Behold the Lamb of God

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Behold the Lambof God
The Sacrifice for Our Sins
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Where Is the Lamb?

• Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and
  laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand
  the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked
  on together. Isaac 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?

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Where Is the Lamb?

• Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the
  lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two
  of them walked on together.
• Genesis 226-8

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John the BaptistIntroduces Christ

• Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of
  the world.
• John 129

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John 129

• The Lamb of God
• Who takes away the sin of the world
• Behold the Lamb

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Lamb Sacrifices in the Temple

• 4 lambs daily
• 8 lambs on the Sabbath
• 1664 lambs each year
• Plus lambs sacrificed for
• Feast days
• Cleansing requirements
• Sin and Trespass offerings
• The Temple was a place of Lambs and their Blood

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Sacrifice of a Lamb

• Bring your own lamb
• Prayer and confession
• Lambs throat is cut
• Blood is poured at the base of the altar
• Repulsive scene this is because of my sin!
• Hebrews 64-6

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Passover Lamb

• The lamb was a substitute for every firstborn
  son, a ransom
• Redemption
• Christ is our Passover Lamb

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Suffering Lamb of Isaiah 53

• Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our
  sorrows He carried Yet we ourselves esteemed Him
  stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. But He
  was pierced through for our transgressions, He
  was crushed for our iniquities The chastening
  for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His
  scourging we are healed.
• Isaiah 534-7

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Suffering Lamb of Isaiah 53

• All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of
  us has turned to his own way But the LORD has
  caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. He
  was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did
  not open His mouth Like a lamb that is led to
  slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before
  its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.

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The Life of the Lamb

• Jesus knew and understood that He was to be the
  Sacrifice
• Prayed without ceasing
• Prepared the disciples

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Takes Away the Sinof the World

• Only a Perfect Sacrifice
• Quality of Everything Jesus Does
• Creation
• Healing
• Sacrifice
• Forgiveness

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Takes Away the Sinof the World

• but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in
  the Light, we have fellowship with one another,
  and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from
  all sin.
• 1 John 17

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• For in the case of those who have once been
  enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift
  and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
  and have tasted the good word of God and the
  powers of the age to come, and then have fallen
  away, it is impossible to renew them again to
  repentance, since they again crucify to
  themselves the Son of God and put Him to open
  shame.
• Hebrews 64-6

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• The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some
  count slowness, but is patient toward you, not
  wishing for any to perish but for all to come to
  repentance.
• 2 Peter 39

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Behold the Lamb

• We Must See the Lamb of God
• In His Service
• In His Purity and Holiness
• In His Sacrifice
• In His Grace
• And He Died For Me!

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Where Is the Lamb?

• God has provided a Lamb!
• That Lamb is His Son!
• What are you going to do about it?