You Are Worthy ~ A Resurrection Concert

       Having just come through Holy Week and with my heart centered on Jesus’ death and resurrection, I’ve thought much about the amount of love and sacrifice the Savior made for us. I venture to say I’m more in awe of it with each passing year.

        I’ve also contemplated how a thought about ourselves might mar something God wants us to come to grips with. This: Some religious circles teach we humans are worthless. Unworthy.

        Maybe you’ve heard this.

        I have. More than once.

        Herein lies conflict with this thought—that we are unworthy.  

        The Bible states in Revelation 13:8 the Lamb of God—Jesus—was slain before the foundation of the world.

        Hold on! Jesus knew He would die for us before we existed?

        Yes! But how?

        Ah! This is where our all-knowing God is vital. He would create us in His image.

        Wait! In His Image?

        Yes! Then how can we be worthless if we were so specially created?

        God doesn’t make junk, and He didn’t make us with failing in mind. Yet He, in His knowledge of all time, knew we’d need a Redeemer.

There Is a Redeemer ~ by Keith Green

There Is A Redeemer - Keith Green

 

        The Creator of all loved us so deeply that He wanted His creation to be joined with Him. He tells us so in 1John 3:1 “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God.”

        God through Jesus gave all so we could become part of His family. This Holy One Who is worthy above all invites us to be joined with Him one day. He didn’t give His life for a bunch of nothings.

For God So Loved the World ~ by Stuart Dauermann 

FOR GOD SO LOVED by The Liberated Wailing Wall

        Yet a problem crept in. Sin. That’s where I believe we get the idea we are unworthy. Because of the mess we’ve made of ourselves by yielding to sin. Thus, we’ve come to believe (or been preached to) that we are unworthy.

        Our sin made us unworthy because it separates us from God. God did not flaw in creating us. We were the culprits.

        But all is not lost! You see, that’s what Easter was all about and always will be. Jesus—the Lamb of God—worthy—hung on a cruel cross (when already tortured nearly to death) and died for His creation—us.

        Then the Worthy One rose again, giving us the opportunity to become His children! He clothes us in His righteousness and calls us…

        Worthy!

        Because that’s Who He is, and we—if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior—bear the same Family Name.

Worthy ~ by Brian Hampshire Worthy Song

        But what about the drug addict sleeping under a bridge? Or the prostitute who wants to quit because she hates her life but can’t break from her pimp? Or a disabled orphan who, by no choice of his own, is placed in an orphanage with no hope of adoption?

        Ironically, they’re the same as the princess who makes an appearance at a charity, dressed to perfection with impeccable manners. Or the professor with six degrees who never worries about being without because he has tenure. Or the doctor who’s totally dedicated to medicine.

        Or me…

        Or you!

        None of the above people are worthless, and all share much in common. They were created by a loving God Who desires they join Him one day. They all have equal opportunity to accept Jesus as Savior and Lord. They’re valued because they are life, and all life is precious. They all matter to Jesus Who died for them (even while they were still sinners—Romans 5:8) because Jesus didn’t die for junk and never created any.

        We’re equal in our value. Equal in our worthiness. Equal in the Eyes of God when He looks at our hearts and offers us salvation. We’re worth Him dying for us. Not from our point of view…

        …but from His.

        It’s our sin that makes us unworthy—without hope—separated from God—from our point of view. So, even though you have great worth because you’re a living-breathing human being, sin attempts to hijack your worth.

        Maybe you’re a person who grew up being told you were unworthy. Maybe you don’t think God send Jesus to die for you and have not accepted His gift of salvation. Maybe you cry so many nights you’ve lost count, wondering if there’s any hope.

        Listen!

        You’re worth Calvary! And Jesus paid the full price for you to be saved and sealed! There’s eternal Hope because of Jesus’ Resurrection. Your tears matter. God cries when He views those who are lost because He so much wants you to be a part of His family.

        You’re worth being with God for eternity. So is the drug addict, prostitute, disabled orphan, princess, teacher, doctor… 

        Me…

        And you!

Worth Calvary ~ The Whisnants Worth Calvary

        All thanks to God for deeming us worthy, and worthy is the Lamb Who was slain!

Worthy is the Lamb ~ Gaither Vocal Band

Gaither Vocal Band - Worthy the Lamb [Live] ft. Gaither Vocal Band

 

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Bible Verses: from NKJV

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