'_One God--but no Mediator!_' cries Job.
'_One God--and one Mediator!_' exclaims Paul.
In one respect these two thinkers, standing with a long, long file of
centuries between them, are in perfect agreement. They both feel that if
there is a God--and only one--no man living can afford to drift into
alienation from Him. If there is _no_ God, I can live as I list and do
as I please; I am answerable to nobody. If there are _many gods_, I can
offend one or two of them without involving myself in uttermost disaster
and despair. But if there is _one_ God, and only one, everything depends
upon my relationship with Him. And if I am already estranged from Him,
and if there be no Mediator by whose good offices a reconciliation may
be effected, then am I of all men most miserable.
'_One God--but no Mediator!_' cried Job in despair.
_'One God--and one Mediator!_' exclaims Paul, in delight.