Sunday Service (2)

Sunday Service: Who is Worthy?

(08-28-2022) Ptr. Lynard Molo

=Who is Worthy?=

*Revelation 5:1-9
"1 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.

+scroll: contains the judgement of God.
+sealed with seven seals: seven series of judgements; hold closed a scroll in heaven, and as each seal is broken,  a new judgement is released on the earth.

2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"

"Who is qualified to serve judgement?"

3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.

"If the scroll could not be opened then wickedness would not be judged and EVIL WOULD CONTINUE TO INFECT THE EARTH."

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."

+Lion: symbolizes powet, strength, and majesty

+Tribe of Judah: Kingly Tribe

"Jesus the Lion of the tribe of Judah is the King of all kings."

*Revelation 19:16
"16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

"Jesus has triumphed because He became the Lamb of God."

"Only Jesus is qualified to serve and perform judgement."

*John 5:22
"22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,"

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.

"The scars and mark of His brutal death remained in Him."

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.

+Golden bowls: High value and expensive metal
+Incense: Sweet aroma of the Lord
+Prayers of God's people: Preciousness of the prayers of the righteous

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.

*Isaiah 53:5-10
"5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.

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