I want you to turn your Bible this morning to John chapter 1.
We are going to be studying the passage beginning in verse 29, John chapter 1 verse 29, and carrying
a lobby. We have a collection of Gospels of John, and these Gospels put together by the,
what league is that, Pastor? Do you remember? New Pocket Testament League. Anyway, an excellent
little Gospel of John, and one of the things that we are encouraging all of you to do is
prayerfully take one of those and then look for an opportunity where you can give it to someone
in a personal way, not just kind of a drive-by shooting. You know, I threw a Gospel at you across
the lobby or something like that, but make a connection and make a prayerful focus and give
the person a Gospel of John and then follow up on it. And what I want to do is about a month or so
from now, I'd like to kind of gather some of the stories, the little vignettes of how
God has been using these Gospels in the lives of the people that you have been sharing them with.
Instead of having recitations of various parts of the Gospel of John, we're going to share
stories of how the Gospel of John, having given it to other people and encouraging them to focus and
read that book, that's making it different in their lives. Well, let's look, if you will,
at John chapter 1 and we begin in verse 29, and I'm going to read the passage just to set it in your
thinking and in your mind and then ask that you join with me in prayer as we take this text to hand.
The next day, he saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Heavenly Father,
we are thankful
for the undeserved blessing that we have
of being your children,
of having the Word of God in our hand
and having the
indwelling Spirit whose ministry
includes
helping us comprehend
the Scriptures
and helping us
grow in our understanding
of the glory and preeminence of Christ.
Christ.
And so we, without apology
and with confidence,
ask that the Holy Spirit would work
to give to us
understanding and a growing affection for the Lord Jesus
and that that
understanding and growing affection
would end up
being an effective part
of the witness that you have called us to be.
And we ask this in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Well, as we take the passage in hand
and we are looking at the second part
of the opening statement
that is made
after the prelude.
The prelude
is the part where
the Apostle
basically introduces
all of the book of John
in kind of a broad outline fashion.
And in verses 1 through 18,
we have there
all the different parts
that the remainder of the book
is going to cover.
Early in John's gospel
in chapter 1,
we were reminded
of the fact
that God sent
John the Baptist
in front of the Lord Jesus Christ
and his ministry
was, in essence,
kind of as an announcer,
as a person explaining
the coming of the important individual,
namely the Messiah,
the one who would be
the Savior of the world.
And we saw last week
that one of the things
that characterized
John the Baptist's ministry
was that he was faithful
as a witness.
One of the things
that I trust
was kind of stuck
in your mind
was this,
is that John the Baptist
in his ministry
was all about Jesus,
not about himself.
And I want you to understand
that whenever we share
our story,
if we are sharing it
from the perspective
that John the Baptist
engaged in sharing it,
we're not the hero
of our story.
We are always pointing
to the Lord Jesus Christ,
who is the one
and only Savior
of the world
and the one who I trust
has made all the difference
in your life.
With that as background,
we see, first of all,
as we saw actually,
that the first part tells us
that John was
a faithful witness.
Now, what we want to see
in these verses
is what John witnessed about.
And if you want to know
in advance
or you want to make
a note in your Bible
so that you can kind of
have these things
firmly fixed in your mind
and understand,
one of the underlying purposes
of preaching
the Gospel of John
is that it helps you
to be more effective
in what God's called us to be.
What have He called you to be?
He's called you to be
just like John the Baptist
and a witness
to the Lord Jesus Christ.
And so if we're going
to be effective as a witness,
we need to understand
that what John the Baptist does
is model,
model the characteristics
of what should be said.
Number one,
we find out that Jesus
is the Lamb of God
and He came to make sacrifice
for our sins.
Without question,
when we share our testimony,
front and center
to our testimony
is the fact
that we had to come
to the point
of recognizing
that we were sinners
deserving the judgment
of God
and yet God sent His Son,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
who died in what?
In our place.
He died for my sins
and He satisfied
God's judgment
against my sins.
Jesus is the Lamb of God.
Number two
that we're going to see
is that Jesus is the Savior.
The only one
who can really save us
is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Salvation is not something
that takes place
because you grew up
in a good home
or you were a good person
or you've done
a lot of nice things
and you've helped
different situations.
You got a lot of...
You're a good person.
That's not what gets us
to heaven.
Salvation is only
of the Lord Jesus Christ
and He is the Savior
of the world.
Third,
we are going to be reminded
of the fact,
and listen to this carefully,
that Jesus is the Son of God
and in making that statement,
we are affirming
the glory and the supremacy
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Lord of Lord,
King of Kings,
the one who we will enjoy
and adore and worship forever.
And as you think about these things,
I want you to push
these things together
and have them clearly
in your mind,
the Lamb,
the Savior,
and the Sovereign.
Now with that in mind,
I want you to pick up,
if you will,
and see first of all,
there in verse 29,
that Jesus is sin's sacrifice.
Jesus coming towards Him,
John the Baptist says,
behold,
the Lamb of God
who takes away
the sins of the world.
The very next day
after John the Baptist
had that delegation
come from Jerusalem
and the delegation said,
all right, all right,
we want to know who you are
and what you're doing.
I mean, after all,
you don't have a degree
from us here in Jerusalem.
What is going on?
And they said,
are you the Messiah?
Well, no, I'm not.
Are you that prophet?
Are you Elijah?
And in each case,
John the Baptist said,
no, I'm not.
No, I'm not.
And he said,
in very, very simple terms,
he says,
I want you to understand
all I am
is somebody
who's kind of walking
in front,
well in front of the king.
I'm a little bit
like a road worker
who is out there
kind of saying to people,
hey, make the road clear
because the king is coming.
He'll be here soon.
The very next day
after making this
very humble statement
about who he was,
John the Baptist
sees Jesus coming
and he makes this
unbelievable statement.
There in verse 29,
he says,
look,
and I want you
to understand that
the way in which
the text frames it
is that John the Baptist,
here he was going
about his normal business,
and he kind of looks up
and he says,
whoa,
there he is,
that's him.
And I trust that one
of the characteristics
of your testimony,
and we're always engaged
in testifying,
do you realize that?
Every day,
every place we are,
we are either being
a good testimony
or a bad testimony.
And being a good testimony
means drawing attention
to the Lord Jesus Christ
and that's exactly
what John the Baptist does.
He says,
behold,
look,
the Lamb of God
who takes away
the sin of the world.
In an instant,
John's message changed
from get ready,
he's coming,
to here he is.
This is the one.
And I want you
to remember that
up to this point,
John's preaching
had exposed sin.
That's what he'd been doing.
Make no mistake about it,
as John the Baptist preached,
people were convicted
of the things
that were going on
in their lives
that were wrong.
They were convicted
of the darkness
of their life.
They were convicted
of the ugliness
and the shame
and the horror
of what they really
were inside.
And John the Baptist,
as a result of his preaching,
he had many, many people
come and say,
I need to be baptized.
That baptism
was not a baptism
that had anything
to do with salvation.
It was just a baptism
that was a public recognition
of the need
of their soul
for a redeemer.
And so here it is,
in the midst
of this process
of baptizing people,
that John the Baptist
stands up
and he says,
Jesus is God's Lamb
who will be sacrificed
for your sin.
Make no mistake about it.
Jesus did not die
just for a short list
of certain kinds of sins.
We have a tendency,
when we think about sin,
to think in terms of sins
that other people do
that are pretty bad.
I mean,
it's a nice thing
and I hope it's true
that none of us
sitting in here
have done the filthy five
or the nasty nine.
You know,
we're not,
we don't do those things,
you know,
and we have an idea
that, well,
there are some really bad sins
and, yeah,
those are things
that Jesus had to die for,
but the rest of them,
you know,
they're all kind of okay.
No.
Very interesting
that it says here,
Jesus came to be
the Lamb of God
who takes away
the sin of the,
not sins,
sin.
Talking about all of it,
the disease,
not just some of the symptoms.
And so,
as we look at the issue
of what the Bible
has to say,
we recognize
the Bible is very,
very clear
about what sin is.
I want you to think with me
just for a moment
to Romans chapter 6,
verse 23.
Take a look at it
if you will.
Romans,
you're there in John,
so turn ahead
just for a second.
And incidentally,
as we are doing this,
let me explain again.
One of the purposes
of studying the book of John
is that the believer
would be edified.
Do you know what that means?
That we as believers
would grow in our affection
for the Lord Jesus.
Another purpose
is that we would be encouraged
in our evangelism.
And so,
as we study
John's gospel,
there should be,
oh, man,
that's how to do it.
That's what he wants me to do.
And so,
we're dealing with
Jesus is the Lamb of God
who takes away
the sin
of the world.
Romans chapter 6,
verse 23,
for the wages of sin
is death.
What's the penalty
for sin?
It's death.
How bad is sin?
It is incredibly horrible.
And it's amazing
that we sometimes
kind of think of sin
as being just something
normal and natural
and, well,
you know,
God ought to overlook it.
But I want you to understand
the holiness of God
cannot overlook sin
without compromising
his justice
and his holiness.
And as we see here
in this passage,
it tells us
that sin,
which is a rebellion
against the sovereign
and holy God,
brings death.
As I was thinking
earlier this week
about this subject
of sin
and the consequences
it brings,
I was kind of struck
by actually reading
a little post
on Facebook
by one of the individuals
that I've known
for many, many years,
used to be a pastor,
no longer involved
in ministry,
and he was making
a comment about
the fact that
hell is just
something that
angry people believe in.
And I thought to myself
as I read through
his post
and the notes
attended to it,
I thought,
you know,
sadly enough,
to make that kind
of statement
indicts Jesus as well.
Do you understand
that Jesus was the one
that talked the most
about hell?
And the reason
Jesus came into the world
was to keep people
from going to hell
by paying the penalty
for their sin.
And this person
was talking about
how can sin be so bad?
Well, I want you
to understand,
if what you are doing
is comparing sin
and its effect
upon us as sinners,
it's not quite
as significant
as comparing
the offense
that sin is
to the holiness
of God.
Sin is supremely
offensive to God.
It is unbelievably
offensive.
And so,
here is Jesus
willing to take
the penalty for us
and to die
in our place.
And it says,
wages of sin or death,
but the free gift
of God
is eternal life
in Jesus Christ,
our Lord.
For another,
as we see there,
God sent his son
to make full payment
for our sins.
When it says,
the free gift of God
is eternal life
through Jesus Christ,
it's not just giving
all the details
of the cross,
but it's speaking of it
in kind of generalized terms.
How is it
that God could give us
the gift of salvation?
It is not by
overlooking
our sin.
His judgment
and his holiness
could not do that.
It is because
he was willing
to sacrifice
his son
for our sins
that he is able
to give to us
the gift of salvation.
So,
what Romans chapter 6
verse 23
summarizes,
John introduced
to the stunning
Jewish audience
that was listening
to him.
The theme
of God providing
a substitute
for our sin
actually flows
throughout
the Old Testament.
It is not
a new surprise.
Now,
I have to tell you,
I have no doubt
that when John the Baptist
made that statement,
behold the Lamb of God
that takes away
the sin of the world,
it must have been
stunning to his audience.
But think with me
about the theme
and you can go back
to the book of Genesis
and remember
that when sin
entered the world
through the sin
of Adam
that God provided
a clothing
and a covering
for the nakedness
that sin
exposed in men's lives
and he did that
with the skin
of animals.
Later on,
we find that
when God
called to Abraham
and said,
I want you to
sacrifice your only son,
Abraham,
as he was taking
his son up
the mountain,
he said,
God will provide
a lamb
and God provided
the ram
caught in the thicket.
and then when Israel
in the nation
of Egypt
was enduring
the hardship
that they were
going through
and God said
to them,
on this night
I am going
to bring you out
and the thing
that you are to do
is to sacrifice
a Passover lamb
and you are to put
the blood of that lamb
on the lentil
and in the doorposts
and when I see
the blood
I will pass over
that place.
The Old Testament
Jew understood
that that lamb
died as a substitute
for them
and then week
after week
time after time
when the Old Testament
saint had to deal
with sin
in a personal way
they had to sacrifice
a lamb.
They had to sacrifice
a lamb.
One of the things
that I did last week
was I actually went
to YouTube
and I watched
the sacrifice
of lambs
on YouTube.
I am not suggesting
it is for weak
of heart to do it
but it is pretty graphic.
Do you follow that?
I mean
how many of you
have ever seen
a lamb
killed by hand?
Anybody in here?
It is a sobering
process to observe
and so when
John the Baptist
said
I will explain it
to you
okay
yes
Ethan
come up here
please
you are going
come on
come on buddy
he has been
perpetually terrified
of me
I did
okay
come on
Noah
come
sacrificial
Noah
here is what
happened
in the Old
Testament
the person
who was
confessing
his sins
put his hand
on that
lamb
and admitted
that he
had committed
sin
and then
a knife
was taken
and someone
held the arms
and the legs
of that
lamb
hold your hands
like that
right there
in front
okay
and then
they bent
the neck
to the side
and they
drew the
knife
across
the artery
do you know
what was
happened
next
blood
would
squirt
out
and that
lamb
would shake
and shake
and try
to release
itself
from the
bind
and then
it bled
out
and died
thank you
Noah
and John
the Baptist
says
behold
the lamb
of God
that takes
away
the sin
of the
world
do you
know
what he
was
saying
God
has
provided
someone
to die
in your
place
I want
you to
understand
that
when John
the Baptist
announced
that morning
behold
the lamb
of God
that takes
away
the sin
of the
world
he was
announcing
this fact
that God
sent his
son
to die
in your
place
there's a
second piece
that we need
to understand
and it's
a little
complicated
here
but bear
with me
as we
work our
way
through it
Jesus
is our
savior
we're
dealing
in
John
chapter
one
and we're
looking
now
we finished
29
but we're
now
looking
in
verses
30
through
33
30
through
33
this is
he
of whom
I said
after
me
comes
a man
who ranks
before
me
and so
John
the
Baptist
goes on
now
to point
out
that
Jesus
is also
the
savior
of the
world
and he
begins
by pointing
out
in verse
30
the
eternality
of
Christ
he was
before
me
he was
before
me
and how
was
Jesus
before
John
the
Baptist
well
the fact
of the
matter
is
that
he
is
God
the
son
and
eternal
we're
not
talking
about
birth
order
here
because
we
know
for
a
fact
that
in
the
biological
sense
John
the
Baptist
was
actually
born
before
Jesus
but when
he made
that statement
he was
talking about
the
eternality
of the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
he
understood
that
Jesus
was
and is
the
only
individual
who
can
actually
save
men's
souls
now
we
understood
something
last
week
that I
want
to
remind
you
of
that
John's
baptism
and
the
baptism
of
Jesus
were
essentially
different
both
of
them
were
spoken
of
as
baptism
but
John's
baptism
was
merely
immersion
in
water
and
it
had
nothing
to
do
with
genuine
salvation
can
a
person
be
baptized
immersed
in
water
and
not
be
saved
and
what's
the
answer
absolutely
over
the years
of being
a
pastor
here
I
have
baptized
a
number
of
individuals
more
than
once
and
I
do
want
you
to
know
I
go
to
lengths
to
not
do
that
what
I
mean
by
that
is
that
when
a
person
comes
and
says
I
want
to
be
baptized
we
work
carefully
to
see
to
it
that
they
have
a
clear
testimony
of
their
faith
I
came
to
conviction
realizing
my
sin
and
understood
that
I
needed
Christ
as
a
public
testimony
but
there
are
individuals
that
having
been
baptized
later
on
5
10
15
20
years
the
burden
of
sin
in
their
life
brings
them
to
the
point
of
really
crying
out
and
in
genuine
salvation
coming
to know
Christ
and
subsequently
be
baptized
again
John's
baptism
was
not
a
baptism
that
saved
but
one
of
the
things
that
we
find
here
is
John
bearing
testimony
to
the
supremacy
of
Christ
and
to
the
baptism
of
Christ
now
there
in
verse
31
I
myself
did
not
know
him
in
other
words
I
didn't
have
an
idea
who
the
actual
Messiah
would
be
but
I
came
baptizing
with
water
that
he
might
be
!
I
was
preparing
the
way
verse
32
and
John
bore
witness
I
saw
the
spirit
descend
from
heaven
like
a
dove
and
it
remained
on
him
in
verse
33
I
myself
did
not
know
him
but
he
who
sent
me
to
baptize
with
water
said
he
on
whom
you
see
the
spirit
descend
and
remain
this
is
he
who
baptizes
with
the
Holy
Spirit
now
if
you
will
think
with
me
to
when
Jesus
came
to
John
to
be
baptized
after
John
had
baptized
Jesus
by
immersion
we
know
that
two
things
or
several
things
happened
for
one
there
was
a
voice
from
heaven
does
anybody
remember
what
the
voice
said
I
like
this
part
this
is
my
beloved
son
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased
and
here's
the
other
little
part
listen
to
him
and
we
have
the
spirit
descend
on
Jesus
and
abide
and
as
we
understand
in
verse
33
this
is
he
who
baptizes
with
the
Holy
Spirit
now
one
of
the
advantages
that
believers
or
listeners
had
in
John
the
Baptist
day
is
that
they
knew
the
Old
Testament
and
so
when
they
heard
John
the
Baptist
say
this
is
the
one
who
baptizes
with
the
Holy
Spirit
guess
what
does
anybody
know
where
their
mind
probably
went
I
want
your
mind
to
go
there
take
time
to
turn
to
Ezekiel
chapter
36
verse
24
through
27
turn
to
Ezekiel
chapter
36
verse
24
through
27
I
want
you
to
understand
something
that
salvation
is
not
a
decision
just
to
try
harder
salvation
is
just
not
another
set
of
rules
to
follow
salvation
is
a
work
that
God
alone
can
do
in
the
sin
sick
soul
and
as
John
the
Baptist
spoke
of
what
Jesus
would
do
he
made
it
clear
that
Jesus
would
fulfill
the
promise
that
God
made
to
Ezekiel
in
the
Old
Testament
now
listen
to
it
verse
24
I
will
take
you
from
the
nations
and
gather
you
from
all
the
countries
and
bring
you
into
your
own
land
there's
a
part
of
Ezekiel's
prophetic
utterance
that
has
not
been
entirely
fulfilled
yet
but
verse
25
I
will
sprinkle
!
clean
water
on
you
shall
be
clean
from
all
your
uncleanness
and
from
your
idols
and
I
will
clean
you
and
I
will
give
you
a
new
heart
and
a
new
spirit
I
will
put
within
you
and
I
will
remove
the
heart
of
stone
from
your
flesh
and
give
you
a
heart
of
flesh
and
I
will
put
my
spirit
within
you
and
cause
you
to
walk
in
my
statutes
and
be
careful
!
to
obey
my
rules
how
tells
us
salvation
is
of
the
Lord
salvation
is
when
God
works
to
first
of
all
convict
us
of
our
sin
and
bring
us
to
redemption
and
glory
and
he
puts
his
spirit
within
us
and
what
does
his
spirit
help
us
do?
His
spirit
helps
us
be
different
than
we
once
were
as
a
sidebar
someone
moved
the
pastor's
Kleenexes
I
can
talk
and
get
a
Kleenex
at
the
same
time
as
a
sidebar
in
Malachi
and
just
taking
a
second
to
explain
to
you
the
ministry
of
the
Holy
Spirit
particularly
in
the
Old
Testament
in
the
Old
Testament
the
spirit
did
not
abide
in
general
on
all
believers
there
were
individuals
who
were
enabled
by
the
spirit
for
specific
tasks
!
God
put
his
spirit
on
certain
individuals
to
help
with
all
the
details
there
were
times
when
the
Holy
Spirit
would
come
on
a
person
and
he
would
prophesy
if
you
want
to
know
how
important
God
thinks
marriage
is
in
Malachi
it
speaks
about
the
fact
that
God
in
respect
to
the
issue
of
marriage
gives
to
a
husband
and
wife
a
portion
of
his
spirit
that's
a
very
interesting
statement
God
cares
so
much
for
the
outcome
of
a
marriage
that
he
gives
you
the
enabling
in the
Old Testament
he gave
the
enabling
to
the
Old
Testament
saying
of
the
Spirit
of
God
to
help
them
with
that
how
many
of
you
have
discovered
that
actually
an
effective
and
God
honoring
marriage
is
not
something
you
can
pull
off
by
yourself
you
need
the
Holy
Spirit
right
and as
you look
at this
passage
and you're
dealing
with what
it says
here is
John the
Baptist
saying
Jesus
is the
one
who
fulfills
the
prophetic
utterance
of
Ezekiel
in
relationship
to the
fact
that there
will
come
someone
who
will
put
his
spirit
on
you
I
want
you
to
know
only
Jesus
can
truly
change
a
sinner's
heart
and
bless
with
the
indwelling
spirit
and
it
follows
then
that
those
who
are
genuinely
changed
or
who
are
genuinely
saved
and I
want
you
to
track
this
very
carefully
because
I
think
I
have
to
tell
you
Satan
is
a
specialist
at
deception
those
who
are
genuinely
saved
have
the
spirit
within
them
and
the
spirit
works
to
help
them
grow
and
become
more
and
more
like
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
if
you
are
a
person
who
does
truly
know
the
Lord
Jesus
then
you
should
be
able
to
see
the
evidence
of
the
spirit
at
work
in
you
do
you
follow
what
I'm
saying
how
many
nod
your
head
if
you
get
the
memo
okay
those
who
are
genuinely
saved
have
the
spirit
within
them
that's
what
salvation
brings
and
the
Holy
Spirit
helps
us
be
different
than
we
were
prior
to
our
salvation
and
all
God's
people
said
I
get
that
and
I'm
a
testimony
of
that
and
so
we
look
here
in
John
chapter
1
and
the
point
that
John
makes
is
that
Jesus
who
is
the
lamb
is
also
the
savior
and
he
is
the
one
who
changes
the
sinner's
heart
and
gives
them
the
indwelling
spirit
and
I
want
you
to
understand
that
with
the
indwelling
spirit
life
change
and
progressive
sanctification
are
undeniable
do
we
all
change
at
the
same
pace
and
the
answer
is
no
do
we
all
change
as
fast
as
we
like
to
and
the
answer
is
no
but
if
you
do
not
see
the
evidence
of
progressive
sanctification
and
the
spirit
of
God
helping
you
grow
and
change
then
you
probably
ought
to
go
back
and
double
check
the
birth
certificate
because
if
he
is
not
present
and
he
is
not
working
there
is
a
problem
that
is
bigger
than
you
think
let's
come
to
the
last
thing
Jesus
is
supreme
and
sovereign
and
I
have
seen
and
bore
!
witness
that
this
is
the
Son
of
God
this
little
passage
beginning
in
verse
29
and
carrying
through
to
34
is
profound
in
declaring
to
us
the
essential
pieces
of
the
truth
about
who
the
Lord
Jesus
is
he
is
our
substitute
he
died
for
my
sins
he
died
for
yours
he
is
the
savior
and
he
is
the
only
one
who
can
really
bring
salvation
to
the
broken
and
the
dead
heart
and
he
is
the
supreme
sovereign
lord
of
all
the
universe
that
little
statement
and
I'm
not
going
to
take
a
great
deal
of
time
this
morning
to
kind
of
break
it
down
for
you
but
understand
that
in
essence
John
the
Baptist
in
this
little
statement
here
in
verse
34
announces
the
deity
of
Christ
go
back
if
you
would
just
for
a
moment
to
verses
1
2
and
3
in
the
beginning
was
the
word
and
the
word
was
with
God
and
the
word
was
God
he
was
in
the
beginning
with
God
all
things
were
made
through
him
and
without
him
was
not
anything
made
that
was
made
and
then
in
verse
14
and
the
word
became
flesh
and
dwelt
among
us
and
we
have
seen
his
glory
what
glory
the
glory
of
the
son
of
God
glory
as
of
the
only
son
from
the
father
full
of
grace
and
truth
Jesus
was
born
of
a
virgin
100%
man
and
as
a
result
of
his
entire
humanity
he
was
able
to
die
for
my
sins
and
because
he
was
sinless
he
could
pay
for
my
sins
do
you
understand
that
one
sinner
can
pay
for
one
sinner's
sins
by
spending
eternity
in
hell
because
of the
immensity
and the
infinite
nature
of
sin
one
sinner
who
rejects
the
work
of
Christ
will
spend
eternity
in
hell
and
beloved
that
reality
ought to
give us
a
sober
and
profound
desire
to see
people
delivered
from
the
flames
and
from
the
judgment
to
come
one
sinner
can
pay
for
one
sinner's
sins
for
all
of
eternity
one
sinless
man
could
pay
for
one
sinner's
sins
by
substitution
but one
sinless
man
who is
absolutely
God
and also
infinite
can pay
for
all
the sin
of the
world
only
the son
of God
fully
God
Jesus
in his
infinite
person
can satisfy
the infinite
burden
of all
the sin
of the
world
could
Jesus
die
for
my
sins
and die
for
Mike's
sins
and die
for
Jared's
sins
and die
for
Andrew's
sins
and die
for
Matthias
yes
because he
is all
man
and all
God
and beloved
this morning
as we
listen to
the passage
and we
listen to
what John
the gospel
tells us
here we
recognize
that
John
wants us
to come
to grips
with the
reality
of the
fact
that
number
one
God
sent
his
son
to
die
to
pay
the
penalty
for
our
sins
he is
the
lamb
of
God
and
aren't
you glad
this
morning
you who
know
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
that
he
died
in
your
place
I
got
to
tell
you
something
you
should
never
stop
appreciating
that
gift
when I
go to
sleep
at night
you
know
the
story
I
always
tell
my
wife
that
I
love
her
but
I
can
die
at
night
I
don't
care
because
when I
wake
up
guess
where
I
will
be
in
the
presence
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
why
will
I
be
there
because
Jesus
paid
the
penalty
for
my
sins
and
as
it
says
in
Romans
chapter
8
verse
1
there
is
now
therefore
no
condemnation
to
them
who
are
in
Christ
Jesus
I
want
you
to
think
with
me
as
we
close
of
the
threat
of
sacrifice
that
I
referred
to
that
runs
from
Genesis
all
the
way
through
to
Revelation
the
lamb
the
lamb
the
lamb
the
lamb
I
want
you
to
understand
that
in
the
Old
Testament
no
Old
Testament
saint
was
ever
given
the
idea
that
actual
physical
lamb
was
an
entire
satisfaction
for
sin
that
Old
Testament
saint
understood
that
the
day
would
come
when
God
would
provide
a
perfect
sacrifice
and
if
you
want
to
kind
of
imagine
in
your
heart
just
for
a
moment
just
how
conflicting
that
thought
must
have
been
think
with
me
of
Isaiah
when
he
had
the
revelation
of
God
of
Christ
the
pre-incarnate
Christ
in
Isaiah
chapter
6
I
beheld
the
Lord
of
glory
high
and
lifted
up
full
of
all
the
glory
of
heaven
and
it
says
holy
is
the
Lord
the
beauty
of
the
holiness
of
Christ
and
then
he
sees
in
Isaiah
53
Lord
Jesus
broken
for
our
sins
sacrificed
in
our
place
as
the
perfect
substitute
for
our
sins
and
why
would
God
send
his
son
to
die
for
us
do
you
have
an
answer
I
don't
but I
know
he
did
and
I
will
never
get
over
saying
thank
you
that
he
willingly
died
in
my
place
and
I
will
never
get
over
telling
other
people
the
sweetness
of
the
fact
that
God
sent
his
son
into
the
world
to
die
for
sinners
that
sinners
may
have
complete
forgiveness
for
all
of
their
sins
so
how
liberating
is this
truth
in your
present
thinking
do you
follow what
I mean
how
central
is
the
Lamb
of
God
the
Savior
and
the
sovereign
in
your
thinking
beloved
here's
the
way
it
plays
out
and
evidences
itself
number
one
by
a
growing
affection
for
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
that
is
infectious
to
other
people
make
sense
things
we're
happy
about
and
things
we
enjoy
and
think
about
freely
and
thankfully
are
things
that
we
express
without
being
cajoled
or pressured
to do
it
you need
to go
out there
and
witness
how
does
that
help
you
I've
never
seen
it
change
a
person
you
can
give
people
a
temporary
guilt
trip
but
it's
only
good
for
as
long
as
they
can
hear
your
voice
but
when
your
heart
is
touched
by
the
glory
of
the
forgiveness
of
Christ
and
the
supremacy
of
his
sacrifice
for
you
and
the
reality
of
his
love
for
you
it
ends
up
being
something
that
you
talk
about
without
being
prodded
and
so
this
morning
it
is
my
prayer
it
has
been
through
this
week
that
this
group
of
people
who
sit
here
this
morning
would
be
affected
by
the
truth
of
the
scriptures
and
the
impact
of
the
work
of
the
Holy
Spirit
that
the
truth
that
he
is
our
lamb
and
substitute
that
the
truth
that
he
is
our
savior
and
the
one
who
redeemed
us
and
the
truth
that
he
is
the
Lord
of
Lord
and
King
of
Kings
would
be
the
thing
that
controls
our
life
so
that
the
unbelieving
world
as
it
says
in
scripture
would
ask
us
a
reason
for
the
hope
that
lies
within
us
let's
close
in
prayer