 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel (not just a gospel, it’s "The" gospel. "Then verse two makes it so plain. I Corinthians 15:2 "By which (by this Gospel that Paul has now shared with these Gentiles) also ye are (what?) saved, (A lot of people don’t like that word, but it is a Scriptural word. Now here comes THE Gospel. The Truth as Paul defines it. Why does Paul always refer to this as "his" Gospel? Everybody! according to the scriptures;" I Corinthians 15:4 "And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" Now THAT is what we call, and the Bible calls, THE GOSPEL or the TRUTH OF GOD, and what Paul calls "his Gospel." Now come on back to our text in I Timothy chapter 2 verse 4. The God, our Savior, of verse 3: I Timothy 2:4 "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." And that truth is that Christ died, was buried and rose from the dead. I Timothy 2:5 "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" Quite a verse, isn’t it? My, this verse just screams. No! There is only ONE mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. Now let’s go back to the first part of verse 5. "For there is one God..." Go back to Deuteronomy chapter 6. "Here, O Israel: (remember, this is Moses) The LORD our God is one LORD:" "Here, O Israel: the LORD our God is one LORD:." Well, yes He’s one God. God spoke out of the burning bush, but as you come down to the place where Moses now says "What’s your name? We have all this building of proof that the invisible God was in three Persons and at times, One of the Persons of the Godhead took on human form throughout the Old Testament. Now let’s look at one them from the New Testament, from John’s Gospel chapter 1. We are trying to exhaust it as much as we can in the time we have, why Paul emphasized that the mediator between God and man was the Man Christ Jesus and yet he never stopped being God! John’s Gospel chapter 1. John 1:1 Then verse 3. John 1:3 By the Word! So in verse 14, we see Who the Word was. John 1:14a John 1:14 So here we have ample proof from the pen of the Apostle John that the Creator Person of the Trinity, took on flesh and the twelve experienced all those days of that three years in miracles and wonders and signs, knowing that He was the God of Glory, the God of Abraham, the God of Creation, Who had taken on human flesh. This is what we have to understand, that even though God is Spirit, yet God the Son took on human flesh. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible