Jesus Came To Takeaway Sins - Psalms 30-32

Psalms 32:5 (ESV)

I acknowledged my sin to you,

and I did not cover my iniquity;

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

John 1:29 (ESV)

Behold, the Lamb of God

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:35-36 (ESV)

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”  

Jesus came to take away the sins of the world.   David, in Psalm 32:5 states the same thing.   He may not have had the theology all  down exactly right, but he knows the truth that he is a sinner and there is nothing he, alone, can do about it.  He needs God to intervene.    He knows he must confess his sin before God.  He knows if he acknowledges the sin in his life and asks God to forgive him for the sin, God will forgive.   All this without the benefit of John the Baptist’s testimony.   John the Baptist simply declares boldly that Jesus came to take away mankind’s sin.   That is the message of the Gospel. That is the reason that Jesus was sent.   Mankind likes to do a lot of things to clear his consciousness of sin: 

1.  He likes to drone it in pleasure so he does not have to think about it.  

2. He likes to work it off by doing acts of kindness to balance the scales.  

3. He likes to sit around and talk about it and state out loud promises that he will never do it again.  

4. He likes to nullify it with reasoning.  

5. He likes to deny it and declare all things are relative. 

6.  He likes to change its meaning so what was sin is not longer sin but rather a personal option.  

7.  He likes to create religious practices and systems that allow him to dictate the forgiveness of sins on his own terms.  

But, the truth is, only God can forgive sins.  Jesus came to take away the sins of the world.   David knew it in his day.  We know it in our day because the Gospels tell us Jesus came to take away our sins.  

1 John 1:9 (ESV)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.