Apostle Allison Smith Conliff centers on Isaiah Chapter 6, exploring the profound vision of the prophet Isaiah and its relevance to modern believers. The message emphasizes supernatural encounters with God, divine cleansing, and the call to service. The apostle introduces the sermon by revealing that the upcoming year’s theme will be “supernatural encounter with divine intervention through His word,” building upon the current year’s theme of “favor and service.”

The Apostle begins by defining what constitutes a biblical vision: a supernatural encounter with God that is often a revelation of God’s glory or the meaning of past or future events. This definition establishes the framework for understanding Isaiah’s extraordinary experience. She emphasizes that visions occur in atmospheres where God’s supernatural glory is present, and people can fall into such visions when they maintain the right spiritual environment.

The sermon explores Isaiah 6 in depth, beginning with the temporal marker: “In the year that King Uzziah died.” The apostle explains that Isaiah saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, with the skirts of His train filling the most holy part of the temple. Above Him stood the seraphim, angelic beings positioned specifically to glorify God.

When Isaiah beheld this vision of God’s holiness, his immediate response was profound self-awareness: “Woe is me! For I am undone and ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”

This moment represents a critical spiritual principle: true encounter with God’s holiness produces genuine conviction and self-awareness. Isaiah didn’t make excuses or blame others; he took responsibility for his spiritual condition.

The sermon’s central transformative moment comes when one of the seraphim responds to Isaiah’s confession. Having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from off the altar, the seraphim flew to Isaiah and touched his mouth with it, declaring: “Behold, this has touched your lips. Your iniquity and guilt are taken away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven.”

The Apostle emphasizes that the fire of the altar in Old Testament times was never supposed to go out. If the fire went out, the priests faced serious consequences. She draws a parallel to New Testament believers: the fire in your life must never go out, or you will be in big trouble. If God is a consuming fire, His people cannot be cold, icy, or indifferent.

The live coal represents purification and cleansing. Sometimes God literally has to give believers supernatural encounters for cleansing so that when they emerge, they are never the same again. These transformational encounters leave permanent marks on a person’s life, no one can tell them otherwise about what God has done.

The Apostle shares powerful personal testimonies to illustrate the reality of supernatural encounters with God. She describes her own experience of being taken up to the heavens with incredible speed after the death of her first child. She testifies, “I understand what Isaiah is saying here because of experience. High and lifted up. I saw the Lord high and lifted up.”

These testimonies underscore a central message: “You see that moment with Yahweh? It changes everything.”Whether going through the valley of the shadow of death, experiencing a low season, or facing a bed of affliction, one day with Yahweh will transform your situation.

Following Isaiah’s cleansing, God asks: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” The Apostle emphasizes that God is looking for runners today, men and women who will go for Him, people who will respond, “Here I am.”

She notes the profound reality that God has to ask, “Whom shall I send?” when He looks through the land. This question implies a scarcity of willing, prepared servants.

Rec. Date: 24th November, 2024