I Saw the LORD High and Lifted Up

The Holiness of God

I. Introduction - our view of God

Nothing more important, all else depends on it and all else leads to it

The beginning, middle and end of all

II. The Sight of God - the ultimate reality of the universe

1. On a Throne - over all and above all - Daniel 4

2. Exalted - Proverbs 25:3

3. Clothed in majesty Psalm 104:1-2

III. The sight of the Angels - God is supremely revered

1. Their wings - face, feet, flew

2. Their words - Holy holy holy - so loud and reverberant that it shook the house

a. They think and feel what they are saying

3. The meaning of Holiness - the God-ness of God, unique, Divine, Gravity

a. Moral purity - perfection, absolute pure righteousness, worthiness

b. Sacred - treatment and attitude and regard of perfection

4. The whole earth is full of his glory

IV. The sight of Isaiah - the result of a right sight of God

1. Woe is me - prophetic pronouncement against himself

2. I am undone - no where to turn, differing sights, desire to flee Luke 5:4-11

3. I am a man of unclean lips - cause A, not worthy to speak or praise

4. For my eyes have seen the King - cause B, compared to this, no wonder

a. Our view of God shapes our view of the law and therefore of sin

b. Our view of God shapes our view of our own place

V. The Grace of the Gospel

1. Angels do nothing of their own accord, only the will of God

2. The altar, a holy sacrifice the source of pardon - propitiation - shedding of blood

3. Sin atoned for, pardon by grace not works - Hebrews 10:19

Conclusion

1. Labor to see God - our view of God shapes everything

2. Do not flee to the law to undo your undone-ness, but to the grace of the cross