From Tutor to Mentor
Preach the Truth Series from Galatians, Apostle Aje Pelser, HRC Cape Town, March 2024

A tutor is for a season of growth, a mentor is for life. Jesus became our mediator to a better covenant for eternal mentorship by His Spirit, through His word and the agency of His church.

Gal 3:19 What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.
Gal 3:20 Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.
Gal 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.
Gal 3:22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.
Gal 3:24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Gal 3:25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Gal 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Progressions towards Christ:
1. Tutor appointed because of sin. 1 John 3:5,6,9
2. The law tutor confined all under sin. Romans 7:8,9
3. Tutor remained until Jesus appeared. Titus 3:4-7
4. The Mediator revealed righteousness by grace through faith. Heb. 8:6
5. When faith came, the promises of God was released to all who believe in Jesus Christ His Son, the Mediator of a better covenant. We now have a mentor relationship with the Mediator through the agency of the Holy Spirit. Acts 3:16
6. The Mediator restored sonship with God our Father. This also means we have access to our ‘older Brother” Jesus as a mentor at all times. See the shift in relationship and status between tutor and pupil, to Mentor and brother. Understand the value of the Holy Spirit’s constant guidance and mentorship daily. Galatians 4:6
Look at the definition of a mediator and discover that the desired outcome of mediation, is a restoration of relationship through reconciliation and ratification of a covenant.
“one who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship, or form a compact, or for ratifying a covenant” 9Thayer’s Greek Dictionary G3316)
7. We are baptized through the Mediator Jesus Christ. Romans 6:2,4
8. We have put on our Mediator and saviour Christ, the anointed of God. Colossians 3:10.
9. The mediator makes us one in Christ before God. Ephesians 2:14
10. The Mediator helps us access our spiritual DNA including the faith of Abraham and Sarah. Romans 4:16
11. We access our spiritual heirship according to the promise of the Mediator. Titus 3:7