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John 1:29-39\u00a0 \u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s passage is John 1:29-39.\u00a0 I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help, then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

John 1:29 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n29\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 29:\u00a0 Here John the Baptist is quoted as calling his younger cousin Jesus \u201cthe Lamb of God\u201d (see also verse 36).\u00a0 Just as God provided a lamb for Abraham to sacrifice in place of his son Isaac (Genesis 22:8), just as Moses called the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb without defect at Passover to atone for the sins of their firstborn sons (Exodus 12:21), just as the Israelites later would regularly sacrifice a lamb without defect as an atoning sacrifice for their sins (Leviticus 9:3), so Jesus Christ would be the lamb that God would sacrifice to pay for our sins.\u00a0 John, the apostle writing this gospel, would also write the book of Revelation where again he sees a vision of Jesus in heaven looking like a lamb that has been slain (Revelation 5:6).\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0\u00a0Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away our sins by the shedding of his precious blood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

John 1:30 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n30\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 30:\u00a0 John the Baptist is saying that although Jesus (\u201ca man who comes after me\u201d) was born into this world after John the Baptist, Jesus is still greater than (\u201chas surpassed\u201d) John the Baptist because Jesus is the eternal Son of God who existed long before John the Baptist existed (\u201cbecause he was before me\u201d).<\/p>\n

John 1:31-34 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n31\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
\n32\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.
\n33\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
\n34\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 31-34: The reason John the Baptist was able to identify Jesus as the Lamb of God is because God the Father (\u201cthe one who sent [John the Baptist] to baptize with water\u201d (v33)), together with the Holy Spirit, revealed this to John the Baptist.\u00a0 When did this happen?\u00a0 When John baptized Jesus in water, John saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and remain on Jesus. (v32)\u00a0 What can we learn from this?<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All three Persons of the Trinity were involved at Jesus\u2019 baptism:\u00a0 God the Father (\u201cthe one who sent [John the Baptist] to baptize\u201d), Jesus the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The reason why we are able to recognize Jesus as the Son of God is because God the Father and God the Holy Spirit reveal Jesus to us and help us to see who Jesus really is.\u00a0 So\u00a0whenever you recognize Jesus as the Son of God, that is not just you, but it is the work of God the Father and God the Spirit in your life helping you to see that life changing truth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

John 1:35-37 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n35\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
\n36\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
\n37\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 35-37:\u00a0 John points two of his disciples to Jesus and calls him the Lamb of God.\u00a0 This causes John\u2019s disciples to follow Jesus.\u00a0 Like John the Baptist, you and I are called to point others to Jesus.<\/p>\n

John 1:38-39 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n38\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?”
\n39\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 38-39:\u00a0 Jesus invites John\u2019s disciples to \u201ccome and you will see\u201d (v39).\u00a0 Jesus makes the same invitation to us, inviting us to come and find out who he really is.<\/p>\n

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Jesus, thank You for being the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of this world, including all my sins.\u00a0 Thank You Heavenly Father and Holy Spirit for helping me to see who Jesus really is.\u00a0 And thank You Jesus for inviting me to come with You and to see who You really are.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2021 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 1:29-39.\u00a0 I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help, then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!
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\nJohn 1:29 (NIV)
\n29\u00a0\u00a0The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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\nOn verse 29:\u00a0 Here John the Baptist is quoted as calling his younger cousin Jesus \u201cthe Lamb of God\u201d (see also verse 36).\u00a0 Just as God provided a lamb for Abraham to sacrifice in place of his son Isaac (Genesis 22:8), just as Moses called the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb without defect at Passover to atone for the sins of their firstborn sons (Exodus 12:21), just as the Israelites later would regularly sacrifice a lamb without defect as an atoning sacrifice for their sins (Leviticus 9:3), so Jesus Christ would be the lamb that God would sacrifice to pay for our sins.\u00a0 John, the apostle writing this gospel, would also write the book of Revelation where again he sees a vision of Jesus in heaven looking like a lamb that has been slain (Revelation 5:6).\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0\u00a0Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away our sins by the shedding of his precious blood.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30553,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30550\/revisions\/30553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}