Last week we saw how our Father God is worthy of all praise and honor for all eternity. After the spectacular scene in Revelation chapter 4, John was briefly saddened by what he saw next.
Revelation
5:1-7 Then I
saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on
both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud
voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals
and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on
earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open
the scroll or look inside. 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 at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living
creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
spirits of God sent out into all the earth.7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat
on the throne.
Only
triumphant Jesus, the Lamb slain for us, is worthy before God! No other human or angel was, or ever will be, worthy
before God.
None of us are holy or righteous. The only way we can
be seen as holy and righteous in God’s eyes is to believe in Jesus’ work on our
behalf (His death, resurrection and exaltation). Philippians 3:9…not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes
from God on the basis of faith.
So, will we one day be worthy, as well? I don’t think
so. Worthy means morally upright and fully deserving. We are seen as holy
and righteous before God because God has consecrated and justified us by His
grace and mercy through the blood of Jesus. However, we will never be fully
deserving. Only Jesus lived a perfect, holy and morally upright life. He then took
on the death we deserved and victoriously overcame death by rising from the
dead by His own power.
Only
triumphant Jesus is truly worthy! Let’s praise Him for His worthiness and all
that He did for you and me.
No comments:
Post a Comment