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 Value this time in your life, kids.

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 It's a time of your life when you still have your choices and it goes by so fast.

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 When you're a teenager, you think you can do anything and you do.

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 Your 20s are just a blur.

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 In your 30s, you have a family, make a little money.

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 Think to yourself, what happened to my 20s?

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 In your 40s, you grow a little pot belly and another chin.

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 The music starts to get too loud and one of your girlfriends from high school becomes a grandmother.

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 In your 50s, you have a minor surgery.

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 You'll call it a procedure, but it's still surgery.

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 In your 60s, you'll have a major surgery.

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 The music is still too loud, but it doesn't matter because you can't hear it anyway.

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 In your 70s, you and the wife will retire to Fort Lauderdale, start eating lunch at 10am,

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 dinner at 2pm and breakfast the night before.

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 You'll spend most of your time wandering around shopping malls looking for the ultimate soft serve yogurt

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 and muttering, how come the kids don't call?

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 How come the kids don't call?

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 In your 80s, you'll have a major stroke and end up babbling to some Jamaican nurse

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 who your wife can't stand but whom you call mama.

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 Any questions?

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 That's Billy Crystal's speech to his child's school class in the 1991 Western comedy film City Slickers.

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 Billy Crystal, he plays a guy named Mitch.

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 He hits 39 years of age and he has a midlife crisis.

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 Suddenly, he realises that his life isn't what he thought it would be.

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 It's not so great.

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 The world in which he lives is a mess.

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 And he starts asking the question, what's the point of it all?

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 What's the point of life?

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 What is the purpose of life?

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 And so he and a few mates go on a cowboy camping holiday to rediscover their masculinity and to find the purpose of life.

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 And he finds it by helping a cow give birth to a calf.

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 It's a feel-good, occasionally funny, but empty movie in the end.

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 But it does raise questions.

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 The sort of questions that people are asking, the sort of questions that teenagers and children are asking,

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 the sort of questions that retirees are asking, the sort of questions that we ask,

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 what is it all for?

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 It's not about you.

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 That's how Rick Warren begins his book, The Purpose Driven Life.

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 It's not about you.

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 And he goes on to say,

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 the purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment,

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 your peace of mind, or even your happiness.

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 It's far greater than your family, your career, and even your wildest dreams and ambitions.

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 If you want to know why you were placed in this planet,

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 you must begin with God.

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 You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

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 The atheist and philosopher Bertrand Russell said,

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 if God doesn't exist, which he didn't believe God existed,

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 then what is the purpose of life is a question that has no sense at all.

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 And the Bible is clear on the purpose of life.

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 It's not about me.

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 It is, in fact, about him.

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 Colossians 1.15,

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 The Son is the image of the invisible God,

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 the firstborn over all creation.

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 For in him all things were created,

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 things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities.

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 All things have been created through him and for him.

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 He is before all things,

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 and in him all things hold together.

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 He is the head of the body, the church.

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 He is the beginning of the firstborn from among the dead,

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 so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

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 So you have a purpose.

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 This church has a purpose because God has a purpose.

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 And there are five very specific but interacting purposes

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 that God has for your life and my life

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 and our life together.

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 And we're going to look at each one of those things,

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 as Deb indicated, over the next five weeks

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 in this Our Vision series.

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 And we begin with magnification.

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 We exist for the glory of God.

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 This is the only one of the five purposes

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 that is not a means to an end.

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 This is the end.

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 Magnification is the goal of all things,

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 the glory of God.

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 Now, magnification, or to magnify,

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 is used in a limited way in our day.

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 It normally refers to making something appear larger

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 than it actually is,

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 like through a lens of a microscope

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 or something like that, or a telescope.

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 Or through a telescope,

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 something that's small, making it look bigger.

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 Or in another way,

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 it's used in common language

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 to increase or to exaggerate

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 the importance of something

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 or the effect of something.

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 For instance, wow, you know,

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 you had your issues before you went to prison,

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 but man, prison really magnified them.

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 That kind of an idea.

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 Now, the original use of the word magnify,

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 which comes from the Latin word magnus,

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 which means great,

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 is to praise highly or to glorify.

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 Its supreme use,

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 in its original context,

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 was in reference to God.

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 Because God is great.

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 Because God is magnus,

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 he is worthy of being magnified.

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 And this is, in fact,

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 what we see in Isaiah 6,

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 which was just read out to us.

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 So go to Isaiah 6.

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 I'm going to linger there for a bit.

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 Get your Bibles out.

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 If you haven't got a Bible,

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 stick your hand up.

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 We'll get one to you real quick.

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 Isaiah 6.

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 We see two things

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 in the verses that were read out to us

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 that make God worthy of being magnified.

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 God is great, firstly,

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 and God is gracious, secondly.

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 And we get seven glimpses

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 of the greatness of God

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 in the first four verses.

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 I'm going to travel across these real quick,

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 even though I'd love to linger longer in them.

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 But firstly, it says God is alive.

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 Notice,

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 In the year that King Uzziah died,

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 I saw the Lord sit on the throne.

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 King Uzziah was the longest serving monarch at the time.

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 He was the greatest, most powerful man

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 in the world at the time.

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 And it says,

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 King Uzziah is dead,

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 but in the year that he died,

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 God is alive.

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 He continues to live.

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 Psalm 90 verse 2 says,

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 Before the mountains were born

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 or brought forth the earth and the world,

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 from everlasting to everlasting,

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 you are God.

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 From infinite that direction

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 to infinite that direction,

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 no ending, no ending.

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 You are God.

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 You are alive.

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 So this God was the living God

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 when the universe was banged into existence

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 as he spoke it into existence.

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 He was the living God

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 when the Great Wall of China

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 was built over a very long period of time.

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 He was the living God

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 when in 1966,

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 Time magazine put a title on its cover

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 that said,

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 God is dead.

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 He is alive.

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 He was alive then.

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 Is he alive today?

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 And he will be living

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 still 10 trillion ages from now.

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 There is not a single head of state

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 in the entire world,

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 not a single person sitting on the throne

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 who will be ruling in 90 years.

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 And in a brief 120 years,

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 this planet is going to be populated

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 by more than 10 billion brand new people

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 and all 7.7 billion of us today,

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 alive today,

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 will vanish off the face of the earth

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 like King Uzziah.

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 But not God.

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 He never had a beginning

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 and therefore he depends on nothing

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 for his existence.

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 He always has been

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 and always will be alive.

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 Second glimpse we get here

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 is that God is authoritative.

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 Verse 2,

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 I saw the Lord seated on a throne.

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 That's his vision.

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 He sees this God on a throne.

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 You see, no vision of heaven.

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 Read the Bible.

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 There's no vision of heaven

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 where you ever catch a glimpse of God

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 cooking a meal.

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 He's never out cutting the grass

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 or shining shoes

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 or filling out forms

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 or loading a truck.

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 He sits.

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 He sits on his throne.

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 The throne.

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 The throne is his right to rule.

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 You see, we do not give God authority

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 over our lives.

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 He has authority over our lives

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 whether we surrender to it or not.

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 I think few things are more humbling.

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 Few things give us that sense

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 of the raw majesty of God

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 as the truth of God

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 is utterly authoritative.

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 After him, there is no appeal.

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 And that's the third glimpse.

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 You see, we see this God

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 is not just has authority,

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 but he has all authority,

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 has all power.

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 The throne of his authority

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 is not one amongst many thrones.

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 I saw the Lord seated on a throne

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 high and exalted.

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 That God's throne is higher

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 than every other throne,

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 every other authority,

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 every other power

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 signifies that God's superior power

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 to exercise his authority

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 over all things.

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 There is no opposing authority

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 that can nullify the decrees of God.

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 What he promises,

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 what he declares cannot be undone.

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 What he purposes,

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 he accomplishes.

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 As God says a little later

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 in Isaiah 46.10,

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 I make known the beginning

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 from the end,

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 from the beginning,

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 from ancient times,

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 what is still to come.

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 I say,

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 my purpose will stand

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 and I will do all that I please.

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 To be gripped

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 by the all-powerful

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 sovereignty of God

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 is either marvelous

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 because he is for you

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 or it is terrifying

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 because he is against you.

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 Indifference to it,

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 just indifference to it

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 means that you have not seen it.

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 You have not seen him

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 for who he is.

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 The sovereign authority

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 of the living God

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 is a refuge full of joy

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 and power for those who are his.

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 His promise to you

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 can never be nullified,

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 never be overturned.

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 Fourthly,

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 we see that this God

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 is magnificent.

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 It says,

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 I saw the Lord

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 sitting on his throne

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 high and exalted

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 and the train of his robe

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 filled the temple.

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 Now,

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 royal weddings

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 are a bit of a rage lately.

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 Well,

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 at least one anyway.

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 You know,

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 Harry and Megan,

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 the other ones

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 haven't been rated as highly.

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 But,

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 you may remember

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 if you're as old as I am

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 or maybe even seen the pictures

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 of the wedding dress

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 when Harry's mum

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 was married,

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 Diana,

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 Princess of Wales,

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 married to Charlie

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 back in 1981.

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 And I remember

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 as a young lad

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 at that point

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 being in a room

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 watching this wedding,

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 not sure why,

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 but being told to stay up

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 and I remember

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 in the moment

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 that she hopped out

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 of the carriage

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 and started walking

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 up the stairs

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 into St. Paul's Cathedral,

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 the only thing

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 I remember

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 is this dress

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 just kept going

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 on

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 and on

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 and on

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 and on

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 and the women

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 in the room

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 gasping

00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:40.159
 at this dress,

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 the train

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 of her robe

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 was eight metres long.

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 It sort of like

00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:47.480
 filled the steps

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 at St. Paul's Cathedral

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 in London.

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 So what would it mean

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 if the train

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 filled the aisle

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 and covered the seats

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 and the choir loft

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 and the pulpit

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 and it wasn't,

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 it was just one piece

00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.519
 of cloth

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 just...

00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:02.340
 You see,

00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:03.480
 that God's robe

00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:05.659
 fills the entire temple

00:14:05.659 --> 00:14:07.300
 is a

00:14:07.300 --> 00:14:10.420
 splendour moment.

00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:16.279
 God is incomparable

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:17.659
 in His splendour.

00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:19.860
 The fullness

00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.860
 of God's splendour

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.579
 shows itself

00:14:21.579 --> 00:14:23.059
 in millions

00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:23.759
 and billions

00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:24.599
 of ways.

00:14:25.199 --> 00:14:26.199
 His magnificence

00:14:26.199 --> 00:14:27.179
 spills over

00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:28.179
 into excessive

00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:29.419
 creative beauty.

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 It's what we see

00:14:30.599 --> 00:14:31.319
 in the wonder

00:14:31.319 --> 00:14:32.099
 of all

00:14:32.099 --> 00:14:32.959
 of creation.

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 Everything

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.459
 in the universe

00:14:35.459 --> 00:14:36.480
 from the tiniest

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 atom to the depths

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 of the ocean

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 where there is fish

00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.599
 with headlights

00:14:40.599 --> 00:14:42.779
 and big teeth

00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:44.079
 and you go,

00:14:44.339 --> 00:14:45.279
 why are they there?

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 No one knows.

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 Except it's God

00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:50.599
 saying,

00:14:51.359 --> 00:14:52.239
 there you go.

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 That is where

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 you exist.

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 The furthest reach

00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.299
 of the...

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 It just displays

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 the magnificence

00:15:00.719 --> 00:15:01.519
 of His character.

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 And fifthly,

00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.419
 we get a glimpse

00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:05.019
 of this God

00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:05.740
 is revered.

00:15:05.819 --> 00:15:06.279
 Above Him

00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:07.279
 were seraphs,

00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:08.980
 each with six wings.

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 With two wings,

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 they were covering

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 their faces.

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 With two,

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 they covered their feet.

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 With two,

00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:13.899
 they were flying.

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.419
 Now,

00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.360
 no one really knows

00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:15.740
 from the rest

00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.179
 of the Bible

00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:16.779
 what these

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:19.199
 strange six-wing

00:15:19.199 --> 00:15:19.740
 creatures

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.299
 with feet

00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:20.799
 and eyes

00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:21.460
 and intelligence

00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:21.879
 are.

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 There's some

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:24.620
 kind of an angel.

00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:27.059
 One thing is for sure,

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 given the grandeur

00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:30.919
 of this scene

00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.379
 in the heavenly realms

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.679
 and the power

00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.179
 of the angelic hosts,

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:37.580
 it is best for us

00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:39.220
 not to picture

00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:41.679
 the angelic hosts

00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:45.100
 as chubby little babies

00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:45.899
 with wings

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.939
 fluttering around

00:15:46.939 --> 00:15:47.779
 the throne of God.

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:52.100
 According to verse four,

00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:54.399
 when one of them speaks,

00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.379
 the foundations

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:57.139
 of the temple shake.

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 Wind this sound system up

00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:01.659
 as far as it goes,

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.319
 and I can't get

00:16:02.319 --> 00:16:03.419
 this building to shake.

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:07.899
 These are not

00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:08.839
 chubby little babies

00:16:08.839 --> 00:16:09.579
 with wings.

00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:11.419
 There are no puny

00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:12.819
 or silly little creatures

00:16:12.819 --> 00:16:13.360
 in heaven,

00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.279
 only magnificent ones.

00:16:15.339 --> 00:16:16.339
 And the point is,

00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:18.399
 not even they,

00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:20.459
 not even these seraphs

00:16:20.459 --> 00:16:21.779
 can look upon God,

00:16:21.839 --> 00:16:23.079
 nor do they feel worthy

00:16:23.079 --> 00:16:24.980
 even to leave

00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:26.480
 their feet exposed

00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.919
 in His presence.

00:16:29.459 --> 00:16:30.179
 One of my kids

00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:31.120
 is in kids' church

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.600
 this morning

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.700
 with no shoes on.

00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:34.259
 Totally fine.

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:37.419
 In the presence of God,

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.340
 you cover them up.

00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.460
 You see,

00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:44.639
 great and good

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.779
 as they are

00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:46.440
 untainted

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:47.879
 by human sin,

00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:49.460
 they revere

00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:50.179
 their maker

00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:52.440
 in great humility.

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.419
 You see,

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:56.419
 when one of these seraphs

00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:58.139
 an angel appears

00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:59.459
 before a human being

00:16:59.459 --> 00:17:00.439
 in the Bible,

00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:02.360
 they normally begin

00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.859
 dialogue with the human being

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:06.619
 with fear not.

00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:07.940
 Because

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:09.759
 that's exactly

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.079
 the human response

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:12.059
 when you're confronted

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.940
 with one of them.

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:15.019
 Fear and trembling,

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.940
 but angels themselves

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:19.000
 hide in holy fear

00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:19.899
 and reverence

00:17:19.899 --> 00:17:21.960
 in the presence of God.

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 so far greater

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:26.840
 than they

00:17:26.840 --> 00:17:28.299
 is He.

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.539
 Six,

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.920
 God is holy.

00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:35.019
 Verse three,

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 and they were calling

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.940
 to one another.

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.340
 And let me try

00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:39.539
 to pick it up here.

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.120
 Holy,

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:45.299
 holy,

00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:45.439
 holy,

00:17:45.439 --> 00:17:46.799
 holy

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:48.000
 is the Lord

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.699
 almighty.

00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:50.239
 The whole earth

00:17:50.239 --> 00:17:51.739
 is full of His glory.

00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:54.659
 Multiply that

00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:56.639
 billions of times

00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:57.219
 until the

00:17:57.219 --> 00:17:58.919
 thresholds shake.

00:17:59.719 --> 00:17:59.939
 You see,

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.799
 the possibility

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.079
 of language

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:03.539
 to carry the meaning

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.599
 of God

00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:06.199
 eventually runs out

00:18:06.199 --> 00:18:07.500
 and holy

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.739
 is as far

00:18:08.739 --> 00:18:09.459
 as you can go.

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:11.239
 The word holy

00:18:11.239 --> 00:18:12.659
 carries us to the brink

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.800
 and from there

00:18:13.800 --> 00:18:14.900
 the experience

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.340
 of God

00:18:15.340 --> 00:18:16.480
 is beyond words.

00:18:19.800 --> 00:18:20.220
 You see,

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.560
 the reason I say that

00:18:21.560 --> 00:18:23.240
 is that every effort

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.420
 to define

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.019
 the holiness

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.759
 of God

00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:27.460
 ultimately winds up

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:29.100
 by saying

00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:30.380
 God is holy

00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:32.240
 means

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:34.019
 God is holy.

00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:36.400
 Means God is God.

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.580
 You see,

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.880
 the word holy

00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.980
 means to cut

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.779
 or to separate

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.399
 from.

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.339
 And a holy

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:43.879
 thing

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.819
 in our

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.980
 terms

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:47.119
 is cut off

00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:47.379
 from

00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:48.319
 or separated

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.779
 from

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.940
 from common

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.420
 use.

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.299
 That's what it

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:51.539
 means.

00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.059
 You separate

00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.660
 from common

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:52.920
 use,

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.759
 set it aside,

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.500
 it becomes

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.920
 a holy

00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.519
 thing.

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.519
 Earthly

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.079
 things and

00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:58.700
 persons are

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.079
 holy

00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.879
 as they are

00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.779
 distinct from

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.220
 the world

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.680
 and devoted

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.259
 to God.

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.579
 But what

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.079
 happens

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.680
 if that

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.279
 definition

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.399
 is applied

00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:07.920
 to God

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.379
 Himself?

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:09.320
 from what

00:19:09.320 --> 00:19:09.800
 can you

00:19:09.800 --> 00:19:10.380
 separate

00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:10.880
 God

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.380
 to make

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:11.540
 Him

00:19:11.540 --> 00:19:11.900
 holy?

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:13.660
 You see,

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.000
 the very

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.660
 Godness

00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.260
 of God

00:19:15.260 --> 00:19:16.220
 means

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:16.920
 that He

00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.700
 is separate

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.680
 from all

00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.540
 that is

00:19:19.540 --> 00:19:20.480
 not God.

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.540
 That's because

00:19:23.540 --> 00:19:24.140
 God

00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:25.600
 exists

00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:26.320
 in a

00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:26.940
 different

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.440
 way

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.380
 to us.

00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:30.060
 We,

00:19:30.320 --> 00:19:31.120
 His creatures,

00:19:31.780 --> 00:19:32.160
 exist

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.960
 in a

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.500
 dependent,

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:36.259
 derived,

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.960
 finite,

00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:39.980
 fragile

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.720
 way,

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.039
 but our

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.839
 God

00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:43.619
 exists

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.220
 in an

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.799
 eternal,

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.759
 self-sustaining,

00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.079
 necessary

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.700
 way.

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.700
 I use

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.059
 the word

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.579
 necessary

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.240
 there

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.299
 in the

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:54.980
 sense that

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.680
 God does

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.259
 not have

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.819
 it in

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.279
 Him.

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.519
 It's not

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.059
 part of

00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.059
 His nature

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:01.240
 to go

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.660
 out of

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.099
 existence.

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:05.059
 in the

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.880
 same way

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.920
 that we

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.400
 do not

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.799
 have it

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.259
 in our

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.720
 nature

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.859
 to not

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.259
 go out

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.359
 of

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:10.759
 existence.

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.880
 We

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.359
 cannot

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.240
 naturally

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.940
 live

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.299
 forever.

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.539
 God

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:19.859
 cannot

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.500
 naturally

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.720
 die.

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.519
 We

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.960
 all

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.460
 necessarily

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.420
 age and

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.839
 die

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.619
 because

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.140
 it is

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.319
 our

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:28.700
 present

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.019
 nature

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.319
 to do

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:29.519
 that.

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:29.779
 And so

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.160
 we ask

00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.619
 the question,

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:30.859
 well,

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.539
 what is

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.140
 this

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:33.380
 short

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:34.380
 time span

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:34.720
 that I'm

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.120
 on earth

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.400
 is all

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:35.740
 about?

00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.280
 We

00:20:38.280 --> 00:20:38.860
 cannot do

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.280
 anything

00:20:39.280 --> 00:20:40.220
 else but

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:40.620
 eventually

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:41.120
 die.

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.180
 One of

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.640
 my girls

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.000
 said

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.520
 recently

00:20:43.520 --> 00:20:44.240
 in the

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.580
 last couple

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:44.860
 of weeks,

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.260
 I don't

00:20:45.260 --> 00:20:45.520
 want to

00:20:45.520 --> 00:20:45.940
 grow up

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.500
 and I

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:46.980
 want to

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.400
 stay a

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:47.760
 child

00:20:47.760 --> 00:20:48.540
 forever.

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 Well,

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 good luck

00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.020
 with that,

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 I thought.

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.900
 It didn't

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.220
 work for

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.460
 Michael

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.900
 Jackson

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:56.380
 or most

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.660
 Aussie

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:56.940
 blokes,

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 as it

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.680
 turns out.

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 Only

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 God,

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.539
 only

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.240
 God

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.220
 necessarily

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.099
 continues

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.579
 forever

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.539
 unchanged.

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.159
 The

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:06.519
 God

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.639
 of

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:06.779
 the

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.139
 Bible

00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:07.579
 needs

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:07.899
 no

00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:08.339
 support

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.819
 system.

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.460
 God

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.700
 is

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:09.899
 one

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.019
 of

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.119
 a

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.420
 kind

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.559
 and

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:10.680
 in

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:10.859
 that

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.200
 sense

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.339
 he

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.480
 is

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.799
 utterly

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.180
 holy.

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.500
 God

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:14.940
 has

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.399
 life

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:15.680
 in

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.180
 himself.

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:16.740
 He

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.379
 draws

00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:17.759
 his

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.399
 unending

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:19.019
 energy

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.720
 from

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.399
 himself.

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.059
 His

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.420
 being

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:21.740
 and his

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 character

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.440
 not

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 determined

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 by

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 anything

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:23.960
 outside

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 of

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.500
 himself.

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 He

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.399
 is

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 absolute.

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:26.639
 Everything

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:26.980
 else

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.519
 derives

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:27.960
 from

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 him.

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 He

00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:28.799
 does

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 not

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.319
 derive

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.500
 his

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 being

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 from

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 anything

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 else.

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 He

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 is

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 incomparable.

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 His

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 holiness

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.779
 determines

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 all that

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 he

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 is

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 and

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 he's

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 determined

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 by

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 no

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 one

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.859
 else.

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 Nothing

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:42.940
 else.

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.319
 You

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.480
 can

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.839
 call it

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.000
 his

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.480
 majesty.

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:44.960
 You

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.139
 can

00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.500
 call it

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.659
 his

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.099
 divinity.

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.619
 You

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:46.779
 can

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.119
 call it

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.299
 his

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.700
 greatness.

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:47.940
 You

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.059
 can

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.379
 call it

00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:48.500
 his

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.839
 value.

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.019
 You

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.159
 can

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.359
 call

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.480
 it

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.720
 his

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.359
 worth.

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.500
 You

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.619
 can

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:50.859
 call

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:50.980
 it

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.159
 his

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.899
 magnificence.

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 In

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 the

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.139
 end,

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:55.819
 we

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.779
 sail

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 up to

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 the

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 very

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 of

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 human

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 language

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:03.500
 and

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.639
 it

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:03.879
 runs

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.180
 out.

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 There

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.659
 may

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.039
 be

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.980
 so

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 much

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.500
 more

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.619
 to

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:09.799
 know

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:09.940
 of

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.119
 this

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.539
 God

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:12.460
 but

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.659
 that

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:12.859
 is

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.359
 beyond

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.919
 our

00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.819
 ability

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.099
 to

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.519
 express

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.799
 it.

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 And

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:18.980
 so

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.519
 Habakkuk

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.419
 2.20

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:20.960
 says

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.159
 get to

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 the

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.740
 edge.

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 The

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.619
 Lord

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:24.919
 is in

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 his

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.339
 holy

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.819
 temple,

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:26.879
 the

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.200
 whole

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.799
 earth.

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 Be

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.099
 silent

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.519
 before

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.960
 him.

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:31.799
 Just

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:33.319
 ah.

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.000
 We

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.339
 learn a

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.799
 seventh and

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.159
 a final

00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:42.680
 thing about

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.079
 God.

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:43.940
 God

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.079
 is

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.599
 glorious.

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.079
 Verse

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.500
 3.

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 Holy,

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:47.539
 holy,

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.019
 holy is

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.180
 the

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.460
 Lord

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.960
 almighty.

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.299
 The

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.639
 whole

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.299
 earth

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.399
 is

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:51.940
 full

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.419
 of

00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.019
 his

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.240
 glory.

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.319
 glory.

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.359
 We

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.740
 get to

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:56.920
 the

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.200
 edge

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.500
 and we

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.920
 go

00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:00.059
 ah.

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 And

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.740
 we

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:03.039
 would not

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.440
 know

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.400
 anything

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.559
 about

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.920
 this

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.519
 God

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.339
 and his

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.019
 holiness

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.500
 and his

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.440
 magnificence

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.579
 if he

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.220
 did not

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.839
 graciously

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.319
 reveal it

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.859
 to us.

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.220
 See,

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:15.700
 God's

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.200
 glory

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.940
 is in

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.400
 fact the

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.160
 revealing

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.140
 of his

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.620
 holiness.

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.120
 God

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.400
 is

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:21.800
 glorious

00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:22.620
 means that

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.080
 God's

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.600
 holiness,

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.080
 his divine

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.380
 being,

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.100
 his character

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.460
 has gone

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:26.800
 public.

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.160
 It means

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.420
 that he

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.800
 sent it

00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:28.160
 viral.

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.440
 He's

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.140
 displayed it.

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.740
 He's

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.140
 made it

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.560
 clear.

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.060
 Romans 1

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.700
 says the

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.100
 whole

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:35.400
 earth,

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:35.940
 God has

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.500
 revealed

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.259
 himself in

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.759
 what he's

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.259
 made.

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.839
 And

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.420
 unless he

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.920
 reveals

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.579
 himself,

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.599
 we would

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.359
 not see

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.759
 him for

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.119
 who he

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.519
 is.

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:44.720
 But

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.279
 when he

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.779
 does,

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.599
 there is

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.759
 only one

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.480
 response.

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.519
 Leviticus 10

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.319
 verse 3,

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.460
 God says,

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.119
 among those

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.680
 who approach

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:54.920
 me,

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.400
 I will

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.879
 show

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.519
 myself

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.980
 holy.

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.000
 In

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.460
 the sight

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.980
 of all

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.440
 people,

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.839
 I will

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.160
 be

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.660
 honoured.

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.200
 Or

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.440
 another

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.099
 word that

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.339
 can be

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.640
 changed

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:03.859
 with

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.200
 honoured

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.119
 there is

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.079
 I will

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.460
 be

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.680
 magnified.

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.740
 When I

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.740
 reveal my

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.500
 magnus,

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.920
 the

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.900
 response is

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.940
 magnification.

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.160
 When God

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.880
 reveals his

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.400
 glory to

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.600
 his

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.120
 creatures,

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.640
 the

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.279
 response of

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.420
 his

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.180
 creatures is

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.740
 to give

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.180
 glory,

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.920
 to give

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.299
 praise,

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:22.600
 to give

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.240
 adoration,

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.100
 to magnify

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.600
 God.

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.019
 To magnify

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.060
 God is

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:28.200
 to respond

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.420
 to his

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.820
 revealing of

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.120
 his

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:32.180
 magnificence.

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.500
 We cannot

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.560
 glorify God

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:36.660
 without engaging

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.299
 with his

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.720
 glory.

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.279
 You see,

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.240
 God wants

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.599
 to be

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.440
 praised for

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.720
 his

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.779
 praiseworthiness,

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.960
 magnified for

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.539
 his greatness

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.879
 and his

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.159
 goodness.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.759
 He wants

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.019
 to be

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.639
 appreciated

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.019
 for who

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.639
 he is.

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.180
 And so

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.379
 God reveals

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:50.940
 his glory

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.680
 to people

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.440
 and to

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.000
 angels

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.519
 in a

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.139
 free

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.319
 and a

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.940
 radically

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.419
 generous

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:56.980
 way.

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.019
 Then there

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.319
 is a

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.960
 response

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.720
 of

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.259
 adoration

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.599
 on the

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:00.940
 part of

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.220
 people

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.519
 and the

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.980
 angels

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.079
 where they

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.940
 give glory

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.859
 to God

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.359
 out of

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.799
 gratitude

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.259
 for what

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.419
 they

00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:06.559
 have

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.099
 seen

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.319
 of

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.599
 God

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:07.759
 and

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.119
 received

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.339
 from

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.639
 him.

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.079
 God's

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.720
 glory

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.460
 showing

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:14.319
 requires

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.079
 glory

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.559
 giving

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:17.579
 and this

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.259
 is at the

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.740
 heart

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.839
 of true

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.799
 fulfillment

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:23.000
 of God's

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.579
 creatures.

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.180
 It brings

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:27.319
 joy to

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.759
 people

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.819
 as it

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.220
 does

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.259
 to God.

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:32.319
 God's

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.859
 glory

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.720
 revealing

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:35.599
 prompts

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.180
 glory

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.740
 giving

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:39.160
 and that

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.900
 is the

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.420
 purpose

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:42.079
 of why

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.440
 you were

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.779
 made.

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.379
 The New

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.779
 Testament

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.339
 writers

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.119
 declare that

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.640
 the public

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.700
 display of

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.059
 God's

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.640
 nature,

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.779
 his

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.339
 character,

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.599
 his

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.039
 power,

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.279
 his

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.680
 purpose,

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:54.920
 his

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.299
 grace,

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.559
 his

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.039
 glory,

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.319
 his

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.039
 magnus

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:59.059
 is now

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.940
 open to

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.259
 view

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:02.339
 for all

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.940
 peoples

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.259
 in the

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.839
 person

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.759
 and the

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.379
 work of

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.819
 God's

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.000
 Son,

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.379
 the Lord

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.720
 Jesus

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.359
 Christ.

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.460
 That is,

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.720
 Jesus is

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.180
 the pinnacle

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:15.160
 of God's

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.120
 glory

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.640
 revealing.

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.299
 And what

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.519
 is amazing

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.180
 is this

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.860
 little bit

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.480
 in John's

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.080
 gospel that

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.640
 you read

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:23.779
 it,

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.100
 it's

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.600
 surrounded

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.240
 by a

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.539
 difficult

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.180
 text,

00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:26.940
 but when

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.539
 you read

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.080
 this verse,

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.740
 you flip

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.660
 straight through

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.640
 it without

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.680
 noticing it,

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.000
 but let me

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.340
 just read

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.980
 it to you.

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:36.400
 John 12

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.680
 verse 41,

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.200
 he's just

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.980
 quoted the

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:43.019
 prophet Isaiah,

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.480
 and he

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.980
 says,

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.480
 Isaiah said

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:48.539
 this because

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.640
 he saw

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.900
 Jesus'

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.960
 glory and

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.060
 spoke about

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:55.080
 him.

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.920
 See what

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.500
 John says

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.740
 there?

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.180
 You'd flip

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.759
 straight through

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.100
 that.

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.600
 See what

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.160
 he says?

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:07.039
 Jesus is

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.180
 who Isaiah

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.560
 saw here in

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.320
 his vision

00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:11.259
 in Isaiah

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.740
 6.

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:16.480
 Jesus

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.320
 radiates,

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.960
 he reflects,

00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:18.480
 he mirrors,

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.180
 he displays

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.759
 the character,

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.299
 the purpose,

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.080
 the power,

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.700
 and the grace

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.200
 and the mercy

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.700
 of God.

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.039
 The magnificence

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.240
 of what went

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.160
 public in

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:27.380
 Jesus was

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.940
 the plan

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.640
 and the work

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.140
 of grace

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.920
 whereby he

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.539
 saves

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.120
 sinners.

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.640
 And so

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:35.380
 that's why

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.160
 our purpose

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:37.000
 statement says

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.320
 that we

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:38.140
 exist as a

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.640
 church because

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.600
 we treasure

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.319
 Jesus.

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.119
 Treasuring

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.779
 Jesus for

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.659
 God's glory

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.159
 and the joy

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.459
 of all

00:27:46.459 --> 00:27:46.919
 peoples.

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.000
 Now on

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.480
 one level

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.859
 it probably

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.399
 shocks us

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.740
 to think

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.240
 that God's

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.619
 goal is

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.279
 his glory,

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:53.779
 his goal

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.099
 of all

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.599
 things is

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.159
 his glory.

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:57.179
 If my

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.599
 goal in

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.899
 life was

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.579
 my glory,

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:02.500
 which without

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.039
 the work of

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.500
 God in our

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.059
 life, that's

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.919
 exactly the

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.539
 reason why we

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.179
 exist, we

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:06.839
 pursue our

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.399
 own glory,

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.340
 we call

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:09.360
 that egotism.

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.400
 Most of

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.360
 us in

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.700
 the North

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.180
 Shore are

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.660
 really good

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.180
 at hiding

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.040
 our egotism

00:28:14.040 --> 00:28:14.519
 or work

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.240
 really well

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.680
 at hiding

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.640
 our egotism,

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.300
 but it's

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.920
 there, the

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.500
 heartbeat of

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.960
 our lives,

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:20.519
 my glory all

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.980
 the time.

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:24.040
 For God

00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:24.720
 to pursue

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.460
 his glory,

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.180
 it doesn't

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.620
 point to

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.540
 divine ego,

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.220
 but in

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.620
 fact to

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.460
 divine love.

00:28:33.780 --> 00:28:34.640
 For us

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.360
 it's self-centered,

00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:36.320
 for him it's

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.100
 divine love.

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:39.480
 God doing

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.140
 everything for

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.060
 his glory is

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.780
 the foundation

00:28:41.780 --> 00:28:42.460
 of his love

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.080
 for us.

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.800
 God's

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.640
 commitment to

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.420
 his glory

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.500
 means love

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.100
 and life

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.700
 and forgiveness

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.600
 and eternal

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.500
 fame for

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.060
 those who

00:28:50.060 --> 00:28:50.400
 live for

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.019
 his glory.

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.920
 His

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.740
 commitment to

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.400
 his glory

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.780
 is the

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:55.840
 foundation for

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.259
 his love

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.480
 for us.

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.720
 Did you

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:58.620
 note Isaiah's

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.440
 response,

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.820
 having seen

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.500
 God's glory

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.340
 in verse 5,

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.759
 what does he

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.620
 immediately do?

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.140
 Wow,

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:07.980
 you're God

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.320
 and I'm

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:08.700
 not.

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.880
 Woe to

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.220
 me,

00:29:10.300 --> 00:29:10.820
 I cried,

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.280
 I am

00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:11.940
 ruined,

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.640
 for I'm

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.140
 a man of

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.600
 unclean

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:13.940
 lips and

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.480
 I live

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.900
 among a

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.280
 people of

00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:15.720
 unclean

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.100
 lips and

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.940
 my eyes

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.480
 have seen

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.160
 the King,

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.900
 the Lord

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.360
 Almighty.

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.879
 You see,

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.459
 this is

00:29:21.459 --> 00:29:21.979
 Isaiah,

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.659
 one of

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:22.979
 God's

00:29:22.979 --> 00:29:23.759
 people and

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:25.419
 as sincere

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.240
 as his

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.059
 worship has

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.479
 been,

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.819
 Isaiah has

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.559
 not been a

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.219
 man whose

00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:30.839
 heart has

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.179
 been in

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.519
 love with

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.859
 God.

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.500
 His

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.199
 profession of

00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:34.699
 faith has

00:29:34.699 --> 00:29:35.559
 been orthodox

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.279
 but empty

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:38.839
 with little

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.939
 heart awareness

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.339
 of the

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.019
 grandeur of

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.419
 God.

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.460
 God,

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:44.940
 and as

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.440
 this

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.320
 awareness

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:48.400
 forms in

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.100
 Isaiah's

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.460
 mind,

00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:50.160
 he blorts

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.680
 out the

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.100
 obvious

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.779
 conclusion,

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:53.460
 woe to

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.880
 me.

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.480
 He's

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.340
 tracking along,

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.560
 God reveals

00:29:58.560 --> 00:30:00.420
 his glory and

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.920
 he goes,

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.660
 whoa.

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:03.860
 And the

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.779
 very first

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:06.180
 words that

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.980
 are spoken

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.500
 by the

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.540
 prophet Isaiah

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:09.640
 in this

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.640
 enormous book

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.259
 of Isaiah

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.120
 is those

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.840
 words there.

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.340
 And for

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:15.980
 the first

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.700
 time in

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.500
 his life,

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.779
 he actually

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.420
 worships

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.740
 God.

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.519
 For the

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.180
 first time,

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.000
 he sees

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.920
 that he is

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.779
 typical of

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.720
 his generation

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.259
 whose faith

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.080
 was unthinking

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:31.240
 and glib.

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.519
 Their mouths

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.800
 were not

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.460
 filled with

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.140
 worship but

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.960
 with flippant

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.019
 repetitions

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:39.320
 and self-justifying

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:40.140
 excuses.

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.360
 And now

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.880
 Isaiah sees

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.480
 himself

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:47.380
 because he

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.440
 sees God.

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:52.600
 And something

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.500
 new is

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.060
 entering his

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.440
 heart.

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.740
 Humility.

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.100
 See,

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.480
 the most

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.840
 telling

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.519
 indicator

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.119
 that God's

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.639
 grace is

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.160
 renewing

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.519
 us is

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.900
 not when

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.299
 we say

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.680
 all the

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.480
 right things

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.000
 about his

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.559
 grace,

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.960
 but when

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.700
 we stop

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.000
 putting

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.519
 ourselves

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.879
 above

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.740
 others and

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.319
 even above

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.799
 God.

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.099
 It's when

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.519
 he starts

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.139
 breaking

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:16.259
 our hearts.

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.139
 Where was

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.559
 the last

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.079
 time you

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.960
 lamented?

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.680
 I mean

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.920
 really

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:29.099
 lamented

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.759
 over your

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.259
 sin.

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:32.839
 Then

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:39.139
 something

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.579
 wonderful

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.099
 happens.

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.519
 A

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.099
 seraph

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:43.779
 circling the

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.119
 throne of

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.339
 God,

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.119
 peels off

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:46.079
 from his

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.079
 flight path

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.879
 and he

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.199
 dives

00:31:48.199 --> 00:31:48.839
 straight for

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.259
 Isaiah.

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.000
 He's

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.539
 holding a

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.480
 burning coal

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.480
 that he

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.500
 took from

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.079
 the altar

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:56.139
 with tongs.

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:57.880
 He's not

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.660
 using the

00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:00.320
 tongs because

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:01.080
 it's hot.

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:03.380
 He took

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:04.080
 this coal

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:05.180
 with tongs

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:06.180
 because he's

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.860
 handling a

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.680
 holy thing.

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:11.380
 this thing,

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.100
 this coal

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:13.200
 belongs in

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.880
 the place of

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.720
 sacrifice and

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.500
 atonement and

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.960
 forgiveness.

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.820
 And with it,

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.420
 the seraph

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.160
 touches

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.279
 Isaiah's

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.779
 dirty mouth.

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.180
 And it

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.680
 doesn't hurt

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:24.880
 him.

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:27.100
 It doesn't

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:27.779
 burn him.

00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:30.240
 It actually

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.160
 heals him.

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.779
 The seraph

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.240
 says,

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.960
 your guilt

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.560
 is taken

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.799
 away and

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.579
 your sin

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.519
 is atoned

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.899
 for.

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.599
 What we

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.279
 must see

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.099
 in the

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.639
 context of

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:44.960
 the whole

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.180
 Bible is

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.559
 that this

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.500
 burning coal

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.460
 symbolizes

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.240
 the finished

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.799
 work of

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.099
 the Lord

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.799
 Jesus on

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.339
 the cross.

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.119
 Jesus went

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.779
 to the place

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.639
 of sacrifice.

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.740
 He's dying.

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.460
 Love is the

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.139
 only power

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.500
 that can

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.960
 awaken

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.639
 dead people

00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.940
 to God

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:03.599
 and awaken

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.940
 as he

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.299
 does.

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.000
 He comes

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.220
 to us

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.579
 today.

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.839
 through the

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.619
 Holy Spirit

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.339
 and says

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.779
 again,

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.399
 your guilt

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:10.919
 is taken

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.319
 away,

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.899
 your sin

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.399
 is atoned

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:12.779
 for.

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:13.440
 Welcome

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.980
 into the

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.700
 overwhelming

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.559
 delight of

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.339
 my presence.

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:20.019
 And when

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.000
 the magnitude

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.539
 of that

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.059
 grace

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.659
 touches

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.299
 Isaiah,

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.500
 he is

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.079
 awakened

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.819
 to live

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.619
 for God.

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.039
 Who am I

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.619
 going to send?

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.279
 Pick me,

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.899
 pick me.

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.659
 I now

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.139
 want to live

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.500
 for your

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.040
 glory.

00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:36.200
 You see,

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.020
 at least

00:33:41.020 --> 00:33:42.240
 one major

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.960
 purpose

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.600
 in God

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.480
 revealing

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:46.000
 who he

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.280
 is,

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.520
 his

00:33:46.520 --> 00:33:47.360
 magnus,

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.560
 is so

00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:50.240
 that we,

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.180
 like Isaiah,

00:33:51.300 --> 00:33:52.280
 might experience

00:33:52.280 --> 00:33:53.000
 his compassion,

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.640
 his mercy,

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.240
 his grace,

00:33:54.300 --> 00:33:54.540
 and his

00:33:54.540 --> 00:33:54.960
 forgiveness.

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:59.700
 For us to

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.360
 effectively

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.600
 magnify God,

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.860
 it has to

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.720
 be so

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.720
 much more

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.600
 than certain

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.740
 external

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.319
 behaviors.

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.579
 This is the

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.039
 warning of

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.559
 Isaiah the

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.380
 prophet and

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.760
 the people

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.179
 of God

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.940
 in Isaiah.

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.079
 God,

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:14.720
 if we're

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.400
 not careful,

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.320
 we can be

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.900
 like them,

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.099
 we can

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.139
 settle into

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.720
 a pattern

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.300
 of dutiful

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.860
 behavior

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.659
 where we

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.500
 fulfill our

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.119
 obligations

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.840
 to God,

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.760
 where we

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.159
 say the

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:28.099
 right things,

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.760
 orthodox

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.440
 faith.

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.119
 See,

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.480
 relationship

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.039
 with God

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.780
 can so

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.420
 easily

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.099
 become

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.519
 about

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.940
 duty

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.119
 and

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.740
 obligation

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.119
 and

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.539
 loyalty

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.639
 and

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.099
 lips.

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:41.480
 When we

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.960
 are settled

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.440
 into that

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.940
 position,

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.860
 we may

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.259
 even

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.679
 fulfill

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.279
 our

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.659
 duty

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:45.980
 at

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.259
 great

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:46.659
 personal

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.259
 cost.

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:48.099
 We may

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.440
 even

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.759
 give

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.139
 more

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.360
 and

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.819
 sacrifice

00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.539
 more,

00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:52.960
 just

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.460
 like

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.699
 the

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.400
 Pharisees

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.579
 and

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:54.719
 the

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.039
 teachers

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.319
 of

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:55.480
 the

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.819
 law.

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.420
 And

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.699
 Jesus

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.059
 called

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.219
 them

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.860
 hypocrites.

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.059
 He

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.480
 cursed

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.759
 them.

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.440
 He

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.839
 quoted

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.360
 Isaiah

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.799
 to them

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.039
 in

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.460
 Matthew

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.000
 15.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.440
 He

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.679
 says,

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:06.940
 these

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.460
 people

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.920
 honor me

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.339
 with their

00:35:08.339 --> 00:35:08.779
 lips,

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.659
 but their

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.059
 hearts

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.420
 are far

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.719
 from

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.000
 me.

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.719
 They

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.219
 worship

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.739
 me

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.079
 in

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.380
 vain.

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.619
 They

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.519
 magnify

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.179
 me

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.659
 in

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.299
 vain.

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.000
 Just

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.239
 like

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.619
 Isaiah

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.940
 before

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.219
 this

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.659
 encounter,

00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:22.039
 lips

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.259
 that

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.539
 said

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.699
 the

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:22.920
 right

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.239
 things

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.539
 but a

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.759
 heart

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:23.920
 that

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.239
 wasn't

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.440
 in

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.619
 it.

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.619
 What's

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.199
 missing

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:28.039
 for the

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.519
 Pharisees,

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:28.719
 the

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.039
 tax

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.559
 collectors?

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.440
 What's

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.739
 missing

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:34.960
 for

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.460
 Isaiah?

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.940
 The

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.659
 affections.

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:41.159
 genuine

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.279
 magnification

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.480
 is seeing

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.239
 God's

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.839
 glory

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:46.579
 and being

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.519
 moved

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:49.279
 in all

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.639
 of our

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.299
 life,

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.819
 mind

00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:52.279
 and

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:53.139
 affections,

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.179
 lips

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:55.119
 and heart.

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.199
 You see,

00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:56.659
 genuine

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.119
 worship

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.059
 is based

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.539
 on the

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.139
 mind's

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.679
 perception

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.440
 of

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.079
 historical

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.679
 and biblical

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.179
 truth,

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.079
 the revelation

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.659
 of God's

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.460
 glory as

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.839
 he has

00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:05.679
 spoken it.

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:08.519
 glory

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.940
 giving

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.219
 requires

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:11.059
 solid

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:12.059
 intellectual

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.639
 biblical

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.299
 truth.

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.339
 It is

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:16.960
 not the

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.559
 frenzied

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.419
 emotion,

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.440
 emotional

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.039
 product of

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.639
 manipulation

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:20.919
 or

00:36:20.919 --> 00:36:21.480
 gimmickry.

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.859
 But

00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:24.099
 friends,

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.539
 that's not

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.039
 our problem

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.419
 here at

00:36:25.419 --> 00:36:25.579
 St.

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.980
 Paul's.

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.399
 We're not

00:36:28.399 --> 00:36:29.019
 in danger

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.500
 of

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.319
 emotionalism.

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:32.159
 We're not

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.719
 in danger

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.980
 of frenzied

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.740
 gimmickry.

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.000
 Far from

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.179
 it,

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:38.699
 in fact.

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.740
 Our

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.460
 problem is

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.840
 more the

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.480
 understanding

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.860
 that there

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.360
 is no

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.860
 genuine

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.280
 worship

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.559
 where

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.900
 feelings

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.420
 for God

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.880
 are not

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.280
 quickened.

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.659
 That's

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:47.820
 our

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.119
 problem.

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.360
 The

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.960
 understanding

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.320
 that there

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.719
 is no

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.179
 genuine

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.659
 worship,

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.440
 no genuine

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.260
 magnification

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.960
 of God

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.699
 where

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.340
 feelings

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.900
 for God

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.559
 are not

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.320
 quickened.

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.500
 There

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.440
 is not

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.820
 true

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.260
 worship

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.800
 where the

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.300
 heart is

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.780
 far from

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.140
 God.

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.240
 The

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.660
 heart's

00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:08.000
 approach

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.440
 to God

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.920
 happens

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.280
 in the

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.760
 quickening

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.680
 of our

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:11.340
 feelings

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.120
 for God.

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:12.860
 Where

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.360
 feelings

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:13.840
 are dead,

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.320
 so is

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.780
 worship,

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.280
 so is

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.019
 magnification.

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.039
 You see,

00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:18.580
 God wants

00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:18.880
 us to

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.200
 love him

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:19.500
 according

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.680
 to

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:20.140
 Deuteronomy

00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:20.860
 6.5.

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.880
 He wants

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.140
 us to

00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.360
 delight

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.700
 ourselves

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.100
 in him

00:37:23.100 --> 00:37:23.380
 in

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.400
 Psalm

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.460
 37.4.

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.340
 He wants

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.740
 us to

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.060
 worship

00:37:27.060 --> 00:37:27.580
 him with

00:37:27.580 --> 00:37:28.100
 gladness

00:37:28.100 --> 00:37:28.480
 according

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.080
 to

00:37:29.080 --> 00:37:29.700
 Psalm

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:30.440
 100.

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:31.360
 In

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.660
 fact,

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.380
 he condemns

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.039
 dutiful

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.220
 obedience

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.840
 where there

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.320
 is no

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.840
 gladness

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.280
 and no

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:36.720
 joy in

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.480
 him in

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.119
 Deuteronomy

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:39.220
 28.4.

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.099
 Now,

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:43.480
 Nat and

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:45.059
 I are

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.500
 marking

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.660
 20 years

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.160
 of marriage

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.480
 at the

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.800
 end of

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.240
 January

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:49.000
 next year.

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.079
 Thank

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.280
 you.

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.200
 If I

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:56.619
 buy her

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.099
 flowers,

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.760
 that's not a

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.099
 big if,

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.640
 that's more

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.280
 likely when I

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.579
 buy her

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.840
 flowers,

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:02.840
 I

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.100
 must put

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:03.400
 that in

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.559
 my

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:03.860
 diary.

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:05.600
 She,

00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:08.000
 so imagine

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.180
 this,

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.660
 I buy her

00:38:08.660 --> 00:38:10.240
 flowers and

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.740
 she is

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:11.920
 overjoyed and

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.420
 she thanks

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.740
 me.

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.840
 You know,

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.380
 first time in

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.840
 20 years.

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.660
 No,

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.579
 it's not.

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.220
 No,

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.960
 it's not.

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.300
 Imagine if

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:24.320
 my response

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:25.000
 to her at

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.559
 that point

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.860
 is,

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.019
 well,

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.500
 don't mention

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.680
 it,

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.039
 it's actually

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.500
 my duty.

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.159
 You know,

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:31.219
 20 years

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:31.659
 and so on,

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.039
 it's what I'm

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.460
 required to

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:32.659
 do.

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:32.940
 I mean,

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.340
 I read it

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.779
 online,

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.400
 20 years,

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.679
 you must

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.340
 get flowers.

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:36.699
 You know,

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.539
 I must do

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.820
 this,

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.400
 I must

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.179
 sacrifice my

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.679
 money and

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.159
 I must

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:41.019
 sacrifice my

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.519
 time to

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.940
 go to the

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.699
 floristry.

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.380
 How do you

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:45.719
 think she

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.679
 would respond

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.300
 to that?

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.579
 It would

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.880
 insult her

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.559
 honor and

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.279
 the relationship.

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:54.720
 she is

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:55.480
 honored when

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.380
 I sacrifice

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.960
 and I

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:58.200
 give because

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:59.160
 it is my

00:38:59.160 --> 00:39:00.060
 delight to

00:39:00.060 --> 00:39:00.660
 do so.

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.420
 And frankly,

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.900
 she can tell

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.440
 the difference.

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.600
 So here's

00:39:06.600 --> 00:39:07.040
 the thing.

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.880
 If we are

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.860
 doing everything

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.600
 for the glory

00:39:10.600 --> 00:39:11.240
 of God

00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:11.720
 out of

00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:12.280
 sense of

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.700
 duty,

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:16.640
 if it is

00:39:16.640 --> 00:39:17.200
 a great

00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:17.900
 sacrifice

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:19.000
 for us,

00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:21.720
 if you

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:22.660
 struggle to

00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:23.180
 gather

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:24.299
 for

00:39:24.299 --> 00:39:25.440
 magnification,

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:28.919
 then it's

00:39:28.919 --> 00:39:29.739
 quite possible

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:31.539
 that is

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.199
 revealing where

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.659
 your treasure

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.359
 truly is.

00:39:36.319 --> 00:39:37.259
 If it's a

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:38.219
 great sacrifice

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:38.779
 to do

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.579
 anything for

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:39.960
 the glory

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.539
 of God,

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.759
 it shows

00:39:41.759 --> 00:39:42.480
 what we

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.379
 value more

00:39:43.379 --> 00:39:43.940
 than God.

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.940
 When he

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.299
 is our

00:39:48.299 --> 00:39:48.619
 greatest

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:49.059
 treasure,

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.279
 then choosing

00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:51.239
 him over

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:52.000
 lesser things,

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.859
 that's not a

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.480
 sacrifice at

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:53.820
 all.

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:57.960
 And so

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.480
 friends, if

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:58.980
 you find

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.519
 yourself in

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.019
 that place

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.280
 at the

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.780
 moment where

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.340
 it's duty,

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:03.160
 you have

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.680
 not felt

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:03.980
 your

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:05.320
 affections

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:06.120
 for God

00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:07.120
 rise at

00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:07.640
 all as

00:40:07.640 --> 00:40:07.800
 you've

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.320
 engaged with

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.539
 him in

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.079
 his word

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.780
 or in

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.400
 corporate

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.300
 worship at

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:11.920
 all,

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:14.620
 then don't

00:40:14.620 --> 00:40:15.099
 be content

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.700
 with that.

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:19.599
 we must

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.000
 do what

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.359
 Isaiah

00:40:20.359 --> 00:40:20.859
 does here,

00:40:20.919 --> 00:40:21.219
 we must

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.919
 gaze on

00:40:21.919 --> 00:40:22.139
 his

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:23.019
 magnificence,

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.139
 gaze at,

00:40:26.259 --> 00:40:26.759
 delight in

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.439
 his power,

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.079
 his perfection,

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:28.619
 his beauty,

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:28.899
 and his

00:40:28.899 --> 00:40:29.339
 mercy,

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:30.299
 that's when

00:40:30.299 --> 00:40:30.960
 our worship

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.519
 and our

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:32.119
 service of

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.839
 him will

00:40:32.839 --> 00:40:34.039
 glorify him.

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.439
 God is

00:40:35.439 --> 00:40:36.839
 dishonored when

00:40:36.839 --> 00:40:37.839
 all of our

00:40:37.839 --> 00:40:38.500
 worship and

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:39.099
 our service

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.899
 of him is

00:40:39.899 --> 00:40:40.699
 a duty.

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:43.460
 And if

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.960
 you find

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.719
 yourself right

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.000
 here in

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.699
 this moment

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:47.439
 thinking of

00:40:47.439 --> 00:40:48.699
 intellectual

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.179
 biblical

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:50.199
 arguments to

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.819
 try and undo

00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:51.179
 what I've

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:51.639
 just said,

00:40:52.299 --> 00:40:53.179
 be wary,

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:55.619
 be cautious

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.419
 right now.

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.679
 God

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.539
 desires that

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.239
 we see

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.619
 him,

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:08.919
 that we

00:41:08.919 --> 00:41:09.779
 gaze on

00:41:09.779 --> 00:41:10.379
 him regularly

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:10.920
 in his

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.400
 word,

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.280
 that we

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:13.260
 savor his

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.920
 greatness

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.800
 and his

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.000
 mercy and

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.800
 his forgiveness

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.640
 and his

00:41:17.640 --> 00:41:18.300
 acceptance

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:20.079
 and serve

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.480
 him with

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:21.320
 all of our

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.220
 lives,

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.680
 with joy

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.099
 and with

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:24.720
 gladness

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:25.019
 and our

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.660
 lips and

00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:26.440
 our hearts.

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:28.900
 Our

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.360
 church's

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:29.660
 purpose

00:41:29.660 --> 00:41:30.079
 statement

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.700
 deliberately

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:31.360
 connects

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:32.079
 God's

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:33.420
 glory and

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:34.280
 our joy

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:35.700
 together as

00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:36.280
 one.

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:41.039
 we exist

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.579
 to treasure

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.340
 Jesus for

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.880
 God's

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.800
 glory and

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.579
 the joy

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.280
 of all

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:45.840
 peoples.

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.380
 You and

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:47.680
 I were

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:48.099
 made for

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.640
 the express

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:50.300
 purpose of

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:51.599
 magnifying God

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.200
 at all times,

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.840
 in all places,

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.200
 in every

00:41:53.200 --> 00:41:53.660
 circumstance.

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.280
 And it is a

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:56.660
 delight to be

00:41:56.660 --> 00:41:57.280
 able to do

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.900
 that Sunday

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.720
 by Sunday.

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:00.220
 As Rachel

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:00.780
 said at the

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.079
 beginning,

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:02.300
 enjoying Jesus

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:02.880
 together,

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:04.539
 that's a

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:04.960
 delight.

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:06.500
 and can I

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.860
 say,

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:09.320
 this is a

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:09.920
 glimpse of

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.300
 what we're

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.920
 doing here

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.519
 this Sunday

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.079
 is a

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:13.960
 glimpse of

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.400
 what we

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.179
 were created

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:15.880
 and we

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.760
 were redeemed

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:17.559
 for.

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:19.599
 This is

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:20.360
 what we

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.059
 will delight

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.820
 to do

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:22.820
 for all

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.440
 of eternity

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:24.340
 with the

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.420
 angels around

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.079
 the throne.

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.900
 More like

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.500
 the Habakkuk

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:30.920
 2.

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:35.019
 as we

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.800
 gaze at

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.539
 his throne.

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.539
 The

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.400
 arrogance of

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.880
 people who

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.039
 say,

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.539
 I can't

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:41.019
 wait to

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.400
 get to

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:42.280
 heaven so

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:42.559
 that I

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.000
 can give

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.579
 God the

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:44.159
 questions that

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:44.480
 I want

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:44.740
 him to

00:42:44.740 --> 00:42:45.220
 answer.

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.059
 No.

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:50.599
 You will

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.639
 see him

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:52.159
 and you

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:53.119
 will fall

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.740
 and your

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.220
 list of

00:42:54.220 --> 00:42:54.940
 questions will

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.460
 be crumpled

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.920
 up and

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.820
 thrown away.

00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:57.380
 They will

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:57.720
 become

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:59.019
 insignificant in

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.740
 his presence.

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:04.320
 how we

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:05.139
 engage with

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.639
 this Sunday

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:06.260
 by Sunday

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:06.720
 is a

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:08.340
 reflection of

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:08.780
 whether we

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.360
 are living out

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:09.960
 God's purpose

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.800
 for our lives

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.280
 the rest of

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:11.639
 the week.

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:14.460
 Our purpose

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:14.960
 and our

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.760
 pleasure is

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:17.019
 found when

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.920
 we find it

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.980
 in his

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.800
 glory.

00:43:21.180 --> 00:43:22.019
 We exist to

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.800
 magnify this

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.820
 God 24

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.920
 hours a day

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:26.300
 and find our

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:26.980
 deepest pleasure

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.659
 in him.