February 11 – LD 6, Day 7: Christ is the Mediator of the new
Covenant
by Rev J. Kortering
Romans
10:4, “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that
believeth.”
Now we can reflect with
great thankfulness that Jesus is indeed God’s Mediator. He is qualified from
every point of view; He is personally God, the Second Person of the Trinity. He
is a real man, having been born of Mary. He is a righteous man that is without
personal sin, because He was born of the Virgin Mary.
With such qualification,
He completed our redemption, He paid for our sins, and God received His
suffering and death as a substitute for ours. God raised Him from the dead to
certify our righteousness in Him. One conclusion follows from this, there is
only one Mediator between God and man, and that is Christ Jesus.
We must make one final
point before we leave this Lord’s Day of the catechism. The only way we can be
sure that this Jesus is OUR Mediator is through faith in Him. This is the point
of the verse quoted above. Christ is the END of the law for righteousness. The
law refers to the law given by God from
This righteousness which
is in Christ Jesus is ours by means of faith in Him. And this is true for all
mankind. There is no righteousness before God for anyone in the world, except
through faith in the righteousness which Jesus merited for us.
Two things follow from
this.
First, how important it
is that you and I be sure that we believe in Jesus for our righteousness and
commit our life to serve Him.
Second, we recognize how
important it is to get the gospel out so that others may learn about Jesus and
commit their lives to serve Him.
The New Covenant is God’s
gracious covenant, may He be pleased to use preaching and witnessing to gain
others for Christ.