WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.299 Right now in our Sunday morning sermon series, we're working through the Gospel of John. 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:13.240 And this morning we're going to be looking at the moment when Jesus makes his debut in Israel. 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:18.179 Now, it's not the moment when Jesus made his entrance into the world. 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:25.420 That, of course, happened 30 years prior to this, when he was conceived with regard to his human nature 00:00:25.420 --> 00:00:29.900 in the womb of his mother Mary, and nine months later, born that day in Bethlehem. 00:00:30.940 --> 00:00:39.799 But up until this point in the Gospel of John, Jesus has been unknown to the world. 00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:47.600 There has only been a select few who had any idea who he was. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.320 As John said, we looked at this two weeks ago, 00:00:54.320 --> 00:01:01.020 I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know. 00:01:02.259 --> 00:01:03.299 He's here. 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:07.239 And he's coming. 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:18.699 Anticipation has been building up until this moment, and we saw some of that two weeks ago. 00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:23.320 There's John, the baptizer. 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:24.939 He's out in the wilderness. 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:29.659 He's wearing rugged clothing made of camel's hair. 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:30.960 And he's preaching. 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:32.260 And he's teaching. 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:34.840 And he's baptizing people in water. 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:38.579 He's calling people to repent. 00:01:39.579 --> 00:01:47.320 To turn from their sinful way of life back to God, back to the Lord. 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:52.279 He's been proclaiming that the kingdom of heaven is near. 00:01:54.859 --> 00:02:00.919 And that the eyes of the nation of Israel are on John, the baptizer. 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:08.280 So much so that the attention ripples all the way back to Jerusalem, the capital. 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:17.319 And we saw two weeks ago how a delegation was sent from the Jewish religious leaders. 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:25.139 A delegation of priests and Levites and Pharisees to come and question John and find out what he's doing out here. 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:27.300 What is this message that you're bringing? 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:31.660 What is this baptism that you've been performing for people? 00:02:32.820 --> 00:02:34.200 Are you the Messiah? 00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:38.880 John's answer, the baptizer, was no. 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:40.700 I am not the Messiah. 00:02:41.180 --> 00:02:42.740 I'm not Elijah. 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:47.240 I'm not the prophet that was spoken of long ago through Moses. 00:02:48.420 --> 00:02:52.260 I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness. 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:54.980 Make straight the way for the Lord. 00:02:54.979 --> 00:02:58.139 The Lord is coming. 00:02:58.359 --> 00:02:59.479 So get ready. 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:03.599 So the anticipation has been building. 00:03:03.799 --> 00:03:06.359 The eyes of the nation are on John. 00:03:07.219 --> 00:03:11.739 And his message is that there is one who is coming that is greater than I am. 00:03:11.939 --> 00:03:13.399 One who is so worthy. 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:21.399 I'm not even worthy to perform the most menial of services to him and bend down and untie his shoes. 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:27.360 The anticipation has been building towards this moment. 00:03:27.480 --> 00:03:31.759 And finally, what we're looking at this morning, this moment has come. 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:35.900 When Jesus makes his debut to the world. 00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:42.599 And from then on, in increasing measure, he begins to be known by the world. 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:48.240 Let's read it in John chapter 1, verse 29. 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:51.879 John chapter 1, verse 29. 00:03:51.879 --> 00:04:01.199 The next day, the day after this delegation had come to John the baptizer. 00:04:01.299 --> 00:04:05.599 The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him. 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:13.919 And he said, look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 00:04:14.819 --> 00:04:24.339 This is the one I meant when I said, he who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me. 00:04:24.339 --> 00:04:27.299 I myself did not know him. 00:04:27.299 --> 00:04:33.399 But the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel. 00:04:35.219 --> 00:04:37.519 Then John gave this testimony. 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:44.500 I saw the spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 00:04:44.779 --> 00:04:47.739 And I myself did not know him. 00:04:47.740 --> 00:05:02.639 But the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, the man on whom you see the spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit. 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:10.100 I have seen and I testify that this is God's chosen one. 00:05:15.579 --> 00:05:17.560 What a moment that must have been. 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:21.280 I would have loved to have been there. 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:27.160 John saw Jesus coming toward him. 00:05:29.939 --> 00:05:34.759 And I think there's a bit of a break here in John's telling of what happened that day. 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:39.780 Says that he said, look, the Lamb of God. 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:45.980 This is the one that I meant when I said, a man who comes after me. 00:05:45.980 --> 00:05:49.800 But then in verse 31, notice that this what John says. 00:05:49.860 --> 00:05:52.520 He says, I myself did not know him. 00:05:54.100 --> 00:05:55.480 I didn't know him. 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.100 Now, Jesus was John's cousin. 00:05:58.100 --> 00:06:01.620 And he of course, he knew who his cousin was. 00:06:01.620 --> 00:06:06.439 But I think probably what he means is, I didn't know that he was the one. 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.199 That he was the Messiah. 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:12.199 The one who is greater than I. 00:06:12.259 --> 00:06:14.199 The one I've come to prepare the way for. 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:21.759 When did John recognize that he was the one? 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:27.360 John tells us in verses 32 to 34. 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.460 Then John gave this testimony. 00:06:32.379 --> 00:06:37.199 He said, I saw the spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 00:06:37.620 --> 00:06:39.879 I myself did not know him. 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:41.860 I didn't know he was the one. 00:06:41.939 --> 00:06:46.400 But the one who sent me to baptize with water told me. 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:53.239 God had given John a sign to watch for so that he would know who the one was. 00:06:54.459 --> 00:06:55.839 And the sign was this. 00:06:55.959 --> 00:07:01.659 The man whom you see the spirit come down upon and remain. 00:07:02.939 --> 00:07:03.899 He's the one. 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:08.879 And so John has been watching for this. 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:15.899 And up until this point, he hasn't known just who this one is. 00:07:17.620 --> 00:07:19.360 Can you picture it in your mind? 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:20.199 That moment. 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:21.159 There John is. 00:07:21.259 --> 00:07:24.659 We imagine maybe knee deep in water. 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:26.360 Waist deep in water in the river. 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:28.819 And the crowd is all around. 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:29.659 And he's preaching. 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:31.259 And he's teaching. 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:33.759 And people are coming. 00:07:34.159 --> 00:07:35.879 And he's baptizing them. 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:43.519 And then all of a sudden, Jesus emerges from the crowd and comes walking toward him. 00:07:46.180 --> 00:07:49.980 At what point did John recognize that he was the one? 00:07:50.060 --> 00:07:56.779 Well, according to John's testimony, it was after he saw the spirit come down upon Jesus. 00:07:57.699 --> 00:08:03.180 And if we look carefully at the other gospel accounts of Jesus' baptism, 00:08:03.180 --> 00:08:11.720 the spirit came down upon Jesus just as he was going up out of the water after he had been baptized. 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:17.120 And so that's why I think there's a break there in verse 29. 00:08:17.300 --> 00:08:23.019 I think John is just, he's telling us the events of the day a little bit out of order. 00:08:23.379 --> 00:08:26.439 John saw Jesus coming toward him. 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.719 And that day, he said this about him. 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:31.639 Look, the Lamb of God. 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:39.840 We know from Matthew's gospel that this baptism of Jesus, 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:45.399 there was a little conversation there between Jesus and John. 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.740 Jesus came out to be baptized and they had a little exchange. 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:53.820 And John said to him at that moment, 00:08:53.820 --> 00:08:57.360 I need to be baptized by you. 00:08:58.419 --> 00:09:00.240 And do you come to me? 00:09:01.419 --> 00:09:06.899 So there was a moment there where he realized, he recognized. 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:13.740 But the real moment of confirmation came just after he had been baptized 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:15.860 and was going up out of the water. 00:09:15.860 --> 00:09:20.620 And John saw the spirit come down upon him. 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:25.960 Oh, I would have loved to have seen what that looked like. 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:32.379 The gospel writers tell us that the spirit came down as a dove. 00:09:34.580 --> 00:09:38.019 What exactly that looked like, we don't know. 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:43.860 But can you imagine John standing in the river there and watching this? 00:09:43.860 --> 00:09:47.519 He's just baptized Jesus under the water. 00:09:47.659 --> 00:09:49.460 And Jesus is going up out of the water. 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:57.360 And then he sees the spirit of God descending down and coming to rest upon him. 00:09:57.560 --> 00:09:59.440 And his eyes go wide. 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:02.740 And the quarter drops. 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:05.220 It's fully confirmed to his heart. 00:10:05.419 --> 00:10:07.740 This is the sign that God gave me. 00:10:08.460 --> 00:10:12.240 And you can just see John's mouth begin to open up. 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:20.779 Behold, behold, look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:27.620 This is the one I meant when I said, he who comes after me is greater than me. 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:29.919 He surpassed me because he was before me. 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:32.100 I didn't know it. 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:33.720 I didn't know it was him. 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:41.300 But the whole reason that I have come baptizing with water, verse 31, was that he might be revealed to Israel. 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:43.639 Behold, look at him. 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:51.060 I saw the spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:57.139 That's the sign God gave me that he's the one I have seen, verse 34. 00:10:57.139 --> 00:11:00.439 And I testify, this is God's chosen one. 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:04.960 What a moment that must have been. 00:11:06.199 --> 00:11:09.639 Up until this point, the anticipation has been building. 00:11:10.439 --> 00:11:12.000 John's message has been clear. 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:14.100 There's one coming after me. 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:17.039 And he's someone special. 00:11:18.460 --> 00:11:20.299 He's someone so worthy. 00:11:20.299 --> 00:11:23.719 He's greater than I am. 00:11:25.819 --> 00:11:32.439 And all of a sudden, in this moment, his message changes to, this is the one. 00:11:34.939 --> 00:11:38.740 Right there, walking up out of the water. 00:11:38.740 --> 00:11:50.159 I wish I could have been there just to see how the people were responding and taking this in in this moment. 00:11:52.539 --> 00:12:02.039 This morning, with the rest of our time, we want to look at what John tells us that John the baptizer said or declared about Jesus. 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:05.039 The first thing. 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:10.879 That day, he said, look. 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:13.360 The Lamb of God. 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:16.500 Who takes away the sin of the world. 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:19.840 What does that mean? 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:27.200 We kind of wrestle a little bit with this, maybe. 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.180 What did John mean when he said this? 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:32.440 It's kind of an interesting question. 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:34.600 John was a prophet. 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:46.200 And as we find out later in the book of John, the apostle John, Jesus being the ultimate prophet, he said, this is how it works. 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:50.460 I speak to you what I hear from God. 00:12:51.560 --> 00:12:53.540 That's how it worked with the prophets. 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:55.879 They heard from God and they spoke. 00:12:55.879 --> 00:13:02.879 And so in this moment, it's not just John, the baptizer, speaking what he knows. 00:13:03.939 --> 00:13:07.759 It's John speaking what he hears from God. 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:08.960 He's a prophet. 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:16.940 We almost have to take a step back and wonder how much did John understand even of what he was saying. 00:13:17.060 --> 00:13:25.840 There's going to come a moment, which we'll get to in the weeks ahead, where John the baptizer even seems to have a moment of doubt about Jesus. 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:34.759 And so the question is not so much what did John mean as he declared, behold, the Lamb of God. 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:43.040 The question is, what did God mean as he spoke through John about his son, Jesus? 00:13:43.540 --> 00:13:49.820 Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 00:13:49.820 --> 00:13:58.440 What does it mean that he's a lamb, a lamb of God? 00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:01.460 How does he take away the sin of the world? 00:14:02.180 --> 00:14:06.920 What is he pointing to with this statement? 00:14:08.140 --> 00:14:15.220 I think to fully understand this, we have to take a little bit of a journey back into what God has said in the past. 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:21.279 First, we go all the way back to the story of Abraham, which we talked about not too long ago in our sermon series. 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:25.120 Do you remember that moment when God tested Abraham? 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:32.800 And he commanded him to offer Isaac, his son, as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah. 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:38.279 Of course, he didn't intend for Abraham to go through with it. 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:40.899 But he commanded it. 00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:43.860 And so Abraham had to wrestle with this. 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:49.439 God's promise that all this blessing will come through Isaac. 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.399 And he's also commanded me to kill Isaac. 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.199 Both. 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:57.000 How do I take both of these in faith? 00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:59.699 And he came to that moment. 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:11.940 Not too long before he put Isaac on the altar where his his son asked him, Dad, where's where's the lamb for the sacrifice? 00:15:13.140 --> 00:15:15.879 And in faith, this was Abraham's response. 00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:20.540 God himself will provide the lamb. 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:23.400 For the sacrifice. 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:24.759 My son. 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.980 It's just a glimmer there. 00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:32.879 It's a very dim picture. 00:15:33.160 --> 00:15:36.620 But already God is is is speaking. 00:15:36.780 --> 00:15:38.600 He's teaching Abraham a lesson. 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.759 He's teaching him. 00:15:40.540 --> 00:15:49.040 To trust that for the sacrifice that he's required to offer, God will provide a lamb. 00:15:50.140 --> 00:15:51.440 And he did. 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:55.020 Isaac was spared. 00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:57.020 In a manner of speaking. 00:15:57.019 --> 00:16:01.000 And there in the thickets was a ram that God allowed to be. 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.879 A substitute. 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.939 If you will. 00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:05.939 An acceptable substitute. 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:10.579 Fast forward from there. 00:16:11.939 --> 00:16:13.319 400 years. 00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.480 And Abraham's descendants. 00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.199 The Israelites. 00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:17.860 They're enslaved. 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:19.039 In Egypt. 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.819 And God. 00:16:19.819 --> 00:16:20.980 And God. 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:22.959 They've cried out to God for deliverance. 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:25.659 And God has sent Moses. 00:16:26.959 --> 00:16:29.000 To work his deliverance. 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:31.459 And as part of his delivering the Israelites. 00:16:31.719 --> 00:16:34.839 He he pours out 10 plagues on Egypt. 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:39.299 And the 10th is is the the the worst of them. 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:42.240 That final plague. 00:16:46.339 --> 00:16:49.179 The life of every firstborn son. 00:16:49.479 --> 00:16:50.599 In every family. 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:52.000 I will take. 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:54.199 In the whole land of Egypt. 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:57.579 And interestingly enough. 00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:59.839 In the way that it's stated there. 00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:01.439 He doesn't distinguish between. 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:04.639 Whether they're descendants of Israel or not. 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:06.780 The sense is that judgment is coming. 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:08.060 And all deserve it. 00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:12.380 But there is a way. 00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:15.759 To escape that. 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:19.560 And not suffer the loss of that son. 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.060 And what is that way? 00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.840 It's God's provision. 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:26.980 The special provision that he's given to his people. 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.300 You. 00:17:28.060 --> 00:17:29.000 Take a lamb. 00:17:29.820 --> 00:17:30.740 Without defect. 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.720 You kill it. 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:34.880 And you take its blood. 00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:36.620 And you paint it on the doorposts. 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:38.860 And when I come through the land. 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:40.220 To execute. 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.960 My just punishment. 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:43.980 Upon the people. 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.519 And I see the blood on the doorpost. 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.380 I'll pass over. 00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:49.740 Your house. 00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:50.579 In judgment. 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.620 You'll be spared. 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.240 Again. 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:57.220 We see this similar lesson. 00:17:59.360 --> 00:18:01.380 Punishment is deserved. 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:03.000 Judgment is coming. 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:06.420 But there is a provision from God. 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.140 By which we. 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.160 We can be spared. 00:18:09.280 --> 00:18:10.320 By which we can escape. 00:18:10.540 --> 00:18:13.480 And that provision is an acceptable substitute. 00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:15.340 In this case. 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.080 A lamb. 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:21.340 Not too long after that. 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:23.820 The Lord leads them out of Egypt. 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.380 And they come to Mount Sinai. 00:18:26.380 --> 00:18:28.960 And it's at Mount Sinai. 00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:29.620 That God. 00:18:29.760 --> 00:18:31.140 Begins to make clear. 00:18:31.560 --> 00:18:31.920 This. 00:18:32.260 --> 00:18:33.360 What is this relationship. 00:18:33.360 --> 00:18:34.880 Between him and these people. 00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:38.120 He makes them very aware. 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.440 Of. 00:18:40.040 --> 00:18:40.940 The sin problem. 00:18:41.080 --> 00:18:41.820 That they have. 00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.760 I am holy. 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.040 He says. 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.180 I am pure. 00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:49.000 I am righteous. 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.760 I am good. 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:51.060 You guys are. 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:51.920 Corrupt. 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:54.200 You are wicked. 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.140 In your ways. 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:56.759 You are not clean. 00:18:58.140 --> 00:19:00.000 So we have to keep our distance. 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.800 And this whole sacrificial system. 00:19:01.800 --> 00:19:03.420 Is kind of set up around this. 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:05.120 And makes it crystal clear. 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:07.800 We can only get so close to one another. 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.680 Because of the sin problem. 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.600 That you have. 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:13.619 And one of the provisions. 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.279 That God. 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.879 Made. 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.279 In. 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:16.079 The law. 00:19:16.159 --> 00:19:16.819 That was given. 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.079 Was that if anybody. 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.959 Became aware. 00:19:18.959 --> 00:19:19.599 Of a sin. 00:19:19.699 --> 00:19:20.559 That they had committed. 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.199 A law. 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.399 Of God. 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:23.279 That they had broken. 00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:25.299 This is what they had to do. 00:19:26.219 --> 00:19:26.879 They must. 00:19:27.199 --> 00:19:28.119 Bring to the Lord. 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.699 A female lamb. 00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.559 Or goat. 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.679 From the flock. 00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:33.819 As a sin offering. 00:19:34.459 --> 00:19:35.119 And the priest. 00:19:35.199 --> 00:19:36.099 Shall make atonement. 00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:37.219 For them. 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.139 For their sin. 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.319 Leviticus 5. 00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:39.899 Verse 6. 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:44.500 In order for their guilt. 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.419 To be removed. 00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.759 For them to have forgiveness. 00:19:49.419 --> 00:19:50.799 Justice had to be done. 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.799 But God would permit. 00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:54.319 That it would be done. 00:19:54.959 --> 00:19:56.199 On an acceptable. 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.379 Substitute. 00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.719 A lamb. 00:20:00.199 --> 00:20:01.579 Offered in sacrifice. 00:20:03.199 --> 00:20:04.759 That would make atonement. 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:06.319 For the sin. 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.459 That they had committed. 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.599 Fast forward. 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.599 Another. 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:12.759 Another. 00:20:14.919 --> 00:20:16.559 500 years. 00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:18.799 And the word. 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.459 Of Isaiah. 00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.059 The prophet. 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.500 Came to his people. 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.480 He spoke. 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:23.919 Of. 00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:24.959 A coming. 00:20:25.459 --> 00:20:25.939 Servant. 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.759 Who would suffer. 00:20:28.219 --> 00:20:28.980 And be rejected. 00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:30.459 By his people. 00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:34.460 A coming. 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.019 A coming servant. 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.680 Who would. 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.600 Receive upon himself. 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:38.559 Punishment. 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.519 From God. 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:43.340 But not for his own sins. 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:46.160 For the sins. 00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:47.360 Of God's people. 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:49.380 For their transgressions. 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.519 He would suffer. 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:50.599 For. 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:53.680 And these are the words. 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.339 That are used. 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.579 By Isaiah. 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.339 To describe. 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.039 What he saw. 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.779 In his vision. 00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:58.980 This. 00:20:59.299 --> 00:20:59.960 Coming servant. 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:00.740 He was led. 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.500 Like a lamb. 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.279 To the slaughter. 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.200 And as a sheep. 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.240 Before its shears. 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.900 Is silent. 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:07.359 So he did not. 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.220 Open. 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.139 His mouth. 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.379 The Lord. 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.200 Spoke. 00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.180 Through Isaiah. 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.200 That there would be. 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.039 One. 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.980 Who would come. 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.680 Who would. 00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.460 Suffer. 00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.380 Like a lamb. 00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:25.460 As an offering. 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.420 For sin. 00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:29.579 But not for his own sin. 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.620 For the transgression. 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:34.299 Of my people. 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.480 He was punished. 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.480 All of these. 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:40.380 Are pointing towards. 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:42.559 This great reality. 00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.900 That all of us. 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.539 Are guilty. 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.460 Before God. 00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.700 Of the sins. 00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.340 That we have. 00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.220 Committed. 00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.000 Against him. 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.840 And we deserve. 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.480 Punishment. 00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.299 We deserve. 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.720 His wrath. 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.019 And it's just. 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.740 It's right. 00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.940 That we receive it. 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.279 But. 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.819 God. 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.779 Will provide. 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.620 A substitute. 00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:09.360 A sacrifice. 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:10.359 If we look. 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.719 If we look to him. 00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.279 In faith. 00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:15.979 This. 00:22:16.199 --> 00:22:16.699 Is. 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.819 All flowing. 00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:19.099 Towards this moment. 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.479 Where John. 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.159 Stands there. 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.839 In the river. 00:22:23.899 --> 00:22:25.219 And he declares. 00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.159 This. 00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.159 Provision. 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.859 Of God. 00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.359 This. 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.179 Lamb. 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.419 Has come. 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.359 There he is. 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.339 Right there. 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.519 See him. 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:37.319 This is the one. 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.339 He's the lamb. 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.139 Of God. 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.500 He's. 00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.319 He's. 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.359 He's not the lamb. 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.400 That we would bring. 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:47.339 Because we don't have one. 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.559 That. 00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:49.019 That would be good enough. 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.680 One without defect. 00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.879 He's the one. 00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.519 That God. 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.480 Has provided. 00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.119 For the sacrifice. 00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.259 That's required. 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.039 To atone. 00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.099 For our sins. 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:03.160 The lamb of God. 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.840 Look. 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.580 Behold. 00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.779 The lamb of God. 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:07.200 Who takes away. 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.460 The sin. 00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:09.720 Of the world. 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.680 There he is. 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.080 The one. 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.200 Who can take away. 00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:14.019 Your sin. 00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.279 Your guilt. 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.200 Before God. 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.480 Not just the sin. 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.700 Of. 00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.120 Israel. 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.860 Or the Jewish people. 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.779 The Jewish nation. 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.519 But the sin. 00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.560 Of the world. 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.820 The peoples. 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.600 Of the world. 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:28.759 The world. 00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:32.819 I wonder. 00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.459 What the people. 00:23:33.459 --> 00:23:34.000 Were thinking. 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.719 As they heard. 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.539 John. 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.939 Say this. 00:23:37.199 --> 00:23:37.959 About Jesus. 00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:39.279 Standing there. 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.559 Knee deep in water. 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.799 What was their response? 00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:45.359 What were they. 00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:46.779 What were they feeling? 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.579 I mean. 00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.399 They'd already heard. 00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:49.819 John. 00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.719 Preaching. 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.899 That they needed. 00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.579 To repent. 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.199 That they. 00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:54.480 Needed to confess. 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.659 Their sins to God. 00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.399 To receive forgiveness. 00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.600 Forgiveness. 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.600 What were they thinking? 00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:02.519 Perhaps some of them. 00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:03.040 Were thinking. 00:24:03.780 --> 00:24:04.500 Yes. 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:06.360 I have sinned. 00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:07.060 Against God. 00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:09.120 I need. 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.300 His forgiveness. 00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.600 This is the one. 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.700 This is the one. 00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:16.340 That God has. 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.080 Provided. 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.960 So that I can. 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.920 Have it. 00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:22.460 Perhaps there were some. 00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:23.380 Thinking. 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.160 Sin. 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.660 Well. 00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.340 I've been. 00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:29.500 A pretty good person. 00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:30.580 I've lived. 00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:31.440 A pretty good life. 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.700 I mean. 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.640 I haven't broken. 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.820 Any of the ten commandments. 00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.200 And. 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.580 Those few that I did. 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:35.820 I. 00:24:35.820 --> 00:24:37.400 I offered my sacrifice. 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.019 And so. 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.300 I'm good to go. 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:43.180 What were their responses? 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.259 What were they thinking? 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.140 As they heard. 00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.060 John. 00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.660 Proclaim this. 00:24:50.040 --> 00:24:50.759 About Jesus. 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:52.900 We don't know. 00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.660 Exactly. 00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.660 But more importantly. 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.900 What is your response? 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.940 What are you thinking? 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.059 And feeling. 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.819 As you hear. 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.200 John. 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.980 The baptizer. 00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.839 Say to you. 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.839 Look. 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.839 This one. 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.480 Is the lamb. 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.079 Of God. 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.039 Who takes. 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.660 Away. 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.099 The sin. 00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.720 Of the world. 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:17.240 Do you feel. 00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.920 In your heart. 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.220 Your need. 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.299 For him. 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.180 Or have you lived. 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.039 A pretty good life. 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.120 Ah. 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.720 Sin. 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.559 Not sure. 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.559 Exactly. 00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.620 Who that's for. 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:35.019 Maybe for those Gentiles. 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.920 Those unbelievers. 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.140 John's message. 00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.200 To the people. 00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.559 In his day. 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.420 Is the same message. 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.799 To every last one of us. 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.339 If we do not believe. 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.700 Repent. 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.740 Turn to God. 00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.880 Seek his forgiveness. 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.299 His kingdom is near. 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.839 Most of us here this morning. 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.519 Are believers. 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.039 We've. 00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.819 We've done that. 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.160 We believe. 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.740 One of the things. 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.640 I was thinking about. 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.700 As I prepared this. 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:14.380 Is just how easily. 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.220 These. 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.100 This name. 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.200 The lamb of God. 00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.559 It's sort of. 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.759 We get so familiar. 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.339 With it. 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.100 That it kind of loses. 00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.500 It's. 00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.559 It's luster. 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.740 Sometimes for us. 00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.140 Probably heard. 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.539 That's. 00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.180 That's saying. 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.759 Familiarity breeds contempt. 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.019 There's another guy. 00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.700 Named William. 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.880 Haslett. 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.059 And he said. 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.380 Yeah. 00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.259 From familiar. 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.660 Familiarity doesn't. 00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:40.319 It doesn't always breed contempt. 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.440 But it takes the edge. 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:44.000 Off of admiration. 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:47.580 And I wonder if that's how we feel. 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:47.820 I mean. 00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.519 We've heard this. 00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.160 We've read this. 00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.100 So many times. 00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.759 Behold the lamb of God. 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:53.160 Jesus is the lamb of God. 00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:57.220 Do we have that awe. 00:26:59.100 --> 00:27:00.660 That sense of preciousness. 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.259 And wonder. 00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.140 That he is. 00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.580 Or have we. 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.759 Have we lost it. 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:07.140 And if we have. 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.420 How. 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.779 How can we get that back. 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:13.140 I want to encourage us. 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.279 This morning. 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.680 Perhaps one way. 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.240 That we can. 00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.180 Come to. 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.440 To really. 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.339 Appreciate. 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.099 This about Jesus. 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.599 Again. 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:24.059 Is just to think about. 00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.819 Our own lives. 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.200 To think about. 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.660 Our own. 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.900 Failings. 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.779 The ways that we've. 00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.759 Sinned against God. 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.039 I mean. 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.240 Take this past week. 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.000 As an example. 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.140 Think about. 00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.099 All those moments. 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.079 Where you blew it. 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.740 We might. 00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.799 Easily think. 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.059 Well. 00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.740 You know. 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.620 I don't remember. 00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.319 Doing anything. 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.460 That was really bad. 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.819 You know. 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.220 And even that. 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.700 Right there. 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.339 Is our own. 00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.620 Tendency. 00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.339 To minimize. 00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.079 Our sin. 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.759 I was talking to someone. 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.180 This week. 00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.180 About what is sin. 00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.799 It's more than just. 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.740 The big. 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.000 Outward acts. 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.700 That we do. 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.839 It happens. 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.660 At the level. 00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:07.299 Of what we say. 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.059 Our words. 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.220 It happens. 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.759 At the level. 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.619 Of our thoughts. 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.359 Even our desires. 00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.660 Are tainted. 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:14.940 By. 00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.819 By sin. 00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.940 Our motivations. 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.380 It's not just. 00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.279 The things that we do. 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.900 It's the things. 00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.819 We fail to do. 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.920 That we ought to do. 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.880 Jesus. 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.019 Summed up. 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.680 What God. 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.880 Requires of us. 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.500 What he. 00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.759 He has asked of us. 00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.039 In the. 00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.400 In the. 00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.740 The perfect law. 00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.680 Like this. 00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.099 You shall love the Lord. 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.539 Your God. 00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.660 With all your heart. 00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:39.079 And with all your soul. 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.299 And with all your mind. 00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.859 And with all your strength. 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:43.079 With everything you've got. 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.740 And you should love your neighbor. 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.380 As yourself. 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:50.780 When we think about that. 00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.760 We all fall short. 00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.860 That puts every selfish. 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.660 Act. 00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.820 Every selfish thought. 00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.020 Every selfish motive. 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.680 Every time that we have. 00:29:01.260 --> 00:29:02.380 Loved something else. 00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:03.440 More than God. 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.420 It's all sin. 00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.880 It's all missing the mark. 00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:08.120 It's all falling short. 00:29:09.260 --> 00:29:09.920 God's word. 00:29:10.020 --> 00:29:10.920 Helps us see that. 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:12.240 We fall. 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.080 So much far shorter. 00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:15.120 Than we think we do. 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.840 And so we could take. 00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.640 The last week. 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.380 That we've lived. 00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:22.340 And we could take the stamp. 00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:23.840 On and put it on the record. 00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.660 Of last week. 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.160 With the verdict. 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.759 Guilty. 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:30.279 And that would be true. 00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:33.800 Beyond just. 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.759 The last week. 00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:35.620 We could extend that. 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.400 All the way back. 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:39.040 To our whole lives. 00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.620 That we've lived. 00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.700 Up until this point. 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:42.380 We could take that record. 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.600 And we could take the stamp. 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.460 And put the verdict on it. 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.120 Guilty. 00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.680 And it would be true. 00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.759 From this present moment. 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.340 Then we could. 00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.700 We could look at the days. 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:57.019 That we have left to live. 00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.519 Here on earth. 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:01.240 And we could do the same thing. 00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.440 John. 00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:04.000 The apostle. 00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.720 Who writes this. 00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:04.940 Will. 00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:06.040 Will pen a letter. 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.620 And send it out. 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.620 And in it. 00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.240 He will say. 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.280 If anyone. 00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:12.480 Claims that they do not have sin. 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:15.480 They deceive themselves. 00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.840 And the truth is not in them. 00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.960 We all will continue to sin. 00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.720 In the days ahead. 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.660 And it's not an excuse. 00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.320 To do it. 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.880 It's just a reality. 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.740 That we have. 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.060 Sin in us. 00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.800 And we will. 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.400 We will continue. 00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.259 To fall short. 00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.800 Just because we believe. 00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:32.480 Does not mean. 00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.720 That we have been made perfect. 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.560 Yet. 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:37.379 And so we could take. 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.679 All of our future days. 00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.279 Here on earth. 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.839 And put a stamp over that. 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.599 Record. 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.440 Already. 00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.259 Guilty. 00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.500 Our whole lives. 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.379 Could be summed up. 00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.139 In this. 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.179 In this true. 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.159 Judgment. 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.259 This true statement. 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.500 Guilty. 00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.039 Before God. 00:30:57.039 --> 00:31:02.180 There is only one thing. 00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.779 That can get us out. 00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.480 From under that. 00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.659 There is only one thing. 00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.759 That can come between. 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.039 The. 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.799 The. 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:08.960 The. 00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:10.639 Guilty verdict stamp. 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.159 And the record of our lives. 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.420 And it's the blood of Jesus. 00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.159 The lamb. 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.019 Of God. 00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.920 He's the only one. 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.819 Who can take away. 00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.879 Our sins. 00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.059 And change. 00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.960 That final. 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.779 Ultimate. 00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.279 Verdict. 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.440 On our whole lives. 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.480 From guilty. 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:29.000 To innocent. 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.720 Every. 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.500 Breath. 00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.599 That we breathe. 00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:38.960 Is a gracious gift. 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.619 From God. 00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.139 That was purchased. 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:44.300 By the blood. 00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.440 Of the lamb. 00:31:45.520 --> 00:31:45.960 Of God. 00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.320 Jesus. 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.000 Every. 00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:49.960 Blessing. 00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.860 That we have received. 00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.540 In our lives. 00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.460 Every good thing. 00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.140 Every. 00:31:54.060 --> 00:31:54.580 Blessing. 00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.180 That we. 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.980 Are. 00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.580 Waiting. 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.220 To receive. 00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.960 In the future. 00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.740 From God. 00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.800 Was purchased. 00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.160 That moment. 00:32:03.280 --> 00:32:03.900 When Jesus. 00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.920 The lamb of God. 00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.940 Was executed. 00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:07.060 And offered. 00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.800 Up. 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.780 As a sacrifice. 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:11.700 For us. 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.319 And so. 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.759 Even though. 00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.440 This is something. 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.319 That is so familiar. 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.779 To us. 00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.200 Jesus. 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.139 The lamb of God. 00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.799 Who takes away. 00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.740 The sin of the world. 00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.399 Oh man. 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.759 Not. 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.440 Lose. 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.359 It's preciousness. 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.920 To us. 00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.779 May we. 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.420 Continue. 00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.099 To hold. 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.039 That reality. 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.940 In awe. 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.660 He is the lamb. 00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.960 That we need. 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.879 So that. 00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.619 Our sins. 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.319 Our guilt. 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.559 Can be taken away. 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.439 Forever. 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.179 What an amazing. 00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:45.000 Gift of love. 00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.240 God has given. 00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.819 In this one. 00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.639 Behold. 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.559 The lamb of God. 00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.899 Who takes away. 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.939 The sin of the world. 00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.519 Let's pray. 00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.599 Father in heaven. 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.419 We thank you. 00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.480 From the depths. 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.179 Of our hearts. 00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.639 For sending him. 00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.799 Lord. 00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.119 You knew. 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.919 That we didn't have. 00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:09.119 A sacrifice to bring. 00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.679 That was good enough. 00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.959 We thank you. 00:33:11.979 --> 00:33:12.619 That you sent. 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.719 Us. 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.379 One. 00:33:16.919 --> 00:33:17.399 Jesus. 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:21.319 We believe in him. 00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.919 We love him. 00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:26.139 We love you. 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.279 And we thank you. 00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.019 For the forgiveness. 00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:29.019 And the life. 00:33:29.219 --> 00:33:30.199 That you have given us. 00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.879 Through him. 00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:34.000 It's in his name. 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.399 We pray. 00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.460 Amen. 00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.500 Amen. 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.620 Thank you. 00:33:37.619 --> 00:34:07.599 Thank you.