SCRIPTURE: Revelation (NIV) 5:5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9 And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
OBSERVATION:. The Lamb, Jesus, was worthy of worship and praise because He is almighty God. He is our creator, and we should honor Him because we all come from Him. He is the reason we are here.
Yet in Heaven there was a specific reason for worship. He was the only one worthy to open the seal of the scroll. He was worthy BECAUSE of what He had accomplished on His earth assignment! He had completed His assigned task successfully! He was born into a sinful world, yet He had not yielded to temptation! He died as though He was guilty, yet He was totally innocent. His blood was not needed to pay for His sins, so it could be accepted as payment in full for those who confess their sins and receive Him as their Lord!
APPLICATION: Believing the above to be true, I pray…
PRAYER: Jesus, I accept your death as the payment for my sins. Forgive me and make me clean. I confess you as Lord of my life. May my life honor you. Amen
Pastor Leon
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