The Violence of Faith

Mat_11:12  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 

The sixth chapter of Isaiah is a wellpsring of truth, here we see  God in His awesome  transcendence and holiness; but here also, we see how God’s holiness is incredibly invasive to the soul of a man.  When His holiness invades; there is  trauma, count on it.  Isaiah’s response to this vision of holiness, is personal devastation.  He pronounces woes upon himself; a curse upon himself.  His conscience is overwhelmed by the sight of God, in all His holiness.