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John 1:29
John 1:29
During my years of ministry I have been introduced in some interesting ways. Oh I’ve had introductions where people told jokes about baldness, or I’ve had introductions where they’ve told stories about one thing or another. I like a good introduction. I like when someone sets it up so I can just step up to the pulpit and start preaching the Word of God and the people want to listen! John the Baptist was sent to introduce Jesus Christ to the nation of Israel. And how did he do it? John 1:29, He said, “Behold! The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Now the Jewish people knew a great deal about lambs. Thousands of lambs were sacrificed every year at the temple or the tabernacle. In the history of Israel, millions of lambs had been put upon the altar.
But now here John is saying one Lamb, not many. Up till now you have had many lambs. Now there’s just one Lamb. “Behold, the Lamb of God.” In Exodus chapter 12 when Moses is giving directions for Passover, he talks about a lamb. Then he says the lamb. And then he says your lamb. There is only one Lamb. It’s the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s the Lamb of God. Not man’s lamb. Up till now they had been sacrificing lambs that came from the flocks owned by men. Ah, but here is God’s Lamb, God’s sinless Lamb, God’s perfect Lamb sent from heaven. In the Old Testament the blood of the lamb covered sin, ah but Jesus Christ takes away sin! Salvation is not just a covering; it’s a cleansing. “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
And in the Old Testament those lambs were for the nation of Israel, but Jesus Christ is for the whole world. “God so loved the world” (John 3:16). He sent His Son to die for the whole world, and the whole world today needs to know that a sacrifice has been made; and the sin can be washed away. “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” Have you trusted the Lamb of God to take away your sin?
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During my years of ministry I have been introduced in some interesting ways. Oh I’ve had introductions where people told jokes about baldness, or I’ve had introductions where they’ve told stories about one thing or another. I like a good introduction. I like when someone sets it up so I can just step up to the pulpit and start preaching the Word of God and the people want to listen! John the Baptist was sent to introduce Jesus Christ to the nation of Israel. And how did he do it? John 1:29, He said, “Behold! The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Now the Jewish people knew a great deal about lambs. Thousands of lambs were sacrificed every year at the temple or the tabernacle. In the history of Israel, millions of lambs had been put upon the altar.
But now here John is saying one Lamb, not many. Up till now you have had many lambs. Now there’s just one Lamb. “Behold, the Lamb of God.” In Exodus chapter 12 when Moses is giving directions for Passover, he talks about a lamb. Then he says the lamb. And then he says your lamb. There is only one Lamb. It’s the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s the Lamb of God. Not man’s lamb. Up till now they had been sacrificing lambs that came from the flocks owned by men. Ah, but here is God’s Lamb, God’s sinless Lamb, God’s perfect Lamb sent from heaven. In the Old Testament the blood of the lamb covered sin, ah but Jesus Christ takes away sin! Salvation is not just a covering; it’s a cleansing. “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
And in the Old Testament those lambs were for the nation of Israel, but Jesus Christ is for the whole world. “God so loved the world” (John 3:16). He sent His Son to die for the whole world, and the whole world today needs to know that a sacrifice has been made; and the sin can be washed away. “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” Have you trusted the Lamb of God to take away your sin?