JESÚS ES El León y El Cordero

♪♪ Salud a la persona a tu lado, dile, ¿te ves bien hoy? ¿Te ves bien aquí en la iglesia? Muy bien. No sé si sabían que fuimos votados a nivel mundial como la iglesia más guapa del hemisferio oeste. Por todos ustedes, dense un aplauso, se lo merecen. Si eres nuevo aquí, mi nombre es Virgilio, soy pastor aquí en Iglesia Vertical y es una bendición tenerte gracias por venir a adorar con nosotros aquí en nuestra iglesia. Hay muchas buenas iglesias, pero el hecho de que hayas venido aquí significa mucho para nosotros. Siempre nuestras puertas están abiertas para ustedes. Hoy estamos concluyendo la serie Jesús es. Jesús es. ¿Algún cristiano trajo su Biblia a la iglesia? Siempre me gusta preguntar. A ver, cristiano con Biblia, eso, la palabra de Dios transformadora. Puedes abrir y poner un marcador en Apocalipsis 5. También puedes poner un marcador en Juan 1 y Filipenses 2. Apocalipsis 5, Juan 1, Filipenses 2. Tengo varios versículos en Mateo porque vamos a leer un poco acerca de Jesús, pero igual ahí pueden ir adelantando. El corazón de esta serie Jesús es. Hemos estado tocando lo que habla la Biblia acerca de quién es Jesús. Porque esta es una pregunta muy importante que todos tendremos que contestar, cada uno por nosotros mismos algún día. ¿Quién es o quién dices tú que es Jesús? Tu respuesta a esa pregunta es sumamente importante. La primera semana hablamos de Jesús es hijo de hombre, hijo de Dios. La semana pasada hablamos de que Jesús es salvador y Señor. El título del mensaje de hoy es Jesús es el león y el cordero. Dilo conmigo, Jesús es el león y el cordero. Vamos a orar. Señor, te invitamos a este momento, a este espacio ahora mismo. Habla a nuestras vidas, Espíritu Santo, ministra nuestros corazones. Permítenos, Señor, escuchar y que la buena semilla de tu palabra caiga en buena tierra,

en cada uno de nuestros corazones. Te lo pedimos en el nombre precioso de Jesús. Amén. Hoy es conocido como Domingo de Ramos. Es un día especial en el calendario cristiano. Un día lleno de movimiento, celebración y expectativa. Es el día en el cual recordamos cuando Jesús entró a Jerusalén montado en una Harley Davidson. No, no, no. Montado en un burro. Mientras las multitudes, las personas en Jerusalén estaban moviendo y batiendo las palmas y declarando fuertemente ¡Hosanna! ¡Hosanna! Que quiere decir, ¡sálvanos, Señor! ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor! Cantaban. Para ellos este era un momento muy emocionante. Era un momento de esperanza. Un momento lleno de expectativa acerca de quién Jesús es y lo que Jesús vino a hacer. Pero esto es lo interesante. No todos en esa multitud veían a Jesús de la misma manera. Algunos, cuando veían a Jesús, veían a un libertador político. Alguien que vendría a derrotar al imperio romano y ser el líder de Israel. Otros le veían como un hombre trabajador de milagros. Como alguien que sanaba a los enfermos y alimentaba a los hambrientos. Otros le veían como un maestro. Un rabino con sabiduría y autoridad. Mientras que otros veían a Jesús como una amenaza. Una amenaza a su liderazgo o su religión. Diferentes perspectivas. Diferentes expectativas. Diferentes entendimientos acerca de quién es Jesús y cómo Jesús actuaría. Y si somos honestos, aún en el día de hoy,

todavía hay perspectivas variantes acerca de quién es Jesús y cómo es Jesús. Algunos ven a Jesús principalmente como gentil, amable y lleno de compasión. Cuando ven a Jesús se imaginan a alguien ayudando al herido, perdonando al pecador y abrazando al quebrantado. Porque ven a Jesús como cordero. Otros ven a Jesús como fuerte, autoridad, poderoso, confrontando la injusticia y parándose firme por la verdad. Estos ven a Jesús como león. Pero lo que muchas personas no se dan cuenta, y lo que no se dieron cuenta muchos ese domingo de Ramos, that maybe you didn't understand, is that that day, entering Jerusalem on that donkey, it wasn't just a lamb and it wasn't just a lion. It was one that was both, a lion and a lamb. One that was entering Jerusalem that day, that had supreme authority over the universe, and at the same time, it exemplified humility perfectly. One that had the power to command the sky, however, it chose the posture of a servant. One that not only came to offer us victory in life, but also forgiveness and salvation in our hearts. Many people, in those times, and even in these times, try to define Jesus on one side of his nature, and some prefer the lion, strong, victorious, conqueror. Others prefer Jesus, lamb, gentle, merciful, forgiver. The good news for all of us here today, is that we don't have to choose, because the scriptures are clear that Jesus is not a lion or a lamb, Jesus is a lion and a lamb. Let's go to Revelation chapter 5.

I want us to read a portion of the Bible that shows us these two at the same time, in the same scene. Juan, who writes Revelation, receives a vision and revelation from God, and he writes this book of Revelation, Revelation 5, verse 5. He says, But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, Stop crying! Look, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to the throne of David, has won the victory. He is worthy of opening the scroll and its seven seals. So, I imagine there you are going to see the lion, right? But Juan says, I saw a lamb, who seemed to have been sacrificed, but now he was standing between the throne and the four living beings, and among the twenty-four elders he had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven aspects of the Spirit of God, which is sent to all parts of the earth. Okay, let's stop there. We see here, in this portion of Revelation, that Jesus refers to himself as the lion of the tribe of Judah, but at the same time he is the lamb that was immolated by us. Now, if you focus on Jesus only as a lamb, you will see him as a loving Jesus, a Jesus of compassion, a patient Jesus, but that perspective can also lead you to see him as a shy Jesus, a weak Jesus, a fragile Jesus. But if you focus on Jesus only as a lion, you will see him as a strong Jesus, a brave Jesus, a firm Jesus, but this perspective alone may lead you to see him as an arrogant Jesus, an aggressive Jesus, a rough Jesus. Now, this is the reason why,

if you want to have a correct and complete image of who Jesus is, you have to know that Jesus is both a lion and a lamb. He is full of compassion and he is totally brave. And when you read the Gospels, they present Jesus in different ways, in different moments. In some moments of the Gospels, we see Jesus acting as a lamb. In others, we see Jesus acting as a lion. And in life, practically speaking, there are moments in your life when you will need Jesus, the lion, to be with you. And there will be moments in your life and in your family when you will need Jesus, the lamb, to be with you. Let's go to John 1. I want us to see a very important statement that John the Baptist makes when he sees, in a moment, that Jesus is approaching him while he is preaching, ministering, repenting, and baptizing. John 1.29 says, The next day, John saw that Jesus was approaching him and said, Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. A prophetic statement, a very important statement about how Jesus is the Lamb of God. Throughout the Bible, we see many examples and verses that speak to us of the lion because the lion has a presence. Proverbs 30.30 says, The lion, king of animals, that does not retreat from anything. There is a description of a lion that is firm, that is authoritative. and does not go back. Remember today Jesus is a lamb and Jesus is a lion and not only the lion of the jungle, the king of the jungle is the king of kings and lord of lords. Some contrasts, the lambs are herbivores, the lions are carnivores, the lambs live in herds, the lions live in herds, the lambs are tame, calm, peaceful, that's how animals are, that's why when your son

can't sleep at night you tell him to close his eyes and count sheep, I don't think you're a father or mother who said son close your eyes and count lions, if you don't you'll be awake for a while longer. The lions are strong, aggressive, indomitable, imposing, that's why they are known as the lion, as the king of the jungle. Now, many people filter Jesus according to how they are in life, because there are people who are naturally more of a lamb, there are people who are naturally more of a lion, but remember Jesus is both, Jesus is a lion and he is a lamb. Here I give you a point, if you are taking notes, write this, if you are not taking notes, write it too. A Christian who wants to be more like Jesus must learn to be like a lamb and must learn to be like a lion. There will be moments in your life where you will have to learn to be like and react like Jesus the lamb and there will be moments in your life where you will have to learn to act and react and respond like Jesus the lion. This is called wisdom. Wisdom is knowing when and how to act like a lamb and when and how to act like a lion. And I want to show you some comparisons of the lion and the lamb in the life of Jesus so that we can learn this, process it and take a special moment towards the end of this service. Number one, Jesus is the lion with authority and the lamb with humility. It is a dichotomy that seems to be contradictory, however it is perfectly complementary. Now, in Matthew 28, verse 18, here on the screen, Jesus came and said to his disciples, I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Pause. How much authority? All of it. Jesus was given all authority. We can agree, right? I don't know if anyone here has been in the presence of a lion, but I have friends who live in South Africa, in different parts of the world, where they have had the reality that there are wild lions not far away in the distance. When you hear the roar of a lion, let me assure you that that roar carries an authority. There is no one who is going to interfere. There is no one who is going to question a roaring lion. Why? Because a lion, when it roars, shows complete authority. The interesting thing is that when we read the Gospels and study the life of Jesus, we see that Jesus spoke and demons trembled.

This is Jesus the lion. Jesus spoke and storms calmed. Jesus spoke and the disease fled. Why? Because Jesus is the lion with authority. Now, Philippians 2. I want us to see this biblical passage that gives us the other side of the coin. It gives us a perspective of Jesus that is impressive. Philippians 2, verse 6 says, Although Jesus was God, he did not consider that being equal to God was something to cling to. Instead, he renounced his divine privileges, adopted the humble position of a slave, and was born as a human being. When he appeared in the form of a man, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died on a cross as the criminals died. Incredible. Even when we think of the Sunday of Rames and read the story, the king of the universe enters Jerusalem not mounted on a war horse, mounted on a donkey. Because the true leaders are not only to command, but to serve. Here is a line. His power commands in heaven and his humility wins hearts. I thank God for this combination. Su poder manda, todo el universo, su humildad ha ganado mi corazón. Punto número dos, otra comparación. Jesús es cordero para consolar y león para confrontar. En Mateo 9.36 dice, cuando vio a las multitudes, les tuvo compasión porque estaban confundidas y desamparadas como ovejas sin pastor. Saben, Jesús es un cordero que consuela a los que están heridos, oprimidos, rechazados. Jesús es un cordero cuando se trata de mostrar consuelo, compasión, misericordia y gracia. Sin embargo, nunca vas a ver a un león, nunca vas a ver un documental de un león aconsejando a una gacela. Nunca vas a encontrar un video de un león demostrando compasión a una gacela herida, ayudándole a cazar. Pero por el hecho de que Jesús es cordero, tú y yo podemos acercarnos a su presencia en confianza, confiando que no nos va a devorar, sino más bien sabiendo que él nos va a consolar, nos va a aconsejar, sabiendo que él nos va a extender su misericordia y su gracia aún cuando no lo merecemos.

Si tú quieres ser más como Jesús, de la misma manera tú tienes que tratar a personas con gracia y con misericordia. Debemos ayudar a las personas y demostrarles compasión. Debemos tratar al prójimo no con agresión, sino con amabilidad, porque esta es la manera que los modeló Jesús. Jesús es ambos, león y cordero, cordero y león. Y debemos aprender que en la vida habrán momentos en nuestras vidas donde tenemos que ser cordero, pero también habrá momentos donde tenemos que ser león. Ahora miren esta escena, Mateo capítulo 23, versículo 25, uno de esos encontrones de Jesús con los líderes religiosos de esos tiempos, dice. ¿Qué aflicción les espera, maestros de la ley religiosa y fariseos, hipócritas? Pues se cuidan de limpiar la parte exterior de la taza y del plato, pero ustedes están sucios por dentro, llenos de avaricia y se permiten todo tipo de excesos. ¡Fariseo ciego! Primero, lava el interior de la taza y del plato y entonces el exterior también quedará limpio. ¿Pueden escuchar al león en la voz de Jesús ahí? Aquí está Jesús en acción como león cuando se trataba de confrontar. ¿A quién confrontó Jesús? Pues Jesús confrontaba a los hipócritas, a los, en este caso, fariseos, líderes religiosos, orgullosos. Los fariseos conocían muchas escrituras, pero tenían poco amor. Conocían mucha doctrina, pero expresaban poca fe. Sabían mucho, pero aplicaban poco. Los fariseos, los líderes religiosos del tiempo, creían que ellos eran los amos absolutos de la verdad y criticaban, perseguían y condenaban a cualquiera que pensara diferente a ellos. Jesús fue un león que vino a confrontar a estas personas. En algunos casos les llamó sepulcros blanqueados, generación de víboras, guías ciegos. Desafortunadamente, hoy en día todavía siguen habiendo fariseos. Personas que tienen mucho orgullo en sí mismas porque conocen tanta palabra y tanta doctrina,

sin embargo, no parece estar evidente que lo conocen. Personas que conocen tanto, hasta lo tienen memorizado, sin embargo, no hay ni una gota de gracia, misericordia o amor. Son los que combaten, argumentan y debaten para siempre tener la razón y si no estás de acuerdo con ellos, pues te condenan y te critican. Aún en las redes sociales tengan cuidado y en YouTube, lo único que hacen es sembrar juicio, odio y condenación y siempre están criticando al otro en vez de criticar a Cristo. Cuidado con la gente que sabe tanto, tanto, tanto, que no predican a nada sino condenar y criticar. Ahora, ¿qué aprendemos nosotros cuando miramos el Evangelio, cuando miramos las enseñanzas de Jesús? Que sí tenemos que confrontar, pero ¿saben quién es el primero que debemos confrontar? A nosotros mismos. Antes de salir como policías religiosos, confrontando a los demás, debemos confrontarnos mirándonos en el espejo, evaluando en nuestras propias vidas y determinando, ¿habrá orgullo en mí? ¿Habrá religiosidad en mí? ¿Habrá legalismo en mí? ¿Habrá hipocresía en mí? Porque hay muchos que son expertos para identificar la pajita en los ojos de los demás, pero son ciegos a la viga que tienen en su propio ojo. Hay muchos que les gusta mirar con telescopio sus flaquezas, pero mirar con microscopio las flaquezas de otros. Entonces, examinemos nuestras propias vidas, confrontémonos a nosotros mismos para ver cómo podemos cambiar, cómo podemos mejorar, cómo podemos crecer espiritualmente. Muchos cristianos. Unfortunately, sometimes they move from God's relationship to God's religion. They move from a place of love and grace to a place of rules and religiosity. The Bible is clear when it says, without faith it is impossible to please God.

It doesn't say without rules. Without faith. Here's a point. Jesus is not impressed by how much you know about the Bible. Jesus is impressed by how much you live from the Bible. How much would you like to send that message to some people you know? I include myself. And all of us who want to send that message to others, we have to send it to ourselves as well. Did you know that you can send a text to yourself? Did you know that? I do it every now and then. Jesus is not impressed by how much we know. He is impressed by how much we live from what we have learned from his word. Number three. Jesus is a lamb to serve and a lion to defend. Matthew 20, verse 26. He makes an interesting statement to his disciples. He says, But among you, boys, it will be different, not like in the world. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be a servant, and whoever wants to be the first among you must become a slave. For not even the Son of Man came to serve you, but to serve others and to give his life in rescue for many. I want you to think about this for a moment. Jesus came from reigning in heaven to serve on earth. Think about this. Jesus was worshiped by the angels in heaven and came to serve the sinners on earth. Wow!

To serve those who would someday betray him. And by this fact, we can say that the King of the universe became the servant of all. Jesus came to change the order. Jesus came to model a new way of living called the kingdom of God. He came to change absolutely everything. Because before that, the way of the world is, well, the leader is the one who is served by everyone else. But now, under the kingdom of Jesus, he says, whoever wants to be great among you must be the servant. Whoever wants to be the leader must be the slave. And this is good news. Why? Because this means that all of us can be leaders and be great in the kingdom. Why? Because we can all serve others. When you and I serve, we look more like Jesus. This is one of the most impressive attributes of Jesus, that being a king, he became a servant. Being a lion, he became a lamb. Being worshiped by angels, he became a servant of sinners. Now, let's look at the other side. Matthew 19, verse 13. Matthew 19, verse 13 says, One day some parents took their children to Jesus so that he would put his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples shouted and scolded the parents for bothering Jesus. But Jesus said to them, Let the children come to me, do not stop them. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to those who are like these children. So he put his hands on their heads and blessed them before they left. Jesus was a lamb when it came to serving, but Jesus is a lion when it comes to defending. Here we see parents coming with their children looking for Jesus. And we notice that if families and small children are looking for and attracted to Jesus, it is because they see Jesus as a lamb.

Because no one will come close to a lion. However, Jesus was a lion when it came to defending the innocent and the little ones. So, in this scene, the disciples show themselves as lions to the parents and the children, shouting at them, telling them not to bother Jesus, while Jesus immediately stands up as a lion to defend the children, and says, Do not stop them, let them come to me. Because when it comes to defending, Jesus is a lion. And if you are a son of God, believe it, that when you are in adversity, when you are in difficult times, when the enemy is attacking you, Jesus is a lion that defends you and is with you. Can someone say Amen? Amen. Number four. Jesus is the lion that protects and the lamb that saves. Thank you for one and a half Amen. One and a half Amen. I will try it again. Jesus is the lion that protects and the lamb that saves. Alba, amen, he is the lion protector. Revelation says he is the lion of the tribe of Judah. What does a lion do? A lion defends his territory. A lion defends his herd and his family. The scriptures show us a Jesus who always defended his people and defended those who were defenseless. It says he is our refuge and our strength. It says he strengthens us and he protects us. Just like a father or a mother takes care of his baby. If there is a threat, he stands up right away and defends in the same way. Jesus is a lion that protects.

And also Jesus is a lamb that saves. What did John the Baptist say when he saw him? He is here, the lamb of God, which is what? Which takes away the sin of the world. Why did John the Baptist say that to Jesus? Because Jesus had white hair and looked like a sheep? No, no, no, no, no, no. Because John knew what Jesus was and what he was coming to do. He knew that he truly was the last lamb that was going to have to be sacrificed for our sins. Notice that the sheep does not defend by force. The sheep saves by sacrifice. It's sacrificial. That's why Isaiah says that like a sheep to the slaughterer was Jesus to the cross. In our houses we can have security systems that protect the house and we can have insurance that restores what is lost, but with Jesus we have both. We have security and we have insurance. I'll give you a line. The lion fights for us, the lamb dies for us. The lion fights for us, the lamb dies for us. Someone can say, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus, lion, for fighting for me. Thank you, Jesus, lamb, for dying for me. And number five, last comparison before something special. Jesus is the lion that brings victory and the lamb that brings forgiveness.

The lion that brings victory. In Revelation 5 it says the victorious lion that has triumphed. What has Jesus overcome? What has Jesus overcome? Jesus has overcome sin. Jesus has overcome death. Jesus has overcome hell. Jesus has overcome the grave. That is the power of a victorious lion. But it is also the lamb that brings forgiveness. Someone say amen. In him we have redemption for his blood, says the word. In him we have forgiveness of sins. You can win the war to obtain victory or you can sign a peace treaty to bring restoration. Jesus did both. He conquered sin and he forgave sinners. Here I give you a line. Victory gives us strength. Forgiveness gives us freedom. Glory to God, freedom. Now, all of this is important, especially on a day like today where we celebrate and remember Sunday of Rames. You can read about the triumphant entry of Jesus to Jerusalem in Matthew chapter 21. You can read it in detail. It would be nice to read this afternoon, Matthew 21, when he entered triumphantly to Jerusalem on the donkey and people were screaming, singing and calling,

Hosanna, Hosanna, which means save us, Lord. In other words, they were seeing him as a savior. This was significant. The palms and the branches were moving him, beating, declaring with much joy and with much joy, but what they did not recognize at that moment, they were welcoming what they saw as the king, for them, a great victor. However, on that donkey did not come only the lion, but came the Lamb of God, the Lamb of God. Now, interestingly, in this time that we are reading and in this time of ours now, is the time when the Jewish people prepare for Easter, the Passover, Passover. And it's interesting because if you read in the book of Exodus, that's where it all started. Okay, let's understand why Easter exists and why the Passover and how everything points to Jesus. Look how interesting. If you don't know the story, for a period of time, the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt. What were they? Slaves in Egypt. They were there for hundreds of years. There comes a time when the cries of the Israelites reach God and God says, I'm going to raise a liberator and calls a man named Moses. He says, Moses, go to Pharaoh and tell Pharaoh,

let my people go. And Moses says, but I can't. Because we all look for excuses not to do what God calls us to do sometimes. So God tells Moses to go to Pharaoh and Moses says, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, my God says, let my people go. What does Pharaoh say? No. Now, here's the story. Every time Pharaoh says no, God sends a plague to Egypt. Notice, every time Pharaoh says no, God sends a different plague to Egypt, a horrible plague that affects the Egyptians. The second time, let my people go. No. Second plague. Third plague. Until we get to the last plague. Interestingly, the last plague was, nobody knew, but it was the death of the firstborn. In other words, the angel of death was going to pass over the whole house in Egypt and bring death to less than one thing. What was the thing? Well, God taught all the Israelites that they had to prepare for Easter. And days before the celebration of Easter, they had to choose a specific day of the month and year to a lamb. A lamb, clean, pure, without stain, untouchable, according to the law, according to the instructions. They had to take it home, as if it were their pet, and live with them at home for a couple of days. And on a certain day, according to the law, they had to kill or sacrifice that lamb, because that meat was going to be part of the Passover meal, but they had to take the blood of the lamb and put it on the windows of the door. What did they put on the windows of the door? The blood of the lamb. And the sign for the angel, or the spirit of death, that came over the house that night, if he saw the blood of the lamb on the windows of the door, the angel of death would pass over. In English, Passover. That's why it's called Passover. Any house that didn't have the blood of the lamb on the doors, the firstborn of the house died. And that night there was death in Egypt of both children and animals of all the firstborns. But the Israelites, who followed the instructions of Passover, were saved. The firstborn was saved. Why were they saved? Well, they were not saved by their strength, they were not saved by their social status, they were not saved by their position or how much money they had. They were saved by the blood of the lamb on the doors of their house. Now, let's go ahead, let's go ahead. John the Baptist sees Jesus and what does he say? Here is the Lamb of God.

What? Now we understand that Jesus is our Lamb of the Passover. And anyone who has the blood of the Lamb of Jesus on the windows of his heart will not die, but will receive eternal life, life, salvation and forgiveness of sins. How tremendous to realize that Jesus is our Lamb of the Passover. He was the last necessary sacrifice and his blood was enough to forgive all our past, present and future sins of all humanity. So, that Sunday of Rames began the week that eventually ended that week with the cross. Jesus entered Jerusalem not to sit on a throne, but to hang on a cross. Not to physically destroy enemies, but to spiritually destroy sin. So, we see the power and strength of the Lamb, but here we see the love of the Lamb. With that said, I want you to take out your elements of Holy Supper, the glass. We are going to participate together in Holy Supper. I want to point out that if you are not a believer in Jesus Christ, if you have not received Jesus as Savior of your life, it really does not make sense to participate in Holy Supper. And there is no problem. We have had people who have not done it because maybe you are curious and you are looking, you want to know more about Jesus and that is fine, but if you have not yet accepted Jesus, really taking Holy Supper would be counterproductive, it does not make any sense. And it is fine if you just listen and process what we are sharing. If you have received Jesus, I invite you to participate. That is why we do not do this so much on Sundays, because on Sundays we have many guests and many people who are not believers. But we offer Holy Supper every Saturday in prayer from 9 to 10 and every Wednesday in prayer from 6 to 7. For those who say, for me it is important to participate in Holy Supper in family, in congregation, you can do it on Saturdays from 9 to 10 or on Wednesdays from 6 to 7. So, right now I want us to remember the Lamb, not only symbolically, but personally. And whenever we participate in Holy Supper, it is an opportunity to evaluate. our lives, to evaluate our words, our relationships, our relationship with God. It's an opportunity to recognize in which areas we have failed, to confess that to God vertically and to ask for forgiveness.

And it's also good to evaluate our horizontal relationships with people and to consider if there will be someone to whom I should ask for forgiveness, if there will be someone to whom I should forgive, even if they don't ask for forgiveness. Because God wants us to be healthy vertically, our relationship with him, which is the vertical aspect of the cross, and also healthy and healthy horizontally, which is the horizontal aspect of the cross with others in our lives. So, I want you to reflect on that lion that fought for you and on that lamb that died for you. Close your eyes for a moment. And right now, I want you to consider and think about the fact that Jesus loved you so much that when it was time for you to be judged and crucified, he said, no, I take his place. And Jesus took your place and my place. Think about that wood. Think about those nails. Think about that crown of thorns. Think about the price he paid for you. This is a good time to ask the Lord for forgiveness for anything we should ask for forgiveness for anything we should ask for forgiveness. And align the things in our lives. 1 Corinthians 11, verse 23, Paul writes, I received from the Lord the same thing I have taught you, that the night he was delivered, the Lord Jesus took bread and after giving thanks, he broke it and said, take and eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in my memory. You can open the bottom of the cup where the bread is. You can take out the bread. This bread is a symbol of the body of Christ that was broken for us, ground for us. Everything he went through, everything he suffered, was supposed to be for us, but he took our place. I want you to lift it up and repeat after me. Thank you Jesus for giving your body to pay for my sins.

Today I remember your sacrifice. I value it. I will never forget it. Thank you Jesus for taking my place, for loving me. You did it in love with me. Let's eat. Likewise, after dinner he took the cup and said, this cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this every time you drink it in my memory. You can open the glass with the juice. This juice is a symbol of the blood of Jesus. We understand that without the shedding of blood there can be no forgiveness of sins. Jesus was the last lamb that was sacrificed. His blood was enough to forgive our sins. Hold this cup and say with me, thank you Jesus for shedding your precious blood. For loving me. Today I remember your sacrifice. I value it. I will never forget the price you paid. Thank you for shedding your blood. For loving me. Drink. Say with me, thank you Jesus. You are the lion that protects me and the lamb that saves me. You can now take it out. A cruz y pueden poner el vasito dentro de la bolsita y al final del servicio podrán descartarlo a la salida. Ahora toma la cruz, una cruz pequeña, de hecho está hecha de palma, de ramos, de palma. Quiero que la sostengas por un momento, siéntela, tócala. Esta cruz pequeña representa el acto de amor más grande en la historia de la humanidad.

Acabamos de tomar Santa Cena recordando que su cuerpo fue partido y su sangre fue derramada por nosotros y ahora tomamos unos momentos para reflexionar de manera personal y de manera intencional en la cruz de Jesús. Hemos sido recordados hoy que Jesús es el león y Jesús es el cordero. El león que tiene toda autoridad, el león que pelea por ti, el león que conquista la muerte, el infierno, la tumba, pero también el cordero, el cordero que se entregó por ti, el cordero que fue tu sustituto en la cruz del Calvario. Jesús no murió por sus pecados, Él nunca pecó. Jesús murió por nuestros pecados. Cada clavo, cada golpe, cada herida, cada gota de sangre fueron el precio que Él pagó para que las promesas de Dios fueran soltadas en nuestras vidas. Por el cordero hay salvación. Por el cordero hay perdón. Por el cordero hay sanidad, misericordia, gracia, paz, restauración, vida eterna. Y durante estos próximos minutos, mientras el equipo de alabanza nos guía en una canción que dice todo debo a Él, quiero que reflexiones cuidadosamente y personalmente y le preguntes al Señor, Señor, ¿cuáles promesas aseguraste para mí en la cruz? Y a medida que vienen algunas de estas palabras, que para algunos quizás es salvación, para algunos perdón, para algunos libertad, otros sanidad, no sé cuál es esa promesa o esas promesas que has recibido o que deseas recibir, pero te invito a que durante estos minutos de esta canción, con un lapicero escribas en esta cruz algunas de esas palabras que vienen a tu corazón. Puedes usar los dos lados como un recordatorio de que el cordero pagó el precio para que el león soltara la promesa y esta cruz servirá como un testimonio y un recordatorio de lo que Jesús hizo en la cruz del Calvario. Así que toma tu cruz, reflexiona unos momentos y a medida que esas palabras vienen a tu mente, escríbelas en la cruz mientras cantamos esta canción. Hijo de Vilayane, todo cuanto has menesté, todo dejo a él, pues ya lo pagó. De las panchas del becán, cual nieve me lavó. Nada bueno hay en mí, tu gracia buscaré.

En la sangre de Jesús, mis pecados lavaré. Todo, todo dejo a él, pues ya lo pagó. De las panchas del becán, cual nieve me lavó. Todo dejo a él, pues ya lo pagó. En las manchas del pecado, ¿Cuál nieve me lavó? Oh, ¿Cuál nieve me lavó? Oh, ¿Cuál nieve me lavó? Gracias, Señor Alabar que el precio pagó Sobre la muerte él venció Alabar que el precio pagó Sobre la muerte él venció Alabar que el precio pagó Sobre la muerte él venció Alabar que el precio pagó Sobre la muerte él venció Te alabo, te alabo Te alabo, te alabo Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró En las manchas del pecado, ¿Cuál nieve me lavó? Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró En las manchas del pecado, ¿Cuál nieve me lavó? Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Todo de guay Pues ya lo paró Gracias, Jesús, por el precio que pagaste.

Estamos eternamente agradecidos. En el nombre precioso de Jesús oramos. Amén, amén, amén.