Behold, The Lamb Of God

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

John 1:29 

Before we leave our meditation on this verse, let us spend a few moments contemplating the whole of the text within its context and the implications of it for us. We are the spiritual inheritors of the mantle of John the Baptist. He was ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Prepare the way of the Lord.’ He was the forerunner of Christ in His First Advent, so far as public ministry is concerned. We are His forerunner with regard to His Second Advent. Therefore, it behooves us to make much of Christ. Our message to the lost is, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’ Are you weak and faltering; trying every day for satisfaction, for hope, for joy, and for ‘the good life?’ ‘Behold, the Lamb of God!’ Are you hoping for better days, for a better future, for an end to the vague unsettledness that seems to plague you? ‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’ Christ will not only bear away your sins, He will satisfy your soul in ways beyond what you can imagine. Our message is also for the saint of God. ‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’ The same Christ who saved you is the One Who will, ‘deliver you from every evil work, and will preserve you unto His heavenly kingdom.’ ‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’ It is to Christ we point you first, to Christ we shall point you last, to Christ we will point you always. The message we have is both simple and sublime. ‘Behold, the Lamb of God!’ 

O Christ, enable us to lift You up. 
Fill our mouths with high and holy praise. 
Enable us, by life and lip, to daily point to You. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning