The UnSafe Bible

Have you ever wondered why the cherubim said, “Holy, Holy, Holy,” and repeated the word three times? Wasn’t one time enough? In today’s message, Pastor Ken explains the importance of the repetition of this word. In the Hebrew culture, three witnesses were needed for confirmation. Thus, the three “Holy’s” were the ultimate proof of God’s holiness. It could also refer to the Godhead; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that each is holy. Regardless, there was nothing more holy than God.

Can you imagine what it would be like to be in the presence of God and to actually see Jesus? In today’s message, Pastor Ken says that throughout the Old Testament, God reveals himself through His Son. Sometimes He is called the angel of the Lord or appears in the cloud by day and pillar of fire at night to the Israelites. As Isaiah is worshiping in the temple, His eyes are opened. He sees the unseen realm and receives a revelation from God. The pre-incarnate Jesus Christ appears to Isaiah.

Have you ever started out on one mission for God, and then found God leading you to change or enhance that calling? In today’s message, Pastor Ken teaches about God’s call on Isaiah’s life and the expansion of his ministry. Isaiah had already been warning and preaching to a largely unresponsive audience. God amends or maybe even reaffirms His call on Isaiah’s life to share a very distinct message. Like the prophet, we are commissioned to be a witness for our Lord and we should obey.

God doesn’t need any man specifically to carry out His will and do great things for Him. He doesn’t need anything. He’s God. But, He’s not just going to make mountains move through you if you don’t first come to Him in surrender. Pastor Ken’s going to show you the glimpse of God we get from Isaiah today, and that He has good plans for you thought out in Heaven by Him and His council. Nothing else can compare to the joy of knowing Him and knowing your future is secure for eternity because you have faith in Him.

Isaiah had a powerful and detailed message for God’s people. Through his song and his prophecies, he made God’s message clear that they needed to work on their hearts. They once followed God but turned their backs on Him, and now they had to suffer the consequences unless they turned back to Him in repentance. It’s the same thing we must do today. Sin always ends in eventual destruction, but a life surrendered to Christ is one that’s free of the fear of death and with an eternal peace and joy.

There’s nothing brutal about following God’s Word and staying faithful to Him. Although it’s definitely not easy to always choose Him over sin, it is rewarding. Do you want God to use you to the fullest extent possible? Do you want to see God provide your needs in ways that only He can, and to guide your steps when you don’t know what to do? Today, Pastor Ken’s going to show you how simple it is! It’s surrender: surrendering your life to Jesus to let Him work in and through you and doing what He says.

Isaiah had a message that was simple, but important. God sent the message to His children that they turned their backs on Him again. They followed false teachings that were contrary to the laws God had laid out for them. Today, Pastor Ken is going to show you how important that message still is for us today, in an age where there are constant distractions and temptations hurled at you by the enemy to trip you up in your walk with God. It’s important like never before to stay rooted firmly in God’s Word.

God can and will move in amazing ways in you if you let Him, but it takes action on our part, too. It takes surrender to Him and a willingness to give up your own temporary pleasures to follow wherever He leads you. Today, Pastor Ken is going to show you the song that Isaiah wrote to God’s people when they started leaving God to serve idols, and the betrayal they put God through. Where once blessings were poured out and promised, now is the looming punishment that will come unless they turn back to Him.

Isaiah was a prophet and a man of God bringing a message to repent from their sin, and God’s children didn’t listen to Him. He brought to them a song, as Pastor Ken’s going to show you today, and sang it for them. What the people liked at first, however, turned out to be telling the story of their rejection of God’s love and their pursuit of sin instead. They rejected God once again after He so graciously had blessed them and supplied all their needs out of His great love for them.

Do you struggle with pride? Being prideful is a dangerous sin, yet it’s one of the hardest to come to terms with. We all sin and we all fall short of the glory of God. So if you think that you have it all figured out, the truth is that you don’t. Nobody is sinless and nobody can say that they are a better Christian than another person. In today’s message, Pastor Ken is going to encourage you to do some self-examination. Are you constantly seeking God and denying yourself? If not, it’s time to surrender to God.