AN EXPOSITION OF JOHN 1:29-51
1:29
All the sacrifices of the Old Covenant were that would be fulfilled in Christ the Messiah. Isaiah 53; 1 Peter 1:18-19
It was Jesus as the sacrificial for sinners that was man’s greatest need.
There is only one way by which sin could be taken away, and that was by . “Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin,” Hebrews 9:22.
The benefit of Christ’s saving work on the cross is to those who believe and to those who believe only.
1:30
The Baptist again affirms the preeminence & of Christ.
This attests again that Jesus was no mere man but the Son of God who took on a human body by the Spirit of God. Thus the God/Man
1:31-32
The Baptist did not know who Jesus was any more than others did. It had to be to him from above.
The dove manifested the of the One it landed on.
baptism symbolized cleansing, the removal of sin. Being immersed into water symbolized death and coming up out of the water symbolized new life.
1:33-34
John’s testimony is all the more valuable because it was given to him from above, resting on revelation.
When the came in the form of a dove and remained on Jesus, John knew for certain that Jesus was the Christ (the anointed one), the Son of God and He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
Baptism by the is that which Baptism by water represents. Romans 6:3-4
1:35-36
With out a doubt the Baptists disciples were full aware of the sacrificial mission of the coming Messiah and didn’t need to be .
1:37
comes by hearing and hearing by the special revelation of God.
God opened their and they believed the things spoken to them by John and they followed Jesus.
1:38-39
These two disciples of the Baptist wanted time with “the Master”.
Can you imagine a whole day with Jesus to ask Him any question you would like and to hear from Him who is “the eternal of God.”
1:40-41
When you have truly encountered Christ, when you have tasted of His grace and forgiveness, you cannot keep it to but will tell others.
1:42
Cephas or Peter means stone, or rock.
1:43-46
Moses and the prophets clearly spoke of the coming Messiah in such vivid fashion that you would have to be spiritually & intellectually dishonest not to see it. Gen 3:15; 49:10; Isa 7:14; Zech 9:9
God obviously opened the of Philip, Andrew, Peter and Nathanael to see the Messiah, the Son of the living God else they would have missed Him as did the majority of Jews in Jesus’ day and today as well. Romans 10:7
1:47-49
Nothing can be hid from Christ’s eye.
1:50-51
Generally: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who Him 1 Corinthians 2:9. You what you have now is great!
Specifically This was fulfilled from Pentecost to the completion of Scripture to encourage and to believers to persevere in the midst of persecution. Joel 2:28; Acts 2:16-8; 7:55-56
