SERMON 145: THE ONLY MEDIATOR, MESSIAH JESUS
Germaine Charles Lockwood

Do you need to be reconciled to God? Your sins separate you from God. The word of God says in:

Isaiah 59:2: But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you. Isaiah 59:2.

But God wants you to be reconciled to Him. God loves you. Be reconciled to God!

Yes, we have all sinned. We have all gone astray. Listen to:

Isaiah 53:6: All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6.

Yes, you have gone astray. You need to be brought back to God, to be reconciled to God. 

Do you say to yourself, “I am not so bad; I do some good?” The trouble is that the good that we do cannot take away the sin and evil that we have done. Listen to:

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. Isaiah 64:6.

Yes, we have all sinned against God. We have all gone astray. All our righteousnesses are like filthy rags. Yes, we all need to be reconciled to God. We need to be brought back to God. You need to be reconciled to God.

God has provided a mediator for us to bring us back to Himself. We read in:

1 Timothy 2:5, 6: For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 1 Timothy 2:5, 6.

Yes, Messiah Jesus, Jeshua is the one and only mediator between God and man.
He is the only one who gave Himself as a ransom. 

What is a mediator? A mediator is one who brings two or more persons who are enemies to peace with each other, to friendly relations with each other.

Our sins separate us from God. Jesus Messiah died for the forgiveness of our sins. Jesus Messiah is the ransom to set us free from the captivity of sin.

Let us read again:

1 Timothy 2:5, 6: For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 1 Timothy 2:5, 6.

Is Mary a mediator between God and men? No. There is only one mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all. 

Listen to:

John 14:6: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6.

You can come to God only through Messiah Jesus. You can be reconciled to God through Messiah Jesus. Let us read:

Romans 5:10: For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Romans 5:10. 

Listen now also to:

2 Corinthians 5:20, 21: Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:20, 21.

Will you be reconciled to God in Messiah? You can become the righteousness of God in Messiah Jesus. It is written in:

2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17.

In Messiah Jesus you can be reconciled to God. In Messiah Jesus you can become the righteousness of God. In Messiah Jesus you can become a new creation.
 If you believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, how can you come to be in Messiah Jesus? Listen to:

Galatians 3:26, 27: For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Galatians 34:26, 27.

Yes, through faith you need to be baptized into Christ. This is also taught in:

Romans 6:3, 4: Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:3, 4.

Yes, through faith you need to be baptized into Christ, into Messiah Jesus, into His death. Baptism is a burial in water with Jesus Christ, immersion, under the water, into a death to sin, and then you will be raised up out of the water to a new life, reconciled to God. You will have the forgiveness of your sins. You will have peace with God. Then Jesus Messiah will be your High Priest, your Mediator, your Savior, your King and Lord. He is the Prince of peace.

Now is the time to repent, to turn away from sin and turn to Messiah. Listen to:

Acts 2:38: . . . Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

Amen!