“The Lamb of God”

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… that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. --1 Peter 2:9 I love the stories in the Scripture where people are called by God to do something special for him. These people are just like you and me, just common, ordinary people. Moses was living on the back side of the desert, a total failure as the prince of Egypt, and God called him to deliver a nation. When Goliath was taunting the Israelites, everyone discounted David, a teenage shepherd boy. But God didn’t! And David defeated the giant and became the king of a nation. How about Nehemiah? He was living in Persia in complete obscurity serving as a cupbearer and God called him to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. Mary was a teenage girl living in Nazareth when God called her to be the mother of the Messiah. And Simon Peter would have lived and died an ordinary fisherman except that Jesus called him to establish the church. Do you see the pattern here? God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. He uses improbable men and women who have nothing of their own to offer, but their faithfulness and willingness to say, “Yes.” So what has God called you to? I’ll tell you. It’s something wonderful and extraordinary! He’s calling right now. And all you have to do is say, “Yes, Lord.”   GOD USES ORDINARY PEOPLE TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.   “The Lamb of God” by Dr. Paul Chappell “John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:26–29 At the very beginning of the Old Testament, following the entry of sin into the world, God instituted a system of animal sacrifices. These offerings did not in and of themselves make an atonement for sin. “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4). Rather, they were a reminder that the penalty of sin is death (Romans 6:23) and were offered as a tangible expression of faith in God’s promise of the coming Messiah who would provide salvation for those who believed in His substitutionary death. People before Jesus were saved by faith looking forward to the cross, just as we are saved looking back to it. John the Baptist had been preaching with power and effectiveness of the need for repentance and preparation for the Lord’s coming. Huge crowds left the cities and went out across the Jordan River into the desert to hear John preach. When John saw Jesus, he could have announced Him in any number of ways. There are dozens of names for Jesus found throughout Scripture. The one that John chose to use, “The Lamb of God” is a statement of the purpose of Jesus’ life. He came into the world to be the willing sacrifice for our sins. “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14). This is our hope and confidence of eternal life—the substitute who paid for our sins in full. Today’s Growth Principle:  Take time today to specifically thank God for the amazing gift of salvation through Jesus Christ.     Angels by Jack Graham Walk through Scripture,  to reveal the truth about angels and what they offer us. Focusing on practical application, Dr. Graham separates fact from fiction and demonstrates that the main role of angels isn't to draw attention to themselves, but to point us toward Christ.

“The Lamb of God”

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
John 1:26–29

At the very beginning of the Old Testament, following the entry of sin into the world, God instituted a system of animal sacrifices. These offerings did not in and of themselves make an atonement for sin. “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4). Rather, they were a reminder that the penalty of sin is death (Romans 6:23) and were offered as a tangible expression of faith in God’s promise of the coming Messiah who would provide salvation for those who believed in His substitutionary death. People before Jesus were saved by faith looking forward to the cross, just as we are saved looking back to it.
John the Baptist had been preaching with power and effectiveness of the need for repentance and preparation for the Lord’s coming. Huge crowds left the cities and went out across the Jordan River into the desert to hear John preach.
When John saw Jesus, he could have announced Him in any number of ways. There are dozens of names for Jesus found throughout Scripture. The one that John chose to use, “The Lamb of God” is a statement of the purpose of Jesus’ life. He came into the world to be the willing sacrifice for our sins. “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14). This is our hope and confidence of eternal life—the substitute who paid for our sins in full.
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

Take time today to specifically thank God for the amazing gift of salvation through Jesus Christ.