Jesus our lord and savior

Jesus our lord and savior

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Understanding Who God Is



By Paul Chappell

"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke."

Isaiah 6:1-4

We live in a society that has a very distorted view of God. When the prophet Isaiah saw his vision of God in Heaven, he saw a God who was transcendent in holiness. Around His throne, seraphims cry out with unceasing worship, "Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory."

God could have chosen any attribute of His character and nature to highlight. He could have commanded the seraphims to cry out "Love, love, love" or "Just, just, just." But He has especially created angels to declare His holiness.

To understand that God is holy means that we understand how far His standards for righteousness are above our own. No one who truly grasps how exalted God is can do anything except fall on his face and beg for mercy.

When angels appeared to men and women in the Bible as angels (sometimes they appeared as men) the immediate response was terror. In fact, the angels almost always had to calm the person they visited with the words, "Fear not." And that is just the angels—God is far above them in His glory and grandeur. An appreciation for God’s holiness will give us a holy reverence and fear of Him that will cause us to examine our ways and make sure we are walking according to His will.

Today's Rooted Principle:
Keep the vision of God’s holiness in the forefront of your mind, and your life will be holy and pleasing to Him.

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