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and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!&#8221;<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The four living creatures said, &#8220;Amen,&#8221; and the elders fell down and worshiped.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(NIV1984)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Dear fellow worshipers of our Living Lord and Savior,<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">He is risen!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He is risen indeed!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Do you remember a man by the name of Hulon Mitchell Jr.?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Perhaps you remember him by the name He gave himself\u2014 the name YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH (which when translated means Jehovah Son of Jehovah).<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This is how YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH describes himself:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>\u201c YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH is the THE MESSIAH that the whole world has been waiting on.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Through me all Families and Nations shall be blessed.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>My Father <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">JEHOVAH <\/i>promised to make of me a great nation, bless me, make my name great and make me a blessing.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH founded the Nation of Yahweh in Southern Florida.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He had thousands of followers.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>When we first got to Miami in 1985 the Nation of YAHWEH was in the news quite a bit.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>At first they were in the news because he and his followers were purchasing all kinds of property in economically depressed areas of Miami.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>They would clean up those areas and start all kinds of businesses.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then we started to hear that the way they got rid of the drugs and the crime was by fear and intimidation.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>By the late 1980\u2019s YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH was in the news because he was charged and convicted of leading a conspiracy that was blamed for 14 killings, arson and other attacks.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH spent eleven years in prison.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Do you know what happened to YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>On May 7, 2007 he died of prostate cancer.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He was buried in Pembroke Pines, Florida on May 13.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>His followers maintain that even though his mortal remains were there at his funeral, he actually \u201cascended\u201d into heaven.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Have you ever heard of a man by the name of Rev. Sun Myung Moon?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He started the Unification Church\u2014 also known as the \u201cMoonies.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Did you know that Rev. Moon received a coronation ceremony in the Capital building of the United States?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>According to The New York Times, \u201cOne congressman, Representative Danny K. Davis, Democrat of Illinois, wore white gloves and carried a pillow holding one of two ornate gold crowns that were placed on the heads of Mr. Moon and his wife, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, at the ceremony which took place March 23 and capped a reception billed as a peace awards banquet.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Mr. Davis says he held the wife\u2019s crown and was \u2018a bit surprised\u2019 by Mr. Moon\u2019s Messiah remarks, which were delivered in Korean but accompanied by a written translation.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>In them, he said emperors, kings and presidents had \u2018declared to all heaven and earth that Reverend Sun Myung Moon is none other than humanity\u2019s Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent.\u2019\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>When word of this coronation ceremony got out Rep. Davis and others backpedaled and said they were \u201cduped\u201d and did not know the coronation was going to take place.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Do you know what happened to Rev. Sun Myung Moon?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He died in South Korea on September 3, 2012.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>His funeral (or Farwell Ascension Ceremony as the church called it) was attended by 35,000 people and live-streamed to 194 countries.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Whenever I come across people like this I shake my head and say, \u201cOh my!\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then I scratch my head and wonder how anyone could actually believe their claims.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then I bow my head and pray that they are brought to a knowledge of the Truth before they die and suddenly find themselves standing before the Judgment throne of the <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">only<\/i><\/b> One who truly is worthy of having the title of the Messiah, the Christ, the Lord\u2019s Anointed One, the <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">only <\/i><\/b>One who is worthy of being praised as humanity\u2019s true and only Savior!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">As you and I continue our celebration of Easter we once again focus our attention on a portion of John\u2019s vision of heaven as it is recorded for us in the book of Revelation.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Today let\u2019s join the hosts of heaven as they sing their glorious song of praise:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><b><i>Worthy is the Lamb!<\/i><\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>There are two things that we want to see this morning.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>First, let\u2019s see that the Lamb is worthy of the praise that is brought to Him by the hosts of heaven.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then let\u2019s see that the Lamb is worthy of the praise that we bring to Him today.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">The key word that we are focusing on this morning is the word that is translated as <i>\u201cworthy.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Other possible translations for this word include:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><i>\u201cfit\u201d<\/i> and <i>\u201cdeserving.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This word first comes into the picture in the verses preceding our text for today.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>In Revelation 5:1 John writes, <i>\u201cThen 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.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This scroll contains the future.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This scroll contains what the future has in store both for this earth as well as for God\u2019s people here on this earth.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Much to John\u2019s dismay, however, no one was able to unseal the scroll; no one was able to reveal the future\u2014 because no one was <i>\u201cworthy.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then John saw the <i>\u201cLamb looking as if it had been slain\u201d<\/i>!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Immediately a song of praise resounds in heaven concerning the Lamb:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><i>\u201cYou 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\u201d<\/i> (verse 9).<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">The Lamb is <i>\u201cworthy,\u201d<\/i> the Lamb is <i>\u201cfit,\u201d<\/i> the Lamb is <i>\u201cdeserving\u201d<\/i> to unseal the scroll and reveal the future because the Lamb was willingly <i>\u201cslain.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The Lamb is <i>\u201cworthy,\u201d<\/i> the Lamb is <i>\u201cfit,\u201d<\/i> the Lamb is <i>\u201cdeserving\u201d<\/i> to unseal the scroll and reveal the future because with His own holy precious blood the Lamb <i>\u201cpurchased men for God\u2026from every tribe and language and people and nation.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">God\u2019s entire Plan of Salvation, my friends, has always centered on sending His only-begotten Son into this world as the <i>\u201cLamb of God who takes away the sins of the world\u201d<\/i> (John 1:29).<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Because the Lamb of God was willing to be slain for you and for me, we have now been <i>\u201cfreed\u2026from our sins by his blood\u201d<\/i> as we heard in our sermon text last week.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(Revelation 1:5b)<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>What is the only proper and acceptable response to all of this?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The angels of heaven tell us!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Look at verses 11 &amp; 12 of our text.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>John writes, <i>\u201cThen I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>In a loud voice they sang:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>\u2018Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!\u2019\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">What an absolutely breathtaking sight!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Just try to picture it in your mind:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Angels beyond number gather around the Lamb of God who has now returned Home as the victorious Conqueror and they bring Him their <b><i>praise<\/i><\/b>!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Why do the hosts of heaven praise the Lamb of God?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The angels knew, my friends.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The angels knew that because of our sins\u2014 because of all of the times we have rebelled against the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth, because of all the times that we have both hurt each other and failed to help each other, because of all the times that our hearts have been filled with pride and greed, jealousy and envy, because of all the times that the conduct of our lives has caused our Lord to cry\u2014 because of all of this the angels knew that all we were <i>\u201cworthy\u201d<\/i> of receiving was an eternity of suffering in hell.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">The angels also knew that since we could not save ourselves the Lamb of God came into this world to save us!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>And so just as <i>\u201ca great company of the heavenly host\u201d<\/i> burst into a song of praise on the night the Christ-Child was born (Luke 2:13-14), and just as I am confident that the heavenly hosts burst into a song of praise the instant the dead body of the Lamb of God came back to life again, so also the angels of heaven joyfully gather around the risen and ascended Christ and they sing!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>They sing their glorious song of praise:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><i>\u201cWorthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Yes, my friends, the angels of heaven proclaim the Lamb of God to be <i>\u201cworthy\u201d<\/i> of praise because He has now made it possible for <b>you<\/b> to live forever in the glory and the perfection and the happiness that the angels of heaven already enjoy!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(See Luke 15:10)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Now look at verses 13 &amp; 14 of our text.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>John continues, <i>\u201cThen I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>\u2018To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!\u2019<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The four living creatures said, \u2018Amen,\u2019 and the elders fell down and worshiped.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">The circle of praise is widened here, isn\u2019t it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The circle of praise to the Lamb who once was slain and is now alive again forever and ever is widened to include absolutely all of God\u2019s creation\u2014 including you and me!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>When you and I stop to remember the cradle of the Christ-Child and realize that the eternal Son of God was willing to humble Himself and come into this world as our true Brother in order to save <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">us<\/i><\/b> from <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">our own<\/i><\/b> sins (Matthew 1:21), when you and I stop to remember that the cross on Calvary\u2019s hill (Pointing to the cross) is the heavenly Father\u2019s way of proclaiming to us just how much He loves us (John 3:16), when you and I stop to remember that Jesus\u2019 empty grave in the garden on Easter Sunday guarantees us a glorious eternity in heaven (John 11:25-26), when you and I stop to remember how much God has done <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">for <\/i><\/b>us\u2014 how can we <b><i>not<\/i><\/b> join the hosts of heaven and bring our praises to the Lamb of God!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">So praise Him, my friends!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Praise the Lamb of God by the way that you live your life as His holy redeemed child!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Praise the Lamb of God with the words that you allow to come out of your mouth!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Praise the Lamb of God by the way that you treat each other!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Praise the Lamb of God by telling others what He has done for them!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Praise the Lamb of God by gathering together here in His house and joining your voices with the all the saints and all the angels of heaven in singing that glorious song of praise:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><i>\u201cWorthy is the Lamb who was slain!\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH and Rev. Sun Myung Moon are certainly not the first nor will they be the last mortal sinful human beings to deceive themselves into thinking that they are \u201cworthy\u201d of being worshiped as this world\u2019s Savior.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>What makes it even more profoundly sad is that they have deceived so many others into thinking that they are \u201cworthy\u201d of this honor and worship.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>What this reveals to us, my friends, is that even though Good Friday and Easter Sunday guarantee to us that Satan has been defeated, that does not mean that the devil is going to simply roll over and go away.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Satan is willing to do everything he possibly can to divert your focus, the focus of your children and the focus of your grandchildren away from both the cross and the empty tomb of the victorious Jesus as your only source of salvation.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Satan is constantly trying to plant a seed of doubt in your heart and in your mind so that you will perhaps look to someone other than the Lamb of God as being worthy of your praise and your worship.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Don\u2019t listen to the devil no matter how \u201ccharismatic\u201d his messengers might be and do <b><i>not<\/i><\/b> let him deceive you!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Listen to what the Lord your God has revealed to you on the pages of His holy inspired Word!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Listen to what your Savior proclaimed to you from the cross on Calvary\u2019s hill!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(Pointing to the cross)<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Listen to what the God of heaven proclaimed to the people of this earth when He raised His Son from the dead on Easter Sunday!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Listen to the thousands upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand holy angels as they sing their song of praise to the Lamb!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Listen to <b><i>all<\/i><\/b> of this with the gift of saving faith that God has created in your heart so that every single day you can join the saints and the angels of heaven in singing:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><i>\u201cWorthy is the Lamb!\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">To God be the glory!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Amen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p> <\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"postie-attachments\">Download sermon audio ::  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Easter-3-05-05-19.mp3\">Easter-3-05-05-19.MP3<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Third Sunday of Easter May 5, 2019 Revelation 5:6-14 Worthy is the Lamb! &nbsp; Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.&nbsp; They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.&nbsp; In a loud voice they sang:&nbsp; &#8220;Worthy is the Lamb, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}