What is the word translated mediator and in what passages in the New Testament does it occur? MEGirne, mediator, intercessor. From μέoos, middle. Occurs six times: GAL. iii. 19, 20. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

I TIM. ii.

5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

HEB. viii.

6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

HEB. ix.

15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. HEB. xii.

24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood

of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

1. What are the different senses of the word mediator, and in which of these senses is it used when applied to Christ?

(a) As a messenger:

GAL. iii.

17 And this I say, that the covenant, that

was confirmed before of God in Christ, thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

the law, which was four hundred and

19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

(b) As an intercessor :

(c) To this end all power and judgment have been given Christ :

MATT. xxviii.

16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him : but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

MATT. ix.

5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

And he arose and departed to his house. But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

JOHN V.

"For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man."

2. Why was it necessary that the Mediator should be possessed of a Divine and human nature? (a) Be God:

(a) Necessary that He should not be the representative of one party more than

of the other:

(8) Necessary that He should be God

to be able to reveal the Father:

1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. HEB. ix.

11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

24 For Christ is not entered into which are the figures of the true; the holy places made with hands, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

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25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 27 who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the

people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

(c) Virtue of His dignity:

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10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here be fore you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

(e) Brother and High Priest:

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14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

9. What relation do the Scriptures represent the Holy Spirit as sustaining to the mediatorial work of Christ?

(a) Begetting and replenishing His hu

man nature:

LUKE i.

35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. PSALM xlv.

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God,