God's Gracious Provision for Me, for Our President, and for the World


When speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, 

  • President Trump clarified his doubts about going to heaven by stating, 
  • I really think I probably should make it. 
  • I mean, I'm not a perfect candidate, but I did --- a lot of good for perfect people.   
My prayer is that God would bring President Trump to the Scriptures.

  • For there he would learn that there are no perfect people. 
  • And, no amount of good on his part or on our part would make any of us a candidate for heaven. 
The Good News of the Gospel 
  • is God's gracious answer to the ruin we have all made of our lives and our world.
  • Jesus Christ alone is the true, righteous, and divine Mediator who saves completely.

My salvation depends entirely on God's gracious provision of a Mediator who is both truly human and truly divine.  

  • For Christ alone can satisfy God's justice, 
  • bear wrath, 
  • and restore righteousness and life for me, a sinner.
God's justice is serious. 
  • My sin is not ignored or minimized.
  • It must be dealt with in a way that honors God's holiness and righteousness.
I need a true human Savior.
  • Since my human nature sinned, 
  • my Redeemer must share my humanity in order to stand in my place.
I need a sinless Savior.
  • A sinner cannot atone for other sinners,
  • so my Mediator must be righteous and unstained by sin.
I need a divine Savior.
  • Only true God can bear the burden of divine wrath
  • and bring me life that death cannot destroy.
Christ is enough.
  • The Bible points me to Jesus Christ as my wisdom, righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  • So my salvation rests in Him alone.
The gospel is not an afterthought but God's long-planned revelation.
  • It was first promised in Paradise,
  • then proclaimed through the patriarchs and prophets,
  • foreshadowed in the law,
  • and finally fulfilled in Christ.
For spiritual life, 
  • this means that as a Christian 
  • I must learn humility, 
  • because I cannot save myself.
This Gospel also produces deep assurance, because the one who saves me is exactly the kind of Mediator I need.
  • He is fully able to represent me.
  • He is fully able to satisfy justice.
  • He is fully able to give me life.
It also trains my heart 
  • to look to Scripture as God's unfolding gospel story, 
  • not merely as moral instruction. 
  • The Gospel invites me to read all of redemptive history with Christ at the center. 
For the Bible Tells Me So...

1 Corinthians 15:21 
  • For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 
Isaiah 9:6 
  • For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 
John 3:16 
  • For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (perish but have eternal life. 
1 Timothy 2:5 
  • For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus 
Galatians 4:4,5 
  • But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 
  • to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
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