Pastor's Monthly Letter

Pastor's July Newsletter

Dear Beloved of Faith Family Fellowship,

      Greetings in the Name of the Lord. This month we are continuing our study concerning the Present-Day Ministry of Jesus. In order for us to fully understand how vital His present-day ministry is on our behalf we must see the importance of each office of ministry He stands in and how each is applicable to us today.
     We began this study by looking at Jesus as:

          Our High Priest
          Our Mediator

This month we will look at the third office He stands in. JESUS OUR INTERCESSOR!

      Isaiah 59:16-17 shows us that there was no intercessor to stand between God and Man. So God sent Jesus Christ His Son. In Isaiah 53:10-12 it talks about Jesus being our substitute for sin at the cross. It says”… (He) made intercession for the transgressors.” Jesus came to the earth as Mankind’s Intercessor.

   How does Jesus function in the office of Intercessor now under the New Testament? Romans 8:34 shows us that Jesus is at the right hand of God making intercession for us. Hebrews 7:25 reveals that Jesus ever lives to make intercession for us in His present-day ministry. Jesus not only came to earth as an Intercessor but He is still giving His life in intercession for us today.

   It is important that we understand why we need the intercessory ministry of Jesus in our lives today. Jesus is interceding at the right hand of God on our behalf that everything He accomplished in His redemptive work will be manifest in us --- spirit, soul, and body. As we face every temptation, test, and trial Jesus ever lives to pray for us which gives us the confidence of our victory in Him.

When we are first born again our human spirit is recreated – saved. It is our minds and bodies that need to be renewed in the Word of God (Romans 12:1,2). Learning to become skillful in God’s Word is a process. It takes time and growth. It is Jesus’ Intercessory ministry on our behalf that helps us continue to see our victory in Him and appropriate that victory by faith on a day to day basis.

      Isn’t it comforting to know that Jesus, as our personal Intercessor at the Father’s right hand, is representing us in intercession and assisting us in facing the demands and pressures of life.

      Let’s discuss for a moment what Jesus is interceding for. He is interceding for God’s complete work of redemption to be manifest in your life – spirit, soul, and body. For God’s perfect will and plan and purpose to come to pass in every area of your life. Then every time we are tempted to give up and quit, to concede to defeat and failure, we can be confident in our hearts that Jesus is at the Father’s right hand making intercession for us.

      Then we sense the strength of God’s Spirit bearing witness with our spirits that we don’t have to give up and quit. We don’t have to give in to defeat and failure. The more we allow the Holy Spirit to bear witness with our spirits the Word of God He will make real to us our victory and success in Christ. God will make real to us our victory and success in Christ.

      It becomes harder and harder for Satan to deceive us and hinder us from appropriating all the blessings and promises of God that He has already provided for us.

Spend each day meditating on the reality of Jesus being your personal Intercessor. It is a vital part of His present-day ministry to the Church. And you are the Church!

    Jesus’ Intercessory ministry directly affects your life. Spend quality time daily finding out just how much.

We love you,

Pastor Ron and Betsy