Woe is Me!

1 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. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” Isaiah 6:1-5

The most Godly man in all of the world at the time realized that in comparison to Holy God, he was a Sinner! The Prophet Isaiah sees God for WHO HE IS and the immediate reaction is that Isaiah is devastated by his sin. And He is overwhelmed by the majesty and the glory and the holiness of God!

This is where your salvation must begin. If you have not realized the Holiness of God, then you have not recognized your sin for what it is. If you have not submitted your life to THIS GOD, then you are serving a false religion. If your life has not been forever changed by the POWER of God unto salvation, then you have not truly surrendered your life to the One True King.

The Gospel message MUST begin with the Holiness of God. We MUST see God as He is. We MUST recognize Him in His supremacy. And we MUST declare “HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! Is the Lord God Almighty! The whole earth is FILLED with His Glory!”

God is HOLY… and we are not. God is perfect and demands perfection. He will not let anything enter His presence that is not Holy. And the law demands perfection. And we cannot be perfect because we are born sinners.

So this leaves all of mankind with an incredibly dire situation. We MUST be Holy to know God, and we cannot be Holy on our own. We cannot achieve perfection on our own. It doesn’t matter how many times you go to church. It doesn’t matter how much money you give to charity. It doesn’t matter how many “good things” you do according to man’s standards. There is NO AMOUNT of works that you can do to achieve a right standing with God.

We are totally and completely dependent on the Jesus Christ and His Righteousness. We CANNOT achieve a righteousness on our own.

The severity of the situation is that without Christ YOU are enemies with God. And until you are reconciled to Him, then your eternity is damned for eternity in the Lake of Fire… Until you recognize His Holiness and submit to His Supremacy, then you are “following the prince of the power and the air… you are a son of disobedience… you are just like the rest of mankind…”

We are 100% dependent on Jesus Christ and His Righteousness. All we have is Christ. There is nothing else in this world that can save us. There is no other religion that can reconcile your dead soul to a Holy God.

This dire situation should cause ONE REACTION in your life. You should say, “WOE IS ME!” You should say, “I am a man of unclean lips.” You should respond to this fact with a repentant heart.

Repentance is the ONLY response that one can have to be reconciled to God. But you MUST first realize the Holiness of God.