The Psychology of the Lamb of God

In Genesis 3:15, God predicted the defeat of Satan before it happened many years later.

God said to the Serpent, ‘The seed of the woman shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel.’

The New Living Translation reads, ‘he shall crush your head and you will strike at his heel.’

The word ‘Bruise’ as used in the text means to overwhelm, to snap and to break.

God’s Methodology

John the Baptist introduced Jesus Christ, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Ever wonder why God uses a lamb as his representative? First thing people think about when they see a lamb is helplessness, dependency, and defenselessness. Nobody chose a lamb that is trying to communicate an image of power.

But God chooses time and time again to confound his enemies by choosing weak things. He used things like lice, frogs, and blood to defeat the Egyptians. He drew the Pharaoh’s army to the Red Sea, while he prepared an escape plan for the Israelites. Israel went over on dry ground. God lifted the restraining wall, allowing the enemy to pursue them. Then drowned Pharaoh’s army in the Red Sea.

Why did he choose the crucifixion?

He lured Satan into his trap. 1 Corinthian 1:7

“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:”

God has a glorious, excellent plan that He has chosen to hide. Why?

“Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

The leaders of this world system, both spiritual and natural, focus on images of power, education, riches, and glory. God looks at the heart.

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”

But God

“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep of God.” 1 Corinthians  2:10

We have received the Spirit of God that we might know the things that are freely given to us (1 Corinthians 2:12)

These promises would have no frame of reference unless they could be found in the beginning of the Bible. The Blessings of God were freely given to us on the Seventh Day of creation. Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

God had previously planned a whole millennium to lavish his generosity on us. He told Adam to eat freely. Although Adam sold out to the Serpent, God never walked away from his plans, Revelation 21:6, 22:17

The Trap

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

“BUT God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.” 1 Corinthians 1:27-29

How not to become a victim of the trap

So many of God’s people look to the government for justice and provision. Our congressmen and senators project the image of authority, as if they have the power to determine our future.

You have to remember, Satan is the prince of this world; he is the god of this world. His people think and act like him. Jesus called them the children of the wicked one. The so-called real world will deny poor people food as a political strategy.

1 Corinthians 3:18-19

“Let no man deceive himself, if any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”

All things are yours

“Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours.” 1 Corinthians 3:21

Many of God’s people have never fully understood their rights as children of God.