'Rightly Dividing the Word'
Mission of Jesus"
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"
The Word was made flesh so that Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, was crucified as the sinless and perfect Lamb of God for the remission of men's sins.
I Pet 1:18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Born as Sacrificial Lamb
Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Jesus was born amongst the animals (as a lamb). He was wrapped in swaddling cloths, which was used to prevent the sacrificial animal from getting blemishes. He was the perfect sacrificial Lamb without any blemish.
He was put in a manger as food (Bread of life and Word of God) for the animals (sheep). Jesus' word is the Word of Life, which every Christian must feed on
Mat 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"
Jesus the Sinless Jew
Having been circumcised on the eighth day, Jesus became a Jew. For a Jew to be sinless, he must keep the Mosaic Law. For Jesus to be sinless so that His precious blood can cleanse men's sins, He had to keep the Mosaic law and believe the prophets.
Under the Mosaic law are the moral and religious laws.
1. The Moral law
In the moral law, Jesus must not eat unclean food. He must not enter the homes of Gentiles nor eat with them. He must not commit sexual immorality nor worship idols. He must not cheat, deceive nor harm fellow Jews. (Please read the book of Deuteronomy)
Mat 10:5-6 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: " Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Since Jesus must not cause His disciples to sin, He and His disciples must not reach out to the Gentiles but only to the Jews only.
2. Religious law
Mat 8:4 And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
Jesus observed all the religious law. He kept the feasts and even sent the healed leper to the temple to offer the gift as commanded by Moses.
John 8:28 Then Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things."
Jesus was the sinless and perfect sacrificial Lamb of God. He did not sin because He kept the words of the Father. Likewise, Christians can overcome sin if they abide in the words of Jesus.
