One Tim Two Five

ONE DAY on a busy street corner in Buffalo a Christian lady handed an Irishman a gospel leaflet. "What's this stuff? Christian Science?" he asked.
"No, but it's something that will make you wise unto salvation."
"I'm a Christian and I'll tell you how it happened, only I'm waiting for the car to take me to work and may have to leave before I finish," he said.
"Two years ago a postman, an old pal of mine, angrily showed me a letter with a sticker pasted on it which read: "There is one mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.' 1 Tim. 2:55For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Timothy 2:5). 'Somebody must think we postmen are heathen,' " he said.
"I went on my way, going over in my mind, 'One mediator, the Man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2:55For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Timothy 2:5). — The Man! — The Man! — Every sound on the street said, The Man — One mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2:55For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Timothy 2:5).'
"At work it would repeat itself the Man — Christ Jesus!' For a couple of weeks I heard it, and I thought it would burn in my brain. I could not stand it. Then I remembered '1 Tim. 2:55For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Timothy 2:5) was on the sticker. I wondered who One Tim Two Five was.
"One day while waiting at a street corner a boy came along and I asked him 'Say, who is One Tim Two Five'?
" 'I dunno, sir!'
" 'One mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, One Tim Two Five.'
" 'Oh, g'wan — that's in the Bible!' and away he ran.
"I didn't have a Bible but I thought, 'Get one and read it for yourself.' I was poor, but I laid off drink to save two dollars and then went to a second hand book store. The man said he could give me a very nice Bible for two dollars, and as soon as he had brought it I asked him, 'Do you know where to find One Tim Two Five?'
"He turned to 1 Timothy and began reading at verse 3, chapter 2: `God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
" 'Why, God wants me to be saved!' I thought, and then came that wonderful fifth verse,
" 'For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.'
"The Man who died for me, I meditated. Surely I can trust Him then!'
"I was saved THEN and THERE! From then on the money I had spent on drink I took home to my wife.
"But here comes my car, I must go."
Dear reader, have you ever trusted yourself to the ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus — that blessed and only Saviour?
Messages of the Love of God 12/21/1975