4.29- Jesus was called the lamb of God.

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Jesus was called the lamb of God.

Revelation 14.

14 Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. ² And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. ³ And they *sang ^[a]a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one was able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been purchased from the earth. ⁴ These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from mankind as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. ⁵ And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

2 Timothy 4.

4 I solemnly exhort you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: ² preach the word; be ready ^[a]in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and ^[b]exhort, with ^[c]great patience and instruction. ³ For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires, ⁴ and they will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn aside to myths. ⁵ But as for you, use self-restraint in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

⁶ For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. ⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; ⁸ in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

 

 He was born to be the sin payment for all the sins of all the world of all time so that grace and mercy could be applied to all people if they wanted to receive His gift.  He lived a perfect life and on the cross He absorbed all the sins of all the world and paid the moral debt of sin for all of us.  He was on the cross saying, “Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing.”  When He had reached out in love to the full extent possible He said, “It is finished.”  He breathed His last and was buried.   Last week we celebrated Easter which is the day we found out that the payment of Jesus life for our sins had worked.  The tomb was empty.

By relying on the words of Jesus we can live a life of grace, mercy and peace.  This life with Jesus remains steady regardless of what is going on in the world.  The early followers of Jesus survived wars and earthquakes and famines and religious persecution.  Jesus had taught them blessed are those that are persecuted and those who mourn for they shall be comforted by God.

This is my good news to you today.