Thru the Bible vol. 38: The Gospels (John 1-10)

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“He is the ‘Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world’ (John 1:29). He came down and identified Himself with us who are the sheep—but He is the Shepherd also. The fact that He became a Lamb emphasizes the humanity of Jesus Christ. The fact that He is the Good Shepherd emphasizes the deity of Christ. He alone was worthy and able to save us. No other human being could do this; He had to be God.” (Page 169)

“As we saw in chapter 2, water is symbolic of the Word of God. We will find later in this book that Jesus says, ‘Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth’ (John 17:17, italics mine). There is a cleansing, sanctifying power in the Word. In John 15:3 Jesus says, ‘Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you’ (italics mine). The Word of God is likened unto water again and again. We believe that ‘born of water and of the Spirit’ means that a person must be born again by the Holy Spirit using the Scripture. We believe, very definitely, that no one could be born again without the Word of God applied by the Spirit of God. One today is born from above by the use of water, which is the Word of God, and the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, making it real to the heart.” (Page 54)

“What He is saying is that He is going to give His life.” (Page 111)

“This woman was guilty of sin, and according to the Law of Moses an adulteress was to be put to death. Is Jesus reversing the Mosaic system? No. He is placing His Cross between that woman and her sin. This One who is the Son of the virgin, who Himself was under a cloud all of His life, is going to the Cross to pay the penalty for even the sin of this woman. He did not come into the world to condemn the world. He did not come to judge this woman. He came into the world to be a Savior!” (Page 133)