Worthy of Worship

Breaking the Code
Worthy of Worship

I. Introduction

A. The Book of Revelation is all about perspective on life in this world.

B. The Book of Revelation lifts us out of ourselves—out of our world—out of our own situation—so we can see things the way sees things!

1. We discovered that God rules !

C. Revelation 5:1-10 (NLT)

1. “Was it it”?

2. I believe one day you and I will stand before the One we’ve served! And on that day, He will look you in the eye—and then you’ll !

3. You’ll know it was worth it because at the center of human history stands a “Lamb who was slain”—and He is !

D. Revelation 5:1 (NLT) Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. There was writing on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals.

1. God’s Will for this .

2. It’s God’s plan to set this world !

3. Whoever holds the “scroll” has the ability to fulfill God’s purpose for the human race!

4. John weeps for the of the human race!

E. Revelation 5:5 (NLT) “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

II. Why Is Jesus Worthy of Worship?

A. Because He was

1. Revelation 5:9a (NLT) And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered.”

2. Matthew 26:38a (NLT) “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death.”

3. Matthew 26:39b (NAS) “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me.”

4. The suffering of Jesus was about the spiritual agony of bearing upon Himself the of the entire world—your sin and my sin!

5. Jesus drained the “cup” of the Father’s wrath so could be free!

B. Because He us

1. Revelation 5:9 (NLT) And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.”

2. Mark 10:45 (NAS)  “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

3. Jesus died in our place—and our freedom for us!

4. I Peter 1:18-19 (NLT) ¹⁸For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. ¹⁹It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

C. Because He won the

1. Revelation 5:5 (NLT) But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

2. “Victory” – – “”

3. This was a sheep with an !

4. Revelation 5:11-12a (NLT) ¹¹Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders. ¹²And they sang in a mighty chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered.”

5. Revelation 5:13 (NLT) And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.”

III. Conclusion