[Pastor Ralph]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

[iam4-1god]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

Jesus fulfilled both of these roles perfectly in that He was the perfect sacrifice (sinless, no blemishes), and He returned to The Father (His resurrection) and now pleeds with The Father on our behalf. Paul wanted to make sure that all people understood this concept, because Jesus died for ALL men.

[Commissioned]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

Paul emphasized the role of Mediator and Ransom in the context of the salvation of all because he wanted to show that it was Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, and not any other who secured salvation for mankind. As 'mediator,' Jesus stands between God and man to reconcile man to God. His death on the cross was a substitution act, a 'ransom' for man. He took our place on the cross. He died so that we will live.

[yesilovesjesus]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

I believe Paul emphasized the roles of Mediator and Ransom to help us realize how significant Christ's role is to mankind's salvation. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden we were separated from God. God initially used the sacrificial blood of animals to reconcile man to himself, but then fulfilled the law through Christ by reconciling us through a human sacrifice, through one that was blameless and without sin, Jesus Christ. Since God is too holy to be with sinful men he uses Jesus Christ, one who is fully God (holy-without sin) and fully Man (human) to stand in the gap for mankind. As a Mediator, God looks at us as if he were seeing Jesus, he sees us holy because of Jesus' death on the cross and resurrection--Jesus has reconciled us to God through his death on the cross, He became the sacrificial Lamb. Jesus' death is a ransom for us because he gave up his life for our sins, he was without sin yet sacrificied his pure body and life so that we may be right with God. He paid an ultimate price for our sins. He did not deserve to die, but rather mankind deserves death. His death paid for our reconciliation with God, we no longer need to be separated from God. Hallelujah!! We can have an eternal relationship with our Heavenly Father, through Jesus' death if anyone believes Jesus died on the cross for his or her sins. A beautiful gift for mankind!

[Eudora]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

Because there always has been only one way and that is through Christ Jesus (the mediator) who paid that debt. We were all held hostage to sin and the leader of sin.

Jesus paid the ransom so that we could be free from sin. Now we belong to Him because He bought us for a very high price. He gave His all.

[pastornpw]

Paul emphasized the mediator and ransom in Christ Jesus because without that there would be no salvation. This is the gospel message, that Jesus came to bridge the gap between us and God (mediator) and to pay the price for our sin (ransom). Can I hear an "Amen"?

[Mrstoler]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

Jesus is God the Son and God the Father is well pleased with everything He does. The Lord Jesus laid down His life for all men. His very life was ransom for us and now because God the Father was satisfied with what Lord Jesus did to save all men, He now serves as mediator for all men so that through the Lord Jesus the Father will see us as worthy to be in His presence. Without the Lord Jesus standing up for us where would we be? Lost forever.

[masika]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?
"He who by his death has redeemed all from the power and punishment of vice, from the slavery and misery of sinners." As God is the God and father of all, (for there is but one God, 1Ti 2:5,) and Jesus Christ the mediator of all, so he gave himself a ransom for all; i.e., for all that God made, consequently for every human soul; unless we could suppose that there are human souls of which God is not the Creator; for the argument of the apostle is plainly this: 1. There is one God; 2. This God is the Creator of all; 3. He has made a revelation of his kindness to all; 4. He will have all men to be saved, and come unto the knowledge of the truth; and 5. He has provided a mediator for all, who has given himself a ransom for all. As surely as God has created all men, so surely has Jesus Christ died for all men. This is a truth which the nature and revelation of God unequivocally proclaim.
ransom, is very emphatical; it signifies the exchanging of condition with another, the laying down of one's life to save another's. This our Saviour has done for us. The Scripture discovers to us, that by nature we are the children of wrath, and guilty of many rebellious sins, and devoted to eternal death: being in this deplorable state, the Son of God, moved by his Divine love, undertook our restoring to the favour of God; and voluntarily endured the punishment due to our sins, and gave his most precious blood and life the price of our redemption, Mt 20:28. If it be objected: How is it consistent with Christ giving himself a ransom for all, that so many perish in their sins? The answer is clear: We must distinguish between the sufficiency of his ransom and the efficacy of it; he paid a ransom worthy to obtain the salvation of all men, and has done whatever was requisite to reconcile God, and make men capable of salvation; but only those who by a lively faith depend upon him, and obey him, are actual partakers of salvation: that is, no person but may be saved in believing; and if men perish, it is not from a defect of righteousness in the Mediator, but from the love of their lusts, and their obstinate rejecting their own mercies. And it is unjust that the glory of his Divine compassion and love should be obscured or lessened for their ungrateful neglect of it.

[randi]

I believe that Paul emphasizes the role of mediator and ransom because we were separated from God by our sins. There was a great gap between God and us. God is a holy God and therefore hates sin, our sin kept us separated from Him. We needed a mediator that could reconcile us back to God, but that would not be complete because we needed a pure blood sacrifice ( a ransom) for our sinful lives. Jesus was our mediator and our ransom because He alone was able to reconcile us with God and He alone was the perfect blood sacrifice that we needed. He came to serve and to save, which He did on Calvary. He is still our mediator pleading our case before God and bringing our petitions before God. He is still interceding for us. When satan goes before God with accusations against us, Jesus is there proclaiming that we who have accepted Him are His. This gift of salvation is open to all who will believe and except His gift.

[CHARLENE G.]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

Christ paid the price for all our sins. HE is the mediator between us and God. There is no other way to Heaven except through him. Works will not get us there. Neither will being good and following the laws of Moses.

[Stan]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

He is saying that Jesus not only became our sacrifical Lamp given as payment for our sins but He also intervened with God on our behalf as our High Priest and mediator. By His sacrifice we as sinful man are made clean and are able to come into God's presence lifting up holy hands in prayer and thansgiving. Jesus became our imbassador with the Father and also the price of our salvation. He died once to save all men from their sins, no other sacrifice would ever be necessary and with His perfect sacrifice we can become perfected.

[raider]

God wamts all men to be saved and to know the truth. The evangelism in the Ephesus church got lost, do to the false teachings they had lost focus on salvation for the Gentiles.

[raider]

Paul emasizes these roles to show us what Jesus is about, Jesus died for our sins ( paying the price for our release) and by doing so we were reconciled with god.

[JustJeff]

As Paul wrote to boost young Timothy's confidence he needed to be able to overcome those who insisted that Jesus was for a select group of people. The concept of a Mediator was that of an impartial arbitrator who Ransomed all of mankind at the cost of His own blood.

[Just Jesus]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom?

To Jews, the mediator is the high priest and the ransom for sin was a spotless lamb. Since the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, He is the mediator (through Holy Spirit who guides us into all truth) and the ransom for sin (Heb 10:7-18). The difference being, the Jews alone were covered by the Old Testament sacrifice whereas Jesus’ sacrifice paid for the sins of the world and includes all peoples of all nations and races.


In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

He died for our sins on the cross as the “Lamb without blemish” and now sits at the right hand of God as our advocate with the Father.

[choice]

[quote name='iam4-1god' date='Jan 10 2009, 07:18 PM' post='41511']
Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

paul emphasizes this point to show that our salvation is not on our own accord. Christ has reconciled us to god through his dead on the cross and he paid the ultimate price of giving his life for our sins.

[Delivered]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom?
It must be emphasized because of the awesome gift given, and the awesome price paid.

This question takes me back to Gen 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day,
In the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.

The One God is the God of Abraham, the God of Israel, God Jehovah.
Abraham spoke prophecy - Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.
So they went both of them together.

"The Lord Will Provide" salvation for all is seen in God's Mediator, God's Lamb, sent to reconcile us to the One and only God.
God gave His Son.

In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?
God will provide is seen in the perfect Lamb of God, Jesus, our Mediator to God.
1Pe 1:19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ:
1Pe 1:20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,
1Pe 1:21 who through Him, Jesus, are believers in God, that God raised Jesus from the dead, and gave Jesus glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

Ransomed me, when He layed down His life, paying my ransom, Jesus redeemed me from the wrath of God, and gave to me life eternal.

God gave Jesus a name above all names, "Lord," and God set Jesus at His right hand, a place of honor.
There, Jesus continues to be our Mediator, as we go to the throne of God, in praise and prayer.

[debbine]

This was to have a complete understanding that this was not about men and what they thougt but that is was about God and God only. The discussions should be about him only.

Christ became our mediator between us and God and paid for our sins with his life.

[Elwood C O'Dell]

I believe Paul emphasizes this because man kind is incapable of providing salvation for himself in any fashion. We needed a mediator, one to act on our behalf before the Father in order to provide a way for reconciliation. We needed one beyond ourself to provide the ransom necessary to purchase our salvation. Christ, through his perfect sacrifice on Calvary provided both on behalf of mankind.

[JanMary]

Q2. (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom?

He was emphasizing that Jesus is the Mediator as well as the Ransom....salvation is His gift, and we are not to parcel it out in exclusivity to only those like us or whom we want to be saved. He and He alone can reconcile the fallen human race to our Holy God, who desires everyone to be saved.

In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?

His life blood was the Ransom price for our sins to be cleansed. Thus in laying down His life for us, He bridged the gap between God and man by mediating the impossible impasse between sinful man and Holy God. I love the picture on one tract, of a great gulf, with man stranded on one side, and God on the other, then the next picture shows the cross laid as a bridge across the chasm, for man to be able to reach God who is waiting with open arms in anticipation of the homecoming.