Behold, the Lamb of God

  [320 words] Sin has a way of demanding our attention. Whether it is a sin someone has committed against us or our falling prey to our own evil desires (James 1:14), sin has a way of becoming our focus. All sin is against God and carries with it the spiritual death sentence demanded by God’s holiness (Rom 6:23b; 7:11-12). This makes sin in our lives and in our world a truly important fact to be understood. We must let God’s word point out sin so that we are conscious of it (Rom 3:20). However, sin, regardless if it is committed by us or against us, should not be the thing we behold or fix our eyes upon. When we behold something, we fix our eyes, also our mind’s eye, upon it, so that it is becomes our focus. The problem is that we tend to gravitate toward our focus….