Only The Lamb Is Worthy

Jesus is exceedingly worthy because He is our creator, but He is also exceedingly worthy because of…

Calvary. Rev 5:6-7 And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. [7] And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

It was the Lamb, the sanctified Lamb who was able to come to the throne and take the scroll. He is able to take the book because He alone was the Passover Lamb who shed His blood for our sins. The perfect and sinless Lamb of God who freed mankind from the guilt and penalty of sin.

But that’s not all. He died for our sins, but He also rose from the dead. He is the resurrected Lamb who is alive and “standing” who also looks as “if slain.” In other words, He still bears the marks of Calvary. The marks from the scourge, the nail prints, the spear thrust—He still bears the marks of our redemption in His body throughout eternity as a constant reminder to all who have eternal life that their redemption came at an enormous cost.

Jesus is exceedingly worthy because of creation, calvary, and …

Conquest. Rev 5:5 and one of the elders *said to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals."

He overcame. He prevailed. The word used here for “overcome” is “nikao” which means to conquer, vanquish, subdue, to be victorious! The Lion, who was a Lamb, was victorious. He conquered. He prevailed. He brought about the death of death. It had its stranglehold on us for generation after generation. From the Garden to the moment you believed unto salvation, the fear of death has had its boney, scraggly claws in a death grip on your throat. But because the Lamb prevailed, the conquest was complete.

Jesus is exclusively worthy. He is exceedingly worthy. And finally…

III. Jesus is Eternally Worthy

Rev 5:8-9 When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. [9] And they *sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Rev 5:12-14 …"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing." [13] And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever." [14] And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped.

Jesus is eternally worthy, worthy of praise and worship because He was slain, and rose. He purchased mankind from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation with His own blood. And so, every created thing in heaven or earth declares Rev 5:12b “…to Him who sits on the throne, and the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever!”