There is one mediator

There is one mediator

1Timothy 2:5-6

INTRODUCTION

"Mediator" - one who intervenes between two, in order to restore peace

Illustration: Umpire in a baseball game.

The necessity of a mediator is seen in the moral gulf between God & man

There is only one mediator

I. Christ Jesus is the mediator v.5

II. What Christ did to become the mediator v. 6

There was a gift - "gave"

The death of Christ was voluntary

It was a gift of love

Christ gave Himself

He was both the gift & the giver

He was both the priest & the sacrifice

Christ is the ransom

"Ransom" is a compound word

To set free

In the place of

He paid for man's sins in full, not just a down payment