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 Good morning friends, if you'd like to grab your Bibles, if you haven't got them open, I'd be very grateful if you did.

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 More than me being grateful, it's actually crucial that you have your Bibles open.

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 We want to see God's glory, we want to see God's glory in the face of Christ, and we get that by gazing upon the Word of God.

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 So let me pray.

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 Father God, we have just been warned from John 12 about the unbelief of the Jews who saw the Lord Jesus in all his glory, they saw his miraculous signs, they did it in their presence, and yet, Father, they did not believe.

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 Their eyes were blind, their hearts were dead, and so Lord, we pray that you would rescue us from such unbelief, from an inability to hear, from an inability to see your glory.

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 And as we come now, particularly, Father, I ask, Lord, that you would help us to be amazed at who you are.

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 We ask, Lord, that you would give us that appropriate awe and reverence as we understand who you are.

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 And if our view of you, Father, is smaller than who you are, Lord, I pray that you would so bless us with insight this day that our lives would be changed.

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 We pray, Lord, that we might respond as Isaiah did, woe to me, I am ruined.

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 So bless us with such humility, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 In the United States, you can buy a Jesus doll, pre-packaged, with a sawn-off shotgun.

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 That's right, Jesus doll, sawn-off shotgun, buffed up, no shirt, just a pair of tight little shorts, lovely shotgun there.

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 Now, if that's a bit butch for you, that's not the image of Jesus you want.

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 You can buy the huggable Jesus.

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 He's obviously much softer, and you can push him and squeeze him at certain points, and he says nice things to you, much like some of the teddy bears that we got at home.

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 You push him and says, I love you, and all sorts of nice things like that.

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 And so you can get the huggable Jesus, which you push, and it'll say nice and cute things which make you feel good.

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 It's particularly helpful if you're feeling a little low.

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 You can't help but think that in much of modern Christianity, we have domesticated God.

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 You can't help but think that bit by bit, God's majesty has been chipped away with, and now he fits into nice little Christian products which sit on our shelves,

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 which I pull off the shelf in order to give me a little bit of a boost when I'm feeling a little low.

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 Jesus has been turned into a social worker who wants to hear from me how I'm feeling more than anything else.

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 So I want to ask you this morning, what does the glory of Christ mean to you?

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 What does the glory of Christ mean to you?

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 You see, the big problem is that when you make little of God's majesty and his glory,

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 then you make little of your sin and your brokenness.

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 The two are connected, intertwined.

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 You cannot separate them.

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 And I believe that this is the reason why much of the Christian church today is dying, dead, or impotent.

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 So let me suggest to you that revival happens, and let me be frank,

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 I want revival to come to St. Paul's and to my life and to yours.

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 Revival happens in our lives when we see God majestic in holiness,

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 and when we see ourselves as disobedient dust.

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 Brokenness, repentance, unspeakable joy of forgiveness,

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 the taste of the magnificence of God,

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 a hunger for his holiness,

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 to see these things more and to live them more and more.

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 That is revival.

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 And it comes from seeing God.

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 So let's do that now.

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 Isaiah chapter 6.

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 If you have not got a Bible,

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 there should be one in the pews in front of you there somewhere.

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 Or shift seats now

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 to be with someone who's got one on their lap.

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 And let us gaze at the glory of God.

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 Isaiah 6, verse 1.

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 In the year that King Uzziah died,

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 I saw the Lord sit on a throne,

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 high and exalted.

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 And the train of his robe filled the temple.

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 Above him were seraphs,

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 each with six wings.

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 With two wings they covered their faces.

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 With two they covered their feet.

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 And with two they were flying.

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 And they were calling to one another,

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 holy

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 is the Lord Almighty.

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 The whole earth is full of his glory.

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 At the sound of their voices,

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 the doorposts and thresholds shook

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 and the temple was filled with smoke.

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 There are at least seven glimpses of God

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 in those first four verses.

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 So let's look at those seven things.

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 Firstly, God is alive.

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 King Uzziah is dead,

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 but God lives on.

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 Psalm 90, verse 2.

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 Before the mountains were born,

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 or you brought forth the earth and the world,

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 from everlasting to everlasting,

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 you are God.

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 God was the living God

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 when this universe banged into existence.

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 He was the living God

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 when Socrates drank his poison.

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 He was the living God

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 when Captain James Cook

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 first put his boot on Australian soil.

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 He was the living God in 1966

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 when Time magazine put out a front cover

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 which said,

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 God is dead.

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 And he will be the living God

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 10 trillion ages from now

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 when all of our collective puny potshots

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 at him

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 against his reality

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 will have sunk into oblivion

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 like a pebble in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

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 He is alive.

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 In the year that King Uzziah died,

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 I saw the Lord.

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 There is not a single head of state

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 in all of the world

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 right now

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 who will be ruling in 100 years.

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 The turnover in world leadership

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 is 100%.

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 In a brief 120 years,

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 this planet will be populated

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 by more than 10 billion new people,

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 brand new people,

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 and all of us

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 and the current 6.5 to 7 billion of us

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 at the moment

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 will have vanished off the face of the earth

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 just like Uzziah.

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 But not God.

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 He never had a beginning

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 and therefore depends on nothing

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 for existence.

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 He will never have an end.

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 He always has been

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 and he always will be

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 alive.

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 Secondly,

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 I saw the Lord seated

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 on a throne.

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 We see that God here

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 is authoritative.

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 It is no mistake

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 that throughout the Bible

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 there is no vision of heaven

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 where you ever catch

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 a glimpse of God

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 ploughing a field,

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 cutting the grass,

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 shining his shoes,

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 filling out reports

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 or loading a truck.

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 Heaven does not require maintenance.

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 God is never at his wit's end

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 in his heavenly realm.

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 He sits.

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 And he sits on a throne.

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 All is at peace.

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 All is in control.

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 The throne is his right to rule.

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 We do not give God authority

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 over our lives.

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 He has it

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 whether we like it or not.

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 What utter folly

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 it is to act

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 as though we had any rights

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 to call God into question

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 or his authority

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 into question.

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 Few things,

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 I believe,

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 are more humbling.

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 Few things give us

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 more of a sense

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 than the raw

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 of the raw majesty of God

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 than that he is

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 utterly authoritative.

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 After him,

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 there is nowhere to run.

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 There is no appeal.

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 Nowhere else to turn to.

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 Thirdly,

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 we see here

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 that God is all-powerful.

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 The throne

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 of his authority

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 is not one

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 among many thrones.

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 It is high

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 and lifted up.

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 I saw the Lord

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 seated on a throne

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 high

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 and

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 exalted.

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 That God's throne

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 is higher

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 than every other throne

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 signifies God's

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 superior power

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 to exercise

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 his authority.

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 no opposing authority

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 can nullify

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 the decrees

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 of God.

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 What he purposes,

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 he accomplishes.

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 God says a little later

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 in Isaiah 46,

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 I make known

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 the end

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 from the beginning,

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 from ancient times,

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 what is still

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 yet to come.

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 I say,

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 my purposes

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 will stand

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 and I will do

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 all that

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 I please.

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 in Daniel 4.35,

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 speaking about God,

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 he does

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 as he pleases

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 with the powers

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 of heaven

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 and

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 the peoples

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 of the earth.

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 To be gripped

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 by the all-powerful

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 sovereignty of God

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 is either

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 marvellous

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 because he's

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 with you

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 or

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 absolutely

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 terrifying

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 because he's

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 against you.

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 indifference,

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 my friends,

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 to his

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 all-encompassing

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 power

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 simply means

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 that you have

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 not seen

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 God.

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 The sovereign

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 authority

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 of the living

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 God

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 is a refuge

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 full of joy

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 and power

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 for those

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 that are his.

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 fourthly,

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 we see that

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 God is

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 magnificent,

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 he is

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 gorgeous,

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 he is

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 glittering,

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 he is

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 dazzling.

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 I saw

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 the Lord

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 sit on a

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 throne,

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 high and

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 exalted

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 and the

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 train of

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 his robe

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 filled the

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 temple.

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 Now you

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 may have

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 sat up

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 all night

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 and watched

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 the wedding

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 of Charles

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 and Diana

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 back in

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 1981

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 as many

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 Australians

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 did

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 and I

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 remember

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 on that

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 day

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 as a

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 kid

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 trying to

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 work out

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 why I

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 was up

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 all night

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 but also

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 the talk

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 I remember

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 when she

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 came out

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 of the

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 carriage

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 and the

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 train

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 of her

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 dress

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 just kept

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 going

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 and of

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 course

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 there was

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 a number

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 of women

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 in the

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 room

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 just going

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 ah,

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 ah,

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 ooh,

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 ah,

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 look at

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 that

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 and I'm

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 like

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 it's a

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 dress

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 you know

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 as a

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 kid

00:11:57.320 --> 00:11:57.659
 it's a

00:11:57.659 --> 00:11:57.899
 dress

00:11:57.899 --> 00:11:58.500
 but I

00:11:58.500 --> 00:11:59.000
 still see

00:11:59.000 --> 00:11:59.399
 it now

00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:01.100
 25 feet

00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:01.580
 long

00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:02.340
 it seemed

00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:02.639
 to have

00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:02.940
 covered

00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:03.539
 all the

00:12:03.539 --> 00:12:04.000
 steps of

00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:04.200
 St.

00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:04.560
 Paul's

00:12:04.560 --> 00:12:05.000
 Cathedral

00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:06.019
 in London

00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:06.539
 at that

00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:07.039
 time

00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:07.840
 but what

00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:08.159
 would it

00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:08.419
 mean

00:12:08.419 --> 00:12:08.759
 if she

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 walked

00:12:09.199 --> 00:12:09.620
 in

00:12:09.620 --> 00:12:10.099
 and she

00:12:10.099 --> 00:12:10.399
 kept

00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:10.860
 going

00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.399
 and the

00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:11.879
 train

00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:12.500
 of her

00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:13.019
 dress

00:12:13.019 --> 00:12:14.079
 filled

00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:14.539
 the

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 choir

00:12:14.979 --> 00:12:15.679
 stalls

00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:16.219
 the

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 pews

00:12:16.939 --> 00:12:17.219
 the

00:12:17.219 --> 00:12:17.799
 pulpit

00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:19.120
 everything

00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.979
 and it

00:12:20.979 --> 00:12:21.620
 was all

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 made

00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:22.659
 from one

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 fabric

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 what would

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 you say

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 then

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 wow

00:12:26.599 --> 00:12:30.159
 and that

00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:30.879
 the fact

00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:31.539
 that God's

00:12:31.539 --> 00:12:32.159
 robe fills

00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:33.299
 the entire

00:12:33.299 --> 00:12:34.419
 heavenly temple

00:12:34.419 --> 00:12:35.379
 not St.

00:12:35.439 --> 00:12:36.179
 Paul's Cathedral

00:12:36.179 --> 00:12:37.259
 in London

00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:38.120
 the entire

00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:38.939
 heavenly temple

00:12:38.939 --> 00:12:39.659
 means that

00:12:39.659 --> 00:12:40.139
 God

00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:40.639
 is

00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.519
 incomparable

00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:42.500
 in splendor

00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:44.399
 he is

00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:45.299
 magnificent

00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:46.639
 he is

00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.599
 dazzling

00:12:47.599 --> 00:12:50.199
 the fullness

00:12:50.199 --> 00:12:50.919
 of God's

00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:51.519
 splendor

00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:52.519
 shows itself

00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:53.819
 in so many

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 ways

00:12:54.459 --> 00:12:55.039
 in this

00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:55.519
 world

00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:59.059
 one

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 little

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 example

00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:01.519
 is the

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 species

00:13:02.099 --> 00:13:03.259
 of fish

00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:04.639
 who live

00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:05.100
 in the

00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:05.759
 dark

00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.519
 dark

00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.279
 dark

00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:07.899
 depths

00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:08.360
 of the

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 ocean

00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:09.360
 that we

00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:09.960
 cannot

00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:10.779
 even see

00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:11.319
 with our

00:13:11.319 --> 00:13:11.679
 physical

00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:12.259
 we cannot

00:13:12.259 --> 00:13:12.960
 go there

00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:13.500
 you need

00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:14.120
 machines

00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:14.720
 to go there

00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:15.059
 and take

00:13:15.059 --> 00:13:15.460
 photos

00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:15.860
 of these

00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.340
 things

00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.700
 these

00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:18.539
 species

00:13:18.539 --> 00:13:19.399
 of fish

00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.259
 have their

00:13:20.259 --> 00:13:20.659
 own

00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:21.039
 built

00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:21.319
 in

00:13:21.319 --> 00:13:21.939
 lights

00:13:21.939 --> 00:13:23.240
 some

00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:23.639
 of them

00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:24.259
 have got

00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:24.799
 lamps

00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:25.539
 which hang

00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:25.960
 from their

00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:26.519
 chins

00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:27.639
 some

00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:27.980
 of them

00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:28.259
 have

00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:28.919
 noses

00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:29.179
 which

00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:29.559
 glow

00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:29.939
 some

00:13:29.939 --> 00:13:30.200
 of them

00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:30.460
 have

00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:31.000
 eyes

00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:31.340
 which are

00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:31.659
 kind of

00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:31.879
 like

00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:32.439
 headlights

00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:33.519
 they can

00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:33.819
 see

00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.399
 around

00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:35.120
 in the

00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:35.580
 darkness

00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:37.059
 they are

00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:38.600
 spectacularly

00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:39.460
 weird

00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:42.299
 and beautiful

00:13:42.299 --> 00:13:43.179
 and there's

00:13:43.179 --> 00:13:43.679
 not just

00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:44.059
 one or

00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:44.439
 two

00:13:44.439 --> 00:13:45.259
 there is

00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:46.019
 thousands

00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:46.679
 of these

00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:47.279
 species

00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:48.120
 down there

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.360
 why

00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:50.939
 are they

00:13:50.939 --> 00:13:51.700
 there

00:13:51.700 --> 00:13:52.439
 when I

00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:52.960
 can't get

00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:53.480
 my fishing

00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:53.960
 line to

00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:54.220
 them

00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:56.899
 why are

00:13:56.899 --> 00:13:57.600
 they there

00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:58.460
 and why

00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:59.019
 are there

00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.779
 thousands

00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:00.319
 of them

00:14:00.319 --> 00:14:00.639
 there

00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:01.080
 because

00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:01.720
 God

00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.000
 is

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.639
 lavish

00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:03.199
 in

00:14:03.199 --> 00:14:03.519
 his

00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:04.439
 splendor

00:14:04.439 --> 00:14:05.500
 and his

00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:06.019
 creative

00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:06.600
 fullness

00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:07.039
 spills

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:07.480
 over

00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:07.860
 into

00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.600
 excessive

00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.159
 beauty

00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:11.279
 and if

00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:11.720
 that is

00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.080
 the way

00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:12.600
 the world

00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:12.960
 is

00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:13.500
 how much

00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.000
 more

00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:15.179
 magnificent

00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.559
 must this

00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:17.159
 God be

00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:17.799
 who thought

00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:18.179
 it up

00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:18.699
 and brought

00:14:18.699 --> 00:14:19.000
 it into

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.340
 being

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:19.960
 just by

00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:20.740
 a word

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:26.279
 and

00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:26.580
 therefore

00:14:26.580 --> 00:14:27.100
 fifthly

00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:27.379
 God

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.560
 is

00:14:27.560 --> 00:14:28.240
 revered

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.620
 above

00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:29.960
 him

00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:30.159
 were

00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:31.279
 seraphs

00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:31.820
 each

00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:32.039
 with

00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:32.340
 six

00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:32.700
 wings

00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:32.919
 with

00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.159
 two

00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.560
 wings

00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:33.759
 they

00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:34.080
 covered

00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:34.279
 their

00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:34.659
 faces

00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:35.019
 with

00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:35.200
 two

00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:35.379
 they

00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:35.680
 covered

00:14:35.680 --> 00:14:35.899
 their

00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:36.159
 feet

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.299
 and

00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:36.500
 with

00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.159
 two

00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:37.379
 they

00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:37.539
 were

00:14:37.539 --> 00:14:38.080
 flying

00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:40.220
 no one

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:40.520
 knows

00:14:40.520 --> 00:14:41.060
 what these

00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:41.800
 strange

00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:42.680
 sixth wing

00:14:42.680 --> 00:14:44.080
 creatures

00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:44.620
 with feet

00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.020
 and eyes

00:14:45.020 --> 00:14:45.740
 and intelligence

00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:46.320
 are

00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.720
 they never

00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.460
 appear again

00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:49.259
 in the Bible

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:50.139
 at least

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.620
 not under

00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:50.940
 the name

00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:51.600
 seraphim

00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:53.060
 one thing

00:14:53.060 --> 00:14:53.840
 is for sure

00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.740
 given the

00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.600
 grandeur

00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.120
 of the

00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:57.720
 scene

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:59.080
 and the

00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.540
 power

00:14:59.540 --> 00:15:00.139
 of these

00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.920
 angelic

00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:01.500
 hosts

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:03.139
 we had

00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:03.860
 best not

00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:04.379
 picture

00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:05.019
 chubby

00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:05.620
 winged

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.240
 babies

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:07.159
 fluttering

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.700
 around the

00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:08.100
 ears

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.399
 of our

00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:08.820
 Lord

00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:12.340
 according

00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:12.840
 to verse

00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.340
 four

00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:14.159
 when one

00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.580
 of these

00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:15.139
 creatures

00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:16.040
 speaks

00:15:16.040 --> 00:15:16.639
 the

00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:17.420
 foundations

00:15:17.420 --> 00:15:18.160
 of the

00:15:18.160 --> 00:15:18.600
 temple

00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:19.379
 shake

00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:22.340
 and if

00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:22.779
 I ask

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.200
 Samira

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:23.659
 to turn

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:23.860
 this

00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.240
 speaker

00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:24.480
 up

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:24.799
 right

00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:25.080
 now

00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:25.620
 as far

00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:25.879
 as he

00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:26.039
 could

00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:26.419
 go

00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:26.980
 I

00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.179
 could

00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.399
 not

00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:27.659
 do

00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:27.939
 that

00:15:27.939 --> 00:15:28.259
 here

00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:28.439
 at

00:15:28.439 --> 00:15:28.559
 St.

00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:28.860
 Paul's

00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.320
 Chatswood

00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:30.460
 even

00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:30.799
 with the

00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:31.019
 aid

00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:31.139
 of

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.340
 this

00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:31.620
 thing

00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:35.379
 there

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.539
 are

00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:35.799
 no

00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:36.519
 puny

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.519
 or

00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:37.960
 silly

00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.720
 creatures

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.100
 in

00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:39.419
 heaven

00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:40.659
 only

00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:41.679
 magnificent

00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:42.419
 ones

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:43.299
 and

00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:43.480
 the

00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:43.720
 point

00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:43.960
 is

00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:44.419
 this

00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.500
 not

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:45.840
 even

00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:46.320
 they

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:46.639
 can

00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:46.899
 look

00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.179
 upon

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.379
 the

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:47.879
 Lord

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:48.720
 nor

00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:48.860
 do

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.019
 they

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.320
 feel

00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:50.379
 worthy

00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.060
 enough

00:15:51.060 --> 00:15:51.400
 to be

00:15:51.400 --> 00:15:51.720
 in his

00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:52.200
 presence

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.780
 to even

00:15:52.780 --> 00:15:53.100
 leave

00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:53.320
 their

00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:53.760
 feet

00:15:53.760 --> 00:15:54.879
 unexposed

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:56.900
 to leave

00:15:56.900 --> 00:15:57.200
 their feet

00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:57.640
 exposed

00:15:57.640 --> 00:15:58.640
 they

00:15:58.640 --> 00:16:00.140
 cover up

00:16:00.140 --> 00:16:00.500
 in his

00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.120
 presence

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.540
 great

00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:03.000
 and as

00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.200
 good

00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:03.560
 as they

00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:04.000
 are

00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.840
 untainted

00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:05.440
 by human

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.980
 sin

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.520
 as they

00:16:06.520 --> 00:16:06.980
 are

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:08.460
 as

00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:09.120
 powerful

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.760
 as they

00:16:09.760 --> 00:16:10.260
 are

00:16:10.260 --> 00:16:11.040
 as

00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:11.700
 splendid

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.160
 as

00:16:12.160 --> 00:16:12.420
 they

00:16:12.420 --> 00:16:12.940
 are

00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:14.600
 they

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.480
 revere

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.240
 their

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.680
 maker

00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.480
 in

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:17.980
 great

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.100
 humility

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:23.139
 and

00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.300
 if

00:16:23.300 --> 00:16:23.480
 one

00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:23.600
 of

00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:23.820
 these

00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:24.360
 creatures

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.759
 was

00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:25.940
 to

00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:26.480
 appear

00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:26.820
 at

00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:26.980
 the

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 foot

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 of

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 your

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 bed

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 tonight

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 in

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 all

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 its

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 brilliance

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 and

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 all

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 its

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 power

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 you

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 would

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 want

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 to

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 die

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 in

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 its

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 presence

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 with

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 the

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 fear

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 would

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 be

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 horrendous

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 how much

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 more

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 will we

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 shudder

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 and quake

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 in

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 his

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 presence

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 who

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 cannot

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 even

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 endure

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 the

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 splendour

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 of

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 one

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 of

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 his

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 creatures

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 oh friends how far have we moved away

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 from the glorious and splendour of this God

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 when Australian Christian television puts out little jingles like

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 when we get to heaven what do you think he'll say

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 he'll say g'day

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 I don't know what he'll say but it won't be g'day

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 six God is holy

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 and they were calling to one another

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 holy holy holy

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 is the Lord almighty and the whole earth

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 is full of his glory

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 what to say about that

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 the possibilities of language to carry the meaning of God

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 eventually run out

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 and it spills over the edge of the world into the vast unknown

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 the word holy carries us to the brink

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 and from there the experience of God is beyond our words

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 there is nothing more to say

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 the reason I say this

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 is that every effort to define the holiness of God

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 ultimately winds me up

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 coming straight back to the first point

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 and saying God is holy

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 means

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 that he's God

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 God is God

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 the root meaning of the word holy

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 is probably to cut or to separate

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 a holy thing is cut off and separated

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 from common

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 we would use the word secular use

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 earthly things and persons are holy

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 as they are distinct from the world

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 and they are devoted to God

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 and so the Bible speaks of things like

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 holy ground and holy assemblies

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 and holy Sabbath

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 and holy nation

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 and holy garments

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 and holy city

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 and holy promises

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 and holy men

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 and holy women

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 and holy scriptures

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 and holy hands

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 and holy kisses

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 and I'm not sure what a holy kiss is

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 the only definition I can describe

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 between a kiss and a holy kiss

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 is probably two minutes

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 that's all I can work it out

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 I'm not really sure

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 but

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 almost anything can be holy

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 providing it's separated

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 from the common

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 and it's devoted to God

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 but what do you do

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:37.519
 when you apply that definition

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.460
 to God himself

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 from what can you separate God

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 in order to make him holy

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 the very godness of God

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 means that he is separate

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:53.240
 from all that is not God

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 God is one of a kind

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 in a class of himself

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 in that sense he is utterly holy

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 and then in the end

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 all you've said is that he's God

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 or if the holiness of man

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 derives from being separated

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 from the world

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.440
 and devoted to God

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 to whom

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.799
 is God devoted

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:14.220
 so as to derive his holiness

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:19.400
 no one but himself

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 it is blasphemy to say

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 that there is a higher reality

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.819
 than God

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:28.240
 to which we must conform

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.900
 in order to be holy

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:33.060
 God is the absolute reality

00:20:33.060 --> 00:20:34.019
 beyond which

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.320
 there is only

00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:36.480
 just more of God

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:42.420
 when asked for his name

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.220
 in Exodus 3

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 he said

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 I am who I am

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 that's it

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:49.900
 to me

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.660
 that doesn't seem

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.480
 terribly helpful

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:54.759
 I am who I am

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:56.320
 his being and his character

00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:57.360
 are utterly

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 undetermined

00:20:58.900 --> 00:21:00.040
 by anything

00:21:00.040 --> 00:21:01.280
 outside of himself

00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:04.180
 he is not holy

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:05.259
 because he keeps the rules

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.380
 he wrote the rules

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 God is not only holy

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.440
 because he keeps the law

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 the law

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 the law is holy

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 because it reveals God

00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:15.680
 he is absolute

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:17.880
 everything else

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.220
 is derived

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.259
 from him

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:24.680
 in the end

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.360
 God is holy

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:26.500
 in that he is God

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 and he is not man

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.900
 he is incomparable

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:32.299
 his holiness

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 determines

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:34.359
 all that he is

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 and he does

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 and he is determined

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 by no one

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:40.759
 or anything

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:44.440
 you can call it

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.960
 his majesty

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:47.680
 you can call it

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:49.180
 his divinity

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.660
 you can call it

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.539
 his greatness

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:53.059
 you can call it

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.019
 his godness

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.859
 you can call it

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.579
 his value

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:57.279
 you can call it

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:59.599
 whatever you like

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.719
 but in the end

00:22:00.719 --> 00:22:01.319
 the language

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.039
 runs out

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:05.179
 in the word

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 holy

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:08.259
 we have sailed

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.259
 to the end

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.419
 of the world

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 of language

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 and we've got

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.579
 nowhere else

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.139
 to go

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:18.640
 and so what

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.380
 do we do

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.200
 when we sit

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.560
 there

00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:21.380
 at the end

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.240
 of the world

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.780
 when all

00:22:23.780 --> 00:22:24.560
 of our language

00:22:24.560 --> 00:22:25.160
 and all of our

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:26.180
 trying to understand

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.860
 who this god

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.520
 is

00:22:27.520 --> 00:22:30.980
 have a cut

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.560
 220

00:22:31.560 --> 00:22:33.320
 but the lord

00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:34.000
 is in his holy

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.460
 temple

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:36.460
 let all the earth

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.140
 be silent

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.920
 before him

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:40.620
 there is

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.180
 nothing

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:42.080
 more

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:43.420
 to add

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:50.360
 but before

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:51.120
 the silence

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:52.019
 and the shaking

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.600
 of the temple

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:53.120
 and the filling

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:53.700
 of smoke

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:55.300
 we learn

00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:55.840
 a seventh

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.440
 and a final

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.080
 thing about

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.700
 this god

00:22:57.700 --> 00:23:00.400
 holy

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:00.720
 holy

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.140
 holy

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.480
 is the lord

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.660
 almighty

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.620
 the whole

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:04.920
 earth

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.800
 is full

00:23:05.800 --> 00:23:06.940
 of his

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.720
 glory

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.400
 this god

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.420
 is glorious

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:12.279
 the glory

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.000
 of god

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.900
 is the

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.539
 manifestation

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.480
 of his

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.960
 holiness

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:17.640
 god's

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.100
 holiness

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:19.100
 is the

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:20.240
 incomparable

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.700
 perfection

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.480
 of his

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.100
 divine

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:24.019
 nature

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.900
 his glory

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.940
 is the

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.620
 display

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.539
 of that

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.200
 holiness

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:31.080
 okay

00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:31.980
 god

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.980
 is glorious

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.039
 means that

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.019
 god's holiness

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.620
 has gone

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.140
 public

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.539
 it's on

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.980
 facebook

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.440
 it's in the

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.880
 newspapers

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.480
 it's everywhere

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.380
 that's what

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.620
 it is

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.000
 it's gone

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.539
 public

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.599
 his holiness

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.079
 has gone

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.519
 public

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.420
 in leviticus

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.980
 10 3

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.559
 god says

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.200
 among those

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.779
 who approach

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.059
 me

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.920
 i will show

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.420
 myself

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.059
 holy

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:50.039
 in the sight

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.500
 of all

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.940
 people

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.720
 i will be

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.200
 honoured

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.660
 or another

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.220
 translation

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.559
 i will be

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.720
 glorified

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:58.039
 when god

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.660
 shows himself

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.420
 to be holy

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.460
 what we see

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.099
 is his

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.700
 glory

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:03.539
 when the

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.019
 seraphim

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.519
 say the

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.000
 whole earth

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.460
 is full

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.720
 of his

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.120
 glory

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.980
 it is because

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.339
 from the

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.799
 heights of

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.000
 heaven

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.359
 you can

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.339
 see all

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.279
 the world

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.559
 you can

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:10.880
 see the

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.680
 whole universe

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.220
 and you

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.579
 can see

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.740
 this universe

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.000
 reflects the

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.980
 splendor and

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.539
 the holiness

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.460
 and the glory

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.400
 of this god

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:20.700
 from down

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.599
 here the

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.539
 view of

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.180
 this god

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.880
 is limited

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.680
 and it's

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.779
 largely limited

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.400
 because we

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.380
 have exchanged

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.119
 the glory of

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.539
 god

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:30.519
 for things

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.759
 that

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:33.059
 give me

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.700
 frills right

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.059
 now

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:37.200
 according to

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.480
 romans

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.980
 chapter 1

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:43.039
 and so

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:45.059
 the curtain

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.460
 of heaven

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.000
 is open

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.580
 and is

00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.160
 i gets

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.680
 a peek

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.519
 and what

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.740
 does he

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:49.980
 do

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.840
 verse 5

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:55.200
 woe

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.759
 to me

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.960
 i cried

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:01.140
 i am

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.960
 ruined

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:05.640
 woe

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.420
 to me

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.600
 i am

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.480
 ruined

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:14.259
 not

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:16.579
 don't hear me

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:16.960
 wrong when i

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.480
 say this

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:21.019
 god

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:23.559
 i've done

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.920
 things i

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.259
 shouldn't have

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.839
 done and

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:26.000
 things that i

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.360
 did do i

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:26.640
 shouldn't have

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.079
 done and

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.660
 didn't do

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:27.960
 things i

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.180
 should have

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.620
 done and

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.460
 sinned against

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.880
 you and

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.599
 against people

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:30.880
 and other

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.420
 things so

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:34.800
 woe

00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:36.340
 to me

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.600
 i am

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.259
 ruined

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.560
 for i'm

00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.120
 a man

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.980
 of unclean

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.380
 lips

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.500
 and i live

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.160
 among a

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.820
 people of

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.400
 unclean

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.759
 lips

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.820
 and my

00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.640
 eyes have

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.000
 seen the

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.380
 king

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.420
 the lord

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.880
 almighty

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:50.440
 and what

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.900
 happened a

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.160
 little bit

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.680
 earlier in the

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.240
 scriptures what

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.820
 does it say

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.880
 you may not

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.100
 gaze upon

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.640
 the lord

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.779
 and live

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.759
 is i

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.519
 expected to

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.279
 die in the

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.779
 presence of

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.279
 this god

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:02.700
 in chapter

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.500
 five isaiah

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.559
 pronounced woes

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.139
 this amazing

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.759
 thing happens

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.119
 in chapter

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:07.259
 five he

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.139
 pronounced woe

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:08.779
 after woe

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.420
 after woe

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.119
 curses on

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.559
 the people

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.240
 of israel

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.460
 because they

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.000
 as it says

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.379
 in verse

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.139
 12 there

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.920
 have no

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.599
 regard for

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.019
 the deeds

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.660
 of the lord

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.740
 no respect

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.759
 for the work

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.980
 of his hands

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.119
 but isaiah

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.019
 gets a glimpse

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.819
 of the glory

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.619
 of this god

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.420
 and what does

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.940
 he say

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.839
 hang on a

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.119
 bit just

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.519
 hold that

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.039
 thought these

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.500
 people over

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.819
 here need

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.460
 to see this

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:33.819
 forget about

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.940
 their woes

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.980
 forget about

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.160
 their curses

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.940
 woe is

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.480
 me

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:42.819
 having been

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.660
 confronted with

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.360
 the glory of

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.240
 god isaiah

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.079
 goes downward

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.779
 in humility

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:48.880
 he knows

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.220
 that he's

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.880
 not god

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:51.940
 when he's

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.480
 confronted with

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.799
 god

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.460
 and friends

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.100
 is that not

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.740
 the experience

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.120
 of peter

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.660
 that we saw

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:56.940
 in this

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.519
 service last

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.660
 week with

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.039
 the kids

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.400
 talk

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.359
 he's been

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.960
 out fishing

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.839
 catches nothing

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.599
 jesus takes

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.980
 him out

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.940
 gets a load

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.440
 of fish

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.299
 up on the

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.859
 boat and

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.359
 he doesn't

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.279
 go wow

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.099
 fantastic

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.680
 all this

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.519
 fish i can

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.200
 finally buy

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.779
 that house

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.759
 i can finally

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.480
 get off and

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.000
 finish my

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.579
 masters of

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.500
 fishing i can

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.220
 finally get the

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.980
 superannuation

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.579
 thing sorted

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.099
 out and i can

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.720
 go and retire

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:19.000
 down to egypt

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.480
 or somewhere

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.920
 else

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:24.279
 forget the

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.740
 fish

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:26.880
 fish

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:28.039
 he looks at

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.539
 jesus and

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:31.140
 this is how

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.039
 when simon peter

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:33.500
 saw this he

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.700
 fell at jesus

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.380
 knees and

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.819
 said go away

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:38.440
 from me lord

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:40.059
 i am a

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.880
 sinful man

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:44.620
 peter saw

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:46.380
 glory and

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.860
 we're confronted

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.520
 with jesus

00:27:47.520 --> 00:27:48.180
 peter's own

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.980
 sinfulness is

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.580
 the thing that's

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.720
 exposed again

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.500
 the apostle john

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.960
 had a similar

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.860
 experience revelation

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.840
 chapter one i

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.520
 turned around to

00:27:55.520 --> 00:27:56.800
 see the voice that

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:57.560
 was speaking to me

00:27:57.560 --> 00:27:58.460
 and when i turned i

00:27:58.460 --> 00:28:00.400
 saw seven golden

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.120
 lampstands and

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:02.120
 among the lampstands

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.960
 was someone like a

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.880
 son of man dressed

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.180
 in a robe reaching

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.620
 down to his feet and

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:08.080
 a gold sash around

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.500
 his chest his

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.279
 head and his

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.099
 hair were white

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:12.139
 like wool as

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.960
 white as snow and

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.960
 his eyes were like

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:16.220
 blazing fire his

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.980
 feet were like

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.379
 bronze glowing in a

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:19.099
 furnace and his

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.579
 voice was like the

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.480
 sound of rushing

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.559
 waters in his

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.500
 right hand he held

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.980
 seven stars and

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.740
 out of his mouth

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.559
 came a sharp

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.099
 double-edged

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:28.759
 sword his face

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:30.159
 was like the sun

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:31.879
 shining in all

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:33.099
 its brilliance

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:36.500
 when i saw him

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:40.380
 i fell at his

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.539
 feet as though

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.299
 dead

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:45.740
 this is the same

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.160
 john

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:48.740
 who used to lean

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:50.079
 against jesus

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:53.920
 and when he sees

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:55.319
 jesus in all his

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:57.000
 resurrected glory

00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:00.140
 it's not

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.940
 g'day

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:04.359
 he falls down

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.079
 as though

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.819
 dead

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:08.399
 and then he

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:09.220
 placed his right

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.299
 hand on me and

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.200
 said do not be

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.359
 afraid i am the

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.240
 first and the

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.240
 last i'm the

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.359
 living one i was

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.700
 dead and behold

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:19.579
 i'm alive forever

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:21.519
 and ever

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:24.599
 i'm not dead

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:26.899
 i'm still reigning

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:29.899
 but it ought not

00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.799
 be a surprise to

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.419
 find that peter

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:31.859
 and john's

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:33.139
 experience is the

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.819
 same as that as

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:35.119
 isaiah because

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.859
 they got a glimpse

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.439
 of the same

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:36.899
 god

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.859
 did you see what

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.559
 was read out to

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.399
 us mike read out to

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.119
 us a moment ago

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.579
 from john

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.359
 chapter 12

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:43.359
 isaiah said this

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.859
 because he saw

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:47.039
 jesus's glory and

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:48.980
 spoke about him

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:52.899
 isaiah got a glimpse

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:54.059
 of jesus

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:59.700
 this one that we

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.599
 just spoke about

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:02.079
 is jesus

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.980
 not the little

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.799
 package jesus with

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.279
 the sawn off

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.839
 shotgun not

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.819
 huggable jesus

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:09.679
 the real jesus

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:12.320
 isaiah saw jesus

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:13.600
 glory in chapter 6

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:15.400
 jesus is god's

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.840
 holiness gone

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:19.299
 public what

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.560
 isaiah saw is

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.420
 what peter saw

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.000
 and what john

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.860
 saw and this

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:25.160
 same jesus is

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.460
 the one who

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.600
 calls you and

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.660
 me to follow

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:31.900
 him if the

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.400
 magnificent

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.140
 creatures in

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.019
 the throne room

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.759
 throne room

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.799
 approach with

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:37.400
 caution with

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.940
 reverence and

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.960
 awe and respect

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.039
 how much more

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.160
 you and me

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:44.539
 in following

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.100
 the one

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:46.620
 this one

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.160
 jesus

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:52.100
 but you know

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.500
 what the great

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.160
 news is

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:55.480
 is when jesus

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.039
 says to his

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.620
 disciples

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:58.059
 praise in the

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.500
 hearing of his

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.600
 disciples father

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.180
 the time has

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:02.059
 come to glorify

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.700
 your son

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:05.440
 let let your

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.400
 holiness really

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.380
 go public now

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:09.360
 and he went

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:10.060
 to the cross

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:11.800
 and in that

00:31:11.800 --> 00:31:12.600
 jesus humbling

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.300
 himself to the

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:13.800
 death of the

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:16.260
 cross is the

00:31:16.260 --> 00:31:17.000
 reason why we

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.840
 can stand in

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.560
 his presence

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:21.520
 god in his

00:31:21.520 --> 00:31:22.320
 ultimate display

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.240
 of glory is the

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.920
 reason why we

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.820
 can actually stand

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.720
 and gaze upon

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.880
 his glory and

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.700
 not be crushed

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.660
 due to his

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.540
 perfect humility

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:30.120
 and perfect

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:31.140
 sacrifice we no

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.800
 longer need to

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.960
 fear this god

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:34.340
 is judge when

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.259
 osiah called

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.459
 out i am

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:38.099
 ruined god

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.839
 deals with that

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.799
 situation by

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.799
 atoning for his

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.319
 sin so that he

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.319
 can stand in his

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.779
 presence

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:46.779
 in the boat

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.159
 jesus says to

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:48.879
 peter don't be

00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:49.980
 afraid he says

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.619
 exactly the same

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.240
 thing to john

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.159
 don't be afraid

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:53.899
 it is only

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.839
 possible to stand

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.459
 in his presence

00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:56.799
 because god makes

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:58.059
 it possible for us

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.179
 to stand in his

00:31:59.179 --> 00:32:01.019
 presence god wants

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.359
 to dwell with

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:03.720
 people like you

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:06.019
 and me and the

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.879
 safest place in

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.420
 the world and i've

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.039
 said this a number

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.720
 of times i want to

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.519
 keep coming back to

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.839
 it the safest place

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 in the world is at

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.379
 the foot of the

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 cross with your

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:15.440
 face in the dust in

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.279
 humble submission

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 that is what gets

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:21.400
 the gaze of the

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.240
 sovereign eternal

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.220
 god that is what

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.119
 draws his attention

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 it is my hope and my

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.220
 prayer that this

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:29.359
 church that we

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:30.379
 will get such a

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:31.000
 glimpse of the

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.140
 glory of christ

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.359
 that we will

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.460
 declare war on

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:37.980
 pride let us be

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.180
 vigilant my friends

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:41.940
 let us never forget

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:43.500
 that it is humility

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:45.019
 that draws the gaze

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.140
 of this glorious god

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.660
 it is humility is the

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.119
 only way that we can

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:50.059
 stand in the presence

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.140
 of this glorious god

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:52.500
 it is not our small

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.619
 groups it is not our

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.640
 budget it is not the

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.480
 size of our church

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:57.059
 it's not how great the

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:58.539
 music is it's not the

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.180
 strength of the

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.099
 preaching it's not the

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:01.299
 number of congregations

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.639
 it's not how precise

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:04.000
 our liturgy it's not

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.339
 how well people people

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:06.159
 speak of us it's not

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:07.099
 even how well we speak

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:08.359
 of our history it is

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:09.240
 not the eloquence of

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.839
 our prayers this is

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:12.539
 what is i god says at

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:14.139
 the end of isaiah this

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:16.319
 is the one i esteem in

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.859
 other words this is the

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:19.119
 one who draws my

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.619
 attention this is the

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 one who i look highly

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:24.459
 upon he who is humble

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.860
 and contrite in spirit

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:28.259
 and trembles at my

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.200
 word

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:36.299
 i am thoroughly convinced

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:38.460
 that there could be no

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:40.220
 effective christian growth

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.240
 in our lives

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:43.880
 that there can be no

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:45.519
 effective ministry or

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.980
 mission flowing out of

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:49.120
 this church without the

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:50.340
 cultivation of humility

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:52.120
 in the heart and the

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:53.259
 weakening of pride in our

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:58.700
 lives and so friends

00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:01.400
 someday this all

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:03.059
 powerful sovereign god

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.879
 will blow

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:11.480
 and he will turn away

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:13.980
 every single completing

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:17.059
 glory and he will make

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:19.079
 his holiness known in

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:20.980
 awesome splendor to every

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:24.900
 creature but there is no

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:27.579
 need to wait you see we

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.800
 don't have to be satisfied

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:30.240
 with the cheap frills now

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:33.199
 we don't have to exchange

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:34.480
 god's glory for something

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.000
 else

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:38.699
 osiah job ezekiel jeremiah

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:42.300
 peter john and many of you

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:45.340
 have humbled yourselves to

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:47.860
 go hard after the holy god

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:50.660
 and have developed a taste for

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:51.559
 his majesty

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:56.500
 and so to you and all the

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.740
 rest who are just beginning

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:59.140
 to know it and just beginning

00:34:59.140 --> 00:34:59.900
 to feel it

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:02.360
 i hold out this promise from

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.760
 god

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.579
 this god who is

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:06.700
 ever alive

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:08.840
 authoritative

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:10.480
 all-powerful

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.559
 spectacular

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:13.059
 gorgeous

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.280
 revered

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.280
 holy

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:17.360
 and glorious

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:20.280
 from

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.480
 is

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.500
 is

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.840
 is

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:23.180
 what the high and

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:24.280
 lofty one says

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:26.840
 he who lives forever

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.100
 whose name is holy

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:31.699
 i live in a high

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:33.860
 and holy place

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:36.380
 but also

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:38.380
 with him

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.519
 who is

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:42.159
 contrite and lowly

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.880
 in spirit

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:45.440
 in order to revive

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.980
 the spirit of the lowly

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:48.440
 and to revive

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.739
 the heart of the

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.360
 contrite

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.980
 amen

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:54.559
 to

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:58.179
 so

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.300
 the

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.420
 the

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:00.780
 it

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.099
 we

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:05.539
 know

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.820
 the

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.740
 the