- Each gospel paints a picture of who
Jesus is..
Matthew shows Him as the King of
Kings….. His Royalty
Mark shows Him as the Servant of the
Lord… His Ministry
Luke displays Him as the Son of Man …
Showing His Humanity
John shows Him as the Son of God….
Showing His Deity
- This referred lamb, healed the sick, raised
the dead, fed the hungry, and loved unconditionally.
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- His teachings were brilliant, His
miracles were amazing, He looked like a man but talked like God.
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- No one has ever cared for us like He
cares. No one ever loved us like Jesus has and does Love us.
John 1:19-37:
19 And
this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20 He
confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
21 And
they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the
Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
22 So
they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us.
What do you say about yourself?”
23 He
said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the
way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 (Now
they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
25 They
asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah,
nor the Prophet?”
26 John
answered them, “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,
27 even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am
not worthy to untie.”
28 These
things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The
next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world!
30 This
is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was
before me.’
31 I
myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that
he might be revealed to Israel.”
32 And
John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it
remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but he who sent
me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and
remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I
have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son[of God.”
35 The
next day again John was standing with two of his disciples,
36 and
he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
37 The
two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
- Notice in verses 19, 36 were it is
stated “behold the Lamb of God”
- John said Jesus Christ is the Lamb of
God! John used a special term for Jesus,
- He referred to Him as a Lamb, out of
all the terms he could have used, he chose the Lamb.
History teaches us that the lamb was
the only animal used twice a day in the offering
services.
Stating the highest value of a lamb,
there blood was given to cover for sins for the day.
Christ being called that Lamb by John
was telling us that His blood is sufficient for our sins every day and for ever
and ever.
- But John said look. “The Lamb of God”
who he knew not.
- John had no personal knowledge of
Him. He did not know who He was till he seen Him that day.
~ Based on the scriptures…
the people were looking for:
- a
Messiah,
- a leader,
- a King,
- a prophet,
- a great warrior.
John introduced us to this little
Lamb and Dove.
- The Lamb takes away sin from man.
- The Dove brings God as life to the
man.
- The Lamb is for the redemption of
fallen man.
- The Dove is for a life giving
anointing to unite the believer with God.