Hello Class
This Sunday will begin on Chapter 7 of Has Your King Died?
Here is a sample from the lesson.
Isaiah saw the Lord like he had never seen Him before.
“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, KJV). The seraphims were fiery angels. It was an awesome sight.
When we really see the Lord, we also obtain an accurate view of ourselves.
“Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone [undone and ruined]; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged” (Isaiah 6:5-7, KJV) (bracketed comment from Amplified Bible).
We can expect sanctification.
Woe is an expression of grief and despair. Notice not only did Isaiah see himself as an undone and ruined person, but also when he saw himself in this way immediately the Lord caused a cleansing from the altar. That is our God. He is quick to cleanse us when we repent, and normally we can only repent when we really see Him. I believe that this is what we now call sanctification, which results in consecration and holiness in character. Without this type of encounter with the Lord on a regular basis, we will not be able to see the King and hear Him speak. Without hearing Him speak, we cannot operate in the Kingdom of God. Go to God daily to cleanse you from your fleshly ways. Ask Him to uncover strongholds and generational sins. Often, strongholds are sneaky because we cannot notice them ourselves. Strongholds cause us to act ungodly in involuntary way without even premeditation.
Without this type of cleansing, the enemy will keep us impotent with guilt and shame, and the Kingdom of God will not be real in our everyday lives.
Carol and I look forward to seeing all of you.
With our love
Larry and Carol