1 Timothy 2:5-6 - 1599 Geneva Bible
5 For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and man, which is the man Christ Jesus,6 Who gave himself a ransom for all men, to be that testimony in due time,
Glorious Savior, help me to understand your word this morning – Amen
Brethren:
Christ is our Mediator, there is no way to the Father, except through Him. He is between, God and mankind. He, God, coming in the form of a man gave of Himself so that we as sinners might be redeemed from the wages of sin; eternal death. He died for us once and for all, for all. This then is His testimony.
R.P Woitowitz
“What the Mediator gave as a ransom for men is "himself", his body and his soul, which were both made an offering for sin; and his life, which is the result of union between soul and body; his whole human nature as in union with his divine person, and so might be truly said to be himself: this he gave into the hands of men, of justice and of death; and that voluntarily, which shows his great love to his people; and also as a "ransom", or a ransom price for them, in their room and stead; to ransom them from the slavery of sin, and damnation by it, from the captivity of Satan, and the bondage of the law, and from the grave, death, hell, ruin, and destruction: and this ransom was given for "all"; not for every individual of mankind, for then all would be delivered, freed, and saved, whereas they are not; or else the ransom price is paid in vain, or God is unjust to receive a sufficient ransom price from Christ, and yet not free the captive, but punish the person for whom he has received satisfaction; neither of which can be said.” John Gill
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