The next day (John the Baptist) saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the World!"
Jesus has been baptized by John, then went into the wilderness for 40 days. Now He's back where John's baptizing, and when John sees Him he proclaims that Jesus is God's Sacrificial Lamb Whose precious Blood will be powerful enough to pay for the sins of everyone in the whole World. Jesus shed God's own Blood, that has eternal value.
That means that, "the ground is level at the foot of the Cross," and every single person in the whole World has an equal opportunity to accept this verdict of death and let Jesus be their personal Sacrifice.
He also said, the same One Who called me to baptize with water also told me, "the Man on Whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit." I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God (John 1:33-34). This is a very strong testimony.
John probably didn't fully understand the full import of what he said here, because when King Herod put him in prison, he sent an inquiry to Jesus to ask Him if He was the One to come (Luke 7:18). So he still had doubts.
But we can know, and recognize Jesus to be the Christ, the Messiah that had been promised since the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:15). We can see that He came from the line of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and through the regal line of King David--directly through His legal father, Joseph (Matthew 1:1-16), and through David's other son Nathan through His mother (Luke 3:23-37).
We can also see that Jesus fulfilled over 400 of the Old Testament prophesies concerning the Messiah, and He will fulfill the rest of them when He comes again to reign.
And if you have realized that Jesus suffered the death that you deserve as your personal Sacrifice, then you know that God gave you His Spirit of Truth to live in your spirit, and He is teaching you that all this is True.
I pray that all who read this humble blog of mine will be called of God to faith in Christ Jesus, even this Christmas season, as you think about the real Reason for the Season.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
That means that, "the ground is level at the foot of the Cross," and every single person in the whole World has an equal opportunity to accept this verdict of death and let Jesus be their personal Sacrifice.
He also said, the same One Who called me to baptize with water also told me, "the Man on Whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit." I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God (John 1:33-34). This is a very strong testimony.
John probably didn't fully understand the full import of what he said here, because when King Herod put him in prison, he sent an inquiry to Jesus to ask Him if He was the One to come (Luke 7:18). So he still had doubts.
But we can know, and recognize Jesus to be the Christ, the Messiah that had been promised since the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:15). We can see that He came from the line of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and through the regal line of King David--directly through His legal father, Joseph (Matthew 1:1-16), and through David's other son Nathan through His mother (Luke 3:23-37).
We can also see that Jesus fulfilled over 400 of the Old Testament prophesies concerning the Messiah, and He will fulfill the rest of them when He comes again to reign.
And if you have realized that Jesus suffered the death that you deserve as your personal Sacrifice, then you know that God gave you His Spirit of Truth to live in your spirit, and He is teaching you that all this is True.
I pray that all who read this humble blog of mine will be called of God to faith in Christ Jesus, even this Christmas season, as you think about the real Reason for the Season.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
