Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Our umpire in heaven, for he is not a man as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us that might lay his hand upon us both. Job nine thirty two and thirty three. Job, in his sufferings, was mystified by the complete silence of God, whom he had loved and tried to serve faithfully all his life.
He longed somehow to be able to come before the great Judge to plead his case. But this was not possible, for God was not a man like Himself. He did not even have a daysman to mediate between Himself and God. But we do. A daysman is an arbitrator or umpire or mediator.
But how could there be an umpire to mediate disputes between God and man, unless such an umpire could somehow be both God and man, able to lay His hand upon us both? There is. One perfect umpire, of course, for there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time. The ransom he paid was his own blood, with which he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Thus, the God-man Christ Jesus is perfectly able to bridge the chasm.
Between God and man, perhaps an even better understanding of Dayzman is advocate.
Now, when Satan, the accuser of our brethren, accuses us of sin before God, as he did against Job, our great intercessor defends us. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous, and He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God. By him, seeing he ever liveth, to make intercession for them, Hebrews seven twenty-five. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icsr.org/donate.
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