“…There is one God and one
Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. He gave
his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the
world at just the right time.” 1 Timothy 2:5-6 New
Living Translation
There are not many ways to God, only one.
The study notes from The Life Application Study Bible for these two verses
gives the following illustration: “We can stand on one side of a gorge and
discuss the possibility of many bridges across the abyss, but if we are
determined to cross, we will have to commit to one bridge.” If there were many ways to God why would
Christ have had to die? Christ was the go between; the only one who could make
peace between God and man. We walked away from God and in some cases
don’t know the first thing about him. In spite of that he loves us all with a
never-ending, completely unconditional love.
Jesus Christ gave his life up for a very
specific reason. He laid his life down in our place to pay the price owed for
our sin. That is the freedom that he
purchased. Old Testament sacrifices only covered sin; Christ’s blood
washed it away.
This is the message that God gave us to
share with this sin sick, dying world. As Christ’s ambassadors we are to
represent him with our lives, displaying his attributes to those we encounter
each day. The Holy Spirit enables us and God blesses our efforts. What a
wonderful God we serve. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!
Resource: The Life Application Study Bible.
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