A Ransom For All
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“For there is one God, and one Mediator
between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a ransom for all,
to be testified in due time” (I Timothy 2:5,6).
Man,
in his present condition is not fit to stand in the presence of a holy God. If
we are honest with ourselves we will feel the need of a mediator — a go-between
— who can represent us in the presence of God. Job felt this when, realizing
this need, he cried:
“There is no daysman who can lay his hand
upon us both” (Job 9:33).
Thank
God, a “daysman” or “mediator” has been provided for sinful men — a go-between,
who can act as an intermediary between sinful men and a holy God. This Mediator
is Christ, Son of God and Son of man.
What
a blessing to know that the Son of God became the Son of man that the sons of
men might become the sons of God! Though perfect and sinless, He died upon
Calvary’s cross, disgraced as a malefactor, so that His payment for sin might
be credited to our account and we might stand before God without one sin to our
charge.
Though
Christ’s death for sin was credited to all believers, even of past ages, it was
not proclaimed until sometime after the cross, when God in grace saved Saul of
Tarsus, the chief of sinners (I Tim. 1:15). This is why the Apostle declares
that Christ “gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”
It
was when Saul, the chief of sinners, was saved on the road to Damascus, that
God began to show to him that Christ had died as “a ransom for all,” and God
sent him forth to proclaim this glorious message.
This
is why Paul’s epistles are so filled with references to salvation through the
cross, the death, the blood of Christ. And it is on this basis that the Apostle
offers to all salvation by grace, through faith in the finished work of Christ,
and proclaims to all the simple offer of salvation: “Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).
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