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| EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (18–20 minutes) Read Isaiah 6:1-13. Ask the youth to search the chapter for all the ways it illustrates the power, holiness and majesty of God. Have them look for parts of the chapter that even show a scary side of God. Examples they should find include: throne, high and lofty, hem of his robe filled the temple, seraphs, holy, whole earth is full of his glory, pivots shook, house filled with smoke, Isaiah is terrified, Isaiah needed to have his sin removed. Have a Bible dictionary handy to look up words like seraph. Ask these questions: • Why do you think the seraphs covered their faces and their feet? • Why was Isaiah terrified? Should he have been? • What do you think the live coal represented? Why was this important? Why specifically the mouth? Make these points: • God is very, very holy. And when people come into contact with this holiness, they see the vast difference between God’s holiness and their sin. That’s the significance of the seraphs covering themselves and why Isaiah was so afraid. • The live coal represented the cleansing of sin. It also represented dabar, the Hebrew concept of God giving prophets special power in the words they speak. If a person has dabar, their words come from God and whatever they say happens. Continued... |
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