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  BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD
  by G.W. North
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Summary: The sermon highlights the significance of John's baptism and
the New Covenant, emphasizing Jesus' role in giving eternal life to men
and women.

Topics: "Baptism", "New Covenant"
Scripture References: Matthew 3:8, Matthew 28:19, John 1:29, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:38, Romans 6:4, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 4:5, Titus 3:5

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G.W. North emphasizes the significance of John's baptism as a divine
announcement of the end of the Mosaic law regarding personal sacrifice
for sin, highlighting Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice, the 'Lamb of
God'. He explains that John called for repentance and offered baptism as
a means to prepare for the coming of Christ, who would baptize with the
Holy Spirit and fire. North asserts that water baptism, instituted by
God through John, serves as a symbolic representation of the spiritual
baptism that grants eternal life, marking the transition from the old
covenant to the new. The sermon underscores the importance of
recognizing Jesus' role in fulfilling the law and providing a new way of
salvation. Ultimately, it calls believers to embrace the transformative
power of the Holy Spirit.

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By introducing John's baptism, God was announcing to that generation the
imminent dissolution of the Mosaic doctrine of man's personal sacrifice
for personal sin. He was saying that He was going to do it all Himself,
indeed had already accepted the responsibility for it -- 'Behold the
Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world'. By analysis John is
found to be saying, 'all that you need to produce is fruit meet for
repentance. Don't bring anything else; let me do the rest, come and let
me baptise you'. He is also found saying of Jesus, 'He shall baptise you
with the Holy Ghost and fire; let Him do that'.

By God's ordination and commandment through John, baptism as a method as
well as a practice had been introduced to men.

Having been divinely instituted, water baptism has come to stay as the
official picture of what takes place in the real baptism it represents.
It is a visual aid to the understanding of the Baptism in the Spirit,
which is the Lord's method of giving eternal life to men and women
throughout this era. Established first as a type under John by water
during the last days of the passing Covenant, baptism was finally
established in reality under Jesus by the Spirit on the first day of the
New Covenant, namely the day of Pentecost. The new superseded the old.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/gw-north/behold-the-lamb-of-god/
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