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 Good morning, everyone. Great to be with you again this morning.

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 If you'd like to keep your Bibles open there at Isaiah, that would be fantastic.

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 This vision series, the title of it is All Your Life.

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 It's up there on the screen. All Your Life.

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 And yet, it's not about you.

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 Well, this is what Rick Warren says in the opening of his book, The Purpose Driven Life.

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 He goes on to say that 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 is far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions.

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 If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God.

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 You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

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 That, in essence, is what we've been engaging with over the course of this term,

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 as we've looked at this topic of all of your life and God's purpose for you,

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 for us as a church here at St. Paul's.

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 But a church like this, multi-ethnic, as we've already heard multiple times,

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 multi-ethnic, multi-generational, is but a mere reflection of God's ultimate goal in history.

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 The final picture of history and the goal of God's plan for history is in Revelation 5.

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 We just had a little bit of it read out to us because we wanted to end there at the point

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 where there's great tears in the heavenly realms because no one can open the scroll.

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 That's a problem.

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 It's a massive problem because this scroll is the revelation of God's plans and purposes

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 for all of history.

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 And if you don't know what it is, if you can't open it, you can't read, you don't know what it is,

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 then everything is purposeless.

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 And so there's tears because there's purposelessness in life.

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 And then in verse 9 of chapter 5 of Revelation, the Apostle John tells us that Jesus is able to open the scroll

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 and tells us why Jesus is worthy to open this scroll, this book of the end of history,

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 so that everything unfolds according to the plan of God.

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 And he declares there that Jesus is worthy because of how his death relates to all races and tribes

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 and peoples of the earth.

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 We read,

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 You are worthy to take the scroll to open its seals because you were slain.

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 And with your blood, you purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

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 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,

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 and they will reign on the earth.

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 That is the reason why Jesus is the one who can open the book of history

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 and bring history to its ultimate goal and ending,

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 is that by his death, he has ransomed for God,

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 that is for the glory of God and for the worship of God,

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 people from every tribe and language and nation.

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 Notice too that everyone who has been ransomed by Jesus is called a priest.

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 That is, a Christian by definition is a full-time worshipper of God.

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 That's your job, if you like.

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 That's your role, your full-time.

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 You have been rescued from non-worship for worship.

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 Jesus died to ransom worshippers for God from every race and language and cultures of the earth.

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 And the goal of all things is in Revelation 5, verses 13 and 14, if you've got that open.

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 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea

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 and all that is in them singing,

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 to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb,

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 be praise and honour and glory and power forever and ever.

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 The four living creatures said, Amen.

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 And the elders fell down and worshipped.

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 That's it there.

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 That's the end of all things.

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 That's the purpose of all things right there.

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 That right there is what creation is about.

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 This is what history is about.

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 It's what the nations are about.

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 It's what the races are about.

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 It's what language is about.

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 It's what St. Paul is about.

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 It's what my life is about.

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 It's what your life is about.

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 Right there.

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 We exist to worship the magnificent and the gracious God.

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 And in the end, God's purpose is that we have been ransomed through Christ to do that,

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 not just now, but for all of eternity, for our joy.

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 And we will never live out that purpose now or follow through with any commitment that we might have made in this vision series

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 unless we are captivated by him.

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 Mere self-will won't do it.

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 Pulling up our socks and trying harder will not do it.

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 We must be captivated by Christ.

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 And our lives will never be captivated and giving glory to God,

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 worshipping him,

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 while ever we are captivated by far lesser glories.

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 While ever we are gazing on far lesser glories,

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 we will never be captivated by the ultimate glory.

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 That ultimately, to cut to the chase, is what your devotional life is about.

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 Your devotional life is about God's presence,

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 is about seeing Christ in his word for his glory.

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 We need to see God.

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 We need to gaze on his glory, to live life well.

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 That is, we don't exist by bread and water alone,

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 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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 And my thinking of it is that we need that now more than anything.

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 Anxiety and apathy are rising in our society

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 and rising in the church after two years of COVID.

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 I think that the languishing stuff that I've spoken about previously

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 is a very real thing for us.

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 One example is our NextGen project.

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 Now, don't even, you know, scold you on this.

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 That's not my intention here.

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 We've got four days to go,

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 and so far we've raised about $13,000 of our $70,000.

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 Let me tell you, my experience here is

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 I've not seen a response like that in 10 years at St. Paul's.

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 And so therefore, my conclusion is

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 that what we need now,

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 even more than we need the rest of that money

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 to make up the $70,000 that we're after,

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 we need to see God.

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 We need to see his glory and be captivated by him.

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 And so I want to take, as we finish off this vision series,

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 just take one last glimpse of our great God

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 and why he is worthy of all of your life.

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 Why he is worthy for you to be captivated by him,

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 to worship him, to adore him,

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 to magnify, glorify him,

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 and do everything to align to him.

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 So let's go to Isaiah 6.

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 Isaiah 6 in one hand

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 and St. Paul's app in the other,

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 if you've got that.

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 If you haven't, I think there's little code things,

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 QR codes at the back of the seats.

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 We can get St. Paul's app up.

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 Isaiah 6, which was just read out to us,

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 towers like a majestic peak

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 over the surrounding terrain of Isaiah.

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 And it is of central importance

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 to the prophecy of Isaiah.

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 You see, in Isaiah chapters 1 to 5,

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 the problem of God's people there

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 is posed as corruption.

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 They're described as being corrupt.

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 And they were corrupt

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 because their increasing affluence,

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 God's blessing on their life,

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 their increasing affluence and wealth,

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 led them to a dim view of God.

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 That is, they looked at God

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 and they loved their shiny money

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 and bank accounts.

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 They loved, they were captivated by that,

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 by the ease of their life,

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 the comfort of their life.

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 And so vision of God went like this

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 as vision of their possessions went like that.

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 And they felt secure.

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 They were secure in their mediocrity.

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 They were secure in their sin.

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 Just so long as they went through

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 the rituals of their religious performance.

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 What they need to see,

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 what Isaiah need to see,

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 was God, a greater glory.

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 And I'm convinced that what we need to see

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 is a greater glory.

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 Because right now,

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 after two years of COVID

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 and a whole heap of other things

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 happening in our world,

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 frankly, just my own life

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 in this start of this year

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 has been awful start of the year,

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 is to realize

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 that those things are mere myths.

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 But God endures forever.

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 So let's do that.

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 Isaiah chapter 6.

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 Three points.

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 First point, glorious God.

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 Like Revelation 5,

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 the scene of Isaiah 6

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 is the throne room of God.

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 And there are at least seven glimpses

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 of the greatness of God

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 that I see here

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 in the first four verses.

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 And I just want to go through

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 those seven things real quickly.

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 So you need Isaiah 6 open

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 so that you don't look at me.

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 I'm not glorious.

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 God is glorious in his words.

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 So let's look at there.

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 First of all,

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 we notice that God is alive

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 in the year

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 that King Uzziah died.

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 I saw the Lord

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 seated on a throne.

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 So Uzziah is dead.

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 He's no longer sitting

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 on his throne.

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 He's dead.

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 But the King of Kings

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 still sits,

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 is seated on his throne.

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 Psalm 90 verse 2 says,

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 of this God,

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 before the mountains were born,

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 or you brought forth

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 the earth and the world

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 from everlasting

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 to everlasting,

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 you are God.

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 That is,

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 he's the living God.

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 He was alive

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 and reigning

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 on his throne

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 before he banged

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 this whole universe

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 into space

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 just by the simple

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 speaking of a word.

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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

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 in magnificent feet.

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 He was the living God

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 when in 1966,

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 Time magazine

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 put on its front cover,

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 God is dead.

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 He was alive then.

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 He will be living

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 10 trillion

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 ages from now.

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 Right now,

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 that is,

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 every head of state

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 that's currently

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 sitting on a throne

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 or ruling a government

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 right now

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 will not be in existence

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 within 90 years,

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 including Putin.

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 He will not be sitting

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 on any kind of throne.

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 He will not have

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 any palace at all.

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 But the King of Kings

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 will be ruling

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 all things

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 still.

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 In a brief

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 120 years,

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 this planet

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 will be populated

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 by more than

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 apparently

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 10.9 billion

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 brand new people.

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 And the almost

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 7.9 billion

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 that are currently

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 alive today

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 will be just like

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 Uzziah,

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 dead and buried.

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 Gone.

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 And in no time

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 at all,

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 the face

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 of the events

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 of world history

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 will bear

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 no recollection

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 of our even existence.

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 We'll be gone.

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 But not God.

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 He is

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 and he always

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 will be

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 alive.

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 He never had

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 a beginning

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 and he never

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 had an end.

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 That just blows

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 the mind.

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 I don't know,

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 there's nothing

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 in our world

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 that never

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 had a beginning

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 and never

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 had an end.

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 Everything

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 has a beginning

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 and an end.

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 Secondly,

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 we see this God

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 is authoritative.

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 Verse 2,

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 I saw the Lord

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 sit on a throne.

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 There is

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 no vision

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 of heaven

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 in the Bible

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 that ever

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 catches a glimpse

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 of God

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 cooking a meal,

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 cutting the grass,

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 shining shoes,

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 filling out forms,

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 loading a truck.

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 Nothing

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 like that.

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 He always

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 sits

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 on a throne

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 and that throne

00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:37.980
 is his right

00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:38.779
 to rule

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 the universe.

00:13:41.299 --> 00:13:42.120
 We do not

00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:42.799
 give God

00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:43.500
 authority over

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 our lives.

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 He has it.

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 He has it already.

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 We don't give it

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 to him

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.500
 and he has it

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 whether we like it

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 or not.

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 I think there are

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 a few things

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 more humbling.

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 Few things

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 give us that

00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:56.060
 sense of the

00:13:56.060 --> 00:13:57.820
 raw majesty

00:13:57.820 --> 00:13:59.639
 of God

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 as the truth

00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.720
 that God

00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.900
 is utterly

00:14:02.900 --> 00:14:03.700
 authoritative

00:14:03.700 --> 00:14:05.040
 over everything.

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 That is,

00:14:07.180 --> 00:14:07.900
 beyond him

00:14:07.900 --> 00:14:08.660
 there is no

00:14:08.660 --> 00:14:09.220
 appeal.

00:14:10.020 --> 00:14:10.680
 There is nowhere

00:14:10.680 --> 00:14:11.560
 else to go.

00:14:13.560 --> 00:14:14.060
 Thirdly,

00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.680
 we see that he

00:14:14.680 --> 00:14:15.460
 is all powerful

00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:15.860
 and beyond

00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.540
 manipulation.

00:14:18.560 --> 00:14:19.300
 The throne

00:14:19.300 --> 00:14:20.140
 of his authority

00:14:20.140 --> 00:14:21.620
 is not one

00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:22.420
 amongst many.

00:14:22.419 --> 00:14:23.799
 He says,

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 I saw the Lord

00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:25.299
 sit on a throne

00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:27.319
 high and exalted.

00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:29.539
 That is,

00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:31.500
 that God's throne

00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:33.439
 is higher

00:14:33.439 --> 00:14:34.199
 than every

00:14:34.199 --> 00:14:35.079
 other throne

00:14:35.079 --> 00:14:37.299
 signifies God's

00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:38.759
 superior power

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:40.039
 to exercise

00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:41.559
 his authority.

00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:43.819
 No opposing

00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:44.599
 authority

00:14:44.599 --> 00:14:46.599
 can nullify

00:14:46.599 --> 00:14:47.179
 the decrees

00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:47.699
 of God.

00:14:48.459 --> 00:14:48.719
 Nothing.

00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:49.919
 Power,

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.299
 sorry,

00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:51.319
 authority is the

00:14:51.319 --> 00:14:52.240
 right to rule

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.000
 power,

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.820
 power is the

00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:55.860
 ability to

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.159
 rule.

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 And God's

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.419
 got both.

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 Nothing

00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.360
 can stand

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:03.259
 in the way

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:04.080
 of his purposes

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 being accomplished.

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 Nothing.

00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:10.060
 And as

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 powerful

00:15:10.560 --> 00:15:11.220
 and beyond

00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:11.879
 manipulation

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:13.019
 he is,

00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:16.960
 he is the

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 just judge

00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:18.659
 of all

00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:19.379
 of humanity

00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:20.899
 and he

00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.439
 in the

00:15:21.439 --> 00:15:21.720
 end

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.299
 will hold

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 every

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 single

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 person

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 accountable.

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 And so

00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.259
 friends,

00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:30.279
 to be

00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.980
 gripped by

00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.360
 the all

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:31.779
 powerful

00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.259
 sovereignty

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.759
 of God

00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.179
 is either

00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:33.759
 marvelous

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.399
 because

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:36.360
 you know

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 he is for

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 you in

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 Jesus

00:15:38.179 --> 00:15:39.939
 or it

00:15:39.939 --> 00:15:40.240
 is

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.139
 absolutely

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 terrifying

00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:43.419
 because you

00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:43.860
 know he's

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.500
 against you.

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 indifference

00:15:48.580 --> 00:15:51.259
 kind of

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:51.840
 response

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:53.580
 simply means

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 that you

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 have not

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 seen him

00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.039
 for who

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 he is.

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 Which

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.679
 much of

00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:02.080
 western

00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:02.779
 Christianity

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.600
 has not

00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.220
 seen him

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:04.620
 for who

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.299
 he is,

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 we have

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.559
 domesticated

00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:08.740
 God into

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:10.200
 our image.

00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:14.680
 the

00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:15.120
 sovereign

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.820
 authority

00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.300
 of the

00:16:16.300 --> 00:16:16.500
 living

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:16.960
 God

00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:17.379
 is a

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.759
 refuge

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.120
 full of

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.640
 joy and

00:16:18.640 --> 00:16:19.080
 power for

00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:19.440
 those who

00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:19.879
 are his.

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:21.940
 It is

00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.420
 terrifying

00:16:22.420 --> 00:16:22.920
 for those

00:16:22.920 --> 00:16:23.120
 who are

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.320
 not.

00:16:25.540 --> 00:16:26.020
 Fourthly,

00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:26.320
 we see

00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:26.620
 that this

00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:26.960
 God is

00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.520
 magnificent.

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.620
 As I

00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:29.860
 said,

00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:30.259
 I saw

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:30.740
 the Lord

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.160
 sit on

00:16:31.160 --> 00:16:31.500
 a throne

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:31.879
 high and

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.280
 exalted

00:16:32.280 --> 00:16:32.660
 and the

00:16:32.660 --> 00:16:33.280
 train of

00:16:33.280 --> 00:16:33.820
 his robe

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.440
 filled the

00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:34.780
 temple.

00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:35.540
 Now

00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:36.000
 whenever I

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.640
 read this,

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 my mind

00:16:37.259 --> 00:16:37.860
 goes back

00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:38.480
 40-something

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.060
 years

00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:40.699
 at the

00:16:40.699 --> 00:16:41.959
 wedding of

00:16:41.959 --> 00:16:42.639
 Diana Princess

00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.399
 of Wales

00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:43.879
 back in

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.879
 1981.

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 I was

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:48.199
 a kid,

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.739
 I was 11

00:16:48.739 --> 00:16:49.199
 or something

00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:49.539
 at the

00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:51.219
 time when

00:16:51.219 --> 00:16:51.519
 she got

00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:51.919
 married.

00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:53.359
 I remember

00:16:53.359 --> 00:16:54.739
 having to

00:16:54.739 --> 00:16:55.579
 endure the

00:16:55.579 --> 00:16:56.219
 wedding service

00:16:56.219 --> 00:16:56.539
 as an

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.199
 11-year-old

00:16:57.199 --> 00:16:57.659
 in the

00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:57.919
 middle of

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.339
 the night

00:16:58.339 --> 00:16:59.159
 because

00:16:59.159 --> 00:16:59.939
 parents wanted

00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:00.439
 to see

00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:00.879
 this.

00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:03.419
 It was

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:03.879
 like a

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.139
 wedding

00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:04.639
 party,

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.440
 not like

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:05.940
 a reception,

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.419
 I mean a

00:17:06.419 --> 00:17:06.659
 wedding

00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:07.119
 party.

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:08.539
 I just

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.859
 remember

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.480
 going to

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:09.680
 this

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.180
 house,

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.159
 all these

00:17:11.159 --> 00:17:11.779
 kids there,

00:17:11.879 --> 00:17:12.099
 we had

00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.440
 all our

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.259
 beds lined

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.740
 up because

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.180
 we had

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.539
 to go to

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:14.899
 sleep and

00:17:14.899 --> 00:17:15.339
 get woken

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:15.619
 up at

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.039
 like 1

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.480
 o'clock in

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:16.879
 the morning

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.279
 or something

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:17.799
 like that

00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.519
 to watch

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.559
 the royal

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:19.920
 wedding.

00:17:21.159 --> 00:17:22.319
 And I

00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:22.879
 remember

00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:23.700
 on the

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.839
 little dodgy

00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.319
 TV,

00:17:25.639 --> 00:17:26.059
 they were

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.539
 colour back

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:26.819
 in those

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.079
 days,

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.460
 but this

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:27.980
 little TV

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.339
 were all

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:28.559
 watching

00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.420
 this royal

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:29.799
 wedding.

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.879
 And I

00:17:30.879 --> 00:17:31.379
 remember

00:17:31.379 --> 00:17:32.000
 as she

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.559
 gets out

00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:32.859
 of the

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.440
 carriage

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.039
 and starts

00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:34.480
 to walk

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.839
 up the

00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:35.539
 stairs of

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:35.720
 St.

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.000
 Paul's

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.400
 Cathedral

00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.339
 and the

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:38.259
 train of

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.980
 her dress

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.839
 just kept

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.620
 going and

00:17:40.620 --> 00:17:41.480
 going and

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:41.960
 going.

00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:42.700
 And as

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.140
 she's walking

00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:43.519
 up the

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:43.920
 steps,

00:17:44.600 --> 00:17:45.759
 I think it

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.019
 was mainly

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.420
 the women

00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.740
 in the

00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.039
 house,

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.079
 just went

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.700
 ooh,

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.259
 ah,

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:49.980
 gasp,

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.220
 you know,

00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.620
 all this

00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:50.940
 stuff.

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.160
 And I'm

00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:51.460
 sitting there

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:51.700
 going,

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:52.559
 oh,

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:52.880
 let me go

00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.380
 to sleep.

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:55.140
 But I

00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:55.559
 just remember

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.279
 the gasping

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.500
 that was

00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:56.860
 happening in

00:17:56.860 --> 00:17:57.299
 the room.

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.360
 It was

00:17:59.360 --> 00:17:59.960
 spectacular.

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.259
 It's like it

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.900
 covered the

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.360
 steps of

00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:02.519
 St.

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:02.740
 Paul's

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.079
 Cathedral

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.659
 in London.

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.539
 So what

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:04.819
 would it

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.879
 mean if

00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.720
 the train

00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.699
 filled the

00:18:07.699 --> 00:18:08.319
 aisle and

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:08.819
 covered the

00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:09.439
 seats and

00:18:09.439 --> 00:18:09.839
 covered the

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.339
 entire

00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:11.199
 cathedral and

00:18:11.199 --> 00:18:12.019
 the choir

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.319
 loft and

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:12.839
 the pulpit

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.139
 and it

00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:13.679
 was all

00:18:13.679 --> 00:18:15.119
 woven from

00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:16.480
 one single

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:17.059
 piece of

00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.599
 thread?

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:17.980
 What would

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.659
 that mean?

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.379
 Oh,

00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:22.679
 massive

00:18:22.679 --> 00:18:23.519
 gasp.

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.379
 You see,

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.059
 that God's

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.740
 robe fills

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.480
 the entire

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.439
 heavenly

00:18:28.439 --> 00:18:29.039
 temple,

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.259
 not St.

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.480
 Paul's

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:30.799
 Cathedral,

00:18:30.939 --> 00:18:31.179
 but the

00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:31.500
 heavenly

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:32.819
 temple means

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.159
 that this

00:18:33.159 --> 00:18:34.359
 God is

00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:34.980
 a God

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.319
 of

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.339
 incomparable

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:37.480
 splendor and

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.000
 beauty,

00:18:38.939 --> 00:18:39.879
 magnificence.

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.539
 When you

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.099
 look at it,

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.299
 it's just

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:42.279
 gasp.

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.159
 The best

00:18:45.159 --> 00:18:46.299
 scenes in

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.759
 all of

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:48.339
 creation is

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:49.039
 just a

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:51.279
 fraction of

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.939
 the representation

00:18:51.939 --> 00:18:52.960
 of the

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:54.259
 God who

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.980
 made it,

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.519
 of his

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.419
 magnificence.

00:18:58.899 --> 00:18:59.740
 I don't

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.279
 even know

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.680
 if it's

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:00.899
 even

00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.660
 possible

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:03.099
 to get

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.339
 the

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 Swiss

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.180
 Alps

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 and to

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.299
 make it

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:07.079
 even more

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.700
 spectacular.

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 But you

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.079
 gaze on the

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.599
 Swiss Alps

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:11.819
 and you

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.119
 look at

00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:12.259
 God,

00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:12.819
 oh,

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.720
 he is

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.819
 phenomenal.

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 It just

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.180
 reflects him.

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.160
 His

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:22.339
 magnificence,

00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:22.940
 his splendor,

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.460
 his beauty

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.720
 spills over

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.879
 in excessive

00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:26.960
 creative beauty

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.799
 in the

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.059
 world,

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:28.680
 the wonder

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:28.840
 of

00:19:28.840 --> 00:19:29.279
 creation,

00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.360
 right from

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:31.200
 this world

00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.519
 to the

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 depths of

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.259
 the seas,

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.620
 to the

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.140
 farthest

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.400
 reaches of

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.860
 the universe,

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.259
 from the

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.779
 tiniest

00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.519
 atoms to

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.680
 the largest

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:39.200
 landscape,

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.279
 simply

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.160
 displays

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:44.460
 him in

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 some

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.079
 measure.

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 Fifthly,

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.680
 and you

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:49.960
 can see

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.600
 why number

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.240
 five is

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.740
 important,

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.240
 this God

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.920
 is revered,

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:53.940
 above him

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:54.559
 were seraphs,

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 each with

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.519
 six wings,

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 with two

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.319
 wings,

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.740
 they covered

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.200
 their faces,

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 with two,

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.480
 they covered

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.919
 their feet,

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 and with two

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.839
 they were

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.299
 flying.

00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:00.879
 Now,

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.460
 no Bible

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.000
 commentator

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.519
 really knows

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:02.859
 what these

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:03.299
 six wing

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.059
 creatures really

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.339
 are,

00:20:04.419 --> 00:20:04.639
 they've got

00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:04.899
 eyes,

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.179
 they've got

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:05.419
 feet,

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:05.700
 they've got

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.259
 intelligence.

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.460
 One thing

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.200
 is for sure,

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:08.819
 when you

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.480
 look at the

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.579
 heavenly throne

00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:11.059
 room,

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:12.079
 we should not

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:13.039
 automatically have

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.539
 in mind,

00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:13.939
 when we think

00:20:13.939 --> 00:20:14.460
 of angels,

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.039
 chubby little

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.619
 babies with

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.019
 wings,

00:20:16.399 --> 00:20:17.240
 fluttering around

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.139
 the head of

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:19.200
 God in some

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.559
 way.

00:20:20.439 --> 00:20:21.339
 It's very

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.799
 crucial that

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.480
 when we see

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.240
 here that when

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.799
 one of them

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.460
 speaks,

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.059
 in verse

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.379
 four,

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:28.139
 the foundation

00:20:28.139 --> 00:20:28.599
 of the

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.500
 temple shakes,

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.159
 the foundation

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:32.299
 of the heavenly

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.480
 throne room

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.240
 shakes.

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 That is,

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.619
 these are not

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.240
 chubby little

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.139
 babies with

00:20:38.139 --> 00:20:39.000
 wings on,

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.619
 they are no

00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:40.399
 puny creatures,

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.099
 there's no silly

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.740
 little creatures

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.399
 in heaven,

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:43.740
 only magnificent

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.099
 one.

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.960
 And the point

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.319
 of this

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.240
 scene is

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.359
 that not

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:48.599
 even they

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:50.299
 can look

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.160
 upon

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.140
 this

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.920
 God

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:55.440
 and nor

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.759
 do they

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.900
 feel worthy

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:59.120
 to leave

00:20:59.120 --> 00:20:59.460
 and leave

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.059
 their feet

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.000
 exposed in

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.700
 his presence.

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.359
 As great

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.519
 and as good

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.000
 as they are,

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.740
 untainted by

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.519
 human sin

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.220
 as they

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.799
 are,

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.319
 they revere

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.960
 their created

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.680
 God with

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:13.200
 great humility.

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.299
 humility.

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.360
 Now,

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.200
 this is crucial.

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.140
 This is

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.600
 helping us to

00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:19.080
 see the gap

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.559
 between you

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:19.900
 and me

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.559
 and him

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:22.920
 because when

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.660
 one of these

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.860
 angels,

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.779
 these seraphs,

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.580
 appears before

00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:27.340
 a human being

00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:28.000
 in the Bible,

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:30.080
 they normally

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:31.080
 begin their

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:32.000
 dialogue with

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.779
 the human being

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.319
 with the words

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.940
 do not fear

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:35.400
 or fear not.

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:37.380
 That's because

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:38.420
 when we're

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.080
 confronted with

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.900
 one of these,

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:41.780
 we fear.

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.019
 That's immediate

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.040
 response is

00:21:44.040 --> 00:21:44.700
 the fear.

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.000
 We automatically

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.200
 realize our

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.280
 lack of power,

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.640
 our impotence

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.300
 at that point.

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.060
 But these

00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:56.360
 angels themselves

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.180
 hide in

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.900
 holy fear

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.400
 and reverence

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:58.900
 in the presence

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.360
 of God.

00:22:00.540 --> 00:22:01.580
 And the only

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.960
 appropriate response

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.720
 to this God

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.560
 is reverence,

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.460
 service and

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.800
 worship.

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.600
 The sixth thing

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.180
 we see is that

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.860
 God is holy.

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:09.820
 Verse 3,

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.800
 And they were

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:11.400
 calling to one

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.640
 another,

00:22:11.780 --> 00:22:12.100
 holy,

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.460
 holy,

00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:13.200
 holy is the

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.320
 Lord Almighty.

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.800
 The whole

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:15.980
 earth is

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.820
 full of

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.620
 his glory.

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:18.740
 So what we

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.360
 have here is

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:19.940
 the possibility

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.740
 of language

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.519
 runs out.

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.580
 That is,

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.300
 how do we

00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:25.160
 describe God?

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.600
 It kind of

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.420
 runs out.

00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:27.140
 The word

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:28.500
 holy carries

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.060
 us to the

00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:29.480
 brink,

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.880
 to the very

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.400
 edge,

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.120
 if you like,

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:33.019
 of the

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.680
 possibilities

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.360
 of language,

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.180
 of description,

00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:37.180
 and beyond

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.140
 which experience

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.700
 of God is

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.240
 beyond our

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.780
 words.

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:41.240
 The reason

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.120
 I say that

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.580
 is that

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.660
 every effort

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.980
 to define

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.620
 the holiness

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.420
 of God

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.660
 ultimately

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.840
 winds us

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.280
 back,

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.980
 right back

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.440
 around,

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:51.240
 and simply

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.820
 say,

00:22:52.540 --> 00:22:53.580
 God is

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.380
 God.

00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.600
 The meaning

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.300
 of the word

00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:58.700
 holy in the

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.519
 Bible is to

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.160
 cut or to

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.500
 separate.

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.180
 A holy

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.500
 thing is to

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.600
 cut off or to

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.440
 separate it

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.160
 from the

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.460
 common

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:08.600
 use for

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:10.580
 devotion to

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:10.940
 God.

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.580
 That's what

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:11.980
 it means to

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.420
 be holy.

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.160
 So what

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.700
 happens when

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.100
 you take

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.940
 that definition

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.519
 and you

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.120
 apply it to

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.580
 God?

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.759
 From what

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.279
 can you

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.600
 separate God

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:22.640
 to make

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.440
 God holy?

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.500
 holy?

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.220
 And the

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.920
 answer is

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:28.660
 the very

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.380
 godness of

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.980
 God means

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.460
 that he is

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.799
 in fact

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.620
 separated from

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.400
 everything else.

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.480
 He's

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.160
 separated from

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.759
 everything that's

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.460
 not God.

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.779
 He spoke

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.700
 every single

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.320
 thing into

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.860
 existence.

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:43.680
 He exists

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.620
 in a very

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.620
 different way

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.720
 than all of

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.340
 the creation

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:47.940
 exists.

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:49.420
 We his

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.940
 creatures

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.900
 exist

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.900
 independent

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:53.100
 deprived

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:54.100
 finite

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.960
 fragile

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.559
 way

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.160
 but our

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.559
 creator

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.460
 exists in

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.059
 eternal

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:59.539
 self-sustaining

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.680
 necessary

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.340
 way.

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.700
 Necessary

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.279
 in the

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.799
 sense

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:06.240
 that God

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.860
 does not

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.380
 have it

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.480
 in him

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.940
 to go

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.799
 out of

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.759
 existence

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:14.620
 in the

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.460
 same way

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.320
 that we

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.799
 do not

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.240
 have it

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.240
 in us

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.700
 to not

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.220
 go out

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.799
 of existence.

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.559
 We

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.620
 necessarily

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:29.039
 age

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:30.140
 and die

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.299
 because that

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.019
 is our

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.839
 present nature

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.339
 to do

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.640
 that.

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.339
 We cannot

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.599
 do anything

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.220
 else

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.839
 but that.

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.480
 Oh the

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.940
 blessing of

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.720
 eternal life.

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.259
 The

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.880
 blessing of

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.160
 eternal

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.640
 life.

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:50.800
 Only God

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.800
 necessarily

00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.760
 continues

00:24:52.760 --> 00:24:53.280
 forever

00:24:53.280 --> 00:24:54.180
 unchanged.

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.260
 The God

00:24:56.260 --> 00:24:56.500
 of the

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.840
 Bible

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.760
 doesn't

00:24:57.760 --> 00:24:58.100
 need a

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 support

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.920
 system.

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.120
 He

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.460
 doesn't

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.460
 need our

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.160
 praise

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:04.200
 and glory.

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 He is

00:25:07.020 --> 00:25:07.420
 one of a

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.940
 kind.

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 He is

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.340
 separated from

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 everything.

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 And in that

00:25:11.020 --> 00:25:11.420
 sense it's

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.780
 just saying

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:12.300
 he's holy.

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:14.259
 God has

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.139
 life in

00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.659
 himself.

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.859
 He draws

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.859
 his unending

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:19.500
 energy from

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.259
 himself.

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.839
 His beginning

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.059
 being and his

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.119
 character are not

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.839
 determined by

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.940
 anything outside

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.579
 of himself.

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.799
 He is

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.419
 absolute.

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.159
 Everything that

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.419
 exists derives

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.419
 itself directly

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:33.259
 from him.

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.180
 Everything

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.059
 derives itself

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.559
 from him.

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.859
 He is

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.579
 incomparable.

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.579
 His

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.399
 holiness

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.460
 determines all

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.980
 that he is

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.259
 and all

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.539
 that he

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:43.960
 does.

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 And it's

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.399
 determined by

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:46.179
 no one

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.639
 and by

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.220
 nothing.

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.579
 Call it his

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.079
 majesty.

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.779
 Call it his

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.199
 divinity.

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:50.899
 Call it his

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.319
 greatness.

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.480
 Call it his

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.899
 worth.

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.460
 Call it his

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.939
 value.

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.559
 Call it his

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 magnificence.

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.379
 In the end

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:58.079
 language runs

00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:00.299
 out to

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.960
 describe this

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.279
 God.

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.319
 God.

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.319
 There may be

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:05.079
 a lot more

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.839
 to know about

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:07.359
 him but it's

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.660
 beyond language

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.379
 to comprehend

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:09.819
 it.

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.099
 And so

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.879
 God

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.660
 graciously

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:18.139
 reveals it.

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 And that's

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.859
 the seventh

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.259
 and final

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.019
 thing that we

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.639
 see about

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.000
 God.

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.899
 That is he

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.619
 is glorious.

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.039
 Verse

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.759
 three again

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:28.119
 holy holy

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.119
 holy is the

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.160
 Lord almighty

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:32.000
 the whole

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.700
 earth is

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.220
 full of his

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.600
 glory.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.100
 Now

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:38.820
 this is the

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.640
 picture here

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.860
 trying to

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:42.440
 get the

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.380
 magnificence of

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.080
 this God.

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.360
 We start

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:46.019
 here in the

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:47.019
 heavenly throne

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:48.279
 room and we

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.620
 end Isaiah

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:51.940
 in the

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.480
 earth the

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.920
 world.

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.400
 The very

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.140
 last chapter

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.779
 we're given a

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.640
 glimpse of God's

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.540
 grandeur again.

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.259
 Let me read

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.560
 to you what

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.500
 Isaiah this is

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.839
 what God

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.139
 says.

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.639
 This is what

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.039
 the Lord

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.559
 says.

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:05.000
 Heaven is my

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.399
 throne.

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:05.899
 That's where we

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.159
 are.

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.980
 Isaiah 6.

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.000
 And the

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.799
 earth is my

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.279
 footstool.

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.299
 This is the

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.619
 only place in

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:15.359
 the Bible where

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.619
 the earth is

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.759
 described as the

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.379
 footstool of

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.759
 God.

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.879
 So just to

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.619
 give you some

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.279
 visual help

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.519
 here.

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.759
 This is mine.

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.839
 The cat

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.599
 sleeps on it

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.819
 most of the

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.319
 time and

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.939
 scratches it

00:27:28.939 --> 00:27:29.200
 up.

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.200
 This is

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.679
 mine.

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:33.099
 My footstool.

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.759
 God's

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.579
 footstool that

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.200
 he rests his

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.700
 foot on is

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:40.759
 almost 6,500

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.599
 kilometers straight

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.059
 through.

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.379
 40,000

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.679
 kilometers if

00:27:46.679 --> 00:27:47.159
 you go all

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.899
 the way around.

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.559
 It weighs

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:50.079
 something like

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:52.079
 60 million

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.019
 trillion tons.

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.599
 I can lift

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.159
 this one up

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.600
 with two

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.120
 fingers.

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.380
 It has a

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.300
 surface area

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:59.300
 of 510

00:27:59.300 --> 00:28:00.300
 million square

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:01.460
 kilometers, a

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.440
 volume of

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.779
 approximately 10

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.360
 trillion cubic

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.960
 kilometers.

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:09.460
 It spins at

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:11.420
 1,600 kilometers

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.360
 an hour.

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.180
 And God

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.000
 says this is

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.000
 where I rest

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.640
 my foot.

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.680
 My throne is

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.580
 a throne over

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.240
 all the

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.759
 universe and I

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.680
 rest my foot

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:23.680
 on the world.

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:26.080
 And so as

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:27.160
 Habakkuk 2.20

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.400
 says, the

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.519
 Lord is

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.980
 seated in

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:32.759
 his holy

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.300
 temple.

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.620
 Let the

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.980
 entire earth

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.860
 be silent

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.600
 before him.

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:42.240
 In other

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:45.980
 words, how

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:48.400
 dare humanity

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.300
 make God

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:49.759
 in his own

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.180
 image?

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.540
 How dare we

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:53.200
 decide that we

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.540
 can give him

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.899
 the crumbs

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.139
 of our

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.480
 life and

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.680
 he'll be

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.000
 just happy

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.259
 with that

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.559
 because he's

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:55.779
 just a

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:55.960
 gracious

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.480
 God?

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.980
 How dare we

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.659
 determine what

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.460
 discipleship looks

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.799
 like?

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.159
 How dare we

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.659
 think we can

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.519
 negotiate with

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:05.240
 him about

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.720
 levels of

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.099
 commitment?

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.740
 Visions of

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.819
 all tend to

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.180
 leave us

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.639
 speechless

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.759
 momentarily,

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.980
 but not for

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.240
 long.

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.240
 God's glory

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:20.200
 God's glory

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.720
 is the

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.599
 revealing

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:24.559
 of his

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.099
 holiness.

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.079
 That's what

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.680
 glory means

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:26.980
 here.

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.940
 God is

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.799
 holy, the

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.220
 whole earth

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.720
 will see me

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.480
 as glory.

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.960
 Glorious.

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.980
 God is

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.900
 glorious means

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.559
 that God's

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.400
 holiness, his

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.299
 divine being and

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.960
 his character

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.900
 have gone

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:42.079
 public and

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.960
 when it goes

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.880
 public there is

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.760
 only one

00:29:44.760 --> 00:29:45.440
 response.

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.720
 Leviticus 10

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.440
 verse 3.

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.480
 Among those

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.080
 who approach

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:53.320
 me I will

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.120
 show myself

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:55.720
 holy in the

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.520
 sight of all

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:57.880
 people I

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:59.280
 will be

00:29:59.280 --> 00:30:00.060
 honoured.

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.440
 When God

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.100
 reveals his

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:03.900
 glory to his

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:05.500
 creatures the

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.580
 response of

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:08.080
 his creatures

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:09.860
 is to give

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:11.980
 glory, is

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.660
 to acknowledge

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.560
 what they have

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.159
 seen.

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.119
 Glory, praise,

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.839
 adoration,

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.379
 magnification.

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.720
 To magnify

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.679
 God is to

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.639
 respond to

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.899
 his magnificence.

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.960
 We cannot

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.440
 glorify God

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.299
 without engaging

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.359
 with his

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.539
 holiness,

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:32.819
 with his

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.440
 character, with

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.059
 his being, with

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.740
 who he is.

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.740
 You see, God

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.379
 wants to be

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.720
 praised for

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.519
 his praise

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.259
 worthiness,

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.319
 magnified for

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.079
 his greatness

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.480
 and his

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.940
 goodness.

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.319
 He wants to

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.200
 be appreciated

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.500
 for who he

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.299
 is.

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.399
 God's glory

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:51.299
 showing requires

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.579
 glory giving

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:54.619
 and this

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:56.099
 is at the

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.299
 very heart,

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.059
 the very

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:00.359
 heart of

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.919
 true

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:01.679
 fulfilment

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:03.539
 for all of

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.440
 God's creation

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:06.059
 and especially

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.740
 humanity.

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.480
 glory giving

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:10.200
 joy to

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:12.839
 people as

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.759
 we glorify

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.299
 the glorious

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.720
 God.

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.440
 Now, here's

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.039
 the kicker for

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.279
 us.

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.900
 The New

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.380
 Testament

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:23.180
 writers declare

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.140
 that the public

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.059
 display of God's

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:26.880
 nature, his

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.240
 character, his

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.700
 power, his

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:31.000
 purpose, his

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:33.640
 grace, who he

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.500
 is, has

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.540
 gone public

00:31:35.540 --> 00:31:38.060
 for all

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:39.380
 people to

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:41.460
 see in the

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.180
 person and

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.920
 the role of

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.440
 God's son,

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:44.340
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.900
 Now, in

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.560
 John chapter

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:47.680
 12, there's a

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.180
 little verse

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.740
 there that,

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.759
 you know, you

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.580
 do your daily

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.380
 Bible reading and

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.280
 you read straight

00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:52.840
 past this, you

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.460
 wouldn't notice it

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.759
 much.

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.880
 But John

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.400
 chapter 12,

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:56.620
 verse 41, is

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.700
 very explicit on

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.040
 this.

00:31:58.039 --> 00:32:01.099
 Isaiah said

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.819
 this, because

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.279
 it quotes from

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.299
 Isaiah, and

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.680
 then it says,

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.799
 Isaiah said

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.379
 this because

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:08.039
 he saw

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.279
 Jesus'

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:11.480
 glory and

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.539
 spoke about

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.420
 him.

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.279
 See what

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.759
 John's saying

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.019
 there?

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.599
 John is saying

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.480
 that Jesus

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:22.720
 Christ is

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:24.299
 who Isaiah

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:26.619
 saw in

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.379
 the throne

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.140
 room of

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.480
 Isaiah

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.180
 chapter 6.

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:30.300
 That's who

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.760
 he saw,

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.940
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.040
 And Jesus

00:32:34.040 --> 00:32:34.880
 is the one

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.820
 who radiates,

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.340
 reflects,

00:32:36.560 --> 00:32:36.820
 mirrors,

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:38.060
 displays the

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:38.600
 character, the

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.440
 purpose, the

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.120
 power and the

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.860
 grace and the

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:43.380
 magnificence of

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.940
 our creator

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.280
 God.

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.380
 The

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.160
 magnificence of

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.580
 what went

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:48.340
 public in

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:49.500
 Jesus was

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.260
 the plan,

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:52.040
 the work of

00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:52.720
 grace whereby

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.960
 he saves

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.840
 sinners.

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.720
 And

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.500
 gathers them

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.260
 to himself

00:32:59.260 --> 00:32:59.720
 as his

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.440
 new people,

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.300
 his new

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:01.860
 humanity,

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.060
 through his

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.460
 death and

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.000
 resurrection,

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.440
 for his

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.900
 glory,

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.320
 for the

00:33:07.320 --> 00:33:07.800
 worship of

00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:08.160
 his honour.

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.700
 He's a

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.040
 magnificent

00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:12.480
 God.

00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:14.640
 But in

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.120
 Jesus we

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.860
 also see

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.700
 he's a

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:16.980
 gracious

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.340
 God.

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.400
 God's

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.300
 glory reveals

00:33:20.300 --> 00:33:21.600
 that he's not

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.220
 just magnificent,

00:33:22.540 --> 00:33:22.880
 but he's

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.180
 gracious.

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:25.080
 You see,

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.980
 if my goal

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.279
 in life was

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.720
 to bring

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.259
 glory to

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.799
 myself,

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.620
 which ironically

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.080
 because of

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.620
 sin it is,

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.560
 but imagine

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:33.140
 I existed in

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.700
 my role here

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:33.960
 at St.

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.299
 Paul's,

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.180
 your job is

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.660
 to glorify

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.060
 me.

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:36.980
 We would

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.299
 call that

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.960
 narcissism,

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.320
 we would

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:38.960
 call that

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:40.000
 egotism,

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.360
 there's a

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.700
 whole range

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:40.940
 of things

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.400
 we would

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:41.640
 probably

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.120
 call that.

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.560
 And that's

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:45.039
 because I

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.600
 am neither

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:47.060
 glorious nor

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.900
 praiseworthy.

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.340
 I'm like you,

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.860
 I'm a human

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.299
 being.

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.120
 For God,

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.559
 however,

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.239
 it's not

00:33:53.239 --> 00:33:54.039
 egotism and

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.759
 narcissism.

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:57.179
 It doesn't

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.979
 point ultimately

00:33:57.979 --> 00:33:58.739
 to God's

00:33:58.739 --> 00:33:59.639
 divine ego,

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.139
 but to his

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:02.119
 divine love.

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.299
 That is,

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.519
 his magnificence

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.059
 is directed

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.739
 towards love

00:34:05.739 --> 00:34:06.379
 for us.

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.079
 God doing

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.920
 everything for

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.779
 his glory

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.719
 is in fact

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.679
 the foundation

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.460
 of his love

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.980
 for us.

00:34:13.359 --> 00:34:13.659
 God's

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.119
 commitment

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.920
 to his glory

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.819
 means his

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.559
 commitment to

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:18.460
 love and

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.239
 life for us,

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.719
 forgiveness

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.819
 and eternal

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.799
 fame for

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.320
 those who

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.760
 live for

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.400
 his glory.

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.820
 But Isaiah

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.420
 didn't see

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.100
 this initially.

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:32.180
 This vision

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.780
 of God

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.680
 produces in

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.519
 Isaiah not

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.900
 worship but

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.760
 sheer terror

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.720
 initially.

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:40.140
 Have a look

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:40.420
 there.

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.280
 Woe to me,

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:43.180
 I cried.

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.820
 I am ruined

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:46.300
 for I am a

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.019
 man of unclean

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.539
 lips and I

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.560
 live among a

00:34:48.560 --> 00:34:49.080
 people of

00:34:49.080 --> 00:34:49.840
 unclean lips

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.780
 and my eyes

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.180
 have seen

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.740
 the king,

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.019
 the Lord

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.100
 almighty.

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:56.300
 Woe to

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.640
 me.

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.740
 Woe to

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.620
 me are the

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:00.300
 very first

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.920
 words that

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.360
 Isaiah speaks

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.560
 in his

00:35:03.560 --> 00:35:04.880
 entire 66

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.440
 chapter prophecy.

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.120
 Woe to

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.360
 me.

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.660
 He pronounces

00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:11.560
 judgment upon

00:35:11.560 --> 00:35:12.480
 himself is his

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.460
 first response

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:15.000
 in seeing God

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.900
 because he

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.660
 acknowledges that

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.580
 he himself is

00:35:17.580 --> 00:35:18.320
 unclean.

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.360
 unclean.

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.480
 The word

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.160
 there unclean

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.680
 is a general

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.200
 term in the

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.760
 Old Testament

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:23.039
 for all that

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.940
 is unfit to

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.600
 be in God's

00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:24.920
 presence.

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.440
 I'm not

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.340
 worthy to

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.120
 see this and

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.380
 I'm not

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.940
 worthy to be

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.440
 here in his

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.860
 presence.

00:35:30.620 --> 00:35:31.280
 And for the

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.680
 very first

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:32.519
 time Isaiah

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.740
 sees that he

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.700
 is typical of

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.480
 his generation

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:37.220
 whose faith

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:38.039
 was unthinking,

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.620
 was glib,

00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:40.840
 response to

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.780
 God was just

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:43.300
 rote.

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.340
 Their mouths

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.860
 were not filled

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.440
 with worship

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.340
 but with

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.920
 flippant

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.000
 repetitions and

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.860
 self-justifying

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.519
 excuses.

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.940
 And now

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:54.019
 Isaiah sees

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.579
 his heart for

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.900
 the first

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.260
 time because

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.099
 he sees God

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:57.240
 for the first

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.620
 time.

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.920
 And something

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.780
 wonderful happens.

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.480
 A seraph

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.420
 peels off

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.700
 from his

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.539
 flight path

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.039
 around the

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.480
 throne,

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.559
 diving straight

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.260
 for Isaiah.

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:12.180
 He's

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:13.100
 holding a

00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:14.620
 burning coal

00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:15.960
 that he has

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.640
 taken from

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:17.300
 the altar

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:18.500
 with the

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.220
 tongs.

00:36:20.600 --> 00:36:21.320
 But he's

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.880
 taking it from

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.160
 the altar

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:22.640
 with tongs

00:36:22.640 --> 00:36:23.000
 not because

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.580
 it's hot.

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:23.920
 It's not

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:26.020
 that.

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:28.520
 He took

00:36:28.520 --> 00:36:29.340
 this coal

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.160
 with tongs

00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:30.780
 because what

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.240
 he has

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:32.040
 taken is a

00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:32.680
 holy thing.

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.160
 It's a

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.820
 holy thing.

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.500
 It belongs

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.280
 to the place

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.060
 of sacrifice.

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:40.019
 and atonement

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.699
 and forgiveness.

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.219
 And with

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:43.279
 it the

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.219
 seraph flies

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:45.820
 to Isaiah

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.480
 and gets

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.019
 this burning

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.719
 coal and

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.320
 it touches

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.980
 his lips.

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.500
 My immediate

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.299
 response there

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:52.599
 is to go

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.739
 oh man

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:55.239
 burn.

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.579
 But not

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.320
 with Isaiah.

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.500
 It doesn't

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.980
 hurt him.

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.159
 It in fact

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.539
 heals him.

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:05.559
 The seraph

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.340
 says to Isaiah

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.860
 your guilt

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.300
 is taken

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.740
 away and

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.059
 your sin

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.500
 is atoned

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.740
 for.

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:11.220
 What we

00:37:11.220 --> 00:37:11.700
 must see

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:11.960
 in the

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.460
 context of

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:12.760
 the whole

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.420
 Bible is

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.019
 that burning

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:15.240
 coal right

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:16.539
 there symbolizes

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.620
 the finished

00:37:17.620 --> 00:37:18.140
 work of

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:18.660
 Christ on

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.120
 the cross

00:37:19.120 --> 00:37:19.519
 for you

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.780
 and for

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.000
 me.

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.280
 Jesus is

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.640
 the one

00:37:22.640 --> 00:37:23.019
 who went

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.280
 to the

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.720
 place of

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.200
 sacrifice

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:25.460
 for us.

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.660
 His dying

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:28.420
 love is

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.960
 the only

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.579
 power that

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.180
 can awaken

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:31.700
 people as

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:33.960
 dead to

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.620
 God as

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.259
 we are

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:37.199
 and his

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:37.599
 death

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.960
 heals

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.599
 us.

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.779
 What should

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.440
 hurt us

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:42.079
 has healed

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:43.960
 us and

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.420
 he comes

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.920
 to us

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:46.579
 today through

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.159
 his word

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.759
 by his

00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:48.460
 Holy Spirit

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.920
 and he

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.380
 says to

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.960
 us again

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.579
 and again

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.199
 and again

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.179
 your guilt

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.539
 is taken

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.219
 away,

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.239
 your sin

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.099
 is atoned

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.500
 for,

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.259
 welcome

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:58.519
 into the

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.299
 overwhelming

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.980
 delight of

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.860
 my presence

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:03.199
 until one

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:04.260
 day you

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.599
 will be

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.260
 there in

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.980
 my actual

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.460
 presence

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.920
 physically

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.380
 forever.

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.420
 Which brings

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.880
 us to the

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.440
 last point

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.960
 of treasuring

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.579
 Jesus because

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:14.980
 this is what

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.539
 stands as

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.099
 John said,

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.880
 stands right

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.320
 over this

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:18.000
 church is why

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.740
 this treasuring

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.719
 Jesus is

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.539
 our mission

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:20.940
 statement,

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.559
 it's why we

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.099
 exist.

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:22.840
 You see when

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.460
 the magnitude

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.579
 of God's

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.960
 grace touches

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.579
 Isaiah,

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.480
 he's awakened

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.500
 in that moment

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.099
 to live for

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.480
 God.

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.000
 In that

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.380
 moment,

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:33.500
 God reveals

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.039
 himself to

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.539
 Isaiah,

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.780
 Isaiah is

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:36.300
 immediately

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:37.039
 terrified,

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:37.920
 sees his

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.420
 guilt,

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.539
 he's terrified,

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.280
 his sin

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:42.280
 is atoned

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:43.480
 for and

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.400
 he rises

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.199
 to serve

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.719
 God with

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.139
 joy.

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.980
 When God

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.199
 says,

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.400
 well,

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.699
 okay,

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:49.099
 so who

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.280
 am I

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.539
 going to

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.159
 send now?

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.039
 Pick

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.360
 me,

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.679
 pick

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:52.960
 me.

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.199
 Oh,

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:53.519
 oh,

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.639
 oh,

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:53.900
 oh.

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.719
 At least

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.699
 one major

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.500
 purpose in

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.219
 God revealing

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.960
 his glory

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:03.480
 is for

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.039
 us to

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.980
 experience

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.639
 his

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.219
 compassion,

00:39:06.419 --> 00:39:06.980
 his mercy,

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.559
 his grace,

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.839
 and his

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.219
 forgiveness

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.460
 for our

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.839
 joy.

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.519
 And what

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.419
 overflows

00:39:11.419 --> 00:39:12.319
 from that

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:13.199
 is a

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.919
 life lived

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.299
 for the

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:14.960
 glory of

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.619
 Christ.

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.879
 Service of

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:19.299
 others.

00:39:20.419 --> 00:39:21.299
 Every other

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:22.379
 glory that we

00:39:22.379 --> 00:39:22.899
 might have in

00:39:22.899 --> 00:39:23.539
 our world

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.659
 gets diminished,

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.219
 diminished,

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:25.839
 diminished,

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:25.899
 diminished.

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.839
 You see,

00:39:31.899 --> 00:39:32.519
 to effectively

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.219
 bring glory

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:33.839
 to God,

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.980
 it's got to

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.779
 be so much

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.219
 more than

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:37.759
 just mere

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.199
 external

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.839
 behaviors.

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.219
 Genuine

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:42.139
 worship is

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:43.019
 seeing God's

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.719
 glory and

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.699
 being moved

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.279
 with all of

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.779
 our life,

00:39:45.839 --> 00:39:46.000
 our

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.759
 affections,

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:48.739
 affections that

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:50.819
 overflow with

00:39:50.819 --> 00:39:51.659
 singing and

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.279
 praise and

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:53.000
 thanksgiving and

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:54.720
 living to

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.540
 please God.

00:39:56.200 --> 00:39:56.700
 This God

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.300
 wants us to

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.000
 love him

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:59.300
 according to

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.920
 Deuteronomy

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:01.000
 6, 5.

00:40:01.580 --> 00:40:02.220
 He wants us

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.660
 to light

00:40:02.660 --> 00:40:03.560
 ourselves in

00:40:03.560 --> 00:40:04.200
 him according

00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:04.920
 to Psalm

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.480
 37,

00:40:05.560 --> 00:40:06.140
 verse 4.

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.240
 He wants us

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.600
 to worship

00:40:07.600 --> 00:40:08.080
 him with

00:40:08.080 --> 00:40:08.960
 gladness

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:10.040
 according to

00:40:10.040 --> 00:40:11.320
 Psalm 100.

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.380
 In fact,

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.900
 he condemns

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.880
 dutiful

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:16.420
 obedience where

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.160
 there is no

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:18.019
 gladness and

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:19.100
 no joy in

00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:20.280
 him in

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.760
 Deuteronomy

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.260
 28,

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:22.160
 verse 47.

00:40:23.120 --> 00:40:23.519
 And that

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.740
 is our

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.460
 experience in

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:25.740
 life.

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.040
 I mean,

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.940
 imagine I

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.420
 was to buy

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.900
 my wife

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.400
 Nats and

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:31.880
 flowers and

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.220
 she is

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:32.860
 overjoyed in

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.260
 that moment.

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.960
 She thanks me

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.220
 for the

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.720
 flowers.

00:40:36.060 --> 00:40:36.540
 Doesn't

00:40:36.540 --> 00:40:36.960
 happen that

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.360
 much.

00:40:40.560 --> 00:40:41.320
 Just to

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.320
 retrieve

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:42.960
 something there,

00:40:43.100 --> 00:40:43.740
 she is away

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.060
 for the

00:40:44.060 --> 00:40:44.540
 weekend,

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:46.340
 so it's a

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.580
 little bit

00:40:46.580 --> 00:40:46.920
 more than

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.280
 flowers.

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:49.700
 But imagine

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.080
 in that

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:50.740
 moment she

00:40:50.740 --> 00:40:51.140
 gets the

00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.640
 flowers,

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:53.660
 oh, she

00:40:53.660 --> 00:40:54.060
 comes home

00:40:54.060 --> 00:40:54.740
 this afternoon.

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:56.340
 Thank you,

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:56.740
 thank you,

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.360
 thank you.

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.720
 And my

00:40:57.720 --> 00:40:58.380
 response to

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.860
 her is,

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.400
 don't mention

00:40:59.400 --> 00:40:59.700
 it, it's

00:40:59.700 --> 00:41:00.160
 my duty.

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.000
 It's my

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.460
 duty as a

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:02.740
 husband.

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.440
 It's what I

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.000
 must do.

00:41:06.620 --> 00:41:07.540
 I must do

00:41:07.540 --> 00:41:07.880
 this.

00:41:08.120 --> 00:41:08.640
 I must

00:41:08.640 --> 00:41:09.400
 sacrifice my

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.840
 money and

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.420
 my time for

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.620
 you.

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:14.239
 I'm

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.719
 assuming in

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.179
 that moment

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.519
 she's going

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:15.679
 to be

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:16.359
 offended in

00:41:16.359 --> 00:41:16.859
 some kind

00:41:16.859 --> 00:41:17.199
 of way.

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:18.599
 It's an

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.099
 insult to

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.519
 her honour

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.839
 and to

00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:20.019
 our

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.539
 relationship.

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.500
 She is

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.139
 honoured when

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:22.719
 I sacrifice

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.119
 and I

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.619
 give because

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:23.960
 it's my

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.519
 delight to

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.039
 do so.

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.420
 If it

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.079
 is a

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.519
 great

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.199
 sacrifice

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:33.199
 for us

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.619
 to do

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.279
 anything

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:35.199
 for the

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:35.900
 glory of

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.440
 God,

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:37.440
 it shows

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.980
 that we

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.679
 value

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.219
 something

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:39.819
 else more

00:41:39.819 --> 00:41:40.179
 than him.

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:42.779
 It shows

00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:43.219
 us what

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:43.719
 we value

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.199
 more than

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.440
 him.

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.420
 If we

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.900
 can't read

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.119
 our

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.619
 Bibles

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:51.819
 because

00:41:51.819 --> 00:41:53.960
 I don't

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.339
 have time

00:41:54.339 --> 00:41:54.659
 because of

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.199
 the TV,

00:41:56.839 --> 00:41:57.799
 it's telling

00:41:57.799 --> 00:41:58.299
 me that my

00:41:58.299 --> 00:41:59.019
 comfort is

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.519
 more valuable

00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.059
 than him

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:03.799
 or my

00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:04.380
 entertainment

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:04.900
 is more

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.420
 valuable than

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.659
 him.

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.000
 When he

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.699
 is our

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.019
 greatest

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.460
 treasure,

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.039
 then choosing

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.539
 him over

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.099
 lesser things

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.480
 is not

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:11.800
 even a

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.320
 sacrifice.

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.119
 When we

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:14.039
 delight in

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.759
 his power,

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.739
 in his

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.219
 perfection,

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.679
 in his

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:17.159
 beauty,

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.679
 in his

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:18.239
 mercy,

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:18.900
 then our

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.420
 worship and

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:19.860
 service of

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.539
 him will

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:21.440
 glorify him.

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:23.079
 God is

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:24.360
 dishonoured

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:25.519
 when all of

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:26.079
 our worship

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.599
 is just

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.300
 purely a

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.940
 service to

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.239
 him,

00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:29.599
 just done

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:30.099
 as a

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.380
 duty.

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:35.320
 God is

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:36.300
 God desires

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:37.380
 to

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:38.320
 see him.

00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:40.240
 That we

00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:40.980
 savour his

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:41.860
 mercy and

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.039
 his

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.460
 forgiveness

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.420
 and his

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:43.900
 acceptance,

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.079
 that we

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:46.160
 serve him

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:47.440
 with all of

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.160
 our lives

00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:48.800
 with joy

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:49.800
 and gladness.

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:54.240
 God is

00:42:54.240 --> 00:42:54.380
 so let

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:54.680
 me just

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:55.280
 end very

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:55.720
 briefly.

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.980
 My

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.480
 sense is,

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:02.900
 as I said

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.080
 at the

00:43:03.080 --> 00:43:03.500
 beginning of

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.780
 this,

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.880
 so many

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.500
 of us are

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.880
 struggling

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.519
 right now.

00:43:07.180 --> 00:43:08.039
 Plans are

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:09.140
 shifting so

00:43:09.140 --> 00:43:09.740
 fast.

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:11.579
 people who

00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:12.879
 were signed

00:43:12.879 --> 00:43:13.539
 up to

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:15.079
 serve today

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:16.500
 are now

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:17.599
 in isolation

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:18.299
 and lockdown

00:43:18.299 --> 00:43:19.079
 because COVID

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.479
 in their

00:43:19.479 --> 00:43:20.799
 families and

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:21.139
 bang,

00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:21.419
 bang,

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:21.839
 bang.

00:43:22.319 --> 00:43:23.239
 Last night,

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:24.819
 this morning,

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.559
 a number of

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:25.959
 us are going

00:43:25.959 --> 00:43:26.279
 bang,

00:43:26.339 --> 00:43:26.479
 bang,

00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:26.759
 bang,

00:43:26.819 --> 00:43:27.079
 having to

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.599
 make changes

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:27.959
 shift.

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.159
 Anything that

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:29.559
 we got in

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:30.719
 paper lined

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.259
 up, it

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:33.000
 just shifts.

00:43:33.819 --> 00:43:34.199
 And what

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:34.879
 happens there

00:43:34.879 --> 00:43:35.819
 is constant

00:43:35.819 --> 00:43:37.059
 fatigue all

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.659
 the time.

00:43:37.899 --> 00:43:38.399
 I've not

00:43:38.399 --> 00:43:38.899
 seen my

00:43:38.899 --> 00:43:39.539
 parents for

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.159
 nearly two

00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:40.400
 and a

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:41.340
 half years,

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.800
 face to

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.219
 face for

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.519
 two and

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:43.800
 a half

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.400
 years,

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:46.400
 because of

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.800
 COVID.

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:49.300
 And there's

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:50.000
 a fear now

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.400
 that if I

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:50.840
 book a

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.219
 ticket,

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.599
 if the

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.900
 airline doesn't

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.579
 get cancelled,

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.559
 I might get

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.279
 cancelled because

00:43:56.279 --> 00:43:56.779
 of COVID.

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.820
 And that if I

00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.420
 go there,

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:00.179
 a rat test

00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:01.039
 may be

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.340
 negative,

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:01.860
 but I might

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.360
 be positive

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.800
 and give it

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:03.000
 to...

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:03.179
 I mean,

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:03.779
 it's like

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:05.259
 multitude of

00:44:05.259 --> 00:44:05.779
 decisions.

00:44:08.259 --> 00:44:09.219
 And so

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:09.819
 many people

00:44:09.819 --> 00:44:10.339
 are struggling

00:44:10.339 --> 00:44:10.919
 right now.

00:44:11.439 --> 00:44:12.000
 Anxiety,

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:14.339
 apathy is

00:44:14.339 --> 00:44:16.019
 just rising,

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:17.359
 languishing.

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:17.919
 I've spoken

00:44:17.919 --> 00:44:18.359
 about that

00:44:18.359 --> 00:44:18.859
 before.

00:44:20.299 --> 00:44:21.019
 So if you're

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.739
 struggling right

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:24.819
 now, or if

00:44:24.819 --> 00:44:25.239
 you're in a

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:26.099
 rut spiritually,

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:28.239
 maybe you're

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:29.239
 steeped in sin.

00:44:31.899 --> 00:44:32.839
 Your one

00:44:32.839 --> 00:44:33.559
 prayer right

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:34.239
 now should

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:36.919
 be, help

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:37.320
 me see

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:37.579
 you.

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:40.820
 Help me

00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:41.440
 see you.

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:44.220
 I'm

00:44:44.220 --> 00:44:44.960
 captivated by

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.240
 lesser

00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:45.720
 glories.

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:49.240
 I want

00:44:49.240 --> 00:44:49.639
 things to

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.119
 return that

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.539
 they were

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:50.980
 because to

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.280
 me that

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:52.099
 was glorious.

00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:53.639
 When I

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:54.220
 could plan

00:44:54.220 --> 00:44:54.780
 my travel

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:55.079
 and I

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:55.559
 could plan

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:55.960
 my life,

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.300
 but now I

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:56.780
 can't.

00:44:58.700 --> 00:44:59.260
 Captivate me

00:44:59.260 --> 00:44:59.639
 with your

00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:00.559
 glory as

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.840
 you open

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:03.119
 God's word.

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:03.840
 And this

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.440
 might be the

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:04.960
 challenge for

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.579
 every single

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:06.019
 one of us

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:06.500
 right now

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.819
 and God's

00:45:07.819 --> 00:45:08.179
 word.

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.840
 Your one

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:11.519
 prayer might

00:45:11.519 --> 00:45:13.960
 be, as I

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:15.059
 read your

00:45:15.059 --> 00:45:16.920
 word, help

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.440
 me to see

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:18.159
 your face

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:19.819
 and to know

00:45:19.819 --> 00:45:20.559
 your presence.

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:21.860
 I want to be

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:22.619
 captivated by

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:22.900
 you.

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:22.960
 Thank you.

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:24.860
 Thank you.

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.159
 Thank you.

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:31.259
 Thank you.

00:45:31.259 --> 00:45:32.039
 Thank you.

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:32.699
 Thank you.

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:33.099
 Thank you.

00:45:33.099 --> 00:45:33.219
 Thank you.

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:33.759
 Thank you.

00:45:33.759 --> 00:45:34.099
 Thank you.