Listen up, little ones
Listen for the word covenant.
Reading
Hebrews 8:6—Mediator of a Better Covenant
Optional Reading
2 Cor 3:6-11
Keys for kids
- We need a mediator between us and God.
- Jesus is that mediator.
- Through His blood He makes us in a new relationship with God.
Questions
- What is a mediator and why do we need one?
- How does Jesus mediate between us and God?
- How is the cup the sign of God’s new covenant?
Notes
(See below for all authors.)
What is a mediator and why do we need one? The RSB notes that a mediator is a legal intermediary who represents two parties and through whose work a new relationship is established. Who are the two parties? God and people. What is the new relationship being established? People who are by nature God’s enemies are made God’s children, God’s friends. Sin is forgiven. Atonement is made. We who were once far off are brought near.
And who is our legal intermediary? Jesus, our high priest. As our high priest he is the mediator of this new/better covenant. And how did he mediate the covenant between God and us? By His own blood. As Jesus met with his disciples for the last Passover Supper and the first Lord’s Supper, He said, This cup [the content spiritually His own blood] is my blood of the covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins (Matt 26:28). Luke’s gospel and Paul’s letter to the Corinthians speak of the cup as the new covenant in my blood. (Lu 22:20, 1 Cor 11:25)
Every time we come to the Lord’s Supper, as Gooding comments, Jesus is there as Mediator of the covenant, and his blood speaks pardon—not only at the supper, but always, because our mediator and high priest always lives to make intercession for us!
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 111a, 111d
Prayer
- Give thanks for Jesus mediating between you and God.
- Pray for the reading and preaching of God’s word tomorrow.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.