Sermon Notes 4/13 – The Lamb of God

                             John 1:19-36 (vs 29,36)

The Lamb of God is Jesus Christ

Lamb means a pet lamb, one who is gentle, kind and tender

Jesus takes away the sin of the world

-this is the sin nature of every human being

-take away – means to break the power of something/to remove power out of the way

       ***at salvation, the power of sin is broken

SINCE JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY OUR SIN & SAVES US:

1.) FOCUS ON JESUS

-v29 – behold – to get someones attention – focus only on Jesus Christ

STAY FOCUSED AND AMAZE YOURSELF

2.) ONLY EAT LAMB AND NOT LAMB STEW – Exodus 12:1-11

-spiritual lamb stew – is mixing Jesus & Christianity with every other faith

-we only want Lamb -= its tasty and good – “Taste and see that the Lord is good”

-v5 a lamb of the first year is the most tender and tasty lamb to eat

***THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH THE LAMB

Exodus 12:8-10

                v8 – ROASTED – the lamb was roasted which refers to God’s judgment being placed on the lamb and not on His people

                           vs9-10 – do not eat it raw – raw meat was associated with Egypts false gods.  Burn any leftover lamb so the idolaters would noty mix lamb with their sacrifices

               v8 – Bitter Herbs – refers to the problems, trials and difficulties of life

-problems are not ifs but whens

-Jesus & Christianity does not eliminate problems, but gets us through them

                v8 – unleavened bread – leaven represents sin in the Bible.  Being saved means we do not continually sin

                v9 – No water  – we are not to water down the gospel…….we want all of Jesus and His word

Head – is the mind and will of Jesus

Insides – we need the heart of God

Legs – our walk changes as we eat the Lamb

v11 – share the Lamb with everyone

3.) PRAISE THE LAMB – Revelation 5:8-14 & Luke 19:37-40

-Revelaton 5 is in heaven

-Why is praise and worship so loud – because Jesus is worthy

Worthy – means to deserve something – Jesus deserve to be praised

Luke 19:37-40 – HANG OUT WITH PRAISERS

-Jesus never admonishes, rebukes or reprimands the praisers

-Remember – COMPLAIN & REMAIN OR PRAISE AND BE RAISED