[grey_whiskers]

There is, according to Scripture only One mediator between Man and God, the man Christ Jesus.

LOL!!! That refers to *Salvation*: note that Man is in English, "the mass of people" or '"humankind."

Look at it like this:

Like you've never asked anyone to pray for you.

Or prayed for a non-saved friend to come to Christ.

You might even note Stephen in Acts, while being stoned, prayed, "Do not hold this sin against them." That was mediating.

[MHGinTN]

Stephen was not praying to a dead person for that blessing. Mary is, like all who have died except Jesus, no longer ‘in touch’ with our where/when.

[metmom]

You might even note Stephen in Acts, while being stoned, prayed, "Do not hold this sin against them." That was mediating.

What? Paul was wrong then?

1 Timothy 2:5-7 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle ( I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

[Iscool]

You might even note Stephen in Acts, while being stoned, prayed, "Do not hold this sin against them." That was mediating.

No it wasn't...

μεσίτης
mesitēs
mes-ee'-tace
From G3319; a go between, that is, (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor): - mediator.

Stephen wasn't mediating anything...

me·di·ate
verb: mediate; 3rd person present: mediates; past tense: mediated; past participle: mediated; gerund or present participle: mediating ˈmēdēˌāt/

1. intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.

You guys may be able to convince each other that your religion can change definitions to words but it doesn't fly with everyone...

[Elsie]

You might even note Stephen in Acts, while being stoned, prayed, "Do not hold this sin against them." That was mediating.

Hold up justa goldarned minute there, Partner...

Mediation

Mediation is the attempt to help parties in a disagreement to hear one another,

to minimise the harm that can come from disagreement (e.g. hostility or ‘demonising’ of the other parties)

to maximize any area of agreement, and to find a way of preventing the areas of disagreement from interfering

with the process of seeking a compromise or mutually agreed outcome.