In the Old Testament, the sacrifice of lambs was used for the substitutionary atonement of our sins with God. But if that process was so important in connecting with God, why don’t we see this sacrificial system taking place today? Find out all about God’s permanent solution to the problem as Tony Evans teaches on the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
and jesus says this is the amen talking
this is the one who’s not going to tell
you what you want to hear i’ma tell you
like it really
is god wants you to fear him more than
you fear what’s wrong
he wants your fear of him to be greater
than your fear
of your problem truth is god’s view on
any subject matter
if there is no truth there can be no
legitimate unity
i’m here to tell you jesus saw satan had
you cage
but on the cross he has now opened the
cage door
so that he who the son sets free is free
indeed
john the baptist said behold
the lamb of god that takes away the sin
of the world
that word behold
that means pay close attention
and focus remove all distractions
behold look at that
you see that man over there
he is the lamb of god
when he calls jesus the lamb of god
and he introduces it with behold the
reason he is so
animated the reason he is so forthright
the reason
he is so excited
behold
is because israel
had been looking for this person for
centuries
they have been waiting for the one
who was promised to come who would
address
the issue of sin
john the baptist says the wait is over
behold the lamb of god
now to appreciate why he’s called the
lamb we’ve got to go back
when adam and eve sinned they tried to
fix the problem themselves
because they sewed together some leaves
tied them around
themselves to cover themselves
the problem was their attempt
to cover their sin was unacceptable to
god
and not that they didn’t try it’s not
they didn’t come up with a sowing singer
program it’s just that the sowing of the
leaves did not satisfy
the demand of god so god had to slay an
animal
himself and shed blood
in order to provide a covering for adam
and eve that he himself would accept
he would not accept the covering they
offered
he would only accept the covering he
provided
this would lead to a sacrificial system
throughout the whole old testament
by which the wrath of god
against sin could be
assuaged the main
centerpiece of this
program went back to an event
in exodus chapter 12 called the passover
when israel was leaving egypt
the last plague was i am going to
take the life of the firstborn
in every egyptian home in order for you
israel to bypass what i’m getting ready
to do
to egypt you have to slay
a lamb and shed its blood
you are then to take the blood and paint
it on the doorpost
of your houses and when the deaf
angel comes over to slay the firstborn
of these rebellious egyptians when i
see the blood i will pass
over you exodus 12 13.
in other words the blood
will avert judgment
based on god’s justice
when i see the blood now why the blood
why couldn’t the lamb have a heart
attack why did it have to be
the blood well one of the principles of
scripture
is the life of the flesh is in the blood
he says there must be the shedding of
blood
in order to avert my just wrath
in the old testament he came up with a
way
to avert his wrath on a temporary basis
the temporary basis was through the
slaying
of the lamb and the other sacrifices
hebrews chapter 10 verses 1 to 14
hebrews chapter 9
verses 11 to 14 he says those sacrifices
could not fix the problem of sin all
they could do
would be delay the judgment for sin
so every year the high priest would go
on the day of atonement
into the holy of holies to sacrifice
and then the people on a regular basis
would offer their own lamb
for their sin so that god’s judgment
would bypass them okay
so that is the old testament system
that old testament system look forward
to the day
when god would provide a permanent
solution
to the problem of sin by having an
acceptable
sacrifice this sacrifice
or lamb was for the purpose here it is
of the substitutionary
atonement let me say it again the
substitutionary
atonement here it is god must judge sin
we all sin we are all under judgment
god’s standard is so high that only
perfection will meet it
so the whole old testament anticipated
through the lambs
that they were slaying the time when god
would provide
this perfect lamb isaiah 53 verses 1 to
12
gives a description of this suffering
servant this person
who would come and who would be like a
lamb
sent to the slaughter and he would
bear the iniquity of mankind
behold john breaks on the scene and says
we found him the lamb
of god okay watch this he’s not just the
lamb
he’s the lamb of god in other words
it’s god’s solution to the problem
it’s not the lamb you came up with it’s
the lamb god came up with
so god is the standard
by which what is acceptable to him
behold the lamb
of god and so he sets the stage
for this declaration in fact jesus is
called in first corinthians 5
7 the passover lamb it says christ
is our past over lamb
now why
because behold the lamb of god
stay with me here who taketh away
the sin of the world
now if you read that too fast you’ll
miss something behold
the lamb of god god’s provision for a
substitutionary atonement god
while god must judge sin he will accept
substitutes
okay he will he will do an exchange
behold the lamb of god
who taketh away the sin watch this
of the whole wide world
we call this unlimited atonement
that is that the death of
jesus christ was so sufficient
that it addressed every sin of every
person who have ever lived
for all time now now
you’re going to have to let that set in
again the bible declares
jesus tasted death for all men
the bible declares second corinthians 5
19 that he
reconciled the whole world to himself
that he was the lamb of god who
satisfied the demand of god
because he met the standard of god the
lamb of god
had to be perfect jesus christ was
perfect he qualified the lamb of god had
to be
human jesus became a man
god the son became a man so he was
human hebrews 2 17 says in order to
qualify
he had to be like his brethren he had to
be
blood and skin and bones he had to be
human
but he had to be human but he had to be
a perfect human
so jesus christ
fulfilled the requirement to be
the substitute
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i’m sure for many of us maybe even most
of us
this has been one of the most trying
years in our lives
people have suffered loss people have
found themselves
claustrophobic and closed in light of
the virus we’ve seen all kind of
division
and yet in the midst of this we’re
called to trust god
it is our hope that throughout this year
god has used the urban alternative and
our ministry of god’s word
to help encourage and strengthen you
during this time
as we close out this year i want to
thank you for your prayers for us
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that’s been going forth and for your
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bringing god’s truth throughout the
nation and
actually around the world so may god
richly strengthen you help you to
recover from anything that has
that has hurt you this year but also
empower you
for a brand new hope in the year to come
again thank you
for being a friend of tua we couldn’t do
what we do
without you
on the cross jesus christ
bore every sin
of every person who has ever lived
for all time
now why am i saying that over
and over and over again because there is
a common misunderstanding
and that is that people don’t go to
heaven because of their sins
if that were true even saved people
couldn’t go to heaven because save
people still sin
people don’t miss heaven because of
their sin
why because jesus paid it all
his last words on the cross were it is
finished
to tell that means paid in
full when non-believers are judged
in revelation chapter 20 their sins are
never brought up
not because they haven’t sinned because
the sin
was paid for the problem
is even though the sin has been paid for
they do not possess eternal life
for god so loved the world he gave his
only begotten son that whosoever
believeth them should not perish
but have everlasting life see what’s
missing is life the verse that that kind
of gives you the summary of this
is uh second corinthians 5 21 which says
he who knew no sin he was perfect
he who knew no sin became sin for us
that we might become the righteousness
of god in him
there was a credit transfer
god took the perfect credit of jesus
he’s got a perfect credit score and he
transfers
the perfect credit score to the person
who receives christ he says in romans
chapter 3
verse 23 all have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of god
but then he says
being justified as a gift by his grace
so that is a word gift gifts you don’t
earn
once you earn it it’s a wage
gifts are free gift by his grace
so he gives it justified that’s our
first theological word
that this lamb produces the word
justification
means to be declared
legally innocent it’s like a judge
saying
i find you not guilty that’s
justification it’s a legal term it’s a
courtroom term
when a sinner believes on jesus christ
he is declared by god not guilty
because of the righteousness transfer i
just talked about
so you’re as guilty as sin but god says
not guilty because he looks at christ
and exonerates you okay so that’s
justification it is direct it is a
declaration legally of not being guilty
before holy god
then it comes to the second word the
second word he says in verse 24
through the redemption which is in
christ jesus
the redemption is to release through the
payment of a price
it was where slaves were put on the
slave block
and uh uh they would be bought by
somebody
and then set free it would be redemption
to redeem is to buy something by paying
a price for it in order to release it
so god declared you righteous so that he
could
let you get out of jail he declared you
righteous
me righteous so that we would no longer
be held hostage
eternity that’s how that’s how long it’s
going to take you
to pay the price that god
demands for our sin it will take
forever so since you can’t afford
forever
jesus christ picked up the forever tag
price tag so that you can be
set free that’s redemption then he gives
you the zinger word i call this the
single word
theologically he says whom
god displayed publicly as
a propitiation in his blood
propitiation that that is a big
theological word that means
satisfaction satisfaction
to be propitiated means to be satisfied
so when we say that jesus was set forth
at
as a propitiation what we are saying is
he satisfied the just demands
of a holy god with his substitutionary
atonement god said i’m satisfied
what you have done son has satisfied
my holy demands on all of mankind
who’s ever lived forever i am now
satisfied and so i reconcile
the world to myself because i accept
your substitution so
jesus christ now offers eternal life
to all who respond to him justification
redemption and then propitiation
satisfied it was jesus’s death on the
cross
that when you really understand what he
accomplished
should affect you living the rest of
your life
on the cross jesus not only
paid for your sin he broke
the authority of satan see
saturday was a big day he died on friday
he rose on sunday but the bible says on
saturday
he went to hell and he declared
victory to the demonic realm
so between death and resurrection he was
preaching a victory sermon
he was saying devil i win
you lose i’m in charge here
the back of the devil was broken
so the only way the devil can own you
now
is to trick you that’s why he’s called
the great deceiver
because he now has to trick you into
thinking
you don’t have enough power and the main
way he does it is to get you to forget
about the blood
because if he can get you to forget
about the blood and the blood is the
only thing that breaks his back
and you don’t remember to utilize the
blood then he knows you don’t have power
to stop him from messing with you
it is the blood he says that gives you
the power
of victory and of righteousness jesus
has called the lamb
28 times in the book of revelation
28 times he’s called the lamb so this is
a big deal
for john it’s in the book of saint john
he’s called the lamb
but now 28 times in the book of
revelation the lamb the lamb the lamb
the lamb the lamb
in revelation chapter 5 verse 11 then i
looked
and i heard the voice of many angels
around the throne and the living
creatures and the elders
and the number of them was myriads
of myriads and thousands of thousands
saying with a loud voice worthy is the
lamb
that was slain to receive power and
riches
and wisdom and might and honor
and glory and blessing
and every created thing which is in
heaven
and on earth and under the earth and on
the sea
and all things in them i heard saying
to him who sits on the throne
and to the lamb be blessing
and honor and glory and dominion
forever and ever and the four living
creatures kept saying
amen and the elders fell down
and worshiped i want you to know that
the blood will not lose its power
you get up in the morning and you shout
it out behold
the lamb of god who taketh away
the sin of the world for eternity
and for history i close with this
there’s this there’s this little boy
who had captured two birds and he put
him in a cage captured the two birds he
put him in a cage
and he was walking down the street with
the caged birds and a man saw the birds
in the cage
he said young man where are you going
with those two birds in the cage
oh he says i’m going to play with him
for a little bit then i’m going to feed
him to the cat
the man said you’re going to do what
i’ma play with him a little bit but then
i’m gonna feed the two birds to the cat
he said look how much will you take for
those two birds
and the cage i will pay you whatever
price you require
the young man thought about it came up
with a very high price
the man reached into his pocket pulled
out his money
and he bought the bird cage with the
birds in it
when he took the bird cage with the
birds in it over to the side
he opened the door and he let the birds
go free now let’s rewind the boy
had the birds in a cage which means they
were trapped in a situation
they couldn’t get themselves out of but
not only were the birds trapped in a
situation
they couldn’t get themselves out of the
plan for the bird
was destruction because he was going to
feed them to the cat
so not only was they trapped in life
but they had no hope for eternity
because
they were trapped and all the boys said
he was gonna do was
play with him isn’t that what the devil
does with us sometimes
he traps us and then he plays with us
only to eat us up later on
but somebody from the outside asked how
much will you take
for those two birds and he paid the
price
in order to get the cage and the birds
and when he got the cage and the birds
he set the two birds free
so two birds who were caged and were
only gonna be
toys for a little boy have now been set
free
two birds that were going to be eaten up
and destroyed
have now been set free but as good as
all that
is there’s one thing that’s better
because as the birds begin to fly away
and as the birds begin to enjoy the
freedom
because the price had been paid the
birds looked back
to the man who paid the price and began
singing
twilight d twinly dumb they began
singing praises for the one who had
delivered them
i’m here to tell you jesus saw satan had
you caged
jesus saw the devil wanted to eat you up
but on the cross he reached into his
and he paid the price in full he has now
opened the cage door so that he who the
son
sets free is free indeed so now
as you fly out of here to your car
as you fly out of here to your house as
you fly out of here
to your job don’t forget to turn back
and say worthy is the lamb don’t forget
to turn back
and say tree lady tree to the dumb he’s
worthy
to be praised
we’re driving people
throughout the old testament god has
established a sacrificial system
that would satisfy his just wrath
against sin
the problem was that that system only
offered
temporary relief from the just judgment
of a holy god
so when jesus christ comes on the scene
as the lamb of god
he has fully satisfied the demands
of god against the sinfulness
of the human race that’s why he’s called
the lamb
because lambs were used in the old
testament
as a temporary solution but as the lamb
of god
jesus christ is the permanent solution
for all sin for all mankind
for all time so when men respond in
faith to the finished work of jesus
christ
the lamb of god becomes their lamb of
god
so that now just as
during the passover when i see the blood
i will pass over you the death angel
will no longer
stop at your house the good news of the
gospel of jesus christ is that the lamb
of god
and his shed blood on the cross has so
satisfied
the demands of a just and holy god
that when we apply the blood of that
lamb
to our hearts the death angel passes
over us
and we no longer have to fear either
physical death or eternal death
because the blood of that lamb has
eternal benefit
to all who place faith alone in christ
alone
for the forgiveness of sins and for the
gift of eternal life
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