I Need Someone to Intervene
I cannot escape God’s covenant wrath. Every one of my sins must be paid for. Neither will I be received into favor again unless I fulfil God’s covenant demand. I need a Mediator. A mediator is someone who intervenes, who goes between two parties with the goal of bringing the two parties together. But I do not just need any mediator. He must be special. He must be man, but not just any man. He must be a true and righteous man. Furthermore, he must be more than man; he must be true God. I am dealing with a mystery here. We cannot understand how a person can be true man and true God at the same time. We believe it because the Bible teaches this to us,1 and we accept it in child-like faith even though we do not understand it. Q. Why must He be a true and righteous man? He must be a true man because the justice of God requires that the same human nature which has sinned should pay for sin. He must be a righteous...
