CALLED INTO SERVICE
by Pastor Richard Tow
October 25, 2015
Text: Isaiah 6
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Description: Isaiah faced many of the same issues in his day that we face now in America. Learn about the message that God gave this prophet and how that message informs our ministries today. What enabled Isaiah to faithfully deliver his message in the face of difficulties and opposition? Our text helps us understand the answer to that question. In Isaiah 6 the veil of heaven is pulled back and Isaiah has a life-changing vision. What he saw and heard became the foundation of everything the man did from that day forward. God is preparing His prophets today to confront the challenges of our culture as well. Isaiah’s example is part of that equipping.
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OUTLINE
Intro
Subject: The call of God on your life
Text: Isaiah 6
I. “I SAW the Lord…. (Verses 1-4)
- The Lord
“In the year that King Uzziah died….”
“sitting on a throne….”
“high and lifted up….”
“and the train of His robe filled the temple” - The seraphim
Burning ones
Six wings
Crying, , “Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory.”
II. “So I SAID…. (Verses 5-7)
- Confession: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips….”
- Cleansing:
“Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”
III. “Also I HEARD….Verses 8-13)
- Question: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?”
- Answer: “Here am I! Send me.”
- Assignment: “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand….”
- Response to Assignment: “Lord, how long?”
- An Encouraging Footnote: “But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return….”
