Prayer, Part 2 intercessory prayer and the office of the mediator

Hello out there. This evenings subject is prayer. Prayer is simply communication with God, and visa versa. You have heard people say that "God answered my prayer". Prayer also includes Jesus answering it. When we pray According to His will[Ist John 5:14] He hears us. God is not waiting to answer your prayer; He answered it before he said "Let there be light"[Isa 46:10]. Prayer is powerful, if it is done with understanding. Just as gasoline is to a car, so is a prayer that is prayed with understanding. I was asked today about the subject of intercessory prayer, and what is it. Lets' talk about this powerful tool called intercessory prayer

In the beginning, before the fall of man, there was no need for an intercessor. Adam had full access into the heavens as well as in the earth. there was no need for anyone to stand in the gap
for Him or His wife. The word "prayer" is not mentioned until you get to 2sam 7:27. Before the fall, God[Jesus] and Adam talked with each other, and there was no distractions there. After Adam and His wife fell, and was kicked out of the Garden of Eden, The fellowship Between heaven and Earth was severed. Who is going to intercede for them ? There was no one to do it.

Cain and Abel came along and They offered their sacrifices to God, we all know what happened next. the point I'm making is this, Even when Abel was dead, his blood"CRIED"[Gen 4:10]
Abels' blood was acting as a mediator on his behalf against Cain. Before Adam and His Wife "fell", they were not flesh and blood, they were flesh and bone[Gen 2:24]. this is symbolic of when Jesus rose from the dead, He was also flesh and bone, not flesh and blood. How do I know this? If Jesus had so much as one drop of blood left in him, then the crucifixtion wouldn't have been effective , Why? He wouldn't have "SHEDDED ALL OF HIS BLOOD". So after the fall, Adam and his wife was given blood, Why? because Life is in the blood{gen 9:4]

How does all of this play into intercessory prayer and The office of the mediator? 1st Timothy
2:5 says that there is one mediator between God and man, and[ watch the wording] that is the man Christ Jesus. If you take off" Christ Jesus", you begin to get a picture of what Paul was saying. He was saying that the mediator between God and man, is a man. What does that mean? It means that in order to be a mediator, you've got to be flesh and blood. The man Christ Jesus: there are some places in scripture that calls Him "Jesus Christ", and there are other places that calls him" Christ Jesus". what does this mean? It means that Christ was not his last name, it was a mantle[anointing] put on Jesus, so that He could What no other man could do. Christ did not hang on the cross, Jesus did. The Christ mantle lived on. Lets put it together; Jesus Christ: the mantle followed Jesus. Christ Jesus; Jesus followed the mantle
So now 1 Tim 2:5 reads like this there is one mediator between God and man, Someone who has flesh and blood, Christ Jesus. That mantle that was on him is now on us. We are mediators today on this earth.

Revelation 1:6 says that we are "Kings and Preists". What was the job of the priests in the old testement? they were to be the mediators between God and man. The Children of Israel couldn't hear from God, without the priests. You are to stand in the gap for all of humanity[ezekiel 22:30] In Job 9:33 says that there was no daysman between us that he might lay his hand on us both. That word"daysman" is translated[umpire] like at a baseball game. he needed somone to bring God and man back together. This is the job of a mediator, to bring God and man back together. When you are living the life of a Christian and being a witness, you are in fact introducing someone to Jesus Christ[God]. What an awesome responsibility.

Interseccory prayer[romans 8:26-27] The Spirit HIMSELF maketh intercession for "US". The spirit doesn't make intercession for "THEM". Intercession is reserved for the church, not the world. There is no such thing as a ministry of intercession, there is only a ministry of reconciliation[2nd Cor 5:18]. It is impossible for anyone to be an intercessor without being filled with the Holy Ghost, why? It is the Holy Ghost praying through your spirit, the perfect will of God, and He[ the Holy Ghost ] knows how to pray and get it right the first time, not need to repeat that prayer. The Holy Ghost is the intercessor, not you. You are flesh and blood, and that is needed to work the intercession out. The Holy Ghost cannot intercede in the earth without a body to work through. This is why it is so important to be ready to pray when He ask you to, because someones life might hang in the balance, and he is working through you, in order to keep that person alive.

When I am in prayer, I ask the Lord" Is there someone I need to intercede for"? If He tells me "yes", then He will tell me who, and will flash that persons face in my spirit, like a movie projector. Next, I say" Holy Spirit", pray the perfect will of God concerning[ john Q public].
That is all you have to do. Most people only pray about themselves and their needs. They are disqualified from being used this way because the prayer of intercession and the office of the mediator, will ALWAYS be about someone else.

I cannot stress this enough; Jesus will tell you everything you need to pray for, so your mind won't have to worry about what you should be praying. take time to listen to Him before you
ramble off in an unprofitable prayer. I look forward to hearing from you