Jesus the Lamb of God, the Focus of Our Ministry

3rd Jan, 2010
Written By Rev. Law Hui Seng
Posted By Teresa Han

John 1:29-34
Main idea: Jesus, the centre of focus of your ministry
Objectives: a. To teach the significance of allowing Jesus to be the centre of focus of your ministry b. To preach so that the congregation will know how to let Jesus to be the centre of their life.

A. Introduction
- What/ who is the centre of focus of your life? Your ministry? As you you make disciples among your children; in Sunday School; MJYF; BB; GB; Small Groups. Why is it so crucial?
- I have been meditating a lot these recent years. I even meditate about why Methodist churches and other church denominations closed down one by one.
- We may give a lot of reasons but I strongly believe that it has to do with the word of God, the gospel, the right theology, that the church has not been faithfully teaching, preaching and spreading it.
- In our church today, we may have done a lot of activities, programes, and a lot of money is spent but we may not have the kind of impact like the events that unfold in the book of Acts.
- I am of the strong belief that if our programes and activities do not glorify Jesus; if there is no Jesus in our ministry; if Jesus is not the main motive our ministry; if Jesus is not the motivation of our life as a disciple, then, we miss the whole point in Christianity. As disciples of Jesus, we miss Jesus, we miss everything on earth.
- You miss Jesus in your life, in your ministry, you miss the sacredness of the church. The sacred power of God that He bestowed on the universal Church, you miss. You will not have power and you will not godly characters; you will not morality. The church of God definitely loses its power and impact in the society.
- As we drive toward Spreading scriptural holiness and transforming the nation, you why we must not miss Jesus as the centre of focus of our life and ministry?
- After reading today’s message, I strongly believe John the Baptist is not very certain of his role as making the way straight for Jesus, but he also knows the centre of focus of his ministry is Jesus, the Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. (verse 29)

B. Jesus is the centre of focus of John the Baptist’s ministry.
- Why John the Baptist regard Jesus as the centre of focus for his ministry?
- The answer is found in verse 29, he comes to take away the sins of the world.
- Do you believe human sin is the greatest problem of mankind? And Jesus can overcome it. The Lamb of God can overcome it. If not, he is not qualified to be our saviour. He cannot be centre of our focus.
- Let us see how John the Baptist let Jesus be the centre of his ministry.
- You see in verse verse 31 how he confessed that he baptized in order to reveal Jesus to Israel, so that Jews will know Jesus is the saviour sent by God.
- Brothers and sisters, when you function as a disciple of Jesus, when you serve, do you present Jesus to people? Is Jesus being made known to your audience? Are people attracted to Jesus because of you? Because of your prayers? Your encouragement? Your help? ETC.
- Also, John the Baptist supported his argument that Jesus was the Lamb of God, sent by God, because God has allowed him to witness the coming down of the Holy Spirit like a dove from heaven on Jesus and that is the sign, that Jesus, the Lamb of God will baptize with Holy Spirit, the son of God in verses 32 to 34.
- You can imagine how he allows Jesus, the Lamb of God, to be the centre of his focus in his life and ministry. He witnesses with his own eyes, the Holy Spirit like a dove came down on Jesus. That divine encounter makes him feel that Jesus was really the son of God, the saviour and He is worth to be regarded as the centre of his focus both for his life and ministry.

C. Applications.
- Why is Jesus the centre of focus of our ministry so important? From my explanation just now, you know you miss Jesus as your motive, your motivation, your centre of focus, you miss everything in Christianity. You miss the sacredness of Christianity; the personal relationship with God, in the person of Christ.
- How to let Jesus be the centre of focus of our ministry?
- a. Be Christ-liked and so His missions. In your daily life, whatever you want to do, always ask the question, what does Jesus desire me to do? Am I pleasing him or not? Am I like Him if I do this.
- b. Define everything in your life in Christ’s term. Do not be like the rest of the world in this new year. Do not define everything in terms of money, fame, status, pride, standard of living and material wealth Be transformed by the word of God today to measure everything in terms of Jesus. Ask yourself is this or that for Jesus. What will Jesus gain through you? Ask Jesus what is the price to be paid if you make certain decision.
- c. Be prepared to make sacrifice and love like Christ. I am most excited about this point because you get this right, you get the rest right. When you count the price to pay that Jesus desires you to pay, you know how much you love Jesus; how much you are like Jesus in terms of Christ.
- In all these applications, you find that Christ’s word for you is all in the bible.

D. Conclusion.
- Define your life in Christ’s term.