WHY IS GOD NOT LISTENING?

Isaiah 6:1–8 ESV

1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train 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!” 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.” 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.”

The story is told of Franklin Roosevelt, who often endured long receiving lines at the White House. He complained that no one really paid any attention to what was said. One day, during a reception, he decided to try an experiment. To each person who passed down the line and shook his hand, he murmured, "I murdered my grandmother this morning." The guests responded with phrases like, "Marvelous! Keep up the good work. We are proud of you. God bless you, sir." It was not till the end of the line, while greeting the ambassador from Bolivia, that his words were actually heard. Nonplussed, the ambassador leaned over and whispered, "I'm sure she had it coming."

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1- THE ALMIGHTY.

A- GOD TOOK THE INITIATIVE.

Isaiah 6:1 ESV

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

The burning bush experience God was waiting

Exodus 3:2 ESV

2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

Exodus 3:4 ESV

4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Isaiah 6:4 ESV

4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

Exodus 3:2 ESV

2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

EXDOUS

EXDOUS

EX

B- GOD REVEALED HIS GLORY.

Isaiah 6:4 ESV

4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

The presence of a Almighty God caused the foundations to shake and often the room was filled with smoke. The first example is when God anointed the temple the second was when the Spirit of God descended on Mt Siani

1 Kings 8:10 ESV

10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord,

1 KINGS

1 Kings 8:11 ESV

11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

Exodus 19:19 ESV

19 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.

EXODUS

Exodus 19:18 ESV

18 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.

2- THE ANGEL.

A- THE SERAPHIM ACKNOWLEDGED THE GLORY OF GOD.

Isaiah 6:2–3 ESV

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!”

We see the same thing in the Book of the Revelation.

ISAIAH 6:

Revelation 4:8 ESV

8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

3- THE ATONEMENT.

3- THE ATONEMENT.

ISAIAH RECOGNIZED WHO HE WAS COMPARED TO A HOLY GOD.

Isaiah 6:5 ESV

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!”

ISAIAH 6:

A-ISAIAH CONFESSED HIS SINS THE SINS OF HIS PEOPLE.

Isaiah 6:5 ESV

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!”

Peter did the same thing the first time that he saw Christ.

ISAIAH 6

Luke 5:8 ESV

8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”

LUKE

B- AFTER CONFESSION ISAIAH’S SINS COULD BE ATONED FOR.

Isaiah 6:6–7 ESV

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.”

Peter realized that repentance was the way to the Holy Spirit.

ISAIAH 6:

Acts 2:38 ESV

38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

C- AFTER ISAIAH CONFESSED HIS SINS HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE GOD.

Isaiah 6:8 ESV

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.”

ISAIAH 6

Isaiah 6:7 ESV

7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

Are you wandering why you cant hear God speaking to you? Do You want to know how to hear God? Repent in the sight of a Holy God!!!