Jesus,The Lamb of God!

 

Text;John 1;29-34;

John the Baptist sees Jesus coming towards him. He says, "Look the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" In this exclamatory remark, John the baptist defines the purpose of Jesus coming to the world. In fact, Jesus did not just come to the world, He was sent by the father Just like John the Baptist had been sent by the father. Both John the Baptist and Jesus had been sent by the same Father, God, but with a different specific mission to fulfill. Who Jesus was according to John the Baptist defines clearly why He came to do; to take the sin of the world. He would accomplish this through his sacrificial death as the lamb of God. Sin is the root course of all evil there is and it is the tool the devil uses against humanity to alienate them against God. Just as the meek lamb would deal with sin and its consequences, death, through offering himself as a sin offering on the cross.

John the Baptist confirms that this is the one he meant when he said; A man who comes after me has surpassed him because he was before him. John puts clear the deity of Jesus by saying Jesus was before him. John was the voice of God and Jesus was that voice, the word of God. John attests to the fact that he did not know him except that the one who sent him to baptize with water told him. You cannot know Jesus unless God reveals him to you. This is the point John seeks to put clear. The instruction was that the man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit. He saw and testified that this is the Son of God. The Holy Spirit was the witness to confirm the words of John, for at the witness of two or three all truth shall be established.

Today, if you want to deal with the sin factor in your life, take a step of faith and acknowledge the redemptive work Jesus did on the cross. Believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins, and that he was buried, and that after three days He resurrected with great power after which He appeared to over five hundred people.He then was taken up to heaven in the full view of the eleven apostles.