Follow the Lamb
“Behold The Lamb” John 1:19-37
Aug 27, 2023
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Date: August 27, 2023 Author: Wayne J. Edwards
Tonight, we continue our sermon series, “Follow the Lamb,” tracing the types and examples of the Lamb of God in the Old Testament. In tonight’s sermon, we start on that day when John the Baptist pointed his crowd to Jesus of Nazareth and said, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” Certainly, every person on the bank of the Jordan River knew what it meant to sacrifice an innocent lamb as a substitute for their sins. But John said the daily and annual sacrifices they had shared for hundreds of years all pointed to the day when the one, perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice would be made for all men. That’s why John said we should “behold” this man, for He was sent from God to pay the debt of our sins.
Tonight, we continue our sermon series, “Follow the Lamb,” tracing the types and examples of the Lamb of God in the Old Testament. In tonight’s sermon, we start on that day when John the Baptist pointed his crowd to Jesus of Nazareth and said, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”
Certainly, every person on the bank of the Jordan River knew what it meant to sacrifice an innocent lamb as a substitute for their sins. But John said the daily and annual sacrifices they had shared for hundreds of years all pointed to the day when the one, perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice would be made for all men. That’s why John said we should “behold” this man, for He was sent from God to pay the debt of our sins.
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Old Testament Reading: Malachi 4:1-6 New Testament Reading: Matthew 11:1-15
While the thought of sacrificing an innocent animal for man’s sin seems strange to us today, those who heard John proclaim Jesus as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world,” knew exactly what he meant.
In many churches, the phrase “the blood of Jesus Christ” has been replaced with “the life of Jesus Christ” so as not to offend sophisticated saints with a bloody cross.
John’s primary purpose in writing his gospel was to present Jesus Christ as God’s son – the only One worthy to be the Messiah, the Savior.
John’s message was: “Behold” – to consider; to think of Jesus; to know Him and learn about Him, for Jesus was:
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