Lamb of God

Names of God

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29 NIV)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Lamb of God.

Jesus - The Lamb of God

Isaiah 53 is an Old Testament chapter that depicts the first coming of Christ and His death. It talks about a lamb about to be sacrificed according to Jewish law.

“He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth.” (Isa. 53:7 NKJV)

The New Testament also affirms this passage referring to Jesus Christ in the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. He asks Philip to explain the passage to him and then later gets baptized.

“Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.” (Acts 8:32 ESV)

Therefore

Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, became the perfect sacrifice to die in your place on the cross. Jesus was perfect, spotless, and without blemish in the sight of God and thus was able to take away the sins of the world. Because sin requires a perfect sacrifice, and Jesus was without sin.

“Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” (1 Cor. 5:7)