Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Lamb of God #2

John 1:29 (NKJV)  The next day John [the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

The Lamb of God offered Himself as the sacrifice for our sins.
  • The Lamb of God has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, (Isaiah 53:4).
  • The Lamb of God laid down His life for His friends, (John 15:13).
  • The Lamb of God was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich, (2 Corinthians 8:9).
  • The Lamb of God gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, (Galatians 1:4).
  • The Lamb of God has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma, (Ephesians 5:2).
  • The Lamb of God gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people zealous for good works, (Titus 2:14).
  • The Lamb of God has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself,  (Hebrews 9:26).
  • The Lamb of God suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, (1 Peter 3:18).
  • By this we know love, because the Lamb of God laid down His life for us.  And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren, (1 John 3:16).
  • The Lamb of God loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever.  Amen, (Revelation 1:5-6).

So we say with the Sweet Psalmist David:
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.  Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit,” (Psalm 32:1-2, NKJV).