God is HolyIsaiah 6:1-8

State the purpose of the discussionIdentify yourself

Views of God by People Who Believe in God (Gallup Study 2006)Authoritarian God (32%) - the God who is

angry and intervenes in human affairs.Distant God (25%) – the God who created

the universe and let it go.Benevolent God (23%) – the God who

forgives all.Critical God (16%) – the God who is

judging the world but is not intervening.

God is HolyIsaiah 6:1-8

The Holiness of GodGod is Set Apart/ Consecrated/ Sanctified

He is separated, He is other, He is beyond us

God is Morally Pure There is no sin or evil within Him.

Isaiah 6:1-3In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, 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.”

He recognizes his own sinfulnessHe responds in confession about his

sinfulnessHe models for us a proper fear of the

Lord

Three responses that Isaiah models for us when he encounters a holy God.

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.”

Isaiah 5Verse 8, “Woe to you who add house to house and join

field to field till no space is left.” Verse 11 “Woe to those who rise early in the morning

to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine”

Verse 18 “Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit,”

Verse 20 “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil”

Verse 21 “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes”

Verse 22 “Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks”

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.”

Isaiah’s Example of Confession

“I’ve said unclean things” vs.

“I am a man of unclean lips.”

“I’ve told a lie to God” vs. “I am a liar.”

“I’ve lusted” vs. “adultery lurks in my heart”

“I’ve stolen” vs. “I am a thief.”

The holiness of God is beautiful when it’s properly understood because it penetrates the veils of our

self-deceit and reminds us that apart from God we are nothing

Fear of the Lord IS NOT Being Afraid of God

Fear of the Lord IS Having Reverence/Respect for God

The Fear of the Lord

The Holiness of GodGod is Set Apart/ Consecrated/ Sanctified

He is separated, He is other, He is beyond us

God is Morally Pure There is no sin or evil within Him.

Then one of the seraphim 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.” 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!”

Isaiah 6:6-8