Chapter 8 – Christ Our Mediator
The Work of Christ (Paragraphs 3-4)
This chapter of the Confession concentrates upon the all-important Doctrine of Jesus Christ… but notice that the emphasis is not upon Jesus Christ as a Savior, but Jesus Christ as a Mediator. Why? Because we not only to be saved from our sins—we need to be reconciled unto God (see; Col 1:19-22).
‘Christ is our Mediator by suretiship…(that is) in a way of satisfaction, coming under our obligation to answer the law; this He did on the cross… The very design and end of this mediation was to make peace by giving full satisfaction to the party that was wronged… And for any now to imagine to reconcile themselves to God by anything but faith in the blood of this Mediator, is not only most vain in itself, and destructive to the soul, but most derogatory to the wisdom and grace of God… He therefore, that is to be a mediator of reconciliation between God and man must pay a price adequate to the offense and wrong; and so did our Mediator.’ – John Flavel, The Fountain Of Life (Vol.1, pp.109-111)
Bryan Wheeler Pastor Bryan Wheeler was converted to Christ in 1973. For most of the 20 years that he served in the U.S. Air Force he was actively involved in church-based preaching and teaching ministries in the U.S. and overseas. Pastor Wheeler was ordained into the gospel ministry in 1987 and was called into full time ministry in 1989. He is the pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Verona, VA. He and his wife Maureen were married in 1968 and the Lord has given them 6 children and 4 grandchildren.
