Isaiah 6

Before the Throne of God

Before the Throne of God

Ryan & Bethany Reedy - 4/30/2023

Key Passage: Isaiah 6

Method • Questions

What Stood Out To You from Isaiah 6?

  • The overlap between the heavenly and earthly realms

  • Isaiah’s response to a holy God.

What Questions do you have? 

Who is King Uzziah?

  • Uzziah was a pretty good King, but the people of his time were not! 

    • 2 Chronicles 27

Who/What are the Seraphim?

  • Isaiah 6:2

    • The burning ones

  • Numbers 21

    • venomous snakes

  • Ezekiel 10, Revelation 4

    • Other passages that depict similarly strange heavenly creatures 

Shaking and Smoke?

  • Isaiah 6:4

    • The building shakes but doesn’t break at the voices of these beings

    • Both of these things point to God’s glory.

What do we learn about God from this story?

What did Isaiah experience?

  • He saw

    • A high and lofty throne

    • His robe filled the temple

  • He heard

    • Holy Holy Holy

      • Supremely and completely

  • He felt 

    • The shaking

  • He smelled

    • The smoke

A Special Name of God

  • Yahweh Sabaoth

    • Lord of Hosts

    • Lord Almighty

    • Lord of Heaven’s Armies

  • Also seen in Psalm 46

    • This name reminds us of God’s protection. He’s there when we call out in times of need.

What do we learn about people from this story?

  • Isaiah 6:5 - Isaiah’s response to seeing God is complete humility.

    • He is overwhelmed and undone.

  • Isaiah is completely dependent on God’s grace and mercy 

    • Romans 5:6

  • Isaiah doesn’t reject God, He receives God’s gift.

Isaiah’s response

  • Woe is me

    • Isaiah 6:5

  • Here I am. Send Me

    • Isaiah 6:8

What is OUR response to God’s presence and invitation in our lives?

How do the people of Isaiah’s time respond?

  • Rejection (Isaiah 6:9-10)

    • John 12:37-43

  • Remnant (Isaiah 6:11-13)

Before the throne of God

  • Revelation 7:9-10

  • “Missions exist because worship doesn’t”

How do I live out what I learned?

  • I have seen the King

  • Here I am. Send me.

  • Lord, how long will this go on?

Missions Emphasis Week - The Glory of Going

Missions Emphasis Week - The Glory of Going

10/2/2022 - Victor Nuwamanya

Key Passage: Isaiah 6:1-9

“In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord…” Isaiah 6:1

Who was King Uzziah?

  • He was faithful to the Lord and God used him, until…

    • 2 Chronicles 26:16, 21

  • “Fame is like perfume. When you spray it, it smells good. When you drink it, it is poison”

Who is your Uzziah?

  • They didn’t see the Lord until he was dead and gone.

  • Who is your Uzziah? Work, idols, hobbies, your belongings, a politician.

  • “Uzziah will die, but God reigns from eternity to eternity”

God’s Glory Compels us to Go

  • We have to…

See the Glory of God

  • Isaiah 6:3

    • Holy holy holy, the earth is filled with God’s glory.

      • What does the word “holy” make you think of?

  • Holy = qadosh (קָדוֹשׁ) - sacred and set apart.

    • “You cannot experience the holiness of God and not be changed”

    • “Show me a prideful person, and I will show a person that has not encountered the holiness of God”

Show the World the Glory of God

  • Isaiah 6:6-7 - Isaiah experiences the glory of God

  • Isaiah 6:8-9 - Isaiah is compelled to go!

  • The glory of God compels to sing hymns in prison, walk on water, take the gospel to your neighborhood, out of the pews and onto the streets.

Here I am. Send me.

  • Isaiah 6:8-9

  • Matthew 5:14-16