01/14/2023 - 01/15/2023

The Lamb of God

The Christ The Lamb of God

Jesus is the last lamb who came into Jerusalem as a lamb to be slaughtered (Ex 29:38-42), shed his blood on behalf of all humankind, and was the completion of Passover and the fulfillment and resolution (the telos) and reconciliation of people to God (1 Cor 5:7). He was perfect as lambs were required to be (Ex 12:1-6), and thus he died without deserving it. But he was no weak lamb; instead, he was a warrior lamb who, though he was one with God (Phil 2), took on the weight of the world’s sins because of his all-encompassing love for the world, and thus demonstrated once and for all that love conquers death. In this way, Jesus demonstrates for us how through our own willingness to die (to self and even unto life), we show what true love is, and thus overcome evil with good. (This is Christus Victor — in my theology of atonement, penal substitution and Christus Victor aren’t competing ideas, but sacrifice is part of the larger story of victory.)

  • Rev. Arthur Jones | 01/15/2023 | 9:30 Traditional

  • Rev. Kim Meyers | 01/15/2023 | 9:30 Contemporary

  • Rev. Arthur Jones | 01/15/2023 | 11:00 Contemporary

  • Date: 01/14/2023 - 01/15/2023
  • 01/15/2023 9:30 Rev. Arthur Jones | Traditional
  • 01/15/2023 9:30 Rev. Kim Meyers | Contemporary
  • 01/15/2023 11:00 Rev. Arthur Jones | Contemporary