Isaiah's Vision of God

16 Questions

What did the prophet Isaiah see in his vision?

The Lord seated on a throne

What is the fundamental characteristic of the Church?

Holiness

According to Leviticus, why should the people of Israel be holy?

Because God is holy

What is the will of God for us?

To be holy

What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the Church?

To lead and sanctify

What is the nature of the Church?

Holy and yet to be sanctified

What is the result of the voice of the seraphim in Isaiah's vision?

The foundations of the thresholds shook

What is the purpose of the Church?

To be a community called by the most high God

What is emphasized in the letter to the Hebrews?

The need for holiness

What is the significance of the Blood of the lamb in the Old Testament?

It purified the temple, altar, and people

Who is referred to as the sacrificial lamb in the New Testament?

Jesus Christ

What did Jesus say has the power to cleanse us?

The Word of God

What did the leper ask Jesus to do for him?

Make him clean

What did Jesus pray for before leaving the world?

Sanctification for his followers

What is the comparison made about the Word of God in Jeremiah 23:29?

It is like a hammer that breaks a rock

What is the purpose of the Word of God according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17?

To teach, reproof, correct, and train in righteousness

Study Notes

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).