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Intro
Introduction of the Series
This new series is based on the book Focus on Christ by John Stott, which consists of 8 parts.
Through Christ our Mediator
On Christ our Foundation
In Christ our Life-giver
Under Christ our Lord
With Christ our Secret
Unto Christ our Goal
For Christ our Lover
Like Christ our Model
Today we are only covering the first two.
Importance and Intention
Just think to enter this church building you had to walk through a door and you are standing/sitting upon a foundation that was laid.
Both the door and the foundation is very important for us to enjoy this building.
Yet doors and foundations are usually taken for granted.
As important as a door is, we just usually walk through it and forget about the door.
e.g When’s the last time you cared about the foundations of a building?
Similarly there are certain practices in our Christian life that we take for granted.
Positive Examples:
1. Prayers
Notice our prayers: starts with Heavenly Father/Almighty God and ends with “We ask all this in Jesus’ name”.
Why do we end our prayers in Jesus’ name?
Imagine signing off a letter with someone else’s name.
Tats almost what we do when we pray in Jesus’ name.
Is Jesus’ name some magical formula/recipe or is there a theological meaning behind it?
2. Hymns
We also sing hymns like “On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other grounds is sinking sand”.
All good but what does that mean?
Does it mean we should tie a rock underneath our shoes?
3. Bible
This is more technical.
But have you ever thought of why our Bible is made up of these 66 books only?
(OT: 39, NT:27).
How come no new books have been added to the Bible since the time of the apostles around the end of the first century?
Aren’t there any good Christian books?
e.g.
John Stott or Rick Warren?
Can we consider adding their books to the New Testament?
Esp nowadays lots of people claimed that God spoke to them, why aren’t they written down and added to a new edition of the Bible?
Now digital our phones can hold a million books no problem.
Now digital our phones can hold a million books no problem.
This is all related to today’s topic of Through and On Christ.
He is our mediator and our Foundation.
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Jesus as the Mediator
In the analogy of the building, Jesus is the door that we must go through to gain access to God’s presence.
Jesus as the Foundation
Even more so with the foundations.
When’s the last time you cared about the foundations of a building?
We usually take these things for granted.
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Why we need mediator?
- Lord's supper prayer we are not worthy to collect the scraps for under your table.
Notice our prayers: starts with Heavenly Father/Almighty God and ends with “We ask all this in Jesus’ name”.
We end our prayers in Jesus’ name.
(is it some magical formula/recipe?)
We sing on Christ the solid rock I stand, all other grounds is sinking sand.
But do we understand them?
Jesus is also the foundation that we can stand on to stay in God’s presence.
The one we can rest on.
We shall study the role of Jesus as the door, as the foundation in the areas of revelation and redemption.
When we say Jesus is the revealer we say He is the one that shows God to us humans.
When we say Jesus is the redeemer we say He is the one who brings humans to God.
Why do we need a mediator/foundation?
For example: Why don’t we end our prayers in our own name?
The answer lies in who we are and who God is.
When we say Jesus is the revealer we say He is the one that shows God to us humans.
When we say Jesus is the redeemer we say He is the one who brings humans to God.
Our human finiteness and God’s infiniteness
it will be like an ant trying to understand us humans and our human inventions e.g.
musical instruments and smartphone.
Even if we could create one with a suitable size, the ants simply do not have the capacity to understand.
the distance between God and us is far bigger than the distance between us and the ants.
We humans may be the greatest of all God’s creatures but just like ants we are creatures no less.
We are both mortal.
We both have needs.
Both limited by time and space.
God is not created.
He has life in Himself.
He doesn’t need anything.
Rather He creates and sustains everything else.
He is everywhere and He can do anything.
He has no limits.
We sing How Great is our God but truth is none of us here have even begun to grasp just how great God is.
If you
Our human sinfulness and God’s holiness
we rebelled against this great God.
Whether we realise it or not, we humans have naturally declared war on God and His kingdom.
our sin has separated us from God.
No sinner can stand in His presence ().
Eg: Anglican Lord's supper prayer “we are not worthy to collect the scraps for under your table”.
we need someone to bridge the gap.
We shall study the role of Jesus as mediator and foundation in the areas of revelation and redemption.
When we say Jesus is the revealer we say He is the one that shows God to us humans.
When we say Jesus is the redeemer we say He is the one who brings humans to God.
Jesus as Ultimate Revealer
Revealer: Showing God to man
Exposition:
Jesus is the full expression of God.
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