Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 6

Leading Question: To what extent is God prepared to twist our arms – as he did Isaiah’s – in order to persuade us to enter his service?

In this lesson we tussle with three issues:

1. The nature of God’s call: coercive or freely chosen?

2. The relationship between civil leadership and sacred leadership: Does prophetic authority depend on a strong civil leader, i.e. king?

3. What does it mean when God’s preaching and teaching only hardens the human heart?

1. Nature of God’s call. In order to properly evaluate God’s call to Isaiah, we need to compare his call ...