Say YES: Isaiah's YES
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In the call of Isaiah, we see the willingness of the prophet Isaiah, as he says yes to God. However, a little less obvious is God’s challenge in recruiting. The words “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Show us that God Himself was having some difficulty in his recruiting efforts. We also see that the call was a difficult call. Isaiah was called to minister to a stubborn people. His call was to give God’s people another chance to say “No” so as to increase their culpability and prove the righteousness of God’s judgment. This was not a call to preach prosperity and achieve popularity. Rather, in saying YES, Isaiah was most certainly going to gain the disdain of his fellow Israelites.
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Say YES: Isaiah's YES
- 3. Series Outline •Isaiah’s YES (Isa. 6) •Elisha’s YES (1 Kings 19) •Samuel’s YES (1 Samuel 3) •Matthew’s YES (Matthew 9) •Ananias’ YES (Acts 9) •Timothy’s YES (2 Timothy 1)
- 5. First Point Your vision of God determines whether you will say YES or NO to Him. Isaiah 6:1-7
- 6. In the year that King Uzziah died… •It was a sad year. •It was an uncertain year. •It was a tense year.
- 7. The vision of God’s Throne •God’s throne is exalted. •God’s “train” is extended. •God’s name is expounded.
- 8. The vision of God’s Altar •God’s servant is examined. •God’s prophet is expiated.
- 9. Second Point God also has a hard time getting yesses. Isaiah 6:8
- 10. Isaiah 6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
- 12. Third Point First, we say YES, then we find out what we’ve agreed to do. Isaiah 6:9-13
- 13. What did I agree to??? •Go speak to an unreachable people A people who hear, but don’t understand. A people who see, but don’t perceive. •Make them duller, deafer and blinder!
- 14. How long must I do this? •Until destruction comes! •Until the remnant that survives destruction is judged!
- 15. John 12 39 Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said, 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him.
Editor's Notes
- Greeting
- Series Intro “Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” Josh Billings “Real freedom is saying 'no' without giving a reason.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
- Greeting
- First Point Your “vision” of God determines whether you will say YES or NO to Him Isaiah 6:1-7 6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[a] of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”[b] 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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!” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
- In the year that King Uzziah died… It was a sad year: Isaiah reigned for 52 years, but his successful reign ended sadly. It was an uncertain year. He was succeeded by his son, Jotham. There was no guarantee that Jotham would be like his father. It was a tense year. The year before Uzziah died, Pekah of Israel usurped the throne of the northern kingdom by killing King Pekahiah. During the first year of his reign he began forging an alliance with Syria.
- The vision of God’s Throne God’s throne is exalted. God’s “train” is extended. God’s name is expounded.
- The Vision of God’s Altar God’s servant is examined. God’s prophet is expiated.
- Second Point God also has a hard time getting yesses.
- Isaiah 6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
- In an article entitled “Who volunteers in America?”, Helen Gibson writes that: Churches across the nation rely on volunteers to make their ministries possible. However, many church leaders struggle to recruit and retain the volunteers they need. In fact, just over 70 percent of respondents to the 2015 National Survey of Congregations said they found recruiting volunteers continually challenging or even impossible.
- Third Point First, we say YES, then we find out what we’ve agreed to do. Isaiah 6:9-13 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” 11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said: “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste, 12 and the Lord removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13 And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.
- What did I agree to??? Go speak to an unreachable people A people who hear, but don’t understand. A people who see, but don’t perceive. Make them duller, deafer and blinder!
- How long must I do this? Until destruction comes! Until the remnant that survives destruction is judged!
- John 12 39 Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said, 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him.
- Greeting