Missions-in-Focus - Keynote 3: His Holiness Enabling Me to be His Mouthpiece

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Br. Mark Harris His Holiness Enabling Me to Be His Mouthpiece Points to Consider The book of Isaiah is an amazing book, the first of 17 prophetic books. (The Major Prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel; the Minor Prophets are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The Minor Prophets are also sometimes called The Twelve). The book of Isaiah has been referred as the Gospel of the Old Testament. It can be divided up into two main sections. The first 39 chapters deal mainly with condemnation , which shows man’s need for salvation; and the next 27 chapters deal with consolation , which displays God’s provision for salvation. Some helpful background to the opening verses of Isaiah 6 is found in 2 Chronicles 26 and 2 Kings 15:1-5. There we read of King Uzziah, who reigned for 52 years. He started out very well, but he did not finish well. There are many lessons that can be learned from this king! He was not satisfied with where the Lord had placed him, and he wanted a place which did not belong to him. He lost sight of the holiness of God and defiled the temple. This background is extremely important to the lessons Isaiah teaches us because it is in direct contrast to Isaiah’s experiences in chapter 6. As we read through this convicting chapter, we realize that before the prophet could be an effective mouthpiece of God, he had to go through four stages: He experienced sight: he saw the Lord (vv. 1-4), which was his confrontation He gained insight: he saw himself (vv. 5-7), which led to his confession He was given a vision: he saw the need (v. 8), which opened the way to his call He saw the blindness of the nation (vv. 9-13), which led to his commission Suggested focus: Have you had an experience in which you were overcome by the holiness of the Lord? Consider five things Isaiah draws attention to in verse 5. What can we learn from them? What do we learn in verses 6-7 about the cleansing of Isaiah? How did this affect Isaiah’s readiness to be a mouthpiece?

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