{"id":3078,"date":"2014-08-11T13:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2014-08-23T13:54:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T17:54:29","slug":"ordinary-people-set-apart-to-be-holy-81014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=3078","title":{"rendered":"Ordinary People Set Apart to be Holy (8\/10\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pastor Jim’s sermon on August 10 continued our look at the attributes of God.\u00a0 Last week we \"\"<\/a>looked at His Awesomeness and power.\u00a0 This week we look at His holiness.\u00a0 <\/span><\/address>\n
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Click the below “Play” button to listen to a recording of the sermon (from the 11:00 service).\u00a0 While you’re listening, scroll down and use the summary to follow along (and don’t forget to try the quiz!).<\/span><\/address>\n

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The text for the message was from Isaiah 6:1-8.\u00a0 Click the arrow below to open up the passage…

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Isaiah 6<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Isaiah 6:1-8<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 And they were calling to one another:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;<\/span>\nthe whole earth is full of his glory.” <\/span><\/p>\n

4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. <\/span><\/p>\n

5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” <\/span><\/p>\n

6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” <\/span><\/p>\n

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”<\/span><\/p>\n

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”<\/span>\nNIV<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n

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Having the right answers matters.\u00a0 1 Peter 3:15<\/a><\/span> says that we should always be prepared to give an answer to anyone for the hope we have.\u00a0 Why are you a Christian?\u00a0 And so, if someone asked you “What does it mean when the Bible says that God is holy?”, would you have an answer?\u00a0 We believe in a Holy God… what does that mean?<\/p>\n

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Holy Scene…<\/span><\/h3>\n

In this passage, we get a glimpse of what God’s holiness is.\u00a0 King Uzziah (see 2 Chronicles 26<\/a><\/span>) was the last king in Judah who followed the Lord.\u00a0 After that,\u00a0 it was all downhill.\u00a0 Isaiah lived during the time of King Uzziah, so when Uzziah died it was a big deal for a righteous man like Isaiah.\u00a0 The king is gone- who’s going to be in charge?\u00a0 Who is going to prevent the country from slipping back into the idolatry that it had kept throughout most of its history?\u00a0 Isaiah was worried, and he goes into the temple to pray.<\/p>\n

God answers his prayers by showing him a vision of His Holiness. Isaiah got to see the Lord.\u00a0 He saw God high and lifted up- high above sin, worry, and trouble.\u00a0 And so we have a scene of of God sitting on a huge throne surrounded by angels and seraphs.\u00a0 Isaiah realizes that he can’t measure up to this scene; he doesn’t belong here!\u00a0 But God acknowledges his humility and symbolically cleans him with the burning coals.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the only place in the bible where we see scenes like this which speak of God’s holiness.\u00a0 Take a look at the following passages; they’re all describing how God is holy.\u00a0 Like Isaiah, we must recognize that we are people with “unclean lips” and be humble in His presence…<\/p>\n