Majesty
of God by Dr. Thomas Chung dated 25.8.13
Majesty of God is also known as the glory
of God. His glory will fill the earth as
it is written in the Scripture.
This sermon is based on Isaiah 6:1-9.
1. Essence of divinity
God is God!
In the New Testament the disciples of Jesus lived with Him for three
years and yet they did not know Him.
In Isaiah 6:1-9. Dr. Chung related the
story of Uzzah who was struck dead when he wanted to reach out to stabilize the
Ark. ( 2 Sam 6:6 ). To our natural minds we do not understand why God struck
for such a noble act. However, Dr. Chung
shared that the lesson in this story is the need for us to do God’s works God’s
way and not man’s ways.
God had touched the lips of Isaiah,
Ezekiel, and Daniel similar to that of V. 7.
This chapter also spoke of the coming of the Messiah. There is a suggestion of the Trinity in this
passage. In V.1 God the Father was
sitting on the throne. God was in the
temple, a place of worship which is a suggestion of the presence of His Son.
2. Heavenly community
The description of the seraphim talked
about one of the communities in heaven.
Seraph was the symbol of how people were to approach God. Seraph is a type of angel. E.g Angle Gabriel was called Angle of the
presence, because he was present when ever God is. Each seraph has 6 wings, 2 cover their faces,
2 cover their feet, 2 for flying.
2 wings cover their faces, these symbolized
worship. 2 wings covering their feet
symbolized humility or modesty and 2 wings meant for flying and these
symbolized services. There it is 1. Worship 2.
Humility 3. ready to be of
service to Him.
V.3 “Holy, Holy, Holy” three times, and
these symbolized the Trinity, Holy Father, Holy Son and Holy Spirit.
3.
Prophetic response
V.5 “unclean lips”, “seen the King” were
referring to the people’s conviction of their sins. There is a difference between conviction and
condemnation. In conviction God said
there is a way out of sins, whereas Satan condemned us and tell us lies about
sins. God wants the prophets to bring
prophetic words to the people.
V.6 “coal touching lips” means guilt taken
away and sins forgiven. This speaks of
the Holy Spirit coming.
V.8 “And who will go for us” the “us” here
is a suggestion of the Trinity.
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