Worthy

Revelation 5:12 English Standard Version (SEV) saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”

Let us be clear on this point, only our Lord Jesus Christ is worthy.

Genesis 32:10 English Standard Version (ESV) I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

The first use of worthy in scriptures tells us these truths, that none of us are worthy of the graces bestowed upon us by God.

In verse 1 of Genesis 32 it says “Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.[meaning two camps]

This should remind us of what Paul said in Romans 7. “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.” Two camps within this temple that belongs to our Lord.

We are not worthy but He who abides in us is worthy. We are declare righteous only because of the abiding presence of His Righteousness. We are justified only because we received Jesus Christ in our hearts.

One camp in the Lord. One camp in the flesh. Both camps in our bodies. We go back and forth from one camp to the other. One camp to receive orders from our Lord and back to the other to carry out those orders by obedience of faith.

Psalm 121:8 English Standard Version (ESV) The Lord will keep  your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

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