"The Lamb of God!"

 "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29 KJV)

  "If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom." (Job 33:23-24 KJV)

  Yesterday I heard the punch-line of a sermon, which there are for several of those that share on the radio; it's like a little taste of what is going to be shared, a few seconds from a pre-recorded message, that might enlighten or encourage the listener to pay attention; if for no other reason than to try and see what that punch-line actually stood for or was about. Is there something you might be looking for to come out of this? Not that I am asking for myself, but it is mostly for the sake of understanding the punch-line: "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!" 

  Not to seem out of the ordinary, but have you ever wondered where your sins were taken to? If He takes them away from us, then where do they go? It might sound silly, but please hear me out and try not to be distracted by my lack of candor: I am just trying to take the focus of the why and place it upon the What! Hopefully that is okay, because the suspense of this is starting to become annoying, if you catch my drift. 

  Because we are but dust, these bodies that is, there are certain things which must take place while we are in these dusty vessels; as it turns out, these are vessels that contain a Living Soul, which, believe it or not, does require some form of nourishment. Maybe not fruits and vegetables, or steak and fish; but there is something this eternal creature needs, desperately and without a doubt.

  "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isaiah 1:18 KJV) As it might appear by this verse, sin takes on a new identity, at least for the sinner. What was once dyed and stained by what might appear to represent life and death, become by metamorphose something else; almost as if they are transformed into something that can blend into light or brightness. 

  Jesus could have came as He was, All-Powerful and Mighty; shining with radiant power that would cause everyone to fall upon their faces, by just looking at Him. But He came as a baby; helpless and without much strength! Much like His trip into the wilderness, having to grow up in the state of a child, He was taking on the entirety of the vessel, this thing we live within that must do certain things. 

  If that doesn't help you to see why or what, then I cannot hold back anymore from what I believe this is all about: CHANGE! If you do not change, you have not changed...

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." (2 Corinthians 5:17-19 KJV)