Pray Only to Jesus

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men."
1 Timothy 2:5

     This verse clearly states one God and one mediator between us. A mediator is an intercessor, one who pleads on behalf of another, intervening for the purpose of agreement. The intercessor between God and me is Jesus himself. To give that right to anyone else is to diminish the work he did at Calvary, to water down the blood he shed for us. Who has earned the right to sit at the right hand of God? Only Jesus, so I pray directly to him.

     I was saddened to see a person's prayer to the Virgin Mary printed in the classifieds. This person was asking her to assist him in his necessity and to have mercy on him. I urge this needy person: you can and should pray directly to Jesus! Mary did not give her life as a ransom for all mankind. She has gone the way of other believers who have left this world. She cannot help you, but her Son can! Only He has risen from the dead and conquered the grave. Alleluia.

     1 John 2:1 says: "My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But in anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense - Jesus Christ, the Righteous One."