Wake Up Call Part IV

Isaiah 6:1-8

— Isaiah was in everybody else’s face prior to this vision of God as He really is. Then he had a wake up call, and saw himself as he really was.

Isaiah Experienced…

1. Spiritual helplessness.

A. Isaiah 6:5a. Isaiah saw himself as he really was.

B. Luke 5:8. Peter also saw himself as he really was.

— We all like to use excuses to point the blame elsewhere, but the truth is, the choice is mine.

2. Spiritual hopelessness.

A. Isaiah 6:5b. Isaiah couldn’t help himself.

B. Romans 7:24. Paul saw it too.

C. Romans 3:23.

D. II Corinthians 5:21. The solution… Help for the helpless. Through Jesus we are Justified, and our sin debt is PAID IN FULL.

3. Spiritual humility.

— Isaiah’s focus now centered on his own need rather than getting in everyone else’s business.

A. Isaiah 6:5.

B. Joel 2:13.

C. Matthew 7:5.

D. Matthew 15:8.

We need to see ourselves as spiritual lepers at the feet of the Healer. We NEED this.