when John said "Behold the lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world" his reference to redemption was made. That redemption could only come in one way, "without the shedding of blood there is no remission for sin", thus the need for a sacrifice. The sacrifice typified was offered daily, continually in the old, but Christ having suffered once has made an atonement for sin, yet continually in the lifes of men and woman, boys and girls, that are lost and come to accept him as their Lord and Saviour, each and every day. Many christians suffer , and ask why is this happening to me! Know that Christ saved the soul and not the body, the flesh lusteth against the spirir and the spirit against the flesh so that you cannot do the things that ye would. Paul said in Romans 7 for the good that i would i do not, but the evil which i would not, that i do, it is no more i that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. Oh wretced man that i am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? there was a custom, that when a man murdered another, the end of a rope was tied around his waist, and the other around the man he had murdered, and everywhere he went he dragged the body with him, a constant reminder of what he had done, and also to those around him that saw him. To us as christians today, the bible says, behold old things are passed away, behold, all things have become new, but many are still dragging the old man in their lives, not wanting to let go of that which held them bound, destroying their testimony before a lost and a dying world. Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Only Christ can, Ye did run well, who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth!!! Let us follow the spirit and we would not fulfill the **** of the flesh, and bring his Loving sacrifice to an open shame, seeing we crucfy to ouselves the Son of God afresh. Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Let us therefor fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should come short of it. This is my concivtion to myself with no intention of harm to another, but a reminder for me to remember daily, what the Saviour has done for me....
