Pastor Sunder Krishnan

Jan 31/Feb. 1

The Splendour of God’s Holiness (2)

Holy! Holy! Holy!

Worship the Lord

in the splendour of His holiness

Holy Time

• Genesis 2.3. And God blessed the

seventh day and made it holy

Holy space

• Exodus 3:5 “Do not come near;

take your sandals off your feet, for

the place on which you are

standing is holy ground.”

Holy people

• 1 Peter 2.9 But you are a chosen

people, a royal priesthood, a holy

nation, a people belonging to God,

that you may declare the praises of

him who called you out of darkness

into his wonderful light

Desensitized to holiness

• We have handled holy things for so

long that our hands have become

cauterized to holiness. . if you're not

periodically shocked by what God

says and does then you're probably

not listening to God.,

Leviticus 9.23-10.2

• And Moses and Aaron went into the tent

of meeting, and when they came out

they blessed the people, and *the glory

of the LORD appeared to all the people.

Leviticus 9.23-10.2

• And fire came out from before the

LORD and consumed the burnt offering

and the pieces of fat on the altar, and

when all the people saw it, they shouted

and fell on their faces.

Leviticus 9.23-10.2

• Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron,

each took his censer and put fire in it and

laid incense on it and offered unauthorized

fire before the LORD, which he had not

commanded them. And fire came out from

before the LORD and consumed them,

and they died before the LORD

2 Sam 6.5-7

• And the anger of the LORD was

kindled against Uzzah, and God

struck him down there because of his

error, and he died there beside the

ark of God.

Don’t touch

• Numbers 4:15 (ESV) — 15 And when

Aaron and his sons have finished covering

the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the

sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that

the sons of Kohath shall come to carry

these, but they must not touch the holy

things, lest they die.

Isaiah too

• 6.1-5 In the year that King Uzziah died I

saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high

and lifted up; and the train of his robe

filled the temple. Above him stood the

seraphim. And one called to another and

said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory

Isaiah too

• And the foundations of the thresholds

shook at the voice of him who called, and

the house was filled with smoke. And I

said: “Woe is me! For I am lost

The incredible good news

• Isaiah 57.15 For thus says *the One who is

high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity,

whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of

a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the

spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of

the contrite….

The incredible good news

• 66.2

“This is the one I esteem: he who is humble

and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my

word.”

A revived spirit

• 2 Sam 6.9-14 And David was angrybecause the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” So David was not willing to take the ark of the LORD into the city of David.

A revived spirit

• So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing And David danced before the LORD with all his might.

Enough, Isaiah!

• Isaiah 30:10-11 They say to the seers,

“See no more visions!” and to the

prophets, “Give us no more visions of

what is right! Tell us pleasant things,

prophesy illusions. Leave this way, get

off this path, and stop confronting us

with the Holy One of Israel!”

So choose this day

• Isa 66.2 This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.

• Isa 30.11 “Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!”

Tremble before holiness and live

exuberantly; soothe yourself with

illusions and shrivel

One liner from the sermon:

• Who is like you, O Lord

• Clothed with splendor and light?

• Who is like you, O Lord

• Armed with power and might?

• And who are we, O Sovereign Lord

• That we should know your love?

• Consuming fire, O holy majesty

• We know your love

• How great you are, O Lord

• Your mercies are ever new

• Who are we, and who is like You?