The Difference One Man Can Make

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. (1 Tim 2:5-6)

In one man, all humanity sinned against God. It would take another Man to restore the rightful order of creation that had careened out of order. A different man...one without sin. Why, a man would have to be no less than God to pull this off! After all, all men inherited the sin nature from one man. Sin is a genetic human flaw. But even if God would become a man, He would have to retain His goodness, never surrendering to the everpresent temptation to sin in this sin-infested world. This is the Man Christ Jesus. Just as in the beginning Adam surrendered his place of authority in Creation and sold humanity into bondage, Jesus came to restore the man to the rightful place that God had created for him to occupy. He came to purchase our freedom…He came to offer a ransom for the captives. He became the ransom! He offered the perfect for the imperfect. His life for ours. This is our destiny…to rule and reign with the Lord as creatures created in His image and joint heirs of the kingdom of God. The Mediator is the Man in the Middle. Touching God…touching man. This was the hope of Job. It is still the hope of mankind separated and estranged from God. In this desperate state, man is lost in his lostness. It takes a mediator to bring men to God. The Man Christ Jesus is our connection to God. First Adam lost it. Second Adam, the last Adam, the God Man, restored it. What a difference one Man can make!