turkey1020 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 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 was trying to show the importance of God and his son and the things they have done for us. He gave His son, Jesus, as ransom for our sins and before that He played the role of mediater, teaching us the correct ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nes Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 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 send into this earth to be a mediator between God and man. because we are separated from God by our sinned. Christ died for us, He is the lamb to be sacrifice for the cleansing of our sins. He is the payment, He is the ransom for all of us. I think He fulfill it both through shedding of His blood and praying for us until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanks Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Q2. (1Timothy 2:5-6) In the context of the salvation of all, why do you think Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom? God desires the salvation of all men and we see in verse 5 the messages of the OT and NT. One God was the message of the OT entrusted to Israel; one Mediator - the message of the NT entrusted to the church. This verse is one of many which teach us that the death of Christ was substitutionary. He died in behalf of us all. Whether we will accept it is another question, but the fact remains that the redemptive work of Christ was sufficient in value for all. There is only one who is Mediator between God and men. This being so, no man can come to God in any other way. A mediator is a go-between, a middleman who can stand between two and communicate with both. Through Christ, Himself Man, God is enabled to approach men with forgiveness of sins. Consequently any poor sinner can approach Him, and will by no means be rejected. In what way did Christ fulfil both these roles? In these verses Paul identifies Christ Jesus as the Mediator. In order to be the Mediator between God and men, He must be both God and Man. The Lord Jesus is God from all eternity, but He is also Man representing all of us. There is only one Mediator, and His name is Christ Jesus. Since God desires the salvation of all men, Christ Jesus gave Himself a ransom for all. A ransom is a price paid to release or set another free; and this ransom is available for all. This means that the work of the Lord Jesus on Calvary's cross was sufficient to save all sinners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Paul states that there is One God and He is so Holy that there is a very wide gulf between Him and us (sinful man). We need someone as a Mediator to plead our case for us - be a go-between. This person could only be someone Holy who could approach God, and also someone human who could understand us, yet not turn away from us. Jesus fulfills both specifications and He is also willing to do this. But the price of our sin still has to be paid in full with a blood sacrifice by someone who has never sinned, and again Jesus fulfilled the role and took our punishment. Jesus became a ransom for us and now we can be reconsiled to God the Father. What Love! God bless Love Greta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaps Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 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 emphasises the role of ransom in order that we understand the full connotations of what He has done and who we are - namely the one corrupted thing in the whole of His perfect and highly balanced creation that needs to be remade in the original form, ready for fellowship with God Himself. There is a price for this, and that price was paid by the living God Himself as Jesus Christ, perfect God and perfect man, incorruptible. Jesus was released to satan to do whatever he could in order to establish the incorruptibility of the Christ, and those who will receive His incorruptible Spirit. Jesus won the battle for all of us. Paul emphasises the role of mediator because there is no salvation anywhere else but in the incorruptible Christ and His Holy Spirit which we can receive. We can only receive it by putting our faith wholely in Him, and aligning ourselves with Him. He is our advocate with God and there is no other. He will plead our cause when we go to judgement before the Holy God, who cannot look upon sin, covered by His blood Christ fulfilled these roles by living among us, subject to every temptation just as we are but without sin, and by negotiating with satan through the cross which was all that satan could do to Him. Satan could not touch His eternal Spirit that raised even His body from death. He was victorious in overcoming every tactic satan could demonstrate, and returning right in satan's face to further educate His disciples before leaving them, His task complete, in the hands of the Holy Spirit Himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsantos81 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 On the cross Jesus pay the price for sin, that which separates as from God. So we can only come to God through Jesus, the author of our salvation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Paul emphasized this because the church was not teaching about Christ Jesus, Christ fulfills the two roles by giving his life for all men making us holy in Gods presence, in Jesus name we Pray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin D Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Paul empahsized the roles of Mediator and Ransom because the only way we can get to God is through Christ. Christ fulfills theses roles by acting as an intercessor in our behalf. He also sacrificed Himself by paying His blood for our sins, so that we could be reconciled to God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzo47 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 It seems like I remember in the Timothy intro (or maybe chapter 1) that Pastor Ralf gave us, it said that the wrong thing being taught was that the second coming had already happened. If I'm remembering right, then I think it's important for Paul to show where we are now. Christ is mediating on our behalf, we're not currently in heaven or whatever the teaching at the time was leading the people to beleive. It also reinforces the message that CHrist is mediating on behalf of people who sin. Sinners is a pretty big group that doesn't discriminate based on geneology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf1948 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 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? We needed a mediator and a ransom had to be paid for our salvation we couldn't do it on our own. Paul emphasizes this to be sure we understand the great significance of this act. He came to earth as a man and died a horrible death to pay our ransom for our sin. Now he sits at the right hand of God as our mediator so God sees us as sinless and holy. When we sin Jesus tells God I got that covered took care of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brhodes Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 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? In every religion it is believed that there is a gap between God and man. There is something that stands between us and God. That something is sin. Hebrews 9:22 says that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. Sin separated us from God and the only way we can pay that debt(Ransom) is through the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the gap between God and man and we cannot get to God except through Jesus (Mediator). I believe Paul emphasized these roles to help unbelievers understand the importance of these 2 roles. Christ fulfilled these roles by obediently dying a painful death on a hill called Calvary. Keep God First- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignited Soul Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 In the context of the salvation of all, Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom, because if we were to look closely 1 Timothy tells us "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men" emphasizing on the oneness of God, Paul makes it emphatically clear that all men have access to God's provision of salvation through Christ. In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles? Romans 6:23 tells us that the wages of sin is death. Christ as mediator stepped between God and sinful mankind―who deserved death, and gave himself as a ransom (died in our stead) so that we might have eternal life. Presently He (Christ) sits at the right hand of the Father interceding for the saints. Before His( Christ) departure, He commissioned the church through the Great Commission to take part in He and the Father's global vision for the salvation of all mankind. Like Christ, Paul admonishes us to like intercede and pray for the realization of this global vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Williams Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 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? One God is the central truth of the Hrbrew scripture. Mediator is a concept derived from the ceremonial worship prescribed in the Old Testament. The priests mediated between God and the Isrealites by offering animals sacrifices, to atone for the people sins. The one mediator is the Man Christ Jesus. There is only one way to God, through the Mediator Christ Jesus, who has full nature of God and full nature of man. Christ has inentified with us; He understands us perfectly and respresents us at the right hand of God the Father. Christ gave himself a ranson for all. Christ substitued His life for our sins; our sins separated us from God. Christ paid a pentalty for our sins so that we could be reconciled to our Father Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriciaa Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 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? Jesus Christ served as Mediator between sinful man and God so that all people may be saved. In what way did Christ fulfill both these roles?In giving his life for our sins, Jesus paid the ransom and served as the Mediator between sinful man and the All Perfect God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurselaino Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 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? The role of a Mediator is one who works between two parties to help solve or remove a problem...to bring them together...Jesus worked between us and God to provide a way through our sin. But He did not just talk about this He physically did something about it. As for Ransom...the meaning being the price of release...which Jesus provided while acting as our mediator. Jesus went to the cross, bore our sins and died so that we may have fellowship with our God. This was pleasing and a exceptable payment or ransom for us. But beyond that Jesus conquered death so that we may have eternal life with Him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCollum Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 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? The only living God desires all to be saved, for this very reason He sent the one Mediator Christ Jesus. There is one God from whom salvation is available. There is only one way to Him, through the Mediator, Christ Jesus who has the full nature of God and the full nature of man. Christ Jesus has identified with us, He understands us perfectly and represents us at the right hand of God the Father (see Roman 8:34). Christ Jesus died makes intercession for us , Since Christ has fully justified us and is presently interceding for us, then on one can possibly condemn us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WenC Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 In an INCLUSIVE sense of global salvation, to emphasise Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirt1 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 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 became the Mediator between us and God. Showing who God was and that he loved us. He gave himself in our place to die. He took on the role of convicted sinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 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 WANTS US ALL TO HAVE SALVATION AND PRAY AND BE REMOREFUL OF OUR SINS...BECAUSE HE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE ..HIS LIFE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerraw20 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 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? To show that salvation was completely dependant upon the actions of Christ, not any religious activities or affiliation. Christ was the mediator in that He did what was neede to release us from the sentence of Gods wrath. He was the ransom because He paid the full price of release with His own life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servant for Christ Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 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 Meditor- Jesus Christ stands befor God, speaking for us, interceding of us , to reconcile us to God. Ransom- He took our place on the cross for our sins, and that we might have life through His shed blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s8nfighter Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 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 fulfilled the role of the ransom payer because he died for our sins. In his resurection he fulfills the role of mediator, because He lives and is seated at the right hand of God. In proverbs the Lord says he hears the prayers of the righteous, who better to be our mediator than the only righteous one? Praise to our Lord and savior. Darrell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 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? The Book of Hebrews teaches that Jesus sits at the right hand of the Throne of God making intercession for the Saints. Jesus ransomed Himself for all humanity when He was sacrificed upon the cross for the atonement of human sin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahala p.s. Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 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? In the context of the salvation of all, Paul emphasizes the roles of Mediator and Ransom because to be reconciled to God who considers us our enemy we need a mediator and a ransom. We are his enemies because we are sinners. We need a mediator because we ourselves as the sinner are improper to come to God, who is holy, because of our sins. We, who are slaves of the devil because of our sin, need a ransom to release us. Christ fulfilled both these roles in a way that he, who is his son and does not sin, acts as Mediator between God and men, and he himself act as a ransom or price of release of us through his death on the cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roseangela Agunda Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 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 wants them to understand that there is one they had to look upto, the one who gives salvation, by own strength is not possible. He came to mediate for us, stood between us and God by going to the cross as a sacrifice. This is the one who can change us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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