“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto 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 moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, 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 mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.”
[ISAIAH 6:1-13]
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
We see Isaiah Grieving
We see Isaiah Confronted
- We see Isaiah Guilty
Guilty of losing sight of Jesus in the midst of his religious work.
Guilty of not only allowing his heart drift away from Jesus, but also guilty of allowing himself to become worldly and sinful.
Isaiah’s experience shows us the need of a real revival and what that experience will look like.
- 1. REVELATION
A. A Revelation Of The Real Jesus
We will see Jesus intervening in our life and revealing Himself to us in all His glory. Many so-called moves of God are always talking about signs and wonders, tongues, emotions, and even the Holy Spirit, whose first job it is to speak of Jesus. A real move of God will be overwhelmed by the person and presence of Jesus. He alone will be the only focus when a true revival begins.
But not any Jesus, the Jesus Isaiah saw Sovereign over all His world and Holy. A study of the New Testament reveals that whether a demon, or disciple, whether friend, or foe, on their first encounter with Jesus they were overwhelmed by His Holiness, not His Love, but His Holiness. The corrupted Jesus that evil men have created out of their own evil imaginations will be destroyed in a moment of time. It will be the Holy God that makes your heart fear Him, before you will find the grace of God to relieve those fears. It will be away with the Jesus that condones homosexuality and every other evil and perversion of our day.
B. A Revelation Of Our Real Selves.
No one comes into the presence of Jesus without being slain by a deep sense of his sinfulness. It’s not a joyful experience. It’s not a powerless experience either, it will be a deeply felt, heartbreaking experience. It amazes me that the more wicked our society becomes, the more self-righteous and haughty it becomes. Revival begins with detroying such deception.
We will also see that our vocabulary and the foul vocabulary that our society has normalized is really a reflection of the abundance of evil that has filled our dark hearts. Revival cleanses the air and heart of foul speech.- 2. REPENTANCE
The natural flow of events brings deep conviction and deep renunciation and confession of the sin and unblelief that has controlled our hearts and lives. Such repentance and contrition God will not despise, but will be faithful to cleanse one completley and set him at complete peace with God.- 3. RESPONSIBILITY
The cleansed sinner, now at peace with God, will have a deep sense of responsibilty to Jesus and the lost. As the Apostle Paul, he will now feel himself a debtor to all sinners and his only Savior. They will feel it’s their duty to yield his/her life to the service of Jesus, no matter the cost that must be paid. He feels that he has not only found life, but also his God given purpose in life.
The first duty a newly converted sinner feels is his/her duty to share the Gospel with his contemporaries. It is unthinkable that a newly converted sinner would not have a sense of duty to share Jesus with those with whom he knows are as hell bound as he was and would still be except for the grace of God.
You won’t have to shame, or brow beat a true convert into being a soul-winner (the best soul-winners in the Church are the newest converts). No matter his fear of witnessing, his newly cleansed conscience will not allow him to be such an ingrate that he would keep the good news to himself while sinners are slipping into hell all around him.- 4, RENEWAL
Such a life changing experience with Jesus is not only a need of the lost, often times it’s the greatest need of those saints that have been guilty of drifting away from Jesus and their Christian responsibilities. Such saints need a renewed call to return to Jesus and their duties to Him.
CONCLUSION:
If you are lost turn to Jesus from your sin and unbelief and trust Him and the blood that He shed on the Cross to cleanse you completely and then you to reach a generation of hell bound sinners.
If you are saved, but backslidden, ask Jesus for a new encounter with Him. Take the first step in seeking the Lord while He may be found. Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you! (James 4:8)
P.S.
Anyone who has ever been called into the ministry will have the expeience with Jesus that is decsribed in Isaiah 6.
~Jack Woodard
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