Behold the Lamb of God lesson for Teenager

Behold the Lamb of God

 

Dear Teenager

God created man for His glory. God wanted people who would love Him, obey Him, and bring glory to His name. But God's first man, Adam, rebelled against Him and brought sin and death into the world.

Think of what it meant to God when sin came into the world. Sin ruined His beautiful creation. Think of how it grieved God in His heart. The Bible says, "God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth…and it grieved Him at His heart" (Genesis 6:5,6).

His people that they must offer an innocent animal, usually a lamb, as a sacrifice for their sins. A person who wanted to be forgiven of his sins would take a lamb to the priest. The person would lay his hand on the lamb and say something like this, "I have sinned, but God has allowed this lamb to die in my place so that I can be forgiven of my sins."

The lamb had to be killed in such a way that its blood was poured out. God had said, "… it is the blood that makes an atonement [a payment for a person's sins]…" (Leviticus 17:11).

What was God teaching the people? He was teaching them that sin is a terrible thing in His sight. It is so terrible that the blood of an innocent animal must be shed [poured out] for sins. The Bible says, "…without the shedding [pouring out] of blood, there is no remission [no forgiveness of sins]" (Hebrews 9:22).

Can the blood of an animal take away our sins? No, it cannot. But, when a lamb was sacrificed, it was a "picture" of how God's Son would, one day, die on the cross to take away our sins.

For thousands of years, people sacrificed lambs as God had taught them to do. God accepted these sacrifices as a "covering" for their sins until Jesus came. When John the Baptist first saw Jesus, he cried out, "Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).

What does the name, "the Lamb of God," mean? It means that God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, is the perfect and complete sacrifice for our sins. There is no need now for anyone ever to offer an animal as a sacrifice for his sins. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for the sins of all people, for all time.

Because He was the sinless Son of God, Jesus could die for the sins of the whole world. He died for my sins, and He died for your sins.

Many people do not understand why Jesus died on the cross. They say, "Why couldn't God just forgive us? Why did Jesus have to die?"

God could not "just forgive us" because He is holy and righteous. He must punish sin. The Bible says, "The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works" (Psalm 145:17).

God could not overlook our sins or pretend that He did not know about them. We have sinned, and we deserve to be punished. God loves us and wants to save us, but He cannot be unrighteous. How did God solve this problem? He solved it by paying the penalty of our sins Himself in the person of His Son. The following story will illustrate this  on the next lesson .

Questions:

(Mark  the best answer for each question)

1. In Old Testament times, in order to be forgiven of his sins, a person
     a) had to live a really good life.
     b) had to offer an innocent animal as a sacrifice for his sins.
2. Can the blood of an animal take away our sins?
     a) Yes.
     b) No.
3. Jesus is called "the Lamb of God" because
     a) He was as gentle as a lamb.
     b) He is the perfect and complete sacrifice for our sins.
4. The reason why God could not "just forgive us" is that
     a) He did not really love us that much.
     b) He is holy and righteous, and He must punish sin.
5. How does God feel about forgiving us?
     a) He does not like to forgive us but He will, if we beg Him enough.
     b) He loves to forgive us! The moment we take Jesus as our Savior, God forgives us
              of all our sins.

6. What does the name, "the Lamb of God," mean?

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7. What is in Hebrews 9:22.

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8.where can we find this word in the bible.: ……‘”’For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul”