A five-part study through Isaiah 6
Isaiah 6 is one of the Bible’s great chapters about meeting God. In thirteen verses a man sees the Lord, is ruined by the sight of his own sin, is cleansed by fire from the altar, and says yes. These five studies walk through it one piece at a time: the fear of the Lord, holiness, repentance, forgiveness, and a yes that keeps going.
👑 See God, and everything changes
The chapter moves in an order, and the order is the message. You can’t skip to the yes.
📱 The picture: your phone is your heart
Every study uses one everyday picture. In the Bible your heart is your control center, where choices get made (Proverbs 4:23). Picture it as a phone:
- 🔐 Passcode: who gets the final say
- 📊 Screen time: where your life really goes
- 💾 Storage: what you’re carrying, and deleting what isn’t His
- 🤲 Hands off: give the debt to God, and be wise about trust
- 🔔 Notifications: whose voice you answer, and why
God doesn’t need your passcode to see in. He already sees your heart. The question is whether He has the final say.
🎵 Listen to the song
A song about Isaiah 6, made to go with this study.
🧭 How each study works
Have a Bible, a pen and something to write in. Take a study in one sitting or spread it across a few days.
🗓️ The five studies
👑 1 · Fear of the Lord
Isaiah 6:1–4, with Saul and David (1 Samuel 15, 30) · “High and exalted”
- The truth: the fear of the Lord isn’t terror. It’s the awe that resizes every other voice, and it frees you from the fear of people.
- In the text: the throne is occupied in the year the proud king died; the hem fills the temple; sinless seraphim cover their faces; “holy” three times means set apart, no one like Him.
- The picture: who has your passcode?
✨ 2 · Holiness
Isaiah 6:3–5 and 1 Peter 1:14–17, with Joseph and Daniel (Genesis 39, Daniel 1 and 6, John 15) · “The honest report”
- The truth: you don’t clean yourself up first. Your Father makes you clean, and you live holy because you’re His child. Fruit grows from abiding, not from trying harder.
- In the text: Isaiah turns his seventh “woe” on himself; Peter calls his readers children before he says “be holy”; Joseph is faithful when no one is watching and when it costs him; Daniel’s habits are set before the lions.
- The picture: the honest screen-time report.
😳 3 · Repentance
Isaiah 6:5 and 66:2, with Josiah and Hezekiah (2 Kings 22–23, 2 Chronicles 30) · “What are you carrying?”
- The truth: repentance isn’t just feeling bad. It’s a turn: you turn from the thing, and God removes the sin. Five steps to keep for life: SEE, SAY, RECEIVE, REPLACE, SHARE.
- In the text: an eight-year-old king grows up to find the lost Book and tears his clothes; a king who grew up beside idols sends letters, “Return to the LORD,” and prays for people who came uncleansed.
- The picture: storage: delete what isn’t His, and trade an old name for the new one God gives.
🔥 4 · Forgiveness
Isaiah 6:6–7, with Joseph and his brothers (Genesis 37–50) and David and Saul (1 Samuel 24–26, 2 Samuel 1, 9) · “Hands off”
- The truth: forgiveness is received before it’s given. Forgiven people forgive, and forgiving isn’t saying it was okay. Then wisdom: forgive the past, trust the fruit, love always.
- In the text: the coal comes to Isaiah, who does nothing; Joseph forgives the brothers who sold him and refuses to sit in God’s seat as judge; David spares Saul twice, keeps his distance, and still writes him a song.
- The picture: hands off: open your grip and give the debt to God. How to forgive: name it, release it, bless them.
🙋 5 · Answer the call
Isaiah 6:8, with Peter by the charcoal fire (John 18, 21) · “Who you answer”
- The truth: the yes comes after the coal. Love is why we follow: we don’t obey to be loved, we obey because we are loved. And the yes is daily, not once.
- In the text: God asks rather than commands; Peter denies Jesus by one charcoal fire and is restored by another, asked “Do you love Me?” three times, then told “Follow Me”; the man who failed later wrote “be holy.”
- The picture: notifications: whose voice do you answer, and why? Check your why, then check your signal: got full God bars?
Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain.
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Who wrote this
Tommy has been in missions since 2010. He and Claudia have served in the Philippines since 2015, alongside Filipino leaders and partners around the world, sharing the Gospel through schools, media and missionary training. These teachings are free, and our family is supported by partners who give.