We had an amazing Sunday service this morning based on Isaiah 6 v 1-8 concerning
the recent events.
Isaiah 6:1-8 NKJV
[1] In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,
high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.
[2] Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his
face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
[3] And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!"
[4] And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out,
and the house was filled with smoke.
[5] So I said: "Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the
King, The LORD of hosts."
[6] Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which
he had taken with the tongs from the altar.
[7] And he touched my mouth with it, and said: "Behold, this has touched
your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged."
[8] Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, And who
will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
Before the sermon started and before we know what it was going to be about. I
had a picture (some call them visions I prefer the word picture lol) of the throne
room of God. Jesus was sat on the throne the sky around looked stormy but bright all
at the same time. He was gazing done upon planet earth and the earth was full of people
looking up towards Jesus.
Three pointer - here is the outline.
1. People need to look up
The King was dead no replacement yet. There would have been uncertainty across the nation
but Isaiah saw a vision of throne room of God
Rev 4 v 8 holy holy etc. v 6 glass sea unshakable throne surrounded by a moat of calmness.
There is no choppy sea in front of God.
Our earthly throne is empty in the sense of Government needing to be reformed, but the throne
room of heaven is not empty. Important to have eyes focused on the King enthroned on high.
2. Look in Isaiah transfixed by glory and holiness.
V5 it was frightening to see God in his holiness. It caused Isaiah to see himself and his own need.
He was a long way short of the man God wanted him to be.
Lev 11 be holy because I am holy. Coal taken from the holy place. Isaiah said he had unclean lips,
the coal touched his lips. God makes holy that which is not holy. Need to look in and see that
which needs changing which requires a "touch of that coal."
3. Look out v 8 who shall I send - send me.
Those same unclean lips now qualified to be used. Be ready for the harvest of 1000s.
Look for opportunities to share Christ, be ready with an answer for those who are
bewildered by events.
