1 Samuel 2:25 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2019If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?\u2019 Nevertheless they did not heed the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to kill them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Intercessors stand between Man and God. In Christ Jesus, we stand as His go-between for humanity. We cannot and should not keep silent when men go their rebellious way. We have received a priestly mandate after the pattern of our Heavenly High priest. Our hearts connect with His heart, and we stand in the gap on behalf of a lost and disobedient generation. By their repeated and wanton sins, Man continues to provoke God and invoke judgment on themselves. But we have a duty to stand in the gap, to offer incense and to plead for Mankind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eli was a priest but he did not plead for his children. For some reason, he did not think he could intercede for them. He felt impotent and incapacitated. Eli\u2019s confession betrayed his conviction. He did not feel qualified or capable to act as the intermediary for his children. He did not think that he could plead with God on their behalf. \u201cIf a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?\u201d But this should not be our case. Jesus Christ intercedes for the Church and the Church should intercede for the world. We are called into this royal and honorable ministry. The disobedient world deserves God\u2019s judgment \u2013 but we can forestall that judgment by pleading their case, on behalf and through Christ. We enter into His ministry of intercession and by Him, we cry for our broken world. And the Lord will hear us. Maybe God would have spared those boys if Eli had stood in the gap. May we not fail our generation by failing to intercede for them. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh Lord, fill my heart with Your passion for the lost. May I carry Your burden for the lost. Many have totally neglected and disregarded Your precepts. Teach me to stand in the gap for them, until You visit them in mercy. In Your name I pray. Amen.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 Samuel 2:25 (NKJV) \u201c\u2019If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?\u2019 Nevertheless they did not heed the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to kill them.\u201d Intercessors stand between Man and God. In Christ Jesus, we stand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-1st-samuel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t