“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Jesus, Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” (1 Tim 2:5-6). “One God.” Christianity is a monotheistic faith. We do not pray before different gods. We only pray before one God. Christians can sometimes feel pressured to pray to other deities. We can feel that pressure when we have prayed about something for a long time without relief. However, as Christians, we must have faith in only the One True God. “Jesus our Mediator.” A mediator is in an intermediary, the person in the middle who effects a reconciliation between two rival parties. No other being qualifies to mediate between God and man. That means we cannot look up to our pastor or some other spiritual leader to mediate with God on our behalf. The passage speaks of the Man Jesus. That phrase shows us that part of the work of Jesus as our Mediator was for Him to be like us. He identified with our weakness for Him to redeem us from our weakness. That is how we should also pray when we intercede for others. We take on their needs before God. Jesus gave Himself for all. Therefore, we must pray for all. The Lord did not only die for His disciples, He paid the price for all of humanity’s sins. In the same way, we cannot choose to only pray for those we like or those who like us.
