Southview Baptist Church
Do You Believe? — Holy
Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues the “Do You Believe? Practicing Doctrine” sermon series. This week in Revelation , we learn that God's holiness should drive us to seek to be set apart for his purposes. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
From The Baptist Faith and Message:
There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all-powerful and all-knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all-powerful and all-knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
1. The picture of God's throne room conveys both immanence and transcendence (Revelation 4:1‑7).
• God's invitation to witness His holiness (1‑3)
• The inhabitants of God's throne room transcend imagination while remaining consistent with the God we know (4‑7).
• Isaiah's experience in God's throne room stretches our imagination (Isa. 6:1‑2).
Action: Ask yourself, how does the picture of God's throne room help me to better understand God's transcendence and imminence?
• God's invitation to witness His holiness (1‑3)
• The inhabitants of God's throne room transcend imagination while remaining consistent with the God we know (4‑7).
• Isaiah's experience in God's throne room stretches our imagination (Isa. 6:1‑2).
Action: Ask yourself, how does the picture of God's throne room help me to better understand God's transcendence and imminence?
2. The activities in God's throne room convey complete holiness (Revelation 4:8‑11).
• The three‑fold declaration of God's holiness reminds us that God is eternally God (8).
• Isaiah's account reminds us that God is unlike anything else we know (Isa. 6:3).
• The 24 elders remind us that God's holiness should lead us to action (9‑11).
Action: Take a minute and recite Revelation 4:11 with me.
• The three‑fold declaration of God's holiness reminds us that God is eternally God (8).
• Isaiah's account reminds us that God is unlike anything else we know (Isa. 6:3).
• The 24 elders remind us that God's holiness should lead us to action (9‑11).
Action: Take a minute and recite Revelation 4:11 with me.
3. God's holiness should be both terrifying and motivating (Isa. 6:4‑8).
• When we begin to realize God's holiness we are driven to cry "woe is me!" (4‑5).
• Realization of our sin should drive us to look to God for salvation (6‑7).
• When we begin to realize the significance of our salvation we are driven to cry "Here I am, use me!" (7‑8).
• Ultimately, God invites us to be part of a restoration that can only be the work of a truly holy God (Rev. 22:1‑5).
Action: Join me in recognizing your sin and then boldly stepping out to declare "Here I am, use me!"
• When we begin to realize God's holiness we are driven to cry "woe is me!" (4‑5).
• Realization of our sin should drive us to look to God for salvation (6‑7).
• When we begin to realize the significance of our salvation we are driven to cry "Here I am, use me!" (7‑8).
• Ultimately, God invites us to be part of a restoration that can only be the work of a truly holy God (Rev. 22:1‑5).
Action: Join me in recognizing your sin and then boldly stepping out to declare "Here I am, use me!"
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