A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY

November 26🌷🌷

“..Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).

John the Baptist having baptized the Lord, prophesied what was to happen to Him afterwards. He saw the Lord coming to him the next day, and called Him by a new name: “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. He did not say, “Behold your Saviour,” or “Behold your Messiah” even though they were eagerly waiting in those days for the Messiah to come. In the beginning he said, “I knew him not” though He was there in the crowd. Now he could say, “I know Him” and he called Him ‘the Lamb of God.’ The Jews were celebrating the Passover every year, killing thousands of lambs without knowing what they were doing. But that morning John had begun to see that Jesus Himself was ‘the Lamb of God.’ He saw now that the other lambs could not take away the sin of men, but this Lamb was able to take away the sin of the whole world.

You may do what you can; you may shed many tears, you may fast many days, and do any amount of charity and attend any number of meetings; but none of these things will give you the assurance of the forgiveness of sins. Look at the people who came to be baptized by John the Baptist. They were convicted and they began to confess their sins with tears. Yet if you had questioned them, “Now Mr. So-and-So, you have confessed your sins and shed many tears, can you tell me whether your sins are forgiven?” Then they would have said, “No, we still have a troubled and guilty conscience.” It is a terrible thing to have a guily conscience.

You may silence your conscience for a short time saying to yourself, “It does not matter if I do this. Why am I so frightened? I am not the only one doing it.” But a day will surely come when your guilty conscience will trouble you. The men who went to John the Baptist saw their sins and the coming wrath of God. But even though they confessed their sins, John the Baptist could not forgive them. He told them that the Messiah would come and He would bring forgiveness. The Lord Jesus, the Lamb of God, died for you to forgive your sin and to cleanse you and make your heart His dwelling place. For that purpose He is seeking you today. If you repent of your sins and receive Him, He will forgive your sins, cleanse you in the blood and come and dwell in your heart.