Isaiah 6:1-3 - Holy, Holy, Holy Is The LORD Almighty.
Isaiah 6:1-3 (NIV) 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."
INTRODUCTION
The throne, the attending seraphim (angels),
and the threefold holy all stressed God's
holiness. Seraphim were a type of angel whose name is
derived from the word for "burn," perhaps indicating
their purity as God's ministers. In a time when
moral and spiritual decay had peaked, it was
important for Isaiah to see God in his holiness.
Holiness means "morally perfect, pure, and set apart
from all sin." We also need to discover God's
holiness. Our daily frustrations, society's pressures,
and our shortcomings narrow our view of God. We
need the Bible's view of God as high and lifted
up to empower us to deal with our problems and
concerns. God's moral perfection, properly seen, will
purify us from sin, cleanse our mind of our
problems, and enable us to worship and to serve. [Life
Application SB]
COMMENTARY PEARL
God's Holiness
The Bible teaches that God is absolutely
holy and pure. From Genesis to Revelation, God
reveals Himself as so holy He cannot even look on
sin.
Christ cried from the Cross, "My God, My
God, why have You forsaken Me?" (Mark 15:34).
What a horrible moment, as the blackness of human
sin - now laid upon Christ - caused the Father
to turn away in disgust. In that moment Jesus
endured the ultimate punishment for our sins - the
punishment of being banished from the presence of His
Father on our behalf.
If you were asked to list the things you
are thankful for, what would you include?
Perhaps your family, health, friends, church - and
those wouldn't be wrong. We should be grateful for
every gift God gives us.
But the greatest gift of all is the gift
of His Son, who endured the penalty we deserved
for our sin, so we could be reconciled to a holy
God. Never take that gift for granted "Thanks be
to God for his indescribable gift!" (2 Cor.
9:15).
Prior to his death on the Cross, Jesus
never knew a single moment without the fathers
present. The most painful thing Jesus endured was
sins penalty of separation from the father so
that we would never have to experience it. [Hope
for Each Day by Billy Graham]
CLOSING THOUGHT
When you approach Me in stillness and in
trust, you are strengthened. You need a buffer zone
of silence around you in order to focus on
things that are unseen. Since I am invisible, you
must not let your senses dominate your thinking.
The curse of this age is overstimulation of the
senses, which blocks out awareness of the unseen
world.
The tangible world still reflects My
Glory, to those who have eyes that see and ears
that hear. Spending time alone with Me is the
best way to develop seeing eyes and hearing ears.
The goal is to be aware of unseen things even as
you live out your life in the visible world. (2
Cor. 4:18; Isa. 6:3; Psa. 130:5) [Jesus Calling
by Sarah Young]
EXCELLENT SERMON ON THIS PASSAGE:
Cleansed and Called by Pastor Ryan Ashlock,
8 12 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW5kXqABdA4
LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Isaiah 6:1-3 - Our Holy, Sinless God.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20221126-0841.html
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