WORTHY IS JESUS
THE LAMB OF GOD
By Pastor Max Solbrekken,
D. D.
“And I saw in
the right hand of Him that sat on a throne a Book written on the backside,
sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice;
Who is worthy to open the Book and to loose the seals thereof?
“And no man in Heaven, nor in earth was able
to open the Book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much because no man was
found worthy to open and to read the Book, neither to look thereon. And one of
the elders said unto me, Weep not. Behold the Lion of the Tribe of Judah,
the root of David, hath prevailed to open the Book and to loose the seven seals
thereof.
“And I beheld and lo, in the midst of the
throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb
as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the
seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He came and took the
Book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne.
“And when He had taken the Book, the four
and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them
harps, and golden vials full of incense, which are the prayers of saints. And
they sung a new song saying,
“Thou art worthy
to take the Book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast
redeemed us to God by Thy BLOOD out of every kindred, and tongue, and people,
and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign
on earth.
“And I beheld, and I heard
the voice of many angels around the Throne and the beasts and the elders: and
the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of
thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and
blessing.” (Rev. 5: 1-14)
JEUS IS THE
LAMB OF GOD!
For thousands of years
Jewish people looked for their promised Messiah. On the Day of Atonement rabbis
would stand outside the synagogue saying, “Let one Innocent come and
atone for the guilty.” Many years passed and no-one came because there
are no innocent people. The Bible says: “For all have sinned and come short of
the glory of God.” (Rom.3:23); “…There is none righteous, no not one.”
(Rom.3:10).
God had promised that He
would send a Deliverer to free His people from Satanic bondage: “I am the Lord,
and there is none else, there is no God beside Me: I girded thee thou hast not
known Me: That they may know from the rising of the sun and from the west, that
there is none else. Look unto Me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth,
for there is none else.” (Is.45: 5, 6, 22)
Then, one day John the
Baptist pointed to Jesus of Nazareth, saying, “Behold the LAMB of God, which
taketh away the sins of the world.” (John 1:29) The perfect, holy and Innocent
ONE had come to REDEEM the world through His perfect atonement upon a Roman Cross
on Golgotha!
St. Paul wrote about Him:
“But this man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchanging priesthood.
Wherefore He is ABLE also to Save them to the uttermost that come unto God
through Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an
high priest became us, Who is Holy, Harmless, Undefiled, Separate from sinners,
and made Higher than the heavens;
“Who needeth not daily,
as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for their own sins, and
then for the people’s: for this He did ONCE, when He offered up
Himself.” (Heb.7: 24-27)
THE VIRGIN
BIRTH OF JESUS!
“Moreover the Lord spake
again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask ye a Sign from the Lord thy God;
ask it even in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not
ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And He said, Hear ye now, O House of David;
is it a small thing to weary men, but will it weary my God also!
“Therefore, the
Lord Himself will give you a SIGN: Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his Name Immanuel.” (Is. 7:10-14).
Then, one day, John the Baptist pointed to Jesus of Nazareth and said,
“Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world.” (John
1: 29)
The Word of God states: “Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who being in the form of
God thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made Himself of no
reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found
in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross.
“Wherefore God also hath
highly exalted Him and given Him a name which is above every name: That at the
name of JESUS every knee should bow, of things in Heaven, and things in earth,
and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:5-11)
When Moses led the Jews
from Egypt through the wilderness, they rebelled and God sent fiery serpents.
Moses cried to the Lord. “And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery
serpent, and set it upon a pole, and it shall come to pass, that everyone that
is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
And Moses made a serpent
of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had
bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.” (Nu. 21: 8-10)
MOSES
LIFTED UP THE SERPENT!
When they looked at the
serpent, it spoke of victory over the serpent’s bite. It goes back to Satan
in the Garden of Eden who had tempted Eve. After Adam and Eve’s disastrous
fall, God spoke to Satan who was hiding in the serpent, saying:
“And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman and between thy seed and her seed: It shall bruise (crush)
thy head and thou shalt bruise His (Christ) heel. (Gen. 3:15). Almighty God
stated that when the SEED of the woman (Christ) would come, the devil would
bruise His heel. He would die on the cross but RISE again. Christ rose from the
dead and crushed Satan’s head!
“And as Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of God be lifted
up: That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth
not shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
(John 3: 14,15,36)
The Bible says: “For God
so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son
into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be
saved.” (John 3:16,17)
FINISHED, FULFILLED, PAID!
“When Jesus therefore had
received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head and
gave up the ghost.” (John 19:30. Jesus spoke in Greek, uttering the word tetelestai
in His victory cry. The word tetelestai has three meanings:
to finish something or make an end to something; to fulfill something; to pay
that which is owed!
Jesus had finished
His work of Redemption and brought to an end Satan’s domination
over mankind. He had fulfilled all the Old Testament scriptures about
the Messiah. He had paid for all our sins and diseases!
About seven hundred years
before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, prophet Isaiah declared: “He is despised
and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as
it were our faces from Him; He was despised and we esteemed Him not. Surely, He
hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem Him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
“But He was
wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the
chastisement of our peace was laid upon Him; and with His stripes we are
healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to His own
way; and the Lord hath laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.”
(Is. 53: 3-6)
JESUS
CHRIST PASSOVER LAMB!
John the Baptist stated
that Jesus of Nazareth was the fulfillment of the Passover Lamb: “Behold
the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world. This is He of whom I
said, after Me cometh a man which is preferred before Me: for He was before me.
And I knew Him not: but that He should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am
I come baptizing with water.
“And John bare record,
saying, I saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and it abode upon
Him. And I knew Him not: but He that sent me to baptize with water, the same
said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on
Him, the same is He that baptizes with the Holy Ghost.
“And I saw and bare
record that this is the Son of God. Again the next day after John
stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as He walked, he
sayeth, Behold the Son of God.” (John 1:29-36)
REDEMPTION
TROUGH HIS BLOOD!
St. Paul declares: “God hath
delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the
Kingdom of His Son; in whom we have Redemption through His BLOOD, even the
forgiveness of sins. And having made peace through the Blood of His Cross,
by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself, by Him, I say, whether they be
things in earth, or things in Heaven.
“And you, that were
sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He
reconciled in the Body of His flesh through Death, to present you
holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight.” (Col.1:13-14, 20-22).
“Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and
took them out of the way, nailing them to His CROSS. And having spoiled
principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them
in it.” (Col. 2:14: 15)
“I am crucified with
Christ; nevertheless I live; yet Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself for Me.” (Gal:2:20)
“And the great
dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now
is come salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and the power of
His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them
before our God, day and night.
“And they overcame him by
the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and
they loved not their lives unto the death.” (Rev.12: 9-11)
“And the devil that
deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where the beast and
the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
(Rev. 20:10). Hallelujah!
“And I saw a great
White Throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven
fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and
the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works.
“And the sea gave up the
dead which were in it; and death and hades gave up the dead which were in them,
and they were judged every man according to their works. And whosoever was not
found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire.” (Rev.20:
11-15).
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD!
The sovereignty of God demanded punishment for SIN
and the CROSS provided the Final Solution! For a time, God overlooked or winked
at sin by allowing the sacrifice of innocent lambs, goats and bullocks
(occasionally a red heifer) to suffice. When the fullness of time had come,
Almighty God our Heavenly Father, gave Himself in His SON to be the
propitiation for our sins. The word propitiation means ‘the covering,
satisfaction, expiation’.
Jesus, the Righteous One
humbled Himself and laid down His life, thereby meeting the righteous demand of
Divine Justice to atone for sins of Adam and the entire fallen race.
The
fifth chapter of Revelation is unique and difficult to understand but it totally
glorifies Jesus Christ. His sacrificial death on Golgotha for the redemption of
mankind and His glorious resurrection from the dead liberated the human race
from Satan’s kingdom of Darkness!
It focuses on Christ’s
victory as King of kings, Lord of lords, Saviour and Redeemer of the world. His
sacrificial death on the Golgotha’s Cross has purchased our freedom from sin,
fear, condemnation, sickness and disease. Through His precious Blood we have
received His peace, joy and eternal Life!
GOSPEL OF
CHRIST WORKS!
The Gospel of Jesus
Christ works. God anoints His Word through the Holy Spirit. He answers prayer
and performs miracles of healings and deliverance for those who believe. The
Bible states: “But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that
cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek Him.” (Heb. 11:6)
“Afterward He appeared
unto the eleven and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because
they believed not them that had seen Him after He was risen. And He said unto
them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned.
“And these Signs
shall follow them that believe; In My name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink
any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; thy shall lay hands on the sick and
they shall recover.
“So then after the Lord
had spoken unto them, He was received up into Heaven, and sat on the right hand
of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them
and confirming the Word with Signs following.” (Mar 16: 14-20).
The Key to miracles is found in this text: “The Lord working with them.”
If the Lord is not
involved in the prayer, there will not be any miracle! He confirms the Word
preached. He gives us the faith necessary! He is the Miracle Worker! It is by grace
alone, through faith alone and in Christ alone!
FOR GOD’S
GLORY ALONE!
Here is a personal letter
we received four years ago:
Max, my life was
impacted greatly, and I thank you for coming to Dawson City in the 1980’s to
minister to Dawson City Pentecostal Church. I remember you had some individuals
with you and we had services in the School Auditorium. You prayed for many people
over two days, including me.
We had about six
Bible School students with us. One was healed of Asthma and another was healed
emotionally. Jim’s niece walked home from being in a wheelchair and one First
Nation individual was set free. It meant alot that you came up there to Dawson City.
God bless you, Max. We also came to see you in Edmonton.
Jim & Elaine
Caruso, Langley, B.C.
GOD HEALED OUR DAUGHTER’S
KIDNEYS!
“God healed our daughter’s kidneys” says Nina
and Lasse Steen of Bergen, Norway. In December 1983 God visited our home and
healed our 5 year old daughter Cecilie. Ever since birth she had trouble with
her kidneys and would wet her clothes many times every day. There was nothing
she could do about and nothing the doctors could do, until last December when God
sent his servant Max Solbrekken from Canada to hold a large crusade at the
Eldorado Centre here in Bergen. Hundreds of people were saved, healed, and blessed
during those wonderful days.
Pastor Solbrekken stayed,
by the divine will of God, in our Mission Hotel. Daily he came and worshipped
with us, and faith arose in our hearts to ask him for our little Cecilie. We
were having coffee together one day when little Cecilie came in with her friend
from outside where she had been playing.
As usual, she was soaking wet.
After Nina washed and
changed her clothes, Pastor Solbrekken put her on his knee and prayed a
gripping prayer to the Lord for her healing. She was instantly healed and a
staggering miracle occurred. There hasn’t been as much as a drop since that
day. To God be the glory, great things He hath done.
JESUS HEALED MY CRUSHED HIP BONE!
By
Vigdis Simonsen of Narvik, Norway
I had been a backslidden
Christian for 16 years. In spite of this, I decided to attend the meetings of
Max Solbrekken in Narvik. When Max made the altar call the first night I attended,
there was a terrible battle going on within me. It was as if I heard a voice
saying, “This is not for you…You are not among the chosen ones.” But,
there was another voice telling me that this was my opportunity, however, I
remained quiet in my seat.
When I returned to my
home, it was as if a voice was telling me that this chance would be one of my
last ones. It became very serious to me and it also scared me. So, I went back
to the Meeting the next night and this time I answered the call to receive
Jesus Christ as my Saviour! But, something else happened. To explain that, I
must go back a little in time to give you the whole story.
Before Christmas, I fell
and broke my hip and had to have surgery. I had to stay home for 16 weeks. When
I went back to the hospital for a check up, the doctor was not at all pleased
with the fracture. I was told to use two crutches until the 4th of
April. But, when I went for another check up, the doctor was still not pleased
with the result because the fracture had not healed like it was supposed to. So,
I had to continue using two crutches until the 16th of May. When I
saw the doctor again he was still not satisfied, but I was allowed to drop one
crutch on my own recognizance. He said that I must be extremely careful, and
only step very cautiously on my foot; and I was only allowed to this indoors.
When I came to the Meeting
the second night (July 3), I could neither bow my left knee – where my hip had
been fractured – nor could I walk straight. I was dragging my left leg behind
me, and there was much pain. It was almost impossible for me to walk up the
steps of the stairs. When Max Solbrekken had finished praying for everybody
that had come forward, someone asked him to come down to where I was sitting.
He laid his hand on my
hip and prayed for me. Something warm went through my hip and my back and my
leg and all the pain disappeared immediately. Afterwards I walked back and
forth on the floor, and I even ran up and down the stairs to the platform with
no pain and no difficulties whatsoever. I can’t explain what happened, but I
was instantly and completely healed, and I can only thank God for what He did
for me. He is wonderful!
Note: These
testimonies taken from the Cry of His Coming July, 1984.
Max
Solbrekken World Mission, Box 22440 RPO Garside Edmonton, AB T5V 1N6; Email: [email protected]; comehometojesus.ca; Face Book; YouTube; Donations can be made
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