Palm Sunday: Lamb Of God Series

Spoken Words:

Vernon – Immanuel

Jeromie – Lamb of God

Series Easter: Life of Jesus

Sermon: Palm Sunday – “Lamb of God”

Scripture: John 12 describes the historic event we celebrate today!

Thesis: Jesus is “The Lamb of God” who has taken away the sins of the world. Jesus was your sacrifice so you can have a relationship with God the Father. You just have to embrace Jesus as “The Lamb of God.”

Scripture: John 1:29: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."

Introduction:

Jesus is known by many different names - Names have significance. They have power. They define something – they symbolize something or someone – they state a meaning and even a mission. The truth is names are more than a bunch of letters grouped together to sound pleasant to the ear. Names are more than a convenience allowing people to talk to each other and associate a person with that name. Names are a given in the Bible by God to reveal spiritual truth, mission, purpose, and paint an image of a person’s character.

Illustration: When I started fighting in Judo in local, state and national tournaments I got a nickname assigned to me from my dojo – the name was “Chui.” Many of you may not know the meaning of the word “Chui” but it actually was used to call fouls – if you did something illegally in competition the ref would cry, “Chui” and you would be docked points – I had a tendency in my early years of Judo fighting to do what was necessary to win against my opponent – I had grown up that you do whatever you need to do to win the fight - so I was flagged and called for many “Chui’s” in my early years because I had so many penalty points fighting other opponents.

Question: Do you know what your name means? Does your name reveal your character? Michael my name means Godly One! I prefer that name and it’s meaning over the name “Chui” by the way. Because as I fought more and more in tournaments my teammates would be cheering me on and say, “Way to go Chui!” The refs would keep looking at them like what did he do wrong – “Did I miss it?” – it did become a problem!

Application: Names you can embrace them or not, but they are important! So, what name or names would you want people calling you? Remember your names are given to you by others and are associated with your character, your actions, your words. Does, your name reflect a good image or a bad image? Do people call you “honest” or a “liar”? Do people call you a “hard worker” or “lazy”? Do people call you “sweet” or “nasty”? Do people say you are “good” or “evil”. Do people call you a “hypocrite” or a “sincere follower of Jesus”? Do people call you “mature” or “immature”? Do people refer to you by curse words or by God honoring words? Do people call you “teachable” or “unteachable”?

Do you even know what people call you? Do you want to know? By the way God hears the names. BY the way God can touch your life by “The Lamb of God” and change your name like He did Peters and Paul!

The many names of Jesus tell us who He was, Who He is and Who He will be in the future. So, we need to pay attention to the names of Jesus. When you get to know His names then you get to know Jesus better! By the way from my study I have counted 198 names and titles assigned to Jesus in the Bible. So if I preached on all the names of Jesus every Sunday it would take me over 3 ½ years to get through them all!

1. Jesus is first called “The Lamb of God” by John the Baptist:

a. John 1:29, John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." His new name by John appears again in John 1:35-36: “The next day John was there with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

i. John the Baptist was the first person to call Jesus “The Lamb of God.” With that name revealed by John to the people of Israel associated who Jesus was, is and will be. With that name came meaning to the mission of Jesus and His divine purpose from God. With the assignment of that name came spiritual truth and meaning for the people of Israel. Some accepted Jesus name as “Lamb of God” others rejected it, hated it and sought to kill Him for that name association and in this process of rebellion they confirmed that Jesus name fit. He was “The Lamb of God.”