God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Sin is almost the only thing we have in common with everyone else, and so at the feet of Jesus where sin is cleansed is the only place where we can be one. Real oneness conjures up for us the picture of two or more sinners together at Calvary.
Roy Hession
Bible – Greek OT (Septuagint/LXX) 1 Timothy Chapter 3:1-16.