Essex Congregational Remembrancer Isaiah 6:3 And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. I. THE SUBLIME REPRESENTATION WHICH IS MADE OF THE HOLINESS OF JEHOVAH. Holiness is the glory of God's nature, and that which entitles Him to the supreme love, confidence, and worship of all His creatures. We may view the holiness of God more particularly — 1. As that which He has Himself declared and made known in the sacred Scriptures. 2. As that which is displayed in the representations given us of the heavenly world. 3. As exhibited in the punishment of rebellious angels and lost spirits in hell. 4. As made known to the inhabitants of earth in the moral law and in the glorious Gospel. II. THE EFFECTS WHICH THE CONTEMPLATION OF IT SHOULD PRODUCE ON US. It has been revealed for our benefit, and in proportion to its importance and glory should be its influence on our minds and characters. With what feelings of adoring reverence and humility was it beheld by the holy inhabitants of heaven! What was the effect which the vision of it had on the prophet Isaiah? "Then said I, Woe is me!" etc. A similar impression was made on the mind of Job. (Job 42:5, 6) If such impressions were made on the minds of these eminent saints by the discovery of Jehovah's holiness, what effects should it produce on us? It should lead — 1. To the deepest humiliation and contrition of soul. 2. To an immediate application to the blood of sprinkling. 3. Such a believing view of the character of God will produce love to holiness and earnest desire to possess it. The contemplation of the holiness of God should lead — 4. To earnest supplications for the sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit. 5. To active efforts for the diffusion of His glory. (Essex Congregational Remembrancer.) Parallel Verses KJV: And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. |
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