Lamb of God for the World 🙏☝️🙏 Key Passage The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world! — John 1:29 ERV (Read Full Text) Key Thought Animal sacrifice seems so foreign, maybe even cruel, in our day. Yet it was Gods way of helping people know that their sin was costly, injurious, and serious. Their sin didnt just impact them, but it touched all they influenced and damaged their relationship with God. Taking something precious to them, something of great value, a lamb from their own flock, cost them, hurt them, and opened their eyes to the seriousness of their rebellion and failure. However, when it came time for God to redeem us, to deal with our sin once and for all, he didnt ask us to offer something that cost us greatly. No, he furnished the sacrifice at great cost to himself. That Lamb of God, that sacrifice for our sins, is Jesus. Johns words remind us that from the beginning of his ministry, Jesus was Gods lamb. He came to save, redeem, and ransom us from sin. He is the Lamb of God. So at the beginning of Jesus ministry, John the Baptists words invite us to Look! and see the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world! If we watch, and listen, and open our hearts, we will see the Lamb. Prayer Father, thank you for providing the sacrifice that paid for my sins. Give me a deeper sense of sorrow for my sin and a deeper sense of wonder for your grace that provided the sacrifice for my sins and the gift of my salvation. To you belongs all thanks, honor, and praise, now and forevermore, in the name of Jesus. Amen. Related Scriptures My dear children, I write this letter to you so that you will not sin. But if any person sins, we have Jesus Christ to help us. He is the righteous (good) One. Jesus defends us before God the Father. Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. And Jesus is the way that all people can have their sins taken away, too. — 1 John 2:1-2 You know that {in the past} you were living in a worthless way. You got that way of living from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that way of living. You were bought, but not with things that ruin like gold or silver. But you were bought with the precious blood (death) of Christ—a pure and perfect lamb. Christ was chosen before the world was made. But he was shown {to the world} in these last times for you. You believe in God through Christ. God raised Christ from death. Then God gave glory to him. So your faith and your hope are in God. — 1 Peter 1:18-21 They shouted with a loud voice, Victory belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. — Revelation 7:10
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