BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD,
which taketh away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

I AM the God that healeth thee
JESUS is my name
I have been with you through the fiery trials of life
as you have passed through all their flames

Thus do not be fearful or faithless
for all things are possible unto those who believe
Expect of me the impossible
and the impossible ye shall receive

For I AM He who hath known thee
even before the world that I made
And it is I who created and formed thee
for my own purpose, glory and praise

If you would only but see
I AM more real than thou ever hast known
And it is through my true shepherds I seek
to bring all of my straying lambs home

I AM the Light of the world
My name is Holy for I AM that I AM
And there is no devil, darkness or disease
that can resist my will or command

Thus fear thou not for I AM with thee
look not to the raging storms without or within
For I AM working all things to your good
yes, even the victory over your sins to win

So far beyond your every desire
so far above your most impossible dream
I AM your Fountain of Living Waters
and you have been chosen by Grace to know me.
© 1998 Raymond Bolton Pena

“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” Isaiah 53:1-12

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