Confrontation, Conversion and Calling-Isaiah 6

“My eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty (the Lord of Heaven’s Armies”  (Isa 6:5).

1. How do you know you are a Christian?
2. What does it mean to you–personally and practically–to be called by God?
3. Who or what do you see and hear?
4. How are you saved?
5. When, where, who and how do you serve?

Isaiah’s calling (ch. 6) is my “favorite” or “signature” text of Scripture. It is representative of what it truly means to be a Christian, and how to live out one’s calling. When I was preaching through Isaiah from 2015-2016, I preached on Isaiah 6:1-8 with the title The Call: Woe to Me! Send Me!

My eyes have seen the almighty holy God. “I saw the Lord…my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty” (Isaiah 6:1, 5).

1. Do you want to “see” God (Isa 6:1, 5)? Have you?
2. What does it mean to “see” God? To confront a vision of God (Isa 6:1-4; Jn 1:14; Judg 13:22; Exo 33:20)?
3. Do you have a memorable “(God) moment” in your life (Jn 1:39)?
4. Did Isaiah see Jesus (Jn 12:41)?
5. What does it mean that God is “holy, holy, holy” (Isa 6:3; Rev 4:8)? That “the whole earth is full of his glory” (Isa 6:3; 5:30)?
6. Is your God big (Isa 6:1, 5) and your problems small, or are you problems big because your God is small?
7. How do you know if you are saved? How is one saved (Isa 6:5-7)? What does it mean to:
8. be convicted of sin (Isa 6:5a)? Have you felt woe? Doomed by your sins (Lk 5:8; Rev 1:17)?
9. confess sin (Isa 6:5b; Ps 51:4)?
10. be cleansed of sin (Isa 6:6-7)?
11. be changed (2 Cor 5:17, 21)?
12. Could Isaiah not hear “the voice of the Lord” before Isaiah 6:8? Why (Isa 59:2)?
13. What does it mean to you–personally and practically–to be called by God and to serve God (Isa 6:8-13; 66:2; Eph 4:1; Gal 2:20; Phil 1:27; 1 Pet 5:2)?
14. What does God caution about calloused people (Isa 6:9-10)? Can a person become worse after studying the Bible and after knowing the Bible? Why (1 Cor 1:22-23; Mt 7:26-27; Jas 1:22-24)?