Isaiah 6:1-13 (ESV)

1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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 burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” 11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said: “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste, 12 and the LORD removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13 And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.

Intro: When have you been the most terrified?

GOD REVEALS HIS HOLINESS
What does it mean that God is holy?

GUILT & ATONEMENT
Why do we believe that God’s graciousness is an aspect of His holiness?

A REDEEMED MESSENGER
What does it mean to be commissioned to represent Him?

YOU CAN PRAY WITH US …
1 - Worship the LORD for His holiness – for His surpassing worth – that there is no other Creator, Owner, Judge or Savior. Praise Him, Father, Son and Holy Spirit that He is truly unparalleled by anyone or anything.

2 - How have you lived as if God is replaceable – by you, your possessions, your loved ones, or almost anything? Confess your arrogance to Jesus asking Him to forgive you for so insulting Him and to heal your foolishness.

3 - Give thanks to Jesus for His work to atone for your guilt. Thank Him for atoning for all your sin so that by His work, He can heal and bring back together everything in you and in His world that you’ve torn apart.

4 - Who do you know that fears God, but they do not trust that with the Lord there is forgiveness? Ask Jesus to “send fire from His altar” to them – that He would assure them that He can blot out their sin.

5 - Ask the Holy Spirit to give you security in His worth and courage to be His ambassador even if people around you don’t respond. Pray for words and hope because He is able to give new life to those who are spiritually dead.