Take Time To Be Holy - Part 3

2023.08.13. SERMON NOTES. Take Time to Be Holy. Pt 3

William Akehurst, HSWC

BIG IDEA: Be Holy, for I AM HOLY. When we experience the HOLY GOD, we see our shortcomings. It is only the HOLY LORD GOD that can make us to be HOLY. One Touch and we are made Whole, and Holy, and Ready for HIS Service. But it starts with us, being willing to surrender to HIM.

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-9, Colossians 3:1-17, Titus 3:5-7, 1 Peter 1:13-16, Romans 12:1-2, 1 John 2:6, 1 Peter 3:15 2 Peter 3:14-15a, 2 Peter 3:18, Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19-20, 1 Thessalonians 5:23

ISAIAH’S NAME MEANS “YHWH-THE LORD IS SALVATION”

THE BOOK OF ISAIAH IS ONE OF THE MOST QUOTED PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.

THE MOST PROPHETIC OF THE COMING AND 2ND COMING OF THE MESSIAH.

ISAIAH WAS TRANSFORMED BY AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE HOLY ONE.

ISAIAH - FROM UNHOLY TO HOLY, BY ONE TOUCH FROM THE MASTER.

AND FROM THAT TOUCH, WILLINGNESS TO DO WHATEVER THE HOLY ONE, THE LORD GOD COMMANDED HIM.

THE COMMAND…GO AND TELL THE PEOPLE.

A MESSAGE FOR EVERY BELIEVER IN CHRIST.

THE VISION – THE LORD ON THE THRONE, HIGH AND LIFTED UP

Isaiah 6:1-9a

1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.

I’VE ONLY EVER SEEN THE TRAIN OF THE BRIDE COMING TO THE GROOM, SOME LONG, SOME NOT SO MUCH; BUT THE LORD’S TRAIN FILLED THE ROOM!

HOLINESS PROCLAIMED

2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 And one cried to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;

The whole earth is full of His glory!”

THE THREEFOLD HOLY. PERFECT IN HOLINESS, FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT.

AND THE GLORY OF THIS HOLINESS FILLS THE EARTH.

4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

WHEN THE ISRAELITES WANDERED THE WILDERNESS AND SET UP THE TABERNACLE, GOD’S PRESENCE WAS KNOWN BY SMOKE FILLING THE HOLY PLACE.

RESPONSE TO HOLINESS OF THE LORD

5 So I said:

“Woe is me, for I am undone!

Because I am a man of unclean lips,

And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;

For my eyes have seen the King,

The LORD of hosts.”

ISAIAH WAS “UNDONE”…EVERYTHING HE THOUGHT OF HIMSELF WAS GONE

UNTIL HE SURRENDERED HIMSELF TO THE PURE HOLY ONE.

WHEN WE COME INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY GOD, WE REALIZE AND SEE OURSELVES AS UNHOLY BY COMPARISON.

HOW WILL YOU FEEL WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER THE PURE, PERFECT, MOST HOLY ONE?

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar.

SIN FINDS IT’S DESTRUCTION IN THE FLAMING FIRE

ONE TOUCH, AND WE ARE SET FREE!

7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said:

“Behold, this has touched your lips;

Your iniquity is taken away,

And your sin purged.”

I’M REMINDED OF THE WOMAN WHO REACHED OUT TO THE HEM OF CHRIST’S GARMENT, ONE TOUCH AND SHE WAS HEALED AND MADE WHOLE!

GOD HAS CREATED US FOR HIS PURPOSE, WE NEED TO BE OBEDIENT TO HIS CALLING, AND GO WHERE HE LEADS US.

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send,

And who will go for Us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

9 And He said, “Go, and tell this people:

AND HIS MESSAGE MUST REACH THE NATIONS.

SEEK AND SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE – HOLY

SURRENDER OURSELVES FROM OUR WORLD VIEW TO BE HEAVENLY MINDED

Colossians 3:1-17

1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

BE DISCIPLINED TO PUT TO DEATH SIN IN YOUR LIFE

5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

GET RID OF THESE THINGS, BE CONSCIOUS OF OUR INNER AND OUTER BEING.

SURRENDER, BECOME “UNDONE”.

8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,