Bible Readings:
Revelation 4:1-11
Revelation 5:1-14
Sermon Outline:
I Lamb slain from the foundation of the world
Revelation 13:8 (NKJV)
8All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
II Behold the Lamb
John 1:29 (NKJV)
29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
III The Lion-Lamb
Revelation 5:5–6 (NKJV)
5But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”
6And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
IV They follow the Lamb
Revelation 14:1 (NKJV)
1Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 14:4 (NKJV)
4These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.