i am undone

Isa 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Isa 6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Isa 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isa 6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isa 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Isa 6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
Isa 6:7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

• the prophet and the Lord -
  

Isaiah sees the Lord, he finds himself face to face with him. he gives us an account of what he saw and what he sees is the Lord on the throne high and lifted up, he sees the seraphims and hears them crying out holy holy holy is the lord. as Isaiah gives this account so does john found in revelation 4:8 "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come". God also gives us an account of himself in exodus 34:6 "And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth". the whole earth truly is full of his glory. this part of Isaiah 6 gives a just a glimpse at who God is, and how wonderfully holy, and righteous he truly is.

• The man of God revealed -

these next few verses really stand out to me, i think we all have a vision in our heads of what that day will be like when we die and go to heaven. before i was saved i thought if God did exist he was someplace in a cloud, and i had the image of st. Peter at the pearly gates with arms out stretched. how wrong i was. Isaiah who is a man of God, finds himself before the living God and how does he react? the first words he says are "WOE IS ME"!!! that took me off guard, he is a prophet he talks to God how is it that when he gets to stand face to face with him he cries out "WOE IS ME"!!! He goes on to explain. "I AM UNDONE" just look at the word he uses here, "undone" lets take a look at this word, UNDONE 1) to cease, to cut off, to be destroyed, or to perish. its almost like he died. we read in revelation a very close account given by john. Rev 1:17 "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead". he no longer excites in the presences of the Lord, he is destroyed, perishes! but why? because he is a man of unclean lips, this man who speaks the words of God is a man of unclean lips. oh what then shall i be? oh what then shall the unsaved man be as he stands before the living God! Hebrews 10:31 says, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God". isa 64:6 for we all are as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags". see, now why this stands out to me? it scares me stupid, but more then that. it makes me scared to death for the lost. this man was a man of God and he was undone. lets remember - Mat 12:36 "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Mat 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned".

• the good news -
  

Isa 6:6 "Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar":
Isa 6:7 "And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged".
that is good news my friends, God took away his iniquity and purged his sin. AMEN!!!
he has done the same for us! Jesus paid it all, he has put the live coal to our lips and purged our sin when he went to the cross. Isa 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed". Joh 3:17 "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved". Joh 3:18 "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God".
Rom 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us".

our day to stand before God will come as well, we to will stand where Isaiah stood. it may be that on that day we will come undone. we may fall as dead. but if we can do what romans says and call upon the name of the lord we shall be saved.