World Evangelism and Rev. 4:1-5:14

Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me with the sound of a mighty trumpet blast. The voice said, Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things. And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it! The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones - jasper and carnelian. And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow. Twenty four thrones surrounded him, and twenty four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads. And from the throne came flashes of lighning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven lampstands with burning flames. They are the seven spirits of God. In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal.
In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back. The first of these living beings had the form of a lion; the second looked like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth had the form of an eagle with wings spread out as though in flight. Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying.
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty - the one who always was, who is, and how is still to come.:
Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever, the twenty four elders fall down and worship the one who lives forever and ever. And they lay their crowns before the throne and say,
"You are worthy, O Lord our God,
to receive glory and honor and power.
For you created everything,
and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created."

And I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. There was wiriting on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel who shouted with a loud voice: "Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and unroll it?" But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read it.
Then I wept because no one could be found who was worthy to open the scroll and read it. But one of the twenty four elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to DAvid's throne, has conquered. He is worthy to open the scroll and break its seven seals."
I looked and I saw a Lamb that had been killed but was no standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God that are sent out into every part of the earth. He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne. And as he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they held gold bowls filled with incense - the prayers of God's people!
And they sang a new song with these words:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
and break its seals and open it
For you were killed, and your blood has ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
And you have caused them to become God's kingdom and his priests.
And they will reign on the earth."
Then I looked again, and I heard the singing of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and the living beings and the elders. And they sang in a mighty chorus:
"The Lamb is worthy-the Lamb who was killed.
He is worthy to receive power and riches
and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and blessing."
And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They also sang:
"Blessing and honor and glory and power
belong to the one sitting on the throne
and to the Lamb forever and ever."
And the four living beings said, "Amen!" And the twenty four elders fell down and wirshiped God and the Lamb.

Now I will try to relay the same inspirational, emotional message that our pastor relayed to us this past Sunday. This account of the worship that will occur in heaven is such a powerful thing!!! The reasons that are given for world evangelism are usually that we are commanded to in the Great Commission and that we are supposed to out of compassion for others. While these are true I had never heard this third, most important reason ever given. We are to go and evangelize the world primarily because - God is WORTHY of our praise! He is worthy of the praise of every person on this earth, and we should long to see Him praised by the multitudes because that is what He deserves! I know I do not possibly have the words or the time to explain this in full but I pray that the chapters cited here and the mere thought of His worthiness will bring you to the full understanding of this concept.