The Lamb of God

Interestingly when God instituted Passover (Exodus 12), He told the Israelites to take a lamb. In the next verse He tells them to take the lamb. Then finally in verse five, He tells them to take your lamb. You can see a progression in this scripture passage of how a person comes to see Jesus:


First, Jesus is a lamb.

Secondly He is the lamb.

Then finally He is your lamb.


Coming to Christ first begins with our recognizing that Jesus is some kind of religious figure . We're not really sure of His significance. We may have a general respect for Him, but it's from a distance. He simply is a lamb.


Then there comes a moment in our lives when we recognize that He's more than a prophet, more than a teacher. He is actually the Son of God—deity in human form. He becomes the "Lamb of God," as John the Baptist said, "who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29).


Later we go a step beyond, and He becomes our lamb. We receive Him as our Savior and as our Lord.


There are many people today who acknowledge that Jesus is God but they have not yet embraced Jesus as their Savior. It is not enough when we recognize Jesus died. It is only enough when we recognize that Jesus died for our sins, then we repent from our sins, and finally, we receive Him as Lord. Only then is Jesus your lamb.