David, in Psalm xvi. 11, contemplated a "life in God's presence, where there is fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore:" and St. Paul, in Heb. xi. 13-16, says, respecting the ancient Israelites, that "they looked for a better country, that is, a heavenly;" and our Lord testifies that the Jews thought that in the Scriptures they had eternal life.
Prove that it was offered through Christ.
Gen. xxii. 18; Gal. iii. 16; St. John viii. 56; 1 Cor. x. 4. Abraham was told that in his seed, which is Christ, all nations should be blessed; and our Lord testifies that Abraham saw the day of Christ and was glad; and St. Paul, that the Israelites "drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them; and that Rock was Christ."
Why could not eternal life be offered to mankind by any other than Christ?
Because He is the only Mediator between God and man. 1 Tim. ii. 5.
What is meant by His being the only Mediator between God and man?
That He alone has opened a way of reconciliation between God and all mankind, by offering Himself a sacrifice for all men. See Isa. liii. 5, 6; 1 Tim. ii. 6.
Why is it especially stated that He is "both God and man?"
Because that fully qualified Him to be a Mediator between God and man.
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