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 Hello and welcome and let's just pray before we begin.

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 God and Father we thank you for your word, that we have it in our language, that we can openly read it.

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 And we pray that you will speak to each one tonight as we open it up.

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 We pray these things in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

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 So to get us going, I want you to go with me.

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 So we're in a spaceship, we're on our way to the International Space Station.

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 And we get there, we look down on the earth for the very first time from space.

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 We see its fullness. We see the light, the colours of it.

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 We see the vastness of the space.

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 We also see the stillness.

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 You know, nothing could prepare you for that sight of seeing that for the first time.

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 No matter how many pictures you'd seen or videos you'd watched, I don't think anything could prepare you for that sight.

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 You know, this is actually called the overview effect.

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 There is a term for this phenomena.

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 And it really changes astronauts' lives.

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 There's many reported instances where astronauts return completely changed.

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 Whether it's their priorities or their perspective on life.

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 They come back, change people.

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 They see the fragility of life on this small planet.

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 They see themselves as being so small.

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 They also see themselves as global citizens rather than individual nations.

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 You know, seeing the earth in this full way, it shatters what the astronauts previously thought about life.

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 It causes a change of their priorities and their perspective.

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 Why are we talking about this?

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 Well, tonight, Isaiah sees a vision which is far greater and more life-changing than seeing the earth.

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 To have a bit of a catch-up, so we are in Isaiah chapter 6.

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 Isaiah is written around 700 BC.

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 The nation of Israel is split into the kingdom of Israel in the north, whose capital is Samaria.

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 And the kingdom of Judah in the south, whose capital is Jerusalem.

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 Isaiah is speaking in this book predominantly to God's people.

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 God's covenant people, the line of Abraham, the people of Israel.

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 And we've had five chapters before this, which we've gone through in the last few weeks.

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 And these are really like summary of the prophecies in this book.

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 You can imagine them like a sky full of heavy, dark clouds.

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 And yet, you know, when you get those little rays of light shining through these dark clouds,

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 this is what the first five chapters are like.

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 Because we see the judgment, this dark judgment on this faithless nation of Judah.

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 Some words quoting from the first five chapters, we see that they have rebelled.

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 They are sinful.

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 They have stumbled.

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 They have fallen.

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 That the Lord will strike.

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 But we also see these glimmering bits of light.

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 There is hope in this judgment.

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 We see that the house of the Lord shall be established.

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 That they will be lifted up.

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 That they will be the people of Zion.

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 So where does that leave us?

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 Well, in chapter six, we see Isaiah's commissioning.

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 It marks a new section of this book.

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 We're going to split it into three different sections.

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 First of all, we're going to look at the glory of the Lord in verses one to four.

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 Secondly, we're going to look at the redemption of Isaiah in five to eight.

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 We're also then thirdly going to look at the judgment and hope of God's people in verses nine to 13.

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 So first of all, the glory of the Lord.

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 Verses one to four.

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 Please have it open in front of you and go with it through me.

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 Through it with me.

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 So we see that King Uzziah dies.

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 Now we can date this as 740 BC.

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 This is recorded elsewhere.

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 He was called the last godly king of Judah.

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 And yet many years before his death, he had gone against God.

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 He had lost his way.

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 And this is typical of the nation of Judah.

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 They had started on this moral and cultural decline, which never recovered.

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 They were on a downward spiral.

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 That's the situation we're in.

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 Now we're going to look at the glory of the Lord.

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 So what does glory mean?

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 Well, I love a dictionary definition.

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 First of all, the dictionary says that glory means exaltation, praise and honour.

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 Second meaning is something that brings or is worthy of praise.

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 The third definition is thanksgiving, adoration or worship.

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 And the example is glory be to God.

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 It can also mean splendor.

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 So that's what glory means according to the dictionary.

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 But how do we see God's glory here?

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 Well, Isaiah sees the Lord, a glorious image.

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 In verse one here, we see the Lord in a place of excellence.

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 Follow with me through the words and the phrases that is used here.

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 High and exalted speaks of his power.

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 Seated on a throne.

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 The Lord is the king of kings.

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 He has a throne.

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 And unlike Judah's ruling kings, the king of kings is permanent.

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 He is king forever.

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 We also see that the train of his robe filled the temple.

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 You know, clothes show power.

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 They show status.

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 Royalty across the world have different garments that they wear for special occasions to show who they are.

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 Even us, we wear designer goods to show our status or our wealth.

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 And you know, the Lord's robe filled the temple.

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 It shows his fullness and who he is.

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 We have this in two to four, we see the seraphim.

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 And these are heavenly beings.

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 And we see that they have six wings.

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 Two of which covered their faces.

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 It speaks of reverence for the Lord.

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 Complete reverence to him.

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 Two of which covered their feet.

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 It shows their humility.

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 Their humbleness.

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 And the other two they used for flying.

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 They were ready and willing to do God's work.

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 As we see.

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 You know, we see that they are calling to one another.

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 Holy, holy, holy.

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 You know, this repetition is used for emphasis to show the Lord's purity.

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 To emphasize his holiness.

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 He is the Lord Almighty.

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 This is his authority that he has.

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 He is the glory of creation.

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 The whole earth is full of his glory.

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 He is glorious through creation.

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 We see that the temple, the post shook.

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 And that it filled with smoke.

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 This is God's presence.

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 God's presence fills the temple.

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 Think of all that imagery.

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 What a marvelous image that is created in our minds.

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 What a marvelous image that Isaiah saw.

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 Try to grasp the glory of the Lord here.

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 The respect.

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 The honor.

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 The majesty.

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 A modern word may be the awesomeness of God.

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 But you know, words are not enough.

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 And put yourself in Isaiah's shoes here.

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 You know, this is in the days before CGI.

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 This is in the days before blockbuster movies and the Marvel Empire.

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 Even before virtual reality.

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 You can see why Isaiah responded the way he did.

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 Why he was so shocked.

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 You know, we can never fully see God.

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 But we would do well to ponder on his greatness and his majesty.

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 Is this the God here described that we hold in our minds?

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 These four verses are to fill us with awe and wonder at our great big God.

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 Our God is a great big God.

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 Our God is a great big God.

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 Do we sometimes make God little in our minds and do we doubt God?

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 Our God is a big God.

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 We see how the seraphim acted here.

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 They were in complete reverence to him.

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 And they were ready to serve.

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 Look at how the posts acted.

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 If the posts were moved, then we should be as well.

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 You know, like the astronauts seeing the earth in this new full vastness,

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 in this new way, God is shown in this way.

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 And it is to have a life changing effect on us.

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 And you know what happened to Isaiah who's seeing this firsthand?

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 Well, he responds in the appropriate way.

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 That takes us to our second section, verses 5 to 8,

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 the redemption of Isaiah.

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 The redemption of Isaiah.

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 God's glory, his worthiness,

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 it throws Isaiah into personal confession of his own unworthiness.

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 We see this in verse 5.

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 Isaiah says,

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 Woe to me.

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 This reminds us of what Luca was going through last week

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 with all the woes of chapter 5.

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 Now this woe is a legal term for being ruined or for being dead.

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 He follows it up by saying,

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 I am ruined.

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 I am a man of unclean lips.

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 Isaiah is saying here that he is not worthy,

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 that he has sinned.

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 It's a personal confession of his own position.

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 You know,

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 Moses actually uses this same phrase.

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 He uses,

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 he says that he is a man of unclean lips

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 when he is arguing with God

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 why he should not go to Pharaoh.

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 He's saying,

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 Moses was saying that I am not good enough

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 to do this for you.

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 We see that Isaiah says,

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 he lives among a people of unclean lips.

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 And his eyes have seen the King,

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 the Lord Almighty.

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 You know,

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 seeing God is associated with death in the Old Testament.

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 Moses,

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 again,

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 he asked to see the Lord's glory.

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 And yet what God does

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 is that God

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 puts him in a cleft of a rock

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 and God passes by.

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 And Moses was only allowed

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 to glimpse the Lord's back

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 to see his glory.

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 Exodus 33,

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 in this episode,

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 it says,

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 you cannot see my face

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 for no one shall see me and live.

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 So you can see Isaiah's fear

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 and his worry here,

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 his unworthiness.

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 You think of the New Testament,

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 Saul or Paul was blinded

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 in Acts chapter nine

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 because the Lord's presence

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 came upon him.

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 He was blinded

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 until made well again.

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 Grasping the glory

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 of the Lord

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 should cause personal confession

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 of our own unworthiness,

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 our own sinfulness,

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 our own hopelessness.

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 How often,

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 myself included,

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 do we think we're okay,

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 that we're not that bad?

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 It's only with comparison

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 to the holy,

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 holy,

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 holy Lord Almighty,

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 do we see

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 how we really are.

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 A colleague the other day

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 was describing

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 how during homeschooling,

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 as many people are doing

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 at the moment,

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 that his son keeps

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 finishing his maths work

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 in the record time

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 that it's so quick

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 and he's chuffed,

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 he's chuffed

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 that he's done it so quickly.

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 But you know,

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 it's only when the answers

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 are compared to

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 and he's actually got them

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 all wrong

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 because he's rushed them,

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 do we see

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 how he really got on.

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 For us,

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 it's only in comparison

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 to the holy,

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 almighty Lord

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 that we realise

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 that we are ruined.

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 This personal confession

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 leads to Isaiah's sin

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 being atoned for

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 by grace

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 in verses 6 and 7.

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 we see that

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 a live coal

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 is taken

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 from the altar

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 and that his guilt

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 is taken away

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 and his sin

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 is atoned for.

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 This altar

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 that this coal

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 was taken from

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 would have been

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 where the blood sacrifices

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 were burnt

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 in the temple.

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 The blood sacrifices

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 atoned for the sin.

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 You know,

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 Jesus' blood

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 was shed

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 2,000 years ago

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 and this act

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 can reconcile us

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 to God.

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 Jesus has paid

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 the price

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 through his

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 sacrificial death

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 so that our guilt

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 can be taken away

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 so that our sin

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 can be atoned for.

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 We need to

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 have this personal

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 confession

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 as Isaiah did

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 of our own

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 sinfulness,

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 our own

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 unworthiness

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 before God.

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 You'll notice here

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 that Isaiah

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 didn't do the work.

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 He didn't do anything.

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 It was done

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 for him.

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 The coal

00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:38.779
 was brought to him

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 and put upon

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 his own lips.

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 That is like us.

00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:44.060
 The Lord Jesus

00:15:44.060 --> 00:15:45.180
 has done the work

00:15:45.180 --> 00:15:46.980
 we need to

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.500
 accept

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 and confess.

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 And you know,

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 Isaiah's name,

00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:53.299
 it means salvation

00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:54.779
 is from the Lord.

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:57.179
 Salvation is not

00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:57.860
 from within.

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 It is from the Lord.

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 In verse 8,

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 we see

00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:07.519
 that Isaiah

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.480
 responds to

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.240
 God's call

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:10.019
 of service.

00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:14.240
 The Lord says,

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.460
 whom shall I send

00:16:15.460 --> 00:16:17.000
 and who will go

00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.580
 for us?

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 God calls

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 Isaiah here.

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 He was chosen

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.279
 to see this vision.

00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:24.899
 He was chosen

00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:25.259
 here.

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 What does Isaiah

00:16:29.539 --> 00:16:29.860
 do?

00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:30.179
 Well,

00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:30.600
 he says,

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.360
 here am I.

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 Send me.

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 The willing

00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:35.179
 servant

00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:36.500
 responds in love

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.980
 to the call.

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 You know,

00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:41.179
 Isaiah can only

00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:42.299
 respond in this way

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.980
 because of what

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.899
 has happened to him,

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 because his guilt

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 has been taken away.

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 because his sin

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 is atoned for.

00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:52.039
 His newfound

00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:53.340
 position in God's

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:53.720
 eyes

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 means that he can

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 respond in love

00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.439
 to go and speak

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 to the nation

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 of Judah,

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 to God's people.

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 We are called

00:17:03.199 --> 00:17:04.079
 to serve God

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.480
 also,

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 and not out of

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 a sense of

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 repayment

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 or some sense

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.319
 of duty,

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 but in response

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.039
 and love

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 to what the Lord

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.680
 has done for us

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.080
 already.

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 And you see

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 that Isaiah

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 responded.

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 He didn't negotiate.

00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.140
 He didn't know

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 what was coming.

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 It wasn't

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 conditional.

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 Like Moses,

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 who argued,

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 who negotiated,

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 they said he

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 wasn't good

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 enough.

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 Isaiah

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 just answers

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 the call

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 faithfully.

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 You know,

00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:40.380
 back in primary

00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:40.640
 school,

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 we used to have

00:17:41.040 --> 00:17:41.519
 a particular

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.440
 teacher who

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 quite often

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 used to ask,

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 right,

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 who wants to

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 do something

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.220
 for me?

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:46.940
 You know,

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.560
 most people,

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.400
 including myself,

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 would volunteer,

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 me, me, me, me, me,

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 me, I want to do it.

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 Most of the time

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 because it involved

00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:53.259
 getting out of the

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 class so you could

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:54.580
 muck about in the

00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:55.540
 corridors for a while

00:17:55.540 --> 00:17:56.160
 en route.

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 You know,

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 the teacher would

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.300
 always say,

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 you don't even know

00:18:00.060 --> 00:18:00.880
 what it is yet

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 that I'm asking you

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 to do.

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 And she was right.

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 And you know,

00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:06.960
 as years went on,

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 the response became

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 less enthusiastic

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:11.340
 with age and it

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 turned into a few

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:13.060
 mumbles going,

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:13.620
 well,

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 depends,

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 depends what it is.

00:18:17.340 --> 00:18:17.580
 You know,

00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:18.400
 this is not the case

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:18.960
 for Isaiah.

00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:19.519
 He says,

00:18:19.620 --> 00:18:20.340
 here I am,

00:18:21.320 --> 00:18:21.940
 send me.

00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.680
 We are called

00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:25.860
 to do God's work.

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 Whether or not

00:18:27.540 --> 00:18:28.400
 it suits us

00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:29.920
 or whether it

00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.940
 piques our interest.

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 We are to do so

00:18:33.860 --> 00:18:34.640
 out of love

00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.800
 and thankfulness

00:18:35.800 --> 00:18:36.920
 to our Lord

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.880
 and Saviour.

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 We have been

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.060
 chosen.

00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:46.560
 So finally,

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.779
 we see the

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.759
 judgment and hope

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.660
 of God's people

00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:51.560
 in verses 9 to 13.

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 We see the

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:57.220
 judgment for Judah,

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.240
 the disbelieving

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.740
 people.

00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.279
 In verses 9 to 13a,

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 13 and a half.

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 Judgment for Judah,

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.440
 the disbelieving

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.019
 people.

00:19:07.560 --> 00:19:08.580
 Isaiah is called

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:10.940
 to be God's voice

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.500
 to Judah.

00:19:13.040 --> 00:19:13.640
 You know,

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.460
 the people of Judah

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.400
 were God's covenant

00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.400
 chosen people.

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.480
 people.

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.860
 And yet,

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.680
 this is a really

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.560
 bleak picture.

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.519
 When reading this

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.320
 for the first time,

00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:25.360
 I wrote beside it

00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:25.920
 bleak.

00:19:28.560 --> 00:19:29.440
 Isaiah is told

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.240
 that his ministry

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:31.259
 here will not be

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.780
 successful.

00:19:34.060 --> 00:19:35.160
 The people are

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:36.160
 completely opposite

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:37.259
 to Isaiah's

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.940
 new position.

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.340
 The people are

00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:40.740
 deaf.

00:19:41.060 --> 00:19:41.880
 They are blind.

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.700
 They do not

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.340
 understand.

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:45.359
 Whereas Isaiah,

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.480
 he has seen,

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.539
 he has heard,

00:19:47.639 --> 00:19:48.500
 and he understands.

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.159
 Isaiah has seen

00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:52.740
 the Lord.

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.959
 The people do

00:19:54.959 --> 00:19:55.419
 not see.

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.740
 The people are in

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.299
 the dark.

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.819
 He is in the

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.119
 light.

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.980
 Judah were a

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:05.599
 nation of

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.859
 hardened hearts.

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:11.219
 You know,

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.479
 there was

00:20:11.479 --> 00:20:12.099
 continual

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:13.000
 disbelief from

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.259
 Judah.

00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:14.259
 This wasn't

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.799
 their first

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.319
 chance.

00:20:15.959 --> 00:20:16.359
 It was

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:17.079
 continual

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.879
 rejection of

00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.139
 God.

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.379
 This shows

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.159
 the hardening

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:22.079
 effect here

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.859
 of the

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.219
 gospel.

00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.019
 And it is

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.339
 the same

00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:24.740
 for us

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.099
 nowadays.

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.419
 But this

00:20:27.419 --> 00:20:27.799
 is actually

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.500
 should be an

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.000
 encouragement

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.939
 to us.

00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:31.419
 Stay with me.

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.179
 We aren't to

00:20:32.179 --> 00:20:33.259
 be downhearted

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:35.059
 or we aren't

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.519
 to be,

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.259
 see ourselves

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.960
 as failures

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:38.559
 when the

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.319
 gospel doesn't

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.960
 reach people,

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.000
 when they do

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.900
 not respond to

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.319
 what we are

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.140
 trying to say

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.900
 or when we

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.460
 invite them

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.660
 along to

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.700
 various events.

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.819
 It is God

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.480
 who saves.

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:53.059
 We are to

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.819
 faithfully do

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.480
 his work,

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.420
 to witness,

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.359
 to speak his

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:57.720
 word,

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.079
 but it is

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.680
 God who

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.099
 saves.

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:06.359
 in verse

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.199
 11,

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.199
 in pain,

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:08.759
 Isaiah

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.339
 says,

00:21:09.459 --> 00:21:09.799
 for how

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.059
 long,

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.359
 Lord?

00:21:11.459 --> 00:21:11.779
 You know,

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.119
 these were

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.619
 his people,

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.179
 this was

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.719
 his nation.

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.740
 He would

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.059
 want them

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.439
 to see

00:21:16.439 --> 00:21:16.959
 and believe

00:21:16.959 --> 00:21:17.500
 like him.

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.500
 We should

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.099
 want those

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.679
 around us,

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.059
 those whom

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.539
 we love,

00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:26.879
 to see

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.339
 and believe

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.779
 like we

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.000
 do.

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:31.740
 we see

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.279
 that Judah

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.740
 will be

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.099
 ruined,

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.559
 this word

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.359
 ruined again.

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:36.980
 You know,

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.680
 after this

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.200
 in chapter

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:39.019
 seven onwards,

00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:40.519
 we see

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.619
 that the

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.039
 nation of

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.440
 Judah is

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.960
 in war.

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.359
 They go

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.339
 into captivity

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.019
 in Babylon

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:47.819
 and there

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.539
 is destruction

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.119
 for Judah

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.619
 ahead.

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.380
 But there

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:53.799
 is this

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.460
 glimmer of

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.420
 hope in

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.559
 verse 13b,

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.140
 13,

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.820
 the second

00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:58.340
 half of

00:21:58.340 --> 00:21:58.940
 that verse.

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.000
 There's

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.500
 this glimmer

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.259
 of hope

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.340
 like those

00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:03.420
 light beams

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.259
 shining through

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.759
 the dark

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.200
 clouds.

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:07.060
 There's this

00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:07.860
 strange image

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.560
 of stumps

00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:09.440
 being left

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.400
 after trees

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:10.860
 are chopped

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:11.100
 down.

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.420
 If you've

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.300
 ever been

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:12.700
 up on

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.140
 Forestry

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.860
 Commission land,

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.200
 you'll have

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.560
 seen vast

00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:16.480
 areas where

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.080
 the whole

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:17.460
 trees have

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.060
 been felled

00:22:18.060 --> 00:22:18.320
 and yet

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:18.759
 they leave

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.400
 the stumps.

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.000
 And you

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.100
 know,

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.800
 these two

00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:22.940
 types of

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.440
 trees that

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:23.960
 are mentioned,

00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:25.040
 these grow

00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:25.620
 again from

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.379
 that stage.

00:22:27.979 --> 00:22:28.799
 Branches and

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.859
 roots come

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.359
 out again.

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.919
 There is

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.500
 regeneration.

00:22:32.459 --> 00:22:32.979
 There is

00:22:32.979 --> 00:22:33.579
 new birth.

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 Judgment

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 will take

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 place on

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 this unbelieving

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:40.879
 nation and

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 yet there is

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:41.859
 hope.

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 Grace will

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 abound.

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 This nation

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.819
 does not

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:48.179
 deserve God's

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:48.639
 grace and

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 yet they get

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 it anyway.

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 And you

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 know,

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.360
 there will

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 be a

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.060
 remnant,

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 this holy

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.220
 seed.

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 A remnant

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 will return

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 from Babylonian

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 captivity.

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 They will

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 not all be

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 destroyed.

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 You know,

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.660
 Jesus comes

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.299
 from this

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 holy seed.

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 He is the

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.240
 holy seed who

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 is our

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 hope.

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 In Isaiah

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 chapter 11,

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 which we will

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 come on to in

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 a few weeks

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 time, it

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 says a

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.900
 shoot will

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 come up

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.759
 from the

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.259
 stump of

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 Jesse.

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 From his

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.740
 roots, a

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.380
 branch will

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 bear fruit.

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 The Lord

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.099
 Jesus is our

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.400
 hope.

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 You know,

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.599
 to finish,

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.220
 like the

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.980
 astronauts who

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 were changed

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 by what they

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.859
 saw in

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.519
 space when

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 they looked

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:41.460
 down, we

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.940
 are to be

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.940
 transformed by

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 beholding the

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.420
 Lord and

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.220
 his majesty,

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:48.200
 his greatness,

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:50.019
 his awesomeness.

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.259
 We are to

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.140
 have this big

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.880
 view of God.

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 We should

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.180
 keep in our

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.640
 minds, we

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.299
 should ponder

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.720
 on his

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.900
 greatness, on

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.640
 the glory of

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.140
 the Lord.

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.940
 This is to

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.240
 cause us to

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.000
 respond in

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:09.140
 confession of

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:10.039
 our unworthiness

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:12.839
 and cause us

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.880
 to respond in

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.720
 willing service

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.339
 to him.

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:19.199
 Jesus'

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.579
 sacrifice allows

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.220
 us to do

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.500
 so.

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.619
 Allows our

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.119
 sin to be

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.959
 atoned for

00:24:24.959 --> 00:24:26.859
 by grace.

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.019
 It allows

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.899
 us to serve

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.179
 him.

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.859
 And we are

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.679
 to go and

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.079
 we are to

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.779
 do as God

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.559
 wants us to.

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:36.980
 And not just

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.539
 on our own

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.439
 terms, not

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.039
 what suits

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.679
 us, not

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.879
 what piques

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.659
 our interest.

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:44.180
 You know, our

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.820
 ministry will

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.519
 not always be

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:47.900
 fruitful, but

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.440
 we have our

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.180
 hope and are

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.680
 to remain

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.800
 faithful and

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.540
 do his work

00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:52.220
 even in

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.840
 bleak, bleak

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.259
 times.

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.160
 When we

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.140
 truly see the

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.480
 Lord, we

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.420
 can't help but

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.320
 speak of him.

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 I'm aware

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.740
 that I feel

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.259
 like I've

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.919
 just touched

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.419
 the surface

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:07.960
 of these

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.579
 verses and

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.659
 also of the

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.240
 glory of the

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.740
 Lord, but I

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.399
 really hope that

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.159
 this has piqued

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.379
 your interest

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.000
 and you want

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.559
 to go away

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.179
 and ponder

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.740
 on his

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.240
 greatness, on

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.759
 his glory.

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.460
 Let's pray

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.639
 for us as

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:23.139
 we finish.

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.379
 God and

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:25.759
 Father, we

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.419
 just thank you

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:27.519
 for your

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.240
 glory, your

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.500
 majesty, your

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.240
 awesomeness.

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 Words just

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.839
 don't do it

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.579
 justice, but

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:35.619
 we just pray

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.240
 that as we

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.900
 think on these

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.680
 things as we

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.619
 go through

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.220
 this week,

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.200
 that we will

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.980
 respond in

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.700
 love to who

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.279
 you are and

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.759
 what you have

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.500
 done for us.

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.859
 Personal

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.740
 confession of

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.119
 our own

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.839
 unworthiness,

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.859
 our own

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.680
 position before

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:51.000
 you, and

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.839
 yet thankfulness

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.259
 in what the

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.720
 Lord Jesus

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.180
 has done, and

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.599
 that we will

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.440
 respond in

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.400
 love and do

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.059
 your work.

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.779
 Not that

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.460
 suits us,

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.640
 but what

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:00.920
 you would

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.319
 have us

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.720
 to do.

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.700
 We pray

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:04.940
 that we

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.200
 will be

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.720
 encouraged

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.140
 that it

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.420
 is you

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.039
 who save,

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.440
 that we

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.779
 are to

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.339
 faithfully

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:11.299
 witness and

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.839
 to speak

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.400
 your word,

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.880
 and yet

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.859
 you are

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.160
 the one

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.839
 who saves.

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.940
 Salvation

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.740
 is from

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.279
 the Lord.

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.019
 So we

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.279
 ask your

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.119
 blessing as

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.559
 we think

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.880
 on these

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.519
 things further.

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.740
 We pray

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.079
 that you

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.500
 will speak

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:28.140
 to us as

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.480
 we think

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.759
 on these

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.019
 things

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.299
 throughout

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.799
 this week

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.299
 and beyond.

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.720
 So we

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:31.980
 just pray

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.319
 all these

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.839
 things in

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.079
 Jesus'

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.400
 name.

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.599
 Amen.