He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:11-12, 29
“The sacrifice envisaged is not restricted in its purpose or effectiveness to the Jewish race. This Lamb of God takes away the sins of the world—that is, of all human beings without distinction, though not, as the Prologue has already made clear (1:11-12) of all without exception. this is God’s provision: Jesus is the lamb of God.”
D.A. Carson in The Gospel according to John (PNTC; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991) 151.
The one thing the whole world needed is the one gift God gave the first Christmas: the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. That’s love! Jesus is God’s provision for all who receive Him. Know anyone to whom Christ has come who has not received Him.
Father in Heaven, thank you for sending Jesus to take away my sin, but not just mine alone. Show me the people in my life who have not yet received him. Give me the courage of John to urge people to “Look” to Jesus. Draw them to faith by your Holy Spirit, I pray. Amen