Title: Code Word Part 1 BADDER-MEINHOF PHENOMENON WORDS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE OUR MINDS TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND TO GET OUR MINDS TO FOCUS IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION BEHOLD WE BECOME WHAT WE BEHOLD MANNERISMS A habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something. A distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech. YOU ACT JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER YOU ARE YOUR FATHER’S CHILD WHO ARE YOU BEHOLDING? WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? TO WHOM DOES YOUR LIFE POINT? WHAT ARE OTHERS SEEING? And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us… John 1:14 (NKJV) “Or if the offering that he brings as a sin offering is a lamb, he is to bring an unblemished female. He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.” Leviticus 4:32-33 (CSB) “Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He is to remove all its fat just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the fellowship sacrifice. The priest will burn it on the altar along with the fire offerings to the Lord.” Leviticus 4:34-35 (CSB) “In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.” Leviticus 4:35 (CSB) “For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.” Leviticus 17:11 (CSB) And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 (NKJV) This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” He didn’t deny it but confessed” “I am not the Messiah.” John 1:19-20 (CSB) “What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?” “I am not,” he said. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he answered. “Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?” John 1:21-22 (CSB) He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord - just as Isaiah the prophet said.” John 1:23 (CSB) Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?” “I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. He is the one coming after me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.” John 1:24-27 (CSB) EYES OFF ME, EYES ON HIM The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29 (ESV) For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Hebrews 10:4 (CSB) Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NASB) THE MORE TIME WE SPEND WITH GOD, THE MORE CLEARLY WE SEE GOD, WHICH MEANS THE MORE LIKE HIM WE BECOME AND THE MORE OUR LIVES POINT TO HIM For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:5-6 (CSB) WHEN WE BEHOLD JESUS, WE SHINE WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS MOST… JESUS