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1 Timothy 2:5

“For there is one God”: This is the reason why prayers are to be directed to all men and the reason why there is only one body of truth. Compare with 1 Timothy 1:17. If there is one God then naturally all men would be of interest to Him. “There is not one God for this nation, one for another, one God for slaves and one for free men, one God for rulers and another for subjects” (Reese p. 53). This truth should be. tremendous relief for all who live on this earth. We need only concern ourselves with serving and pleasing the one true God. The man or woman who lives in. world supposedly governed by many gods can never know when they have omitted the honor which is due to some god, and have so offended him.

1 Timothy 2:5 “And one mediator also between God and men”: The term “mediator” means. “medium of communication, arbitrator” (Thayer p. 401). Literally. go-between. If there is one mediator, then the services of this mediator are available to all men, both Jews and Gentiles. “Some have attempted to understand this expression to mean Christ is ‘one' among many, and have included angels, saints, and the Virgin Mary as other mediators. This is exegetically impossible as seen in the preceding clause. To say Christ is one among many mediators is to say that God is one among many gods,. thought that hardly needs refutation” (Kent p. 105).

1 Timothy 2:5 “The man Christ Jesus”: Please note that Jesus is not. man who became God, but rather, Jesus is God who partook of flesh (John 1:1; John 1:14; 1 Peter 2:6 ff). Notice generic term “man”, Jesus is indeed the perfect mediator for all men generally. Jesus is the perfect mediator, for He is both God and man and is suited to mediate perfectly for both parties. As man He completely understands and knows by experience what challenges men face on this earth in serving God (Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 4:14). The designation “man” also contradicts the Gnostic teaching that the Jesus who died on the cross was not. man but merely. phantom. “In Him all men are summed up, and so He is the representative, not of this or that man only, but of all mankind” (Hiebert p. 55). This term “man” that means “mankind”, means that Jesus is the perfect mediator for all men and not just those in Western civilization.

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