John 1:29-34John 1:29-34 29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

30This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’

29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

30This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’

John 1:29-34John 1:29-3431I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

31I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

John 1:29-34John 1:29-34 32Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.

32Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.

John 1:29-34John 1:29-3433And I myself did not know him, 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.’

33And I myself did not know him, 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.’

John 1:29-34John 1:29-3434I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One (the Son of God).”

34I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One (the Son of God).”

“Just Boasting”Larry Cline - Hardin Valley church of Christ - 8/4/2013

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me.

And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His

temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you

delight, behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts.

(Malachi 3:1)

Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist!

(Matthew 11:11)

As John pointed to Jesus he

understood what his job was.

7And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is

coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down

and untie the thong of His sandals. 8I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you

with the Holy Spirit.”

Mark 1:7- 8

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increase,

John 3:30

ButI

mustdecrease.

He knew Jesus’

purpose…

“…behold the lamb of God”

1. Substitution

2. Atonement

Two main thoughts that would have come to

the Hebrew mind:

7Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold,

the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for

the burnt offering?” 8Abraham said,

Genesis 22:7-14

“God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So

the two of them walked on together. 9Then they came to the place of

which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and

bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the

wood. 10Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

11But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham,

Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad,

and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God,

since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

13Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught

in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram

and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

14Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide,

as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD it will be provided."

Where did the ram come from?

Jehovah-jirehThe Lord will provide.

ATONEMENT

Countless Old Testament rituals and offerings involved the slaughter of a lamb on an

alter dedicated to Yahweh (Jehovah).

These were all about atonement.

Atonement signifies

reconciliation

(at-one-ment).

• Propitiation (KJV or ASV)

• Atoning sacrifice (NIV)

• Expiation (NRSV)

The angry party is propitiated

(appeased) because sin is

expiated (removed).

Three terms:

Propitiation is the primary thought…

God is holy and therefore unalterably

opposed to sin.

God is a righteous judge,

and a God who has indignation every day.

(Psalms 7:11)

O God, You have rejected us. You have broken us;

You have been angry; O, restore us.

(Psalms 60:1)

How could a sinful person approach a holy

God that hates sin? They would be justified

in being afraid to approach the Lord.

Isaiah 59:1-2

Because of God’s compassion and

kindness that same worshiper was invited

to come before the Lord with a sacrifice

God Himself had provided.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make

atonement for your souls; for it is the

blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.

(Leviticus 17:11)

• An individual approaching Yahweh –presented a lamb as an

atoning sacrifice.• Family observing annual

Passover Feast – a lamb was sacrificed

and eaten together.• National day of atonement –

an animal was killed, blood sprinkled on the mercy seat.

Jesus was the climax of

“substitution” and “propitiation”.

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of

Jesus Christ once for all. (Hebrews 10:10)

• one sacrifice for one individual.

• one sacrifice for one family.

• one sacrifice for one nation.

• one sacrifice for the world!

The Progression:

who takes away the sins of the world!”

“Look, the

Lamb of

God

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us;

we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf,

so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

II Corinthians 5:20-21

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you

may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with

the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins;

and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

I John 2:1-2

Jesus took the deadly blow headed for your soul

so you could be spared.

YOUR sin has consequences.

Get connected with the Lamb!