Why We Need Jesus

Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XDrz1GX9S-8In this episode, Brian and Pastor Jay discuss why sinners need Jesus as mediator. They explain Christ’s work as prophet, priest, sacrifice, and king, showing how he teaches the ignorant, saves the sinful, rules as our champion, and gives believers confidence to approach God in prayer.Scripture mentioned: Deuteronomy 18:15 (ESV) - The promised prophet like Moseshttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/deu/18/15/s_171015Acts 3:22 (ESV) - The New Testament points back to Deuteronomy 18 and identifies Jesus as the promised prophethttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/act/3/22/s_1021022Matthew 5-7 (ESV) - Jesus as teacher in the Sermon on the Mounthttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/mat/5/1/s_934001Luke 15:11-32 (ESV) - Jesus as teacher in the parable of the prodigal sonhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/luk/15/11/s_988011Hebrews 7:22 (ESV) - Jesus as guarantor of a better covenanthttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/heb/7/22/s_1140022Hebrews 7-10 (ESV) - Jesus as priest, mediator, and sacrifice for sinshttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/heb/7/1/s_1140001Revelation 19:16 (ESV) - Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lordshttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rev/19/16/s_1186016Isaiah 53:5-6 (NIV) - The suffering servant pierced for our transgressions, with our iniquity laid on himhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/niv/isa/53/5/s_732005Psalm 110:1 (ESV) - David’s Lord and son, used to discuss Christ’s humanity and divinityhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/psa/110/1/s_588001John 5:39-40 (NIV) - Jesus says the Scriptures testify about himhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/niv/jhn/5/39/s_1002039Colossians 1:18 (ESV) - Christ as head of the bodyhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/col/1/18/s_1108018Ephesians 5:23 (ESV) - Christ as head of the churchhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/eph/5/23/s_1102023John 16:23-24 (ESV) - Asking the Father in Jesus’ namehttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jhn/16/23/s_1013023Hebrews 4:16 (ESV) - Approaching the throne of grace with confidencehttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/heb/4/16/s_1137016Mark 4:35-41 (ESV) - Jesus asleep in the storm and calming the stormhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/mar/4/35-41/s_961035Romans 8:32 (ESV) - God gave his own Son and will graciously give all things needed for salvationhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rom/8/32/s_1054032Other sources: Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediatorhttps://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20VIIINicene Creedhttps://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-nicene-creed/Chalcedonian Creedhttps://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-chalcedonian-creed/Heidelberg Catechism, Question 1https://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/confessions/heidelberg-catechism#toc-lords-day-1Links:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheLanePodcast?sub_confirmation=1Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7820594Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7GbmsVVjTryD5F0pAaNaKcApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-lane/id1805279371Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church: https://www.carriagelanepres.com/Sermon Livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/@CLPCWorship/streams