JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD

John 1:19-51

Key Verse: 1:29

* JOHN WITNESSES TO JESUS (19-34)

1. Why did the Jews send the priests and Levites to John? How did John answer the questions of the investigators? (19-21)

2. What did John finally say about himself? (22,23; Isa 40:3)

3. Why did they ask John another question? (24,25) How did he answer? (26,27) How did John minimize himself? Why did he do so? What do we learn from his answers?

4. John said, "Look, the Lamb of God!" What did he mean by "the Lamb of God"? (Ex 12:1-13) How does the Passover lamb point to Jesus the Lamb of God? (1Co 5:7b; Jer 11:19) What else did John say about Jesus? What does it mean? (29-34)

* WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAH (35-51)

5. Who were the first believers? What is the significance of Jesus' question, "What do you want?" and of Jesus' invitation, "Come and you will see"?

6. When they went with Jesus and spent time with him, how did they come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah? What does "Messiah" mean? What did Andrew do first? What hope did Jesus have for Simon?

7. How did Philip become a believer? Why was Nathanael doubtful? What changed his mind? What was his confession? Why is his confession similar to Andrew's?

8. What did Jesus say to Nathanael? Why did Nathanael come to believe? Review the confessions about Jesus. When we believe in Jesus, what kind of conclusion must we have about Jesus?