Look the Lamb of God!

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Look the Lamb of God!

Date: Jan. 16, 2018

Passage

John 1:29-34 (ESV)

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.”

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

1. He takes away the sin of the world! (29-31)

Finally John the Baptist saw Jesus and testified, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" However, this idea was very revolutionary. The Messiah would not save them from Rome but from their Sin, death and Satan. The Messiah will take away the sin of the world by offering himself as the Pascal Lamb! John testified that Jesus was before him as the creator. His purpose to baptize people with water was to reveal Jesus to Israel as the suffering Messiah!

2. He baptizes with the Holy Spirit (30-34)

John the Baptist confessed honestly that he did not know the Messiah. But he could acknowledge him when he saw the Holy Spirit come down and remain on him like a dove as God spoke to him. John declared how Jesus would forgive our sins, by baptizing with the Holy Spirit. Sins cannot be washed away by water but by the Holy Spirit, which burns away all sins.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for sending Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away all our sins through his suffering and death.

One Word: Jesus takes away our sins by the Holy Spirit

Ahaz, a Fearful King of Judah

2 Kings 16:1-20

Key Verse: 16:2

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God, as his father David had done,

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