Why Do Church? 04
May 15, 2022

To Make Him Known

Isaiah 6:1-8 (NLT)

Why Do Church? 04 | Mick Veach | Lead Pastor | first aired on 05.15.2022

I. Introduction

Read Scripture

It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. 2 Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 They were calling out to each other,

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies!
The whole earth is filled with his glory!”

4 Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.

5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.”

8 Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?”

I said, “Here I am. Send me.” —Isaiah 6:1-8 (NLT)

A. Review on Why Do Church

  1. Community—We do better together than by ourselves
  2. To Know Him—We grow closer to Jesus together

B. Our mission is clear

  1. To Know Him and to Make Him Known

C. Why does the church still exist?

  1. To Love God
  2. To Love Others

D. Why has Jesus not come back yet?

  1. Matthew 24:14
  2. 2 Peter 3:9

E. I want you to know that the time has come for you to be the person that Jesus has always desired for you

  1. It is not just the talented
  2. It is not the spiritual
  3. It is not the gifted

F. Scripture declares the following

  1. God does not show favoritism
  2. James 4:8—Come near to God and he will come near to you
  3. Jeremiah 29:13—Seek me with all your heart and you will find me…
  4. He is waiting to give you so much more

G. Why do we live so much less than what God has for us?

  1. We believe Lies
  2. We believe that we are not worthy
  3. We believe that we deserve our current situation
  4. We don’t have deep friendships
  5. We stay in the bondage of sin

H. We do church so that we can together be the hands and feet of Jesus

I. Let’s look at Isaiah and see how God transformed him on two fronts

  1. In his heart
  2. On the call of his life

II. Isaiah’s Encounter with God

A. Isaiah

Reveal Answer
God

  1. V. 1—First there was a crisis, the King died, and it was that moment that Isaiah’s life would take a turn

    a. We can learn from this biblical narrative
    b. Don’t allow crisis to be a stand alone
    c. Ask God to use it in your life to take you deeper with Him

  2. V.2-4—Isaiah saw God and that changed everything

    a. On a throne a glorious one
    b. A magnificent robe and its beauty filled the room
    c. Angelic hosts doing their thing—Praising God
    d. Their voices and God’s presence physically shook the place

  3. KCC, we need this type of experience

    a. Prayer—May his presence fill this place so we that can see Him for who He really is…

  4. Once we have a small taste for who Jesus is that changes everything

    a. Biblical Example—Apostle Paul, Philippians 3:7-16

    1. I want to know Christ more than all else
    2. I want to know His power
    3. I want to keep pressing on toward the goal
    4. Focusing ahead and not on my past

  5. Three types of people here today

    a. Seeker — Decide to pursue Jesus TODAY
    b. Complacent — The Weeds have choked out your passion for Christ—Cut the weeds TODAY
    c. Pursuer of God — Decide to keep on keeping on with other pursuers of God—TODAY

  6. It is time to dream about the possibility of what God wants to do in you and through you

Key Point — Joshua 24:14—Choose this day who you will serve but for me and my family and for KCC, we will serve the Lord

B. Isaiah was

Reveal Answer
before God and was
Reveal Answer

  1. v.5—Isaiah declares that he is a sinful man, a man of unclean lips because his eyes had seen the Lord Almighty

    a. Worship brings us into his presence
    b. His presence is a mirror

  2. Our response is critical, we either:

    a. We engage
    b. We run

  3. Why is it so difficult of us to be honest?

    a. Fearful that we won’t be accepted by God and others
    b. Fearful that it will take us to dark places
    c. We need to stop playing games with God, ourselves and others

  4. V. 6-7– The Lord used an angel and a pair of tongs with coals and cleansed and forgave Isaiah from his foul language

    a. Jesus is waiting to completely do the same today for us whatever the obstacle
    b. What is the obstacle that is standing in the way for your life to be all that God wants of you?

  5. 2 Cor. 7:10—The difference between conviction and condemnation

    a. Conviction leads us to repentance and salvation
    b. Condemnation leads to hopelessness and sin

  6. God’s conviction is specific
    a. Isaiah’s problem was a filthy language

  7. Psalm 139:23-34—Is the prayer that you need to pray

    a. Search me God and know my heart…

  8. Biblical Example—Gen. 3

    a. Adam and Eve were naked before God and were ashamed
    b. They hid from him
    c. We have been hiding ever since
    d. Let’s be spiritually naked before God

Key Point — Honesty before God and the church will bring about Deliverance in your life

C. Isaiah was

Reveal Answer
by God

  1. v.8-9—God speaks the question to Isaiah that stirs him to his core

    a. Whom should I send as a messenger to this people, who will go for us?

  2. Isaiah responded—Here I am Send Me

    a. God did not need Isaiah but He wanted to use him

  3. God is calling today

    a. Whom shall I send?

  4. he needs before us

    a. Nearly 3 billion people have never heard the name of Jesus once
    b. America is becoming a post Christian nation at a supersonic rate
    c. Persecution is all around—250,000 a year die for their faith

  5. What is your response?

    a. Here I am Lord send me?

  6. What does this look like?

    a. Market Place Ministry
    b. Vocational Ministry
    c. Missionary

  7. Let’s all decide to the following

    a. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit who you may show the love of Jesus
    b. Pray about a short term mission trip this year
    c. Pray and express acts of love daily
    d. Pray about who you may invite to church

Key Point - We are all sent by God

III. Call to Action:

1. Today let’s decide to engage Jesus just as we are
2. Today let’s decide to allow Jesus to deliver us
3. Today let’s decide to say here am I Lord send me

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