Jesus: The Lamb Of God

The Lamb of God is a great marvel. He is your Savior. He gave up the riches of heaven to live among men. He can touch your manhood in its weakness, and touch the Godhead in its fullness. So this morning, take your eyes off of everything else, and behold the Lamb of God! You don’t need to see anything else, for nothing else is really worth seeing. Behold Him! Let me give you some things to behold about the Lamb of God this morning very briefly.

I. Jesus is your Passover lamb.

Turn with me to read in Exodus 12:3-13. We understand the events that are going on here. This final plague in Egypt was that all those who were the firstborn in their families were going to die that night, but God provided a way of escape. Every family was instructed to take a lamb, inspect it for four days to make sure it had no blemishes or defects, and then on the fourteenth of the month they were to slay that lamb, spread the blood of it on the doorposts and header of their homes, and stay inside. They were to roast and eat the lamb, and in so doing, when the death angel passed through the land, he would pass over those people covered by the blood of the lamb.

Just like the Israelites, all of mankind was under a curse of death. The firstborn man must die because of sin. Man isn’t a sinner just because of what he does, but because of who he is. He is born in sin and is condemned to die. But God provided a Passover lamb, He was crucified, slaughtered, and His blood was shed for you and me. Isaiah said, "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."

There were some on that night in Egypt who would have considered the instructions to be foolish. Those who were not covered, not protected by the blood of the lamb died that night, and those of you who have not been washed, covered, protected by the blood of God’s lamb will die in your sins as well.

On the other hand, those who have come to Christ, who have trusted in His name, are covered by that blood. Paul said that "we have redemption, even the forgiveness of sins." How? "Through His blood." Turn with me to 1 Peter 1:18-19. Peter said "…ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold … but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."

This verse 19 tells me a second thing to behold.

II. Jesus was our perfect sacrificial lamb.

Peter said that we were redeemed "with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." He was perfect. There were no defects to be found in Him.

Turn to Hebrews 9:13ff. Read through and make comments about the perfect sacrifice of Christ for the remission of our sins. You see, when you consider Christ, when you behold Him, you must come to the same conclusion that Pilate came to. Turn to John 19:1-6. Read and make comments. Let me give you something else to behold about Jesus. Not only was He your Passover lamb, but…