1 Timothy 2:1-7
A sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Timothy 2:1-7 is one of the tough texts. I will repeat two verses to show you why. On the one hand, 1 Timothy 2:4 states: “God our Savior who desires all to be saved.“ On the other hand, 1 Timothy 2:5 states there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
There are other places in the New Testament that say all are saved. In Romans 5:18: “Then as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all.” This is repeated in a different way in Romans 11:32: “For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all.” 2 Peter 3:9: “The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”
