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!” 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.” 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people:  Isaiah 6:1-8,

2 At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings[a] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: 7 the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. 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!” 9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever.   Revelation 4:2-10a

B. The Objects of the Fear of God: His Person

1. Attributes to be feared in general revelation

a. God’s eternal power: Romans 1:20

b. God’s divine nature: 1 John 1:5; 4:8

2. Attributes to be feared in special revelation

a. His eternality: Ecclesiastes 3:11,14

b. His sovereignty: Philippians 2:12-14

c. His faithfulness: Proverbs 3:11

d. His omniscience: Psalm 139

e. His omnipresence: Psalm 139

f. Today: His Holiness

A. The Holiness of God Declared

1. God declares He is __________, ____________, ____________
Isaiah 6:1 & Revelation 4:2

a. He is separate from His _____________ Is. 57:15 & Ex.15:11

b. He is separate from ____________ Habakkuk 1:13

c. He is ___________ in moral _____________ 1 John 1:5

d. He is ___________ in moral _____________ Nahum 1:1-3

2. God’s holiness produces ___________ in His child

a. Willful _____________________ to God Acts 9:1-9

b. Glad ______________________ in God Matt. 17:1-8

c. Serious _________________ about God Job 40:1-5

d. Right _________________ of ourselves Is. 6:5, Job 42:1-6

B. The Holiness of God Displayed (next week)