John 1:29
"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world"
Nothing is of greater importance to poor, wretched, awakened sinners of the world than that which truly could, would, and has taken away their sin. What is the effectual remedy? Only the Lamb of God!
Why is the Lamb of God the only remedy? Christ Jesus the LORD, the Lamb of God, is the only remedy because He has taken away all the sin of His people by His sacrifice on the cross.
But for John the Baptist this was yet to be accomplished, and yet He spoke with assurance that the Lamb was even then taking away sin. That's because in order for sin to be removed from the sinner, it had to be laid upon the Only Perfect Substitute as the Sin-Bearer.
Even the Old Testament Passover lamb, as a type of Christ, was first to be observed and proven to be without spot or blemish. "Your lamb shall be without blemish" (Exodus 12:5) and "...the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:" (1 Peter 1:19).
In His life, Christ Jesus the LORD was working out that perfect obedience that the justice of God His Father demanded. By His obedience, He was already answering the laws demands, wherein we, His chosen ones, had failed. He alone has thereby taken away that aspect of the curse of our sin. However, it would also require Him, not only obeying the precepts of the law, but to lay down His life to pay its penalty.
"Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by Whose stripes ye were healed" (1 Peter 2:24).
So complete was Christ’s sacrifice that He is no longer the sin-Bearer because He bore it all away once for all for His chosen sinners!
The eye of Faith beholds the Lamb as the only remedy. However, in order to behold the Lamb of God, it takes eyes to see. God alone must not only give the eyes to see, but the ability to look to Him. It is only when the Spirit opens the heart and reveals Christ that they can behold the LORD Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God.
Sin has been put away from God's sight for the LORD's redeemed, and when beholding the Lamb, it is put away from their sight. May the LORD grant us eyes to look only and always to the LAMB OF GOD!
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