Isaiah 6:1-8 "How Do You See God? (ft. Guest Speaker Mike Everett)

Church Elder Mike Everett opens Isaiah 6:1-8 with a question that drives the entire message: How do you see God? Isaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up after King Uzziah's death. It completely changed his perspective. Mike traces the scope of God's unchallengeable authority from Isaiah's vision through Revelation's billions of angels and uncountable human souls, then to Genesis. Against this backdrop, Mike shares the night his wife Patty suffered a massive stroke and was unconscious for over 13 hours. The word God spoke at the door of her ICU room, "Mike, Patty will be okay," shifted his perspective from despair to hope. The following morning, God spoke again through Ephesians 5, calling Mike to love his wife as Christ loved the Church. A vision of God changes your perspective. A word from God changes your trajectory. And through Jesus, His Word, and His Holy Spirit, God has made full provision for us to carry His light into the darkness.Exact Scripture References:Isaiah 6:1-8Revelation 5:11Revelation 7:9Revelation 4Genesis 1:26-28Genesis 3Ephesians 5:25-27John 1:1-4John 14:16-17John 10:10Acts 1:8Mark 16:17-18Matthew 28:181 Peter 5:8Romans 10:9-10Ephesians 4Romans 121 Corinthians 12Topics and Keywords:Isaiah's vision of God in the year King Uzziah diedGod seen for who He is, as He is, and where He isThe train of God's robe as a symbol of authorityThe scope of God's authority — Revelation's billions of angels and uncountable soulsIsaiah's response — woe is me, I am undoneThe live coal — a picture of salvationGetting your eyes off the earthly king to see the true KingGod's authority delegated to mankind in Genesis 1Satan usurping that authority in Genesis 3God's provision through Jesus, His Word, and the Holy SpiritPersonal testimony — Patty's stroke and the word from the LordHusbands loving wives as Christ loved the churchThe church as broken — but God is restoringThe Gadarene demoniac — a word changes a trajectorySigns following believers — Mark 16The baptism and gifts of the Holy Spirit