The Lamb of God is The King

Everyone loves a winner. Everyone wants a winner to root for
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Why do we like, even need winners?

Because we want something to WORSHIP!

We long to worship someone or something bigger than ourselves.

It is why we turn ordinary people into heroes and celebrities.

We are wired (created) by God to worship.

God wants us to worship Him. If we don’t worship the real thing - Jesus - we will come up with something to worship.

We can also worship the right thing for the wrong reason.

When Jesus entered Jerusalem on the last week of His life, the people laid down palm branches and their coats as Jesus came riding into the city on a donkey. They gave Him honor and worship but not because He was God or because He was coming to die for their sin. They worshiped Him because they thought He was coming to kick the Romans out and reestablish Israel in glory as in the days of David.

There is a delight, a wholeness, a fulfillment in our lives when we worship the real thing - Jesus - for the right reason - Jesus is King.

Jesus is the King, but He is not like any other king. As our King, Jesus is the Lamb of God.

Jesus is the Lamb of God.

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

1 Peter 1:19
It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless, Lamb of God.

Why is Jesus referred to as the Lamb of God?

Let’s look at some passages in Exodus 12.

Verse 3
Tell the whole Israelite community: On the tenth day of this month they must take a lamb for each household, a lamb per house.

Verse 5
Your lamb should be a flawless year old male.

Verse 7
They should take some of the blood and smear it on the two doorposts and on the beam over the door of the houses in which they are eating.

Verse 13
The blood will be a sign on the houses where you live. Whenever I see the blood, I’ll pass over you. No plague will destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

It was the blood of the flawless Passover Lamb that allow the people of Israel to live.

1 John 2:2
He Himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins - and not only for our sins but the sins of the world.

Jesus is our Lamb, our perfect sacrifice that takes away our sins and allows us to live.

The last few moments of Jesus’ sacrifice are described in John 19:28-30.

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it to Jesus’ lips. When He had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

Jesus was not murdered.
Jesus was not executed.
Jesus did not have His life taken from Him.
Jesus chose to die.

Jesus chose the time of His death.
Jesus chose the place of His death.
Jesus chose the manner of His death.

Jesus gave up His life freely for you!

Jesus is the Lamb of God who died for the sins of the world.

Jesus is also The King.

Jesus cannot be your Lamb until He is your King.

Jesus cannot be your King until you surrender your life to Him.

How do we recognize and honor Jesus as the Lamb of God and King?

First, do what Jesus says.

John 14:23-24
Jesus replied: “If anyone loves Me, they will obey Me. Then My Father will love them, and We will come to them and live in them. But anyone who doesn’t love Me won’t obey Me. what they have heard Me say doesn’t come from Me, but from the Father who sent Me.”

Second, feel what Jesus feels.

Luke 19:41
When the city came into view, He wept over it.

Third, tell who Jesus is.

Many people of Jesus’ day saw Him as a good man, a great leader, a powerful prophet; but not who He really was.

Matthew 21:10-11
And when He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” And the crowd said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Peter shares the truth about who Jesus is.

Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus is God.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Wall is about being freed up to:
Do what Jesus tells us to do
Feel what Jesus feels
Share who Jesus really is.

So what makes Jesus the Lamb of God?

1 Peter 2:24
Christ carried our sins in His body on the cross so that freed from our sins, we could live a life that has God’s approval. His wounds have healed us.

He paid for our sin by shedding His blood and giving His life.

And what makes Jesus the King?

Mark 16:6-7
And when they looked closer, they saw that the stone, which was a very large one, had been rolled back. So they went into the tomb and saw a young man in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were simply astonished. But he said to them, “There is no need to be astonished. He is risen; He is not here. Look, here is the place where they laid Him. But now go and tell His disciples, and Peter, that He will be in Galilee before you. You will see Him just as he told you.”

He rose from the grave.
He defeated Sin.
He defeated Satan.
He defeated Death.

Jesus died to pay for your sins and rose to give you victory over your sins.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is about experiencing and celebrating Jesus’ victory.

In Forgiveness and Victory Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls
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