The Messiah Deals with Our Sin, Part 1 (TMF:2986)
Monday, October 19, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
The desire was always present for people to be genuinely following him from the heart, and not just going through the motions with external actions. In the appearance of Jesus on the scene for the first time, it is interesting how John refers to him as “the Lamb of God.” The surrounding Jews who were listening would have known in detail regarding lamb sacrifices to cover sin. Indeed, this was a common animal used during that time, and even to times further back as prescribed by God for a covering for sin. The animal sacrifice represented that sin had to be dealt with, yet the animal could only provide a covering for the sin. Unfortunately, it’s likely that all of the people missed that fact. The persons who believed in him, the later disciples, probably didn’t really comprehend initially what was going on. They were looking at the grandiosity, at the king side of things, the fact that a Messiah was coming to establish a physical, earthly kingdom. They wanted to be in on that worldly kingdom. The sin part, the sin part was probably secondary in their minds.