– The God Is… Series –
BIG & CLOSE . HOLY KING . LOVING & JUST . ALL…
LAUNCH
Basketball star LeBron James broke a major rule when he met Prince William and Duchess Kate, English royalty. LeBron put his arm around Kate when they took a photo. Here are some of the rules for meeting royalty:
1) Stand when royalty enters the room.
2) Only speak when spoken to.
3) Address the Queen as “Your Majesty” and the Prince and Duchess as “Your Royal Highness.”
4) Never touch them, unless they offer a brief handshake.
5) Don’t chew gum.
6) Stop and bow 20 feet from the throne.
7) Stop eating when they stop eating.
8) Don’t turn your back on them.
What’s your reaction to this kind of royal treatment?
In America we are not used to having or being around royalty. We expect everyone to be treated equally. The closest we come to this is being around celebrities. In the passage we are going to read, Isaiah describes his encounter when he meets God seated on a throne.
EXPLORE
1. Have someone read Isaiah 6:1-9a. Have the students recap the story.
2. When Isaiah meets God in a vision, how does he see God?
3. What are the seraphs (angels) doing and saying? Why do you think they are covering themselves?
4. How does Isaiah respond? How do you think you would have responded if you saw and heard this?
5.How is Isaiah able to stay in God’s presence and not be destroyed? How has our guilt been taken away and our sin “atoned for (been paid for)” as believers, allowing us to be in God’s presence?
6. What does the Lord say to Isaiah in verse 8 and the first half of verse 9 and what is Isaiah’s response?
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7. When you compare yourself to this holy God, would you consider yourself to be a pretty good person or unclean, like Isaiah? Why?
8. If the only way for you to be with God is for you to be holy, how do you think you can become holy?
9. When the angels were in God’s presence, all they could do was worship him. How do you think recognizing God’s holiness would help you to worship him more genuinely?
10. As you read and see God in this passage as a holy and almighty king, what is your response to him? What do you sense God calling you to do?
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