Isaiah's Vision of God

The Vision of Isaiah

• Isaiah had a vision in the temple where he saw the Lord seated on a throne, with the hem of his robe filling the entire temple.
• Above the Lord stood seraphim, each with six wings, covering their face and feet with two wings and flying with the other two.
• The seraphim called out to each other, saying "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory."
• The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of the seraphim, and the house was filled with smoke.

God's Holiness

• The vision of Isaiah reveals God's holiness.
• God is holy, and it is to this holiness that Israel and the Church are called.
• The Church is holy and is being sanctified through repentance and conversion.

The Call to Holiness

• Leviticus 19:2 says, "You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy."
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7 says, "For God did not call us to impurity, but in holiness."
• Ephesians 1:4 says, "Just as He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love."
• 1 Peter reminds Christians, "Instead, as He who called is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct."

The Church's Holiness

• The Church is a community called by the most high God, who is holy, and dedicated to His service.
• The holy one, God, is dwelling in the Church.
• The Church is being led by the Holy Spirit.
• The Church is also enriched by the presence of so many holy people in it.

The Importance of Holiness

• Hebrews 12:14-15 says, "Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord."
• The Word of God has the power to sanctify us.
• Jesus said, "You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you" (John 15:3).
• Jesus prayed to his Father for all of us, "Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth" (John 17:17).