1 Timothy 2:5-6: "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ, who gave Himself up as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time."
While this verse is brimming with sufficient theological wealth to satiate even the most zealous lover of God, I want to point out the emphasis of this passage: there is one mediator...who gave Himself up as a ransom for all. It is this point that strikes the heart, stiffens the neck, and excites the blood because it is this point that forms one of the fundamental blocks of Christian faith.
Jesus, the man from Nazareth who performed miracles along the Palestinian countryside of the first century AD and claimed to be God, is the one mediator between God and men. What is remarkable to consider is that Jesus alone performs all the exigencies of the justification necessary for Him to become the "ransom for all."
It was because of who Jesus is as the very begotten Son of God that qualified Him to become our sole mediator, that singular bridge to God Himself. We can only marvel at this reality with an awe that God would, in His divine wisdom, has crossed the great chasm uncrossable by man so that all man may cross it to reach the Lord. Praise God for this great joy!
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