The lamb of God Who Saves US, #98 Living in God's Rhyme

98, 10-8, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/6/2023)
                       
Today we are reading and discussing 3 poems about Jesus, the Lamb of God, what He has done for us and the blessings that we receive as we receive as we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, lived on the earth as one of us, a life without sin, took the sins of the world upon Himself, as called to by His Father, a death that was the final sacrifice God required for the forgiveness of man’s sins.  If we will believe we will receive everlasting life in Heaven with our Savior.
THE GATHERING LAMB
Page 110 God’s Rhyme


“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us 
has turned to our own way; and the Lord has 
laid on him the iniquity of us all.  Isaiah 53:6, NIV

The Lamb of God, with God before time,
perfect, as is God, in every way,
before the words were written in lines
Jesus, the unblemished Lamb was there.

Jesus and God, with the Holy Spirit,
indivisible, the Trinity;
so the Lamb of God is also God,
who saves our souls for eternity.

We, living on this earth, a herd of sheep,
we wander, are lost not knowing the cost,
not knowing, we cause a pain so deep
that God sent Jesus to find and save us.

An earthly shepherd has a special one,
one of the herd that seeks the wandering, 
those sheep that are lost, that have gone astray,
returning them home before the day is done.

Our Heavenly Master has sent His Son
to find the lost and to gather the strays,
to bring us home before the end of days.
The Lamb of God, a never ending search.

            Before we knew Him
            He knew who we were,
            He knew our thoughts,
He knew our prayers.

And He knew of our rebellion,
Before, He has always known.

Yet He loves us still
and He always will.
He sent His Son
to be the one
that would seek us out
even as we doubt.

He sent His Son to gather us in,
the unblemished Lamb, the Sacrifice,
to pay the price, to die for our sins
so that with God we are finally put right!
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Reflection:
The result of Bible study.  The lamb who gathers us in, who died for our sins.


Discussion:


THE LAMB OF GOD
Page 14, Living in Gods Rhyme


“Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, 
the root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open 
the scroll and its seven seals.”
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, 
standing at the center of the throne . . .
Revelation 5:5-6

As I sat reading of John’s vision
I felt as if I never fully understood
That for eternity God’s decision
Remains forever for my good.

Yes, I have read of the cruelty 
Of his beating on the way to the cross,
Of the agony of his death,
The death of God’s son.

The death of my condemnation.

I know that by God’s grace
I will be with him forever.
I know I will see his face
And feel his loving embrace.

But reading the words of what John saw,
Though they shouldn’t, they rub my wounds...