I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
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… play but also to love to the point of death and even in the gospel today when John the Baptist sees Jesus he says behold the lamb of God we hear lamb we think innocent we hear lamb we think light and fluffy we hear lamb and we think oh Jesus tender meek and mild no John said behold the lamb because that meant lamb means sacrifice that's the one who's going to give of himself why because He came here to play, but he also came here to love to the point of emptying himself out. He's going to win our souls by offering himself. He's going to win our bodies by offering his own. And he's going to win our hearts by revealing us his heart. There's a story in the Gospels I love. It's in John chapter 11. In John chapter 11, it's three friends of Jesus. There's Mary and Martha and their brother. back down to a B. Okay, it's okay. Lazarus, his name's Lazarus, right? …
(1.) That whereby they showed their regard to the remains of the deceased, They took up the body and buried it: it had been used in a barbarous manner, by others, that had also been his hearers, and were under special obligations to have treated him with honour. They cruelly murdered him, by severing his head from his body; and his head was carried in a charger to Herodias, that she, instead of paying that respect that was due to the remains of so venerable a person, might have her malice and cruelty gratified by such a spectacle, and that she might thence take occasion to insult the dead. While that part of the dead body was thus used by Herodias, his disciples, out of respect and honour to their master and teacher, decently interred the rest. (2.) That which they did, consequent on this, for God’s glory and their own good, They went and told Jesus. Him they knew to be one that their master John, while he lived, had testified a great regard to. Jesus was he whose forerunner John was; whom he had preached, and of whom he had said, “Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world: ” And, “This is he, of whom I said, After me cometh one that is preferred before me; ” and whom he saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. And probably they knew that Christ was one that had put great honour upon John their teacher in his life-time. For he, though he was the Son of God, and John’s Maker and Saviour, yet came to him to be baptized of him, and had said of him, that “Among those that were born of women, there had not risen a greater than John the Baptist. ” …
He who has ears to hear the Word of God, let him hear. Let us pray. Again, our Father and our God, we look to Your Word, for in it we find truth, unvarnished truth, truth that comes from Thee. And as we hear the testimony of John the Baptist, give to our minds and to our hearts understanding. that we might with all of our souls be pleased to sing the Agnus Dei, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Amen. Amen. In England, it's always a momentous occasion when one of the citizens achieves knighthood and has the opportunity to come before the monarch to be given the title Sir. And in England, as monarchies go, people are very jealous of the titles that they receive, from king and queen to queen mom, to prince and princess, to duke and duchess, to Earl and Lady and so on. And people covet the bestowal of ranking titles. I've said in the past, the most titled person in all of human history is Jesus of Nazareth. …