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Sovereignty and powerCreation and providence
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No material concernsWorthy Through All Creation
The song calls God and the Lamb worthy of glory because all things come from, through, and exist for God. It joins heaven and earth in giving the glory due to the LORD’s name.
Strengths
2It grounds worship in God’s sovereign relationship to all creation.
It gives glory to both God and the Lamb in a unified devotional response.
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doctrinal assertionStrongly supportedThe reviewed passages explicitly connect God’s worthiness and glory with creation, declaring that all things are from, through, and for God. Colossians applies creation’s origin and purpose to Christ.
Revelation 4:11
Close paraphraseMatches in contextThe heavenly worship declares God worthy of glory because he created all things.
Revelation 4:9–119When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying, 11“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”
Romans 11:33–36
Direct quoteMatches in contextPaul states that all things are from God, through God, and to God, concluding with glory to him.
Romans 11:31–3631even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy. 32For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all. 33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 34“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” 35“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?” 36For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
Colossians 1:16–17
Related themePartly matches in contextPaul says all things were created through and for Christ and are held together in him.
Colossians 1:14–1914in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. 15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. 18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence. 19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
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devotional responseStrongly supportedThe reviewed passages repeatedly present God and the Lamb as worthy to receive glory, and Psalm 96 calls for the glory due to the LORD’s name.
Revelation 5:11–14
Close paraphraseMatches in contextThe Lamb is declared worthy to receive glory, honor, and blessing.
Revelation 5:9–149They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, 10and made us kings and priests to our God; and we will reign on the earth.” 11I looked, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands, 12saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!” 13I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!” 14The four living creatures said, “Amen!” Then the elders fell down and worshiped.
Revelation 4:9–11
Close paraphraseMatches in contextThe elders worship God and declare him worthy to receive glory, honor, and power.
Revelation 4:7–117The first creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!” 9When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying, 11“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”
Psalms 96:7–8
Close paraphraseMatches in contextThe psalm commands the nations to ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name.
Psalms 96:5–105For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. 6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 7Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts. 9Worship the LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth. 10Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.
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