{"id":318,"date":"2016-12-11T18:37:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T18:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/?p=318"},"modified":"2024-09-24T08:46:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T08:46:44","slug":"daily-devotional-in-i-timothy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/i-timothy\/daily-devotional-in-i-timothy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion in I Timothy 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ITim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ITim-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2173\" style=\"width:407px;height:132px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ITim-300x97.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ITim.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Artwork from a 1611 KJV<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IITim2.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HEAR the devotion and KJV chapter.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Nugget:<\/strong><br><em>\u201cFor there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.\u201d I Timothy 2:5<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What fantastic news it must have been to the Jews, who were familiar with Old Testament-worshiping when they learned they could go to God themselves in prayer. Before Jesus\u2019 death on the cross, priests had to go to God as middlemen for them. After the sacrificial death of Christ, they could enter the \u201cHoliest of Holies,\u201d the closest place any man could be to God, by themselves through their prayers (I Timothy 2:1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, then and even today, many believe they cannot go to God themselves. These folks, still, if they realize it or not, attempt to worship the way it was done in Old Testament times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some go to a \u201cpriest\u201d in a confessional and tell him their sins. With that person\u2019s words and doing what they are told to do, they believe the priest can order their sins to be forgiven. They trust the \u201cpriest\u201d to mediate between them and God. Others pray to deceased biblical characters, hoping that a \u201csaint\u201d can be the middleman between them and God to have their sins forgiven or requests granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincere as those people are, what they are doing is contrary to the teaching of the Scriptures. I Timothy 2:5 tells us there is only one mediator between God and us, and that is Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We no longer must present a perfect, unblemished animal sacrifice for the high priest to take its blood through the temple\u2019s curtain to the Holiest of Holies, as in the Old Testament. When Christ died, God ripped that vale in two from top to bottom. Now, any believer can go to God in prayer through Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telling a person, be it a priest, parent, or any other person, one\u2019s sins will not remove the consequences of one\u2019s iniquity from God\u2019s memory. Those people may want to help, but they, too, are sinners in need of the only true Mediator, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going to anyone else other than Christ to meet a need in one\u2019s life or receive help from God will not result in God answering one\u2019s prayers. The one qualified to go to the Father on our behalf is His Son, Jesus. He is the only mediator between God and man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Thought:\u00a0<\/strong><br><em>\u201cBut 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.\u201d Hebrews 8:6<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words to Understand:<\/strong><br>Broided: braided<br>Exhort: encourage; advice; uplift<br>Intercessions: intercede for another; plead on another\u2019s behalf<br>Mediator: a person who links between different parties; middle man negotiating or speaking for others<br>Sobriety: avoiding excess; sober-minded<br>Usurp: take over control<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Reading:<\/strong><br><em>I Timothy 2<br>1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;<br>2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.<br>3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;<br>4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.<br>5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;<br>6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.<br>7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.<br>8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.<br>9 \u00b6 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;<br>10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.<br>11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.<br>12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.<br>13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.<br>14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.<br>15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Nugget:\u201cFor there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.\u201d I Timothy 2:5&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_374886073925309_111414703907598":"","twitter_429426831_429426831":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[9,7],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-timothy","tag-false-religion","tag-salvation","wpcat-52-id"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7608,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/7608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}