SLIDE 1 Isaiah aiah 6:1-8 8
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SLIDE 2 Is Isaiah aiah 6:1 6:1-8
Crisis isis
- Confession
- Cleansing
- Commission
- Consumption
SLIDE 3 Cr Cris isis is (ver (verse ses 1 s 1-4) 4)
Isaiah’s commission into ministry be began gan wi with th a l a lofty ty vi vision o sion of the Lor f the Lord d Jes Jesus us Ch Christ rist. . - I sa I saw the w the Lor Lord d (v (vs.
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Cr Cris isis is definition:
A decisive point or situation.
This was Isaiah’s definitive life experience. Everything is going to change - From this point on he will never be the same.
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Ho Holy ly Burners or Flames
Some unusual creatures called SERAPHIM attended Isaiah’s encounter.
SLIDE 6 Ho Holy ly Burners or Flames
Th The Ser e Seraphim' aphim's s Un Unus usual ual An Anat atomy:
Four ur wi wing ngs s were for reverence and worship - covering their faces and feet.
wo wi wing ngs s for service – to fly around and do the Lord’s will.
SLIDE 7 Jo John hn Pip Piper er
“Worship is the FUEL and goal of
- Missions. Missions begins and ends
in worship. Where zeal for worship is weak, zeal for missions will be weak.”
SLIDE 8 He Hebr brew ew word for Glory
ka kabad ad (ka kaw-bad'); ad');
kabe bed (ka kaw-bade ade'); '); in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); to
ake e weighty or weighty or he heav avy.
SLIDE 9 Is Isaiah aiah 6:1 6:1-8
Confession nfession
- Cleansing
- Commission
- Consumption
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Co Conf nfes essio sion n (ver (verse se 5) 5)
Having beheld God's GL GLOR ORY, Isaiah pronounces judgment upon himself.
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“The man who thinks he has something to offer God save his broken life, is not fit for service.”
SLIDE 12 Is Isaiah aiah 6:1 6:1-8
Cleansing eansing
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Cle Clean ansin sing g (ver (verse ses s 6, 7) 6, 7)
Isaiah’s sincere confession led to an immediate cleansing.
SLIDE 14 "Only fire can dwell with fire - take a piece of iron
the fire and it will absorb the heat and begin to glow with incandescent brightness."
SLIDE 15 Is Isaiah aiah 6:1 6:1-8
- Crisis
- Confession
- Cleansing
- Co
Commis mmission sion
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Co Comm mmiss ission (v ion (ver erse se 8) 8)
Only when Isaiah was cleansed did he hear the CA CALL LL of the Lord.
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Ma Matthe tthew w 24: 24:14 14
"This Gospel will be preached as a testimony… then the end will come."
SLIDE 18 Is Isaiah aiah 6:1 6:1-8
- Crisis
- Confession
- Cleansing
- Commission
- Co
Consumption nsumption
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Co Cons nsumptio umption n (ver (verse se 8) 8)
He had beheld the glory of the Lord – He had heard the Lord's Commission – His response: He Here am I se e am I send nd me! e! Isaiah was CON ONSUMED SUMED!
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inthians ans 5:1 5:14
“For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.”
SLIDE 21 Co Comp mpels els literally means
“It leaves me no choice.”
Paul like Isaiah had encountered the love of Jesus, he had beheld His beauty, experienced His forgiveness - now
e co coul uld d no not hel t help p hi hims mself elf - he had to give His life for the purpose of bringing glory to the Lord.
SLIDE 22 Jo John hn Stott
“We do not speak for Christ because we do not so love His name that we cannot bear to see Him unacknowledged and
- unadored. If only our eyes were opened
to see His glory, and if only we felt
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wounded by the shame of His public humiliation among men, we should not be able to remain silent. Rather we would echo the apostles’ words, ‘we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.’”
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