“Holiness of God”

Isa 6:1-9 and Selected

“Your view of God is the most important view you have, and to the extent your view of God is distorted…

to that extent your life is out of focus.”

I.  Isaiah Saw the Lord of Glory

Isaiah 6:1-4 ¹ In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. ² Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. ³ And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." ⁴ At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

·         Seated on a throne, high and exalted, train filled the temple

·         Angelic beings called Seraphs encircled the throne

·         Cried out “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty…”

·         Temple quaked and was filled Shekinah glory “smoke”

Jeremiah 5:22a “Should you not fear me?" declares the LORD. "Should you not tremble in my presence?...”

We Must Rediscover the Holiness of God

II.  Isaiah Saw Himself as a Sinner

Isaiah 6:5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

·         Closer we get to God, more clearly we see our sin

·         Measure your life with God’s standard not mans (2Co 10:12)

Ecclesiastes 7:20 There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.

We Must Recognize our Unholiness

III.  Isaiah Saw God’s Provision of Salvation

Isaiah 6:6-7 ⁶ Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷ With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Mark 1:15 "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"

2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

We Must Repent and Receive God’s Holiness

IV.  Isaiah Saw the World as God does

Isaiah 6:8-9a ⁸ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" ⁹ He said, "Go and tell this people…”

·         When forgiveness is received, responsibilities follow

1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

Hebrews 12:14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

We Must Respond to God’s Call

ü  Be serious in your Pursuit of Personal Holiness…

ü  Be disciplined, staying faithful to the things of God…

ü  Be involved in ministry by serving others…

1.     Be aware the “battle” begins in the mind… your heart attitude

2.     Be living a submissive life in obedience to God’s Word

3.     Be serving Christ by serving others

1.  A lost sense of God brings a lost sense of sin

2.  A genuine God encounter changes your life forever

3.  We are saved to serve

Psalms 96:9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

Psalms 89:7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

Psalms 111:9 He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever-- holy and awesome is his name.