prayers, intercessions, and giving
of thanks be made for all men, for kings, and for all that are
in authority, imminent places, that we may lead a quiet and
peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good. and acceptable in the sight of
God our Savior, who will have all men to be saved and to come
unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one
Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave
himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time. Now, my text tonight is verse
5. I want to talk about this one
mediator between God and men. And I think it's one of these
high points in the Scriptures, like Ephesians 2, 8, For by grace
are you saved through faith, that not of yourselves, it's
the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. One
of those high points in the Scripture, like 1 Timothy 3, 16, Without
controversy, great is the mystery of godliness. God was manifest
in the flesh. But before I address my text,
I've got to comment on the preceding verses. For unfortunately, unfortunately,
the average religionist is more familiar with verse 4 than he
is verse 5. Did you know that? There's been more debate and
discussion over verse 4. Look at verse 4. Who will have
all men to be saved? Who will have all men to be saved?
There's more discussion, more debate, more bloodshed over that
one verse than verse 5. We ought to be more familiar
with verse 5. We ought to be more concerned
about a mediator between God and men. That ought to be our
chief interest and chief concern. But it's not. And this is because
of Satan's influence to twist the scriptures and rest the scriptures
to men's destruction. This verse has become a battlefield,
verse 4. A battlefield. Now I want to
repeat again verses 1, 4, and 6. Now listen to them. Verse
1, verse Timothy 2, I exhort therefore, that first of all
supplications, prayers, intercessions, giving of thanks be made for
all men. All men. Verse 4, who will have
all men to be saved. Talking about our Savior, who
will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of
the truth. Verse 6, Christ gave himself a ransom, an atonement
for all. For all men. Now then, does this
literally mean all men without exception? Now think about it.
Does this, some people say that it does. That we are to pray
for all men, every son of Adam, every human being without exception.
That God wills the salvation of all men without exception,
every son of Adam. that Christ gave himself an atonement,
a ransom for all men. Is that what this is saying?
Well, I'll tell you this, if that's what it's saying, we're
going to run into an awful lot of difficulties, an awful lot
of difficulties, more difficulties than you and I can handle. For example, if the church is
exhorted to pray indiscriminately, for all men without exception,
if that's what this is saying. Our Lord didn't do it. Our Lord
didn't do it. He didn't pray for all men. In
fact, in John 17, 9, he said this, I pray not for the world. I pray not for them. I pray for
those which thou hast given me. You know what Christ said? That
our Lord didn't do what we're supposed to do. Paul didn't do
it. If you look back in verse 20
of chapter 1, right up above these verses, he's talking about
a man named Hymenaeus and Alexandria, and he's not praying for them.
In fact, he said, I deliver them to Satan, that they may learn
not to blaspheme. I'm not praying for Hymenaeus
and Alexander. I'm turning them over to Satan.
And then John, in 1 John, he didn't pray for all men. He said,
there's a sin unto death, and I don't say you should pray for
it. If a man's caught up in heresy and apostasy, I don't say you
should pray for it. So he is contradicting this scripture. Went into a lot of difficulties.
And then, in verse 4, if this means all men without exception,
now I have to deal with this, because like I say, this is where
Our minds run, this channel, you know, we run into what we
call controversies. But in verse 4, if God will have
all men to be saved, if that means every man without exception,
is that what it means? Every man without, God wills,
this is the will of God, the salvation of every son of Adam.
If that be true, then God's will shall not be done, because all
men are not going to be saved. In fact, when this was written,
men were already in hell. Then the will of God shall not
be done. God's will is defeated. If God
wills the salvation of every son of Adam, God's will is defeated. And yet he said this, he worketh
all things after the counsel of his own will. He said, I have
declared it, I will bring it to pass. I've spoken it, I've
purposed it, I will do it. Isn't that what Scripture says?
And over in the book of Daniel it says, God rules in the armies
of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth and giveth it to
whomsoever He will. And then our Lord said, the Son
quickeneth whom He will. Whom He will. So you run into
a lot of difficulties. And then on this verse 6, on
verse 6, now listen to this. It says, Christ gave himself
a ransom for all. For all. This is the same all
in verse 1, verse 4, and verse 6. He gave himself a ransom for
all. Is that Christ gave himself a
ransom for all men without exception? Then nobody will go to hell because
Job said, deliver him from going down into the pit. I found a
ransom. I found a ransom. There is no
hell. There's no condemnation. We must
have universal redemption. If the ransom's been paid, the
captive is free. Did Jesus Christ redeem all men? Then why are they not all redeemed?
Did Jesus Christ die for the sins of all men? Then why are
all men not saved? Well, the answer comes back,
then his ransom is not effectual. then his redemption does not
redeem. Then his atonement is not effective. And if Jesus Christ did give
himself a ransom for all men, a redemption for all men, an
atonement for all men, he failed in what he came to do. And when
he said it's finished, he should have said, it's not quite finished. Is that right, Charlie? You've
got problems. You know, if you'll hold that
place there and turn over to 1st Peter, 2nd Peter, 2nd Peter,
now this will help us a little, 2nd Peter chapter 1, 2nd Peter
chapter 1, verse 20, 2nd Peter 1.20, 2nd Peter 1.20 says, Knowing
this first, knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture
is of any private interpretation. Now we know certainly that no
man privately can interpret scripture, but that's not what he's talking
about here. He is saying that no portion of the Word of God
can stand alone without the support of the rest of the Word of God.
You see what he's saying? You just can't take a verse out
of Paul's writing to Timothy and stick it up on the wall and
say, now this means this regardless of what the rest of the Word
of God says. This verse has got to be the same message and same
truth that the whole Word of God supports or you're interpreting
it wrongly. You see what I'm saying? No scripture,
no verse, no portion of scripture, no portion of the prophecy stands
alone. It stands together. So seeing
that, let me show you what these verses mean in 1 Timothy 2. Let
me show you what they say in keeping with the rest of the
Word of God. In chapter 2, verse 1 of 1 Timothy,
Paul says this, I exhort therefore, first of all, supplications,
prayers, and intercession, and giving of thanks be made for
all sorts of men, Jew, Gentile, rich, poor, wise, unwise, kings,
statesmen, men in great authority, men with no authority, all sorts
of men, not just Jews, not just religious leaders, but all sorts
of men. It has to be that. All sorts
of men. The church used to pray for kings
like Nero. The church used to pray for Pharisees
like Saul. Well, no use to pray for him.
Oh yes, there is too. There are plenty of reasons to
pray for him. No need to pray for Reagan. He's a power. He's the president. No use a
little fellow like me wasting my prayers on a man in that...
Oh yes, you do too. For kings and those in authority.
All sorts of men. All sorts of men. Slaves like
Onesimus. Well, who'd ever thought to pray
for that old slave out there in the backyard working in Philemon's
yard, huh? Who'd ever thought to pray for
one of God's own? For a harlot like Rahab. If you'd
have gone to Jericho, of all the people in Jericho, for whom
would you have prayed? Certainly not Rahab. Running
a common house. And yet she was God's elect.
Pray for all sorts of men. Publicans like Zacchaeus, I guarantee
you if the apostles had decided before they went to Jericho for
whom they'd pray, Zacchaeus would have been the last boy on the
list. But he was the one God called. Yes, this is what he's
saying. I exhort therefore, first of
all, that your supplications and your prayers and your intercessions
and your giving of thanks be made for all sorts of people.
Don't let a man's prestige and position and power discourage
your praying for him. Don't let a man's low life condition,
his corruption, depravity discourage your praying for him. Don't let
your son or daughter be so far away and involved in such a network
of evil that you cease to pray for them. All sorts of people.
God's able to save to the uttermost them that come to Christ. He's
God by Christ, isn't He? Look at verse 4. Same word, because
God will have all sorts of men to be saved. That's what I've
been trying to say. All sorts of men to be saved. His grace
is sufficient to save the chief of sinners. Why not me? Why not me? Old John Newton was
sitting behind his desk one day. John Newton is the author of
the song, Amazing Grace. Or it's William Capra, John Newton.
wrote many great hymns, but he was sitting behind his desk one
day and, yeah, Newton wrote amazing, Grace Cowper wrote There's a
Fountain, didn't he? But he was sitting behind his
desk one day and the noted preacher William Jay came in. William
Jay is an author, very outstanding writer, preacher, many, 200 years
ago. William J. came into his study,
and he passed the time of day, and he said to Brother Newton,
he said, I've got good news. He said, the Lord's been pleased
to save a certain man down in the county of Bath. He called
his name. And Newton said, I'm delighted.
I rejoice. And William J. said, I'll tell
you this. I'll tell you this. Since the Lord saved that man,
I'll never despair of anyone else." I'll never despair of
anyone else. What do you reckon Newton replied?
He said, Brother Jay, since the Lord saved me, I've never despaired
of anyone else. Newton was a slave trader. You
know where God found John Newton? He found John Newton down on
the Ivory Coast or near the Ivory Coast of Africa dealing in slave
trade, a slave of a slave, on his hands and knees eating his
food like a dog chained to a little house, cursing every breath. God will have all sorts of men
to be saved, chief of sinners. Paul said this is a faithful
saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners of whom I am chief. I'm not twisting
the scriptures, I'm making scripture fit with other scriptures. I'm
showing you how that the scripture flows. Like Charlie said, it's
the same message from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. And our Lord
will, it's the will of God, that men be saved, Jew and Gentile,
white and black, out of every tribe, kindred, nation, tongue
unto heaven. Men who are the worst of sinners
and men who are the worst of religious nuts. Well, I'll tell you, when he
saved Saul of Tarsus, he saved a religious fanatic who didn't
know God or Christ or salvation. Isn't that right? Pray for him.
God is able to save the chief of sinners. God will have all
sorts of men to be saved. In verse 6, he gave himself a
ransom for all sorts of men. John said that. He said, you
Jews, listen to me, Christ didn't die for our sins only. He is
a propitiation for the whole world. He is a propitiation for
the whole world. All sorts of it. There is room
at the cross for you. Jew or Gentile. His grace is
sufficient for you. His blood is effectual to save
even you and even me. And that's what those verses
are saying. He's able to save to the uttermost them that come
to God by Him. Hold your hand there and turn
to Romans 5 verse 18. Romans 5 verse 18. Now take this
verse right here. You say, all means all. Yeah,
it does. It means all in reference to
what it's talking about. Therefore, Romans 5.18, Charlie
read this while ago in a study. Therefore, as by the offense
of one, who's that? That's Adam. By Adam's sin and
Adam's offense, judgment, judgment came upon all men to condemnation. Everybody in Adam, everybody
identified with Adam, everybody represented by Adam, judgment
came upon all men to condemnation. Even so, in the same manner of
federal headship and representation, even so, even so, by the righteousness
of one, who's that? That's the second Adam, the Lord
from heaven. By the obedience and righteousness of one, who's
that? That's the Lord Jesus Christ. by the obedience and death and
righteousness of one. Watch it now. The free gift. What is the gift? Eternal life.
Eternal life. The free gift is eternal life.
The unspeakable gift is eternal life. The gift of God is eternal
life. It came upon whom? All men. Is eternal life upon all men? Eternal life is upon all men
who are in Christ. under justification of life.
That's what that's saying. That's what 1 Timothy chapter
2 says. Alright, look at verse 5 now. And here's the crowning
verse. Here's the peak. Here's the peak. For there is one God and one
Mediator between God and men. The man Christ Jesus. Now my
friends, what is a Mediator? What is a Mediator? Well, a mediator
is a fit, able, and acceptable person who stands between two
parties. Here are two parties that are
at odds. Here are two parties with differences
that cannot be settled. And there is a mediator in the
middle. Here are two parties at difference,
great difference, at odds. They cannot settle these differences.
And the mediator is there in the middle to settle the differences
and make peace. That's what a mediator is. Now,
usually, a mediator is selected by both sides. In other words,
they have a meeting, and the person, it must be acceptable
to both sides. This side says, well, he's all
right by me, and this one says, well, he's all right by me. But
in our case, we have no bargain in power. We have no rights. Our side is all wrong. Our side
is all out of whack. Totally. We have no bargaining
power. We have no right to speak. Our
side is all wrong. God's side is all right. The
entire matter rests with God. Will there be a mediator? There
will be if He says so. That's what you said a while
ago. That's the place a man's got to come. He's lost. Will
there be a mediator? Well, if there is, he'll provide
it. Well, who will be the mediator?
We have nothing to say about that. He has everything to say
about that. You understand what I'm saying?
Let me show you an example of that. Turn to Hebrews. Hebrews
chapter 2. Hebrews chapter 2. Now listen
to this. We're not, men are not the only creatures that sin.
Men are not the only creatures that fell. Before Adam fell,
Lucifer and a third of the heavenly hosts fell. And the scripture says that when
they fell, they were reserved in everlasting chains in darkness
unto the day of judgment. So their angels fell and men
fell. But now look at Hebrews 2.16.
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels, he took
on him the seed of Abraham. That's how wrong sin is. We have
no rights. We have no bargaining power.
The angels had nothing to say about this, nor did we. Will
there be a mediator? Well, it's his to provide. Who
will be the mediator? That's his to determine also.
And the trouble between God and men is of our making. God is
holy. God hasn't changed. We're unholy.
We've changed. Your sins have separated you
from your God. The justice and holiness of God
cannot be changed. This mediator, now watch this,
this mediator, you say, well, a mediator talks. Our mediator
has got to do a whole lot more than talk. The problem and the trouble we're
in, the difficulty we're in, requires a whole lot more than
talk. It requires doing something. Doing something. Well, I thank
God and praise Him that He has been pleased to provide a mediator. Aren't you? Alright, here's my
second statement. Back to the text. What is a mediator? I've tried to show you. The second
statement is this. How many mediators are there? Just look at the text. For there
is one God and one Mediator. One Mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus. Now let this truth be sounded
for all to hear. There's one Mediator. I know
that people get a little upset sometimes because we say things
about other religions and other denominations, but I tell you,
you've got to tell the truth. You've got to tell the truth,
and God says, here there's one mediator, there's one intercessor,
there's one advocate, there's one savior. No more. Paul was
so strong, he said, he said there's one gospel, and if any man preaches
any other gospel, he said, I don't care if it's an angel from heaven.
Let him be accursed. I don't care if it's an angel
from heaven. Now watch this. This man, this one mediator,
is described by his office. He is the mediator. He is the
kinsman redeemer. He's the person between us and
God. He's the one, now listen, you've
got to get this. He's the one that can lay his
hand on God. Being equal with God, being one
with God, and at the same time can lay his hand on us, being
one with us. Jesus Christ is the only one
who is the God-man. He is the only one who is as
much at home in heaven as he is among his brethren, and as
much at home among his brethren as he is in heaven. That's right. That's right, John. There's one,
he's the kinsman redeemer. He's able to redeem our lost
estate, and he's willing to redeem our lost estate, and he is the
only one who can redeem our lost estate. We don't have any choice. Mary doesn't enter into this
picture. Mother doesn't enter into this picture. The church
doesn't enter into this picture. The church can't reach God and
man. The church can finagle around
here with men, but the church got no entrance into God's throne
room. But Christ sits there. And yet
He was identified with us. He's not ashamed to call us brethren.
You think about that. This person is not only identified
by his office, he's identified by the singularity of his office.
There's one mediator. Now there are many mediators
between men. You businessmen, some of you
have been active in labor, some of you active in your management
of your company, and you've dealt with many mediators. Well, you
won't deal with many when it comes to God. No sir. One. One. Only one. And I'll tell you this, if you
would be saved, You're going to lay hold of, do business with,
and trust that one mediator. And you're going to commit all
your dealings and business into his hands, and he'll go to God
with it. And what he does with you is
your business. It's his business. Let me show you that in Ephesians
4. Watch this now. The singularity of his office,
he's one mediator. I wish I could make... I tell
you, What the message we need for this generation is just a
simple message, the simplicity of Christ. They've been confused
and confounded so much. Paul said, I don't distort, confound,
and confuse the grace of God. If salvation or righteousness
come by the law of Christ died in vain. It's that simple. Look
at Ephesians 4 verse 4. There's one body. We've got a
thousand different denominations and affiliations and everything.
If there's one body, just one, and there's one Spirit, one Holy
Spirit, even as you're calling, one hope of your calling, there's
one Lord, only one. There's one faith, only one.
Somebody says, I'm not of the same faith as you. Well, one
of us is going to hell then, because there's one faith. And
there's one baptism, only one. And there's one God. And Father
of all who is above all and through all and in you all, and as one
mediator. He said, I am the door. I am
the way. I am the truth. I am the life.
No man comes to the Father but by me. Is that plain enough? This mediator is identified by
his office, by the singularity of his office, and thirdly, by
his nature. Watch this in 1 Timothy 2, 5.
There's one mediator, one God, one mediator between God and
men. Now watch this, that didn't say God and man, it said God
and men. Christ is not the mediator of
mankind, he's the mediator of men out of mankind. That's important. There's one mediator between
God and man. Now watch how he's identified.
The man, Christ Jesus. The man. If I had a week, I could
explain that. You see, every requirement that
God placed, like I read this morning, what does the Lord thy
God require thee to do? Justly to love, mercy, and to
walk humbly before your God. He requires that of you, and
you're going to do it, or go to hell. Well, I throw up my
hands and say, no, wait a minute now, throw up your hands to Christ.
He came down here as a man in the flesh, identified with us
and did just that for us. Enabling God to be just and justify
us. Enabling God to be righteous
and holy and receive us because in Him we have that perfect righteousness. You remember when Abraham met
Melchizedek in the desert and paid tithes to Melchizedek? Well,
Levi wasn't born. But the scripture says Levi paid
tithes in the loins of Abraham. When Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek,
the high priest of God, Levi did too because he was in Abraham's
loins. And when Christ kept the law,
I did too because I'm in Him. You see what I'm saying? He's
the man. He's a man, man, man. And there's
a man at the right hand of God. That's Christ Jesus. And because
there's one man there, there can be another, and another,
and another, and another, and as many as the Lord our God shall
call. And then he's identified in another way. One God, one
mediator, between, between. You see that between? He's between
us and God. Thank God He is. When that smoke
was bellowing from that mountain and the lightning and the flashing
and the thunder and the voice of God speaking, Israel backed
off and hid their faces and said, Moses, get between us and that
mountain. Get between us and God. Don't let God speak to me.
Nobody here wants anything to do with an absolute God. You
say, if God just gives me a hearing, you don't want it. David prayed,
Lord, don't bring me into judgment with thee. You don't want it. You don't want to speak to God.
You don't want to approach God. You don't want to come near to
God except in Christ. You let Him handle it. Isn't
that right, John? I'm telling the truth. He's between us. Thank God He is. Thank God He's
between us like old Joshua stood there between the dead and the
living waving that incense and holding up that blood and stopped
the plague. And Christ stands between God
and me and stops the flow of God's wrath. And He's the man,
watch it now, Christ Jesus. Christ designates His anointing
by the Father. Christ designates His office.
He is the Christ. He is the Christ. Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God. Christ is not His name,
it's His office. Jesus Christ. He's Jesus, man. He's Christ, anointed of God. He's Jesus, son of Mary, fully
flesh. He's Christ, anointed of God,
and sent of God, and commissioned of God, and one with God. He's
the God, man. Man and God. Well, here's the
third and last question. How can we be sure that Christ
is the only Mediator? How can we be sure that He has
truly accepted what He is, what He did, is accepted of God on
our behalf? How can you be sure? I'll give
you three reasons. Number one, He's the only one,
there is no other, revealed by God in the Scriptures. That's
what this man just got through telling us. John the Baptist sent word to
the Lord Jesus Christ and said, are you He that should come or
do we look for another? And Christ sent the messengers
back and said, go tell John how the Scripture is fulfilled in
me. How the dead are raised and the blind see and the lame walk.
Isaiah 61 is fulfilled in me. Go show him how the Scripture
is fulfilled. And I'm telling you this, you go through the
Scriptures. You start at Genesis 3.15 where it talks about the
seed of woman. And you go right on through,
Abel's sacrifice, the ark, the Passover, the smitten rock, the
brazen serpent, the tabernacle, the priesthood, the atonement,
the sacrifices, the manna, the bread from heaven, all these
things. You go all the way through, David
the king, Moses the prophet, Melchizedek the priest, you go
through the Old Testament, and Christ is the perfect fulfillment
of every picture prophecy in time. Search the scriptures. They testify of me. So you can
be sure that this one is the mediator if he's the fulfillment
of the prophecies and promises regarding the mediator. Secondly,
he and no other is capable of the work that the office demands.
I'm not capable. Almighty God demands perfection. Almighty God demands death, and
He demands a death sufficient to satisfy infinite justice and
holiness. Who is going to fulfill that?
Only Christ. You say, how can one man, one man, how can one
man by his perfect life and his perfect obedience satisfy the
law for so many men? How can one man, by his death
on the cross and the shedding of his blood, satisfy the holiness
of God for so many? The answer comes back to that
question, because of who he is. His is an infinite sacrifice
because he's an infinite God, infinite deity. This man and
little boy were walking. Let me give you this. Somebody
may not have heard it, and it's a good illustration. This father was
walking home from church one night, a little boy walking beside
him, and the preacher preached on the efficacy of Christ's blood
and his substitutionary work. And the little boy looked up
at his daddy and he said, Daddy, how can one man die and save
so many? How can one man and his blood
be sufficient to save so many millions of people? They walked
along. His daddy stopped him a minute.
He said, son, what's that on the ground? Little boy said,
that's a grasshopper. He said, well, son, he said,
how many grasshoppers you reckon are worth one little boy to his
daddy? You're my son. How many grasshoppers would I
trade you for? Well, he said, Daddy, I don't
reckon all the grasshoppers in the world are worth one little
boy. And he said, let me tell you something, son. It says in
the Word, God regarded the inhabitants of this earth as grasshoppers. And all of them put together
is not worth Christ Jesus, the Son of God, the infinite, holy,
eternal Son of God. You can write that down. So when
he died, Mr. Day and that's sufficient. If
God wanted to save 10 million worlds, he wouldn't have had
to die anymore. He wouldn't have had to shed any more blood. He
wouldn't have to suffer one day longer because of the infinity of his person. That's right, John. That's it.
He's the only one capable of doing what the office demanded.
He's the only one that could scream, it's finished. And thirdly,
God raised him from the dead. That's the proof, the all-prevailing
sufficient proof that what he said, what he did, what he performed
was accepted in heaven because nobody else could have raised
him. God raised him from the dead. Isn't that right, Cecil?
God raised him. And when God raised him from
the dead, God said to this whole universe, this is my son in whom
I'm well pleased. Not only raised Him from the
dead, but took Him to glory and sat Him at His right hand. And
I tell you this, when I come to the conclusion, and I tell
you this, the people for whom Christ did that, they partake
of all that He purchased. If God spared not His own Son,
but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely
give us all things? Christ can't fail. And I rejoice,
I say three things, how grateful I am to God for our Lord Jesus
Christ. Oh, that I may be found in Him.
I'm not going to be in heaven because I'm a preacher. That's
two strikes against a feller. Especially if he ain't preaching
the truth. He said, you teach me an arrow and it'd be better
if a millstone be hanging about your neck and cast into the depths
of the sea. I am not going to be in heaven because I walked
down an aisle and accepted Jesus. I am not going to be in heaven
because I was baptized. Dan Parks told me he had been
baptized four times. If I stand in the presence of
God someday accepted, it will be because that man Christ Jesus
at God's right hand suffered, died, and bled for me. paid my debt, gave me a righteousness,
and intercedes at God's right hand on my behalf. That'll be
it. I'm trusting Him. I've committed.
Paul said, I know whom I have believed, and I'm persuaded He's
able to keep that which I've committed to Him. It's out of
my hands. It's out of the hands of my church
and my preacher. It's in the hands of my mediator.
I've committed it to Him. Have you? That's where salvation
is. It's in the hands. I've committed
it to Him. I thank God for Christ. I'll tell you this, how safe
and secure are those in Christ. There's no safety or security
anywhere, eh? Now you sit around, you're blue in the face arguing
about your works, but Paul said, you've got something to glory
in, I can beat you. But he said, I count my works but dumb that
I may win Christ. You sit around and argue all
you want to about what God owes you, but God owes you one thing,
that's the wages of sin, death. That's all God owes you. That's
all God owes you. Salvation is a gift of life.
And we're secure only if we're in Christ. There's no safety,
no security anywhere. There's no security in your doctrine.
But I'm a Calvinist. That's too bad. It would be nice
if you knew Christ. But I'm a Baptist. Well, that's
bad too if you don't know Christ. And I'll tell you this. How foolish
men are to look any other way when God says there's one God
and one mediator. Isn't it foolish? But that's
what you said, they won't come to me. He said, let another come
in his own name and let us run after him. I come in my father's
name and you won't believe. Well, I'm glad there's a mediator. And I'm glad for who he is. And
I'm glad God's given me the grace to rest in him. And I rest in
him. Do you?