WORTHY.
By G.W.S.Ware.
July,4,1939.
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Worthy: having worth or excellence.
Having worth or excellence is good character. The word worthy is used about fifty times
in God’s Word. Jacob used it first by saying to Almighty God: "I am not worthy
of the least of all thy lovingkindnesses." (Gen. 32:10). In the last book of the
Bible Jesus prophesies of certain church members: "That did not defile their
garments: and they shall walk with me in white, FOR THEY ARE WORTHY (Rev. 3:4).
In 1 Sam. 26:16, some men are told, that they are worthy of death. In Jo. 6:40, is
revealed, "That every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have
eternal life." Why can this be done for unworthy human beings? Because Jesus Christ
himself, as God, became a human being, and lived a complete worthy human life, then gave
that worthy human life as God, to die, in the place of every human being, who would
believe that he died their death, to give them eternal life. Every person who believes
this fact from his heart, becomes worthy of eternal life, by receiving the worthiness of
Jesus Christ, personally transfered to him by the power of the Holy Spirit. Oh, yes, it is
a grand glorious mystery; and we are only commanded to believe it, not to understand it,
to become worthy of eternal life. Personally, right here, I will bear witness for God, in
the presence of any sinner, as I use to be, If they will believe what Christ Jesus has
done for each one personally, then each one will become worthy of eternal LIFE, and will
receive it.
Jesus Christ is worthy before God, to save any sinner who will believe in HIM, for he,
himself is God. No faith of any sinner is big enough to save any sinner but himself. I am
glad that my worthiness in Jesus Christ is not transferable, but that eternal LIFE, is a
personal matter between every sinner and the Lord Jesus Christ. He is waiting.
