Naked Before God

Series: How to Look Good Naked
Sermon: Naked Before God

Opening- Let’s start by building one another up. Read Psalm 139 and tell each other how marvelous you look! Tell the person next to you something beautiful about them, something you appreciate in them.

Digging Deeper: Read Isaiah 6:1-7
Who is Isaiah and where is he?? Read 1:1, 6:4, or check out a study bible.
What did Isaiah see? Describe the vision and discuss- what are Seraphs? Why would they cover their faces and feet? What is the importance of the three-fold “holy” praise?
What is Isaiahs immediate response, and why would he respond this way?
Why the need for a burning coal? Why the lips? What does it mean to have both your guilt taken away AND your sin atoned for?
Let’s talk more about confession- “homologeo,” “to say the same”
Read Romans 10:5-12. What is the first role of confession in our lives? Discuss (hint: salvation).
Read 1 John 1:5-10. What is the second role of confession? Discuss (hint: sanctification).

Closing: take time for confession, for as the bible says,
Proverbs 28:13, “He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
And James 5:16, “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”

Isaiah 6:1-7
1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."