Title: Weep No More
Speaker: Anthony Gammage
August 23, 2026
Big Idea: Because the Lamb is worthy, the end of the story is not tears but worship.
Passage: Revelation 5
Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 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!”
13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
14 And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
Sermon Outline
- Well-Placed Grief (1-4)
- Qualified Rescuer (5-7)
- A New Song (8-10)
- Everything Worships (11-14)
Sermon Questions
- Where are you most tempted to believe that no one is worthy or able to set your broken situation right, and what would it look like to bring that grief honestly to God?
- The worthy King turned out to be a slain Lamb. How does it change the way you see Jesus that He conquered by being sacrificed?
- Revelation says believers have already been made a kingdom of priests. What would it look like to live as one this week, right where God has placed you?
- Everything in creation will one day worship the Lamb. What would it look like to give Him that worship now, and not just at the end?