FROM THE PULPIT: The ransom for all people
We usually think of a ransom as a payment that is demanded for someone who has been kidnapped to be released. There have been famous kidnappings that have captured the hearts of the world. Often the demanded ransom is beyond the means of the family to pay. What Paul is reminding Timothy in this passage is that all people are in need of a ransom. That implies that all of us have been kidnapped - every person has been taken in by sin and there is a payment due for our sin. Paul says over in Romans that the wages of sin is death - the payment for our sins that is due is our death. All ...
