Do you see these little lambs skipping so merrily about? Lambs and sheep are most gentle creatures. They would not harm anyone.
In John 1:36 Jesus is called the “Lamb of God.” Because the lamb is such a meek and gentle creature, it was a suitable type of the meek and lowly Jesus, who offered Himself as a lamb to God for your sins and mine. In Isaiah 53:7 we are told,
“He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.”
Just as a sheep is so quiet when being led away to be killed, or when the shearers are cutting its wool, so Jesus went into death and endured the most terrible suffering without drawing back—without murmuring. And all this, dear reader, for you, that you might not suffer the deserved punishment of your sins. Do you love Him in return for such great love?
“REDEEMED WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS OF A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT.” 1 Pet. 1:18, 19.
ML 10/25/1936