WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:05.060 We can turn back together to our reading in Isaiah chapter 6. 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:09.000 ! This evening we're going to look at verse 1 to verse 8. 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:11.160 ! Isaiah chapter 6. 00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:13.140 We'll just read again at the beginning of that chapter. 00:00:14.179 --> 00:00:16.339 In the year that King Uzziah died, 00:00:17.059 --> 00:00:23.240 I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and so on. 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.500 What kind of year have you had so far? 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.839 As we've come into the month of April, 00:00:31.940 --> 00:00:35.640 we've come to that quarter of the way through 2026, 00:00:35.939 --> 00:00:36.820 and you could maybe say, 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:40.060 well, perhaps things have been going well so far. 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.280 Perhaps things have been difficult to this point. 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:44.939 Or perhaps maybe it's just been, 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:48.200 seemed like just another ordinary year in many ways. 00:00:48.780 --> 00:00:52.960 It's the kind of question we can just ponder from time to time. 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:55.780 How have things been so far? 00:00:56.539 --> 00:00:58.799 We've got young people in here tonight, 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:02.179 and many of you will be coming up to exam times just now, 00:01:02.239 --> 00:01:05.219 so maybe you don't want to be asked too many questions just now. 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:08.579 But that kind of question is a kind of reflective question. 00:01:08.679 --> 00:01:11.719 How would you answer that in terms of writing an essay? 00:01:12.219 --> 00:01:14.159 How has your year been so far? 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:16.079 Reflect on that. 00:01:16.759 --> 00:01:21.019 Or we maybe have some who have been to the 40th reunion this weekend, 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:23.079 or maybe here for the fellowship this evening. 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.079 And again, that's always a time of reflection. 00:01:26.299 --> 00:01:30.640 Maybe not just one year, but how have your years been so far? 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:32.340 How has your life gone? 00:01:32.739 --> 00:01:34.739 What direction has it taken? 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:37.439 Whatever age and stage we're at, 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.299 there's always that time to reflect and to ask, 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:43.599 well, how are things going for us? 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.599 So how have things been this year? 00:01:46.700 --> 00:01:49.079 Sounds maybe like a bit of a survey question, 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.280 where you're asked a variety of different questions. 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:57.799 In a survey, they're trying to get to the crux of how things are going. 00:01:58.379 --> 00:02:03.959 For example, the nation that we live in every 10 years has a national census. 00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:08.479 It's a survey where there's a variety of different questions asked, 00:02:08.979 --> 00:02:12.360 and they're trying to ascertain just how the nation is going, 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:14.180 what direction it's going in. 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:17.219 And a lot of people get very excited about it, 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:20.540 especially when they look at questions about faith. 00:02:21.020 --> 00:02:26.420 For some reason, people seem to enjoy finding out how faith is going, 00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:29.120 especially when, for the last number of years, 00:02:29.260 --> 00:02:33.439 the Christian faith, according to the census anyway, is in decline. 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:38.400 It's said that between 1930 and 2010, 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:44.480 the number of church members in the United Kingdom had reduced by 50%. 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:48.259 The last census in 2021, 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:52.500 it was said that for the first time in the history of these census, 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:59.159 that Christianity had fallen below 50% of the nation identifying as Christian. 00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:01.400 It was down at 46%. 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:06.240 So these kind of surveys, they tell us different things, 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:11.700 but they don't always give a true reflection of everything that's going on. 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:17.180 Just like when you have a house that may be going on the market, going for sale, 00:03:17.500 --> 00:03:20.040 you have to get a surveyor in to look at it. 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:23.500 But the surveyor isn't able to tell everything about the house. 00:03:23.620 --> 00:03:27.500 You'll often see in a surveyor's report a line saying, 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:31.020 I wasn't able to access a certain point. 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:32.320 It may be the loft space. 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:35.140 It may be under the floor, into the foundations. 00:03:35.139 --> 00:03:38.779 So the surveyor has only gone by what he can see. 00:03:39.799 --> 00:03:45.079 But in many ways, that might be missing the most important thing about that house. 00:03:45.519 --> 00:03:47.879 Maybe a foundation that is starting to crack, 00:03:47.959 --> 00:03:50.899 or a roof that is showing signs of decay. 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:53.639 And so there's things that can be missed. 00:03:54.500 --> 00:03:58.079 A survey doesn't always tell us all the answers. 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:04.060 But as we look at this passage here in Isaiah together this evening, Isaiah chapter 6, 00:04:04.740 --> 00:04:11.060 what we find here is Isaiah the prophet very much taking part in a survey of the nation, 00:04:11.860 --> 00:04:17.259 looking around and seeing what's happening in the land that he lives in, 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:20.080 among the people that he is living with, 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:23.420 and where he finds himself in all of this as well. 00:04:23.420 --> 00:04:27.300 And so it's an important time in his life, 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:30.640 a time when he's looking around and taking stock. 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:36.740 And we see that in many ways, it seems bleak for God's people. 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:41.879 And even for Isaiah himself, it seems to be bleak in some ways. 00:04:41.960 --> 00:04:43.220 It's a time of sorrow, 00:04:43.939 --> 00:04:47.939 a situation in the land that's looking very difficult. 00:04:47.939 --> 00:04:51.620 But the deeper you go into his survey, 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:53.480 you see that there is something else, 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:56.420 and something greater to be seen. 00:04:56.939 --> 00:05:00.220 It reveals much about the situation that he's in. 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:02.600 It reveals much about himself. 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:03.860 But above all, 00:05:04.420 --> 00:05:08.339 this survey that he's doing reveals much more about God, 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.659 and the need to lean on him. 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.600 And Isaiah chapter 6 is very much a chapter 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.520 that we see turning from a sense of despair 00:05:19.520 --> 00:05:23.120 to a sense of delighting in God, 00:05:23.180 --> 00:05:26.600 even in the midst of very difficult situations. 00:05:27.140 --> 00:05:28.640 It's a time for reflection, 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:30.360 a time for survey. 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:32.660 As we see in the beginning of this chapter, 00:05:33.180 --> 00:05:35.480 it's about a significant year, 00:05:36.080 --> 00:05:39.340 in the year that King Uzziah died. 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.160 And so there's a significance in that for us. 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:43.580 It's a time of asking, 00:05:43.780 --> 00:05:45.660 how is their year going? 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.860 How have their years gone? 00:05:48.260 --> 00:05:52.140 And what might lie ahead for them? 00:05:53.020 --> 00:05:54.980 And so as we look at Isaiah's survey 00:05:54.980 --> 00:05:56.500 of the situation here, 00:05:56.540 --> 00:05:59.280 we're going to see five things that he sees 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:00.220 as he looks around, 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:02.280 and as he looks at himself. 00:06:02.840 --> 00:06:04.760 We're going to see that there's an ache 00:06:04.760 --> 00:06:06.080 in his heart, 00:06:06.420 --> 00:06:07.480 and among the people. 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:08.280 There's an ache. 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:11.239 But we see then that there's an aura. 00:06:12.379 --> 00:06:14.279 There's a sense of seeing something significant 00:06:14.899 --> 00:06:16.459 in the midst of their ache. 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:18.379 Then there's an awareness, 00:06:19.419 --> 00:06:21.239 an awareness of what is happening. 00:06:21.339 --> 00:06:22.459 Then there's an assurance 00:06:22.459 --> 00:06:26.119 of what their situation that they are in is about. 00:06:26.239 --> 00:06:27.439 And then we see finally, 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.739 there's an availability from Isaiah. 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:32.839 So there's five things that we're going to see 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:34.759 together from this passage. 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:37.759 And the first thing is an ache. 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:40.680 There's an ache in his heart 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.240 and the hearts of many of the people. 00:06:43.699 --> 00:06:45.759 And we see that in these opening words 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:46.439 that tell us, 00:06:46.539 --> 00:06:48.980 in the year that King Uzziah died. 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.719 What's the significance of this, 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:52.519 you might ask? 00:06:53.060 --> 00:06:55.339 Is there any significance in it? 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:56.579 Well, it is significant. 00:06:57.379 --> 00:06:58.839 I say I record that 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.759 because this is an important point 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:02.000 in their history, 00:07:02.139 --> 00:07:03.180 in their lives. 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:06.600 in the year that King Uzziah died. 00:07:07.280 --> 00:07:09.160 So this is a point of reflecting 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:11.060 this year that they are in, 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:13.459 this point that they've come to. 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:15.480 And it's significant 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.300 because it's a time of great pain. 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.399 Uzziah the king has died. 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:24.660 And sometimes in the history 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:26.220 of the Old Testament, 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:28.720 you find that the king's passing 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:30.800 would not cause pain and grief. 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.139 It would cause rejoicing 00:07:33.139 --> 00:07:35.360 when the king was not a good king. 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:37.199 And there was often the case 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:38.699 where the king could be quite hard 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:39.379 on the people 00:07:39.379 --> 00:07:41.560 and mistreat the people. 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:43.879 But we find here that 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.879 Uzziah had been a king 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:47.040 who was a good king. 00:07:47.620 --> 00:07:48.780 And he had been a king 00:07:48.780 --> 00:07:49.980 for a very long time. 00:07:50.060 --> 00:07:50.699 He'd been a king 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:52.740 for about 52 years. 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:54.460 And he had been good 00:07:54.460 --> 00:07:55.500 for the people. 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:57.100 The people had enjoyed 00:07:57.100 --> 00:07:58.100 much blessing 00:07:58.100 --> 00:07:59.820 under his reign. 00:08:00.400 --> 00:08:01.240 There was power. 00:08:01.400 --> 00:08:02.180 There was wealth. 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:03.300 There was success. 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:04.500 You could almost say 00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:05.300 unlike anything 00:08:05.300 --> 00:08:05.980 that experienced 00:08:05.980 --> 00:08:07.520 since the days of Solomon. 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:09.420 There was a real period 00:08:09.420 --> 00:08:10.620 of blessing. 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:12.960 And so this year, 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:15.020 the year that King Uzziah died, 00:08:15.460 --> 00:08:16.340 was significant. 00:08:17.300 --> 00:08:18.439 It brought grief 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:19.980 into their midst. 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:23.460 It disturbed Isaiah. 00:08:24.260 --> 00:08:26.020 He records it here for us. 00:08:26.019 --> 00:08:28.120 This was a significant point 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.299 in the year that King Uzziah died. 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:33.399 Because his death signaled 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:35.419 the end of a great period 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:36.539 for these people. 00:08:37.079 --> 00:08:38.439 A period of prosperity. 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.620 A period of spiritual consistency 00:08:41.620 --> 00:08:44.000 where he had led the people well. 00:08:44.860 --> 00:08:45.579 And now they were going 00:08:45.579 --> 00:08:47.379 into a period of change 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:49.439 and a period of doubt. 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:52.799 And it wasn't all good. 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.000 It's evidence for that 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.840 when you see the first five chapters 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:58.840 that things were changing. 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:00.740 That things were going to go 00:09:00.740 --> 00:09:01.840 in a different direction 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:03.139 for the people. 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:04.080 There's evidence of it 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:05.080 in chapter 6 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:06.299 at the end of the chapter 00:09:06.299 --> 00:09:07.460 when it's speaking 00:09:07.460 --> 00:09:08.320 about the people 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:09.360 then being taken 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:11.200 into foreign lands. 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:12.759 So it's evidence here 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:13.519 that this year 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:15.080 in which King Uzziah died 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:17.460 was an important year. 00:09:18.059 --> 00:09:20.019 A significant year. 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:23.100 And so there was change 00:09:23.100 --> 00:09:24.699 in their midst. 00:09:25.579 --> 00:09:26.460 They had been looking 00:09:26.460 --> 00:09:28.079 towards Uzziah 00:09:28.079 --> 00:09:29.860 in dependence. 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:32.039 Depending on him 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:33.620 as their king. 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:35.000 Depending on him 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:35.500 as the one 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:36.980 who was going to lead them well. 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.279 And that as long as 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:39.019 he was there 00:09:39.019 --> 00:09:40.399 then things were going 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:41.980 to be well with them. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:44.960 In the year 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:46.300 that King Uzziah died 00:09:46.300 --> 00:09:47.759 things changed. 00:09:49.060 --> 00:09:50.019 What can we say 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:51.000 about it ourselves 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:52.080 when we think of the years 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:53.139 in which we're living in 00:09:53.139 --> 00:09:53.580 just now. 00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:54.860 Even this year 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:55.820 2026. 00:09:56.899 --> 00:09:58.200 We could maybe reflect 00:09:58.200 --> 00:09:58.820 on this year 00:09:58.820 --> 00:09:59.980 in many different ways 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:00.460 and look at 00:10:00.460 --> 00:10:01.440 maybe our own 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:02.580 individual lives 00:10:02.580 --> 00:10:03.620 and say things like 00:10:03.620 --> 00:10:05.340 well in this year 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:06.840 when I was given 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:08.019 a bad diagnosis. 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:09.980 In this year 00:10:09.980 --> 00:10:11.639 when I lost my job. 00:10:12.259 --> 00:10:13.300 In this year 00:10:13.300 --> 00:10:15.620 when my heart 00:10:15.620 --> 00:10:16.360 was troubled 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.399 in many different ways. 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:19.980 Or we could look at it 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:21.860 in a more wider sense 00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:22.539 as well. 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:24.399 In this year 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:25.340 when we have seen 00:10:25.340 --> 00:10:26.960 everything taking place 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:27.879 in the Middle East. 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:29.700 In this year 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:30.960 when we are seeing again 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:32.779 the prices of everything 00:10:32.779 --> 00:10:34.980 going in such a direction 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:35.700 that it causes 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:36.480 much worry 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:37.759 and concern. 00:10:37.920 --> 00:10:39.200 There's so many things 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:40.000 that are happening 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:40.759 around us. 00:10:40.980 --> 00:10:41.960 We can reflect 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:43.280 on this year already 00:10:43.280 --> 00:10:45.140 in a short space of time 00:10:45.140 --> 00:10:45.800 that's seen 00:10:45.800 --> 00:10:47.160 a lot of change. 00:10:50.620 --> 00:10:52.180 And when we see that 00:10:52.180 --> 00:10:53.820 we ask ourselves 00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:55.440 what does that do 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:56.280 to us? 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.640 Where does it take us? 00:10:59.980 --> 00:11:01.000 How do we feel 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:02.640 in the midst of it? 00:11:03.180 --> 00:11:04.140 In the sense of 00:11:04.140 --> 00:11:05.379 all of these things 00:11:05.379 --> 00:11:05.960 changing. 00:11:06.400 --> 00:11:07.000 For I say 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.520 in the year 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:08.879 that King Uzziah died 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:10.000 caused him 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:10.980 great concern. 00:11:12.079 --> 00:11:12.799 And as we look 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:13.439 at our year 00:11:13.439 --> 00:11:13.840 and we see 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:14.899 all of these changes 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:15.840 taking place 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.699 does it cause us 00:11:17.699 --> 00:11:18.939 does it cause you 00:11:18.939 --> 00:11:19.559 concern? 00:11:20.439 --> 00:11:21.840 Because it makes us ask 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:22.419 well what is 00:11:22.419 --> 00:11:23.240 the foundation 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:24.720 of our life? 00:11:25.699 --> 00:11:26.579 The foundation 00:11:26.579 --> 00:11:27.379 for the nation 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:28.419 as Isaiah 00:11:28.419 --> 00:11:29.259 is looking at here 00:11:29.259 --> 00:11:29.860 you might think 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:30.360 initially 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:31.720 is Uzziah. 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.879 That he was the one 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:34.639 who was important 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:35.779 to everything 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.460 and that's the way 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:37.179 it would seem. 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:39.240 It was significant 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:40.960 and for ourselves 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:42.080 the foundation 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:42.960 of our lives 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:43.460 may have been 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:44.179 a loved one. 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.279 It may have been 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:45.860 a job. 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:46.819 It may have been 00:11:46.819 --> 00:11:48.299 the money that we have. 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:49.399 It may have been 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:50.120 the peace 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:51.460 that was relative 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:52.500 around the world. 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:53.500 But when things 00:11:53.500 --> 00:11:54.460 begin to change 00:11:54.460 --> 00:11:55.960 suddenly these foundations 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:56.879 are shaken 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:58.700 and they make us 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:00.179 ask questions. 00:12:00.319 --> 00:12:00.899 What is 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:02.299 your foundation 00:12:02.299 --> 00:12:03.299 as you look 00:12:03.299 --> 00:12:03.899 at the year 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:04.740 in which you're living? 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:07.579 Well for Isaiah 00:12:07.579 --> 00:12:08.359 it was 00:12:08.359 --> 00:12:09.019 Uzziah 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:09.679 was important 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:10.439 he was important 00:12:10.439 --> 00:12:11.859 for the people. 00:12:12.859 --> 00:12:13.339 So there was 00:12:13.339 --> 00:12:13.899 an ache 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:15.379 a hurt 00:12:15.379 --> 00:12:16.379 when Uzziah 00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:16.919 died. 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:18.679 But where did 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:19.559 that take them? 00:12:20.339 --> 00:12:20.979 Where did it 00:12:20.979 --> 00:12:22.379 take Isaiah? 00:12:23.139 --> 00:12:24.000 Well it takes us 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.219 to our second point 00:12:25.219 --> 00:12:25.939 where we see 00:12:25.939 --> 00:12:26.879 that there was 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:27.419 an aura. 00:12:28.579 --> 00:12:29.579 There was an aura. 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:30.779 In the year 00:12:30.779 --> 00:12:31.740 that King Uzziah 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:32.240 died 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:33.840 where did he look? 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:36.340 Well he goes on 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:36.639 to say 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:37.980 I saw the Lord 00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:39.220 sitting upon 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:39.759 a throne 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:40.299 high 00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:41.980 and lifted up. 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:43.680 In the year 00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:44.299 that King 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:45.259 Uzziah 00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:45.779 died 00:12:45.779 --> 00:12:46.680 Isaiah 00:12:46.680 --> 00:12:47.220 saw 00:12:47.220 --> 00:12:48.440 a greater 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:49.000 aura. 00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:50.680 He saw 00:12:50.680 --> 00:12:51.799 the Lord 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:52.580 sitting 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:53.899 upon the throne 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:54.399 high 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:55.639 and lifted 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:56.620 up. 00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:57.700 So in the midst 00:12:57.700 --> 00:12:58.560 of the pain 00:12:58.560 --> 00:12:59.980 of Uzziah's 00:12:59.980 --> 00:13:00.279 death 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:00.959 and the doubts 00:13:00.959 --> 00:13:02.019 about the future 00:13:02.019 --> 00:13:03.139 what it might 00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:03.759 hold 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.299 there is a reminder 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:06.059 that Isaiah 00:13:06.059 --> 00:13:06.720 sees. 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:08.679 It is the Lord 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:09.620 that is sovereign 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:11.399 and overruling 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.579 in all things. 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.579 It is the Lord 00:13:14.579 --> 00:13:16.179 that is in control. 00:13:16.179 --> 00:13:18.339 and as we look 00:13:18.339 --> 00:13:19.399 around ourselves 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.739 this evening 00:13:20.739 --> 00:13:21.419 and in this 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:21.879 year 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.819 or in all 00:13:22.819 --> 00:13:23.579 our years 00:13:23.579 --> 00:13:25.000 through all 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.479 the different 00:13:25.479 --> 00:13:26.000 changes 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:26.500 through all 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:26.939 the different 00:13:26.939 --> 00:13:27.500 directions 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:27.899 we have 00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:28.159 gone 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:28.719 through all 00:13:28.719 --> 00:13:29.239 the different 00:13:29.239 --> 00:13:30.259 ups and 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:30.779 downs 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.899 when so often 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:32.359 we have maybe 00:13:32.359 --> 00:13:32.919 just looked 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.759 to ourselves 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:34.339 looked to 00:13:34.339 --> 00:13:34.799 our own 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:35.239 wisdom 00:13:35.239 --> 00:13:35.699 our own 00:13:35.699 --> 00:13:36.559 understanding 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:37.379 of things 00:13:37.379 --> 00:13:38.939 maybe we are 00:13:38.939 --> 00:13:39.519 being taken 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.159 to the point 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.799 where we begin 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:41.379 to see 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:41.799 something 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:42.379 different 00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:43.899 something else 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:45.240 where our eyes 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:45.620 should have 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:46.360 always been 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:47.340 fixed upon 00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:48.399 and that is 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:48.939 the aura 00:13:48.939 --> 00:13:49.740 of God 00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:51.480 the Lord 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:52.139 sitting 00:13:52.139 --> 00:13:53.059 upon 00:13:53.059 --> 00:13:54.059 a throne. 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.939 You get the sense 00:13:55.939 --> 00:13:56.860 here that the people 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:58.019 had lost their vision 00:13:58.019 --> 00:13:59.000 of the Lord 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:00.120 you get it so often 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.759 throughout the Old Testament 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:02.620 where things went 00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:03.500 into decline 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.439 it is because 00:14:04.439 --> 00:14:05.460 they took their eyes 00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:06.259 of God 00:14:06.259 --> 00:14:07.940 away from God 00:14:07.940 --> 00:14:08.780 they started 00:14:08.780 --> 00:14:09.340 to look to 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:09.900 idols 00:14:09.900 --> 00:14:10.620 and false 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:11.100 gods 00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:11.740 of their own 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:12.220 wisdom 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:13.460 and that is 00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:14.180 when things 00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:15.300 went wrong 00:14:15.300 --> 00:14:16.340 and perhaps 00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:17.000 even a good 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.700 king like 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:18.400 Uzziah 00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:19.380 was making 00:14:19.380 --> 00:14:19.880 them take 00:14:19.880 --> 00:14:20.500 their eyes 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.680 off the Lord 00:14:21.680 --> 00:14:22.780 and so 00:14:22.780 --> 00:14:23.980 Uzziah's 00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:24.740 death 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:26.020 was perhaps 00:14:26.020 --> 00:14:26.660 maybe a good 00:14:26.660 --> 00:14:27.080 thing 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:28.360 in that sense 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:29.380 because it 00:14:29.380 --> 00:14:29.840 made them 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.220 look 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:31.460 somewhere else 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:32.460 and look 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:33.680 to the Lord 00:14:33.680 --> 00:14:34.500 Isaiah 00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.300 is reminded 00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:35.880 who is 00:14:35.880 --> 00:14:37.040 really in 00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:37.740 control 00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:39.299 Uzziah 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:39.639 might have 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.159 been a good 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:40.519 king 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.340 but he was 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:41.700 a king 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.340 appointed 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:43.639 by God 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.860 and used 00:14:44.860 --> 00:14:46.220 by God 00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:47.639 and so 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.120 Isaiah 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:49.039 here is being 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:49.480 reminded 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:49.919 that when 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:50.740 we look 00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.159 around 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:51.779 and we see 00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:52.560 turmoil 00:14:52.560 --> 00:14:53.879 on the surface 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:54.560 the ache 00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:55.139 the pain 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.960 of Uzziah's 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:56.240 death 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:57.060 and the uncertainty 00:14:57.060 --> 00:14:57.879 that it brings 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:59.340 it brings him 00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:00.060 to a greater 00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:00.720 place 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.899 that the Lord 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:04.159 is sovereign 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.899 sitting 00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:06.320 on his 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:06.840 throne 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:08.379 and what 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:08.660 did he 00:15:08.660 --> 00:15:09.040 see 00:15:09.040 --> 00:15:09.940 of the 00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:10.320 Lord 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:12.000 well you 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:12.460 see that 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:12.920 there's three 00:15:12.920 --> 00:15:13.639 things that he 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.700 saw of the 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:14.940 Lord 00:15:14.940 --> 00:15:15.600 first of all 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:16.139 he saw 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:16.960 his position 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:18.580 Isaiah 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:19.700 saw the 00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.139 Lord 00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:21.340 sitting 00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:22.440 upon the 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:22.800 throne 00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:23.160 so there 00:15:23.160 --> 00:15:23.620 was this 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.620 sovereignty 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:27.120 there's a 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.899 peace 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:28.639 in that 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.019 there's an 00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.560 assurance 00:15:29.560 --> 00:15:30.840 in that 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:31.920 an earthly 00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:32.600 king may 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:33.180 have died 00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:34.159 but the 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.539 Lord 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.219 still 00:15:35.219 --> 00:15:36.099 reigned 00:15:36.099 --> 00:15:37.179 he saw 00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:37.719 the Lord 00:15:37.719 --> 00:15:38.699 in all 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.599 his glory 00:15:39.599 --> 00:15:41.199 and it 00:15:41.199 --> 00:15:41.479 had a 00:15:41.479 --> 00:15:41.899 profound 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.599 impact 00:15:42.599 --> 00:15:43.839 on Isaiah 00:15:43.839 --> 00:15:45.299 he lifted 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:46.379 his eyes 00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:46.559 up 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:46.899 I saw 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.459 the Lord 00:15:47.459 --> 00:15:48.199 high 00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:49.519 and lifted 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:49.959 up 00:15:49.959 --> 00:15:51.799 and so in 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.139 the midst 00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:52.679 of everything 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:53.179 going on 00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:53.519 in your 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.039 life just 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:54.359 now are 00:15:54.359 --> 00:15:54.839 you lifting 00:15:54.839 --> 00:15:55.479 your eyes 00:15:55.479 --> 00:15:56.239 up to 00:15:56.239 --> 00:15:56.579 God 00:15:56.579 --> 00:15:57.319 and faith 00:15:57.319 --> 00:15:58.899 as the 00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.659 Lord shakes 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.339 our lives 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:00.940 in different 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.360 ways 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:02.560 take things 00:16:02.560 --> 00:16:03.060 from us 00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:03.540 removes 00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:04.300 foundations 00:16:04.300 --> 00:16:04.759 that we 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.379 were relying 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:05.840 on 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.980 are we 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.360 lifting 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.100 our eyes 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.000 to God 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.720 and faith 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:11.060 and seeing 00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:11.639 that he 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.980 is sovereign 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:14.860 he saw 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.460 us well 00:16:15.460 --> 00:16:15.879 he saw 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.480 God's 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.639 personality 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:19.540 how did 00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:19.860 he see 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.280 this 00:16:20.280 --> 00:16:21.120 well he 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:21.620 sees it 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:21.920 as you 00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:22.300 hear 00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:23.519 the angelic 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.000 beings 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.420 saying 00:16:24.420 --> 00:16:24.980 holy 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:25.800 holy 00:16:25.800 --> 00:16:26.220 holy 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:26.680 is the 00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.100 Lord 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:28.200 of hosts 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:28.740 the whole 00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.080 earth 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.860 is filled 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.879 with his 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.480 glory 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:33.039 there was 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.899 that sense 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.460 that he 00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:35.340 could see 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:36.639 the glory 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.800 of God 00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:39.220 not the 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:39.740 glory of 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.240 usiah 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:40.820 as a good 00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.200 king 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:42.159 but the 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.620 glory 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:44.060 of God 00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:45.539 and Isaiah 00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.700 understood 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:47.500 that usiah 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:47.860 might have 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.399 been a good 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:48.800 king 00:16:48.800 --> 00:16:49.820 but the 00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:50.180 Lord 00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:50.720 is a 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.220 holy 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.919 holy 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.399 holy 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:52.919 God 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:54.240 he is 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.519 far 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.120 greater 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.180 and he 00:16:56.180 --> 00:16:56.500 is the 00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:56.899 one who 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.620 deserves 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.860 all glory 00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.800 and praise 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:01.399 and so 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.819 when your 00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.439 life is 00:17:02.439 --> 00:17:02.839 stripped 00:17:02.839 --> 00:17:03.240 bare 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.519 as we 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:03.959 would say 00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:04.759 when the 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.240 rug is 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.779 pulled from 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.279 under your 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.680 feet 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.139 and things 00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:07.799 are shaken 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.700 in your 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.139 life 00:17:09.139 --> 00:17:09.779 what do 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.339 you have 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:13.019 do you 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:13.680 have that 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:15.419 vision of 00:17:15.419 --> 00:17:15.899 God 00:17:15.899 --> 00:17:16.379 who is 00:17:16.379 --> 00:17:17.180 holy 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.779 holy 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.379 holy 00:17:18.379 --> 00:17:20.159 that security 00:17:20.159 --> 00:17:21.559 with God 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:24.079 I say 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.559 I learned 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:24.960 it's not 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.220 about 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.599 Isaiah 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.099 it's not 00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:26.379 about 00:17:26.379 --> 00:17:27.059 himself 00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:27.599 it's 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.000 all 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.319 about 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:28.819 God 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.639 that 00:17:29.639 --> 00:17:29.819 he 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.000 is 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.139 the 00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.379 one 00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:30.519 who 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.039 deserves 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.359 that 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:31.759 place 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:31.960 of 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.440 glory 00:17:32.440 --> 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And we're reminded that the Lord Jesus came to seek and to 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:14.859 save the lost. The lost. And so in the midst of everything that's changing and becoming aware of 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:23.079 our situation, that is a good thing. Because we see here it leads to the next point, which is 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:33.259 an assurance. An assurance. And that's what Isaiah is given here as well. Because he says, 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:39.519 Woe is me, for I am lost. I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:47.439 unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. He has seen the glory of God. 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:55.320 He has seen how lost he is in the midst of it. But then he is given an assurance. 00:26:56.740 --> 00:27:02.840 And what is the assurance that he's given? Well, the assurance that he has given is that as he draws 00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:10.500 near to God, God draws near to him. And that's the assurance that we can have this evening as well. 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:19.299 That when we begin to realize and become aware of our lostness, our sin, and how we are destined to be 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:28.339 lost for eternity in it, well, it leads us to see our only hope is through God and his word and a 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:36.339 Savior who is Christ Jesus. And so the assurance that we come to see is that God will not turn us away, 00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:44.000 but that God is seeking after those who are lost. You see it in the Old Testament. You see it in the 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:51.539 New Testament. And for example, Nehemiah chapter 1 verse 9 and 10, But if you return to me and keep my 00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:57.379 commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will 00:27:57.379 --> 00:28:02.859 gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen. So we can go so far away from God. 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:12.619 We can be like that prodigal son who has just gone far away from his father, but God can still reach out. 00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:21.399 There's an awareness, and then we come to that assurance that God will not turn us away. 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:26.919 Jesus tells us that in the Gospel of John chapter 6 verse 37, 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:34.000 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:40.580 There's great assurance in that. Where do we go with our lostness? We go to Christ. 00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:48.320 And as we come to Christ, we are assured, whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:59.379 And what did Isaiah find as he came to God? That he was full of glory, that God was full of glory, 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:08.899 that he was lost and unclean, but ultimately he found that God could save. Because you read in verse 6, 00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:16.460 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongues from the altar. 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:26.660 And he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips. Your guilt is taken away, and your sin is atoned for. 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:36.540 So he has given assurance. So he has given assurance. What great assurance there is for us as we come to God, 00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:48.200 that he is the one who is able to forgive us our sins. He came with a coal, a burning coal, and touched his lips. 00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:53.340 Your sin is atoned for. Where do we go? 00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:59.859 Where do we look for that atonement, that our sin being forgiven? 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:02.519 We look to the cross. 00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:08.000 We look to the place where Christ died in our place, 00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:11.939 that we might have salvation through him. 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:18.119 In 2 Corinthians 3, verse 18, Paul says there, 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:37.659 There is a work going on in God's people as we look to him being turned from one degree of glory to another. 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:42.100 Little by little, being made like Jesus. 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:46.100 Seeing his glory more and more. 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:51.000 Being transformed into his likeness. 00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:55.740 That assurance that we have that the more we look to him, 00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:58.519 the more we see our sin, 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:01.500 but the more we see our salvation 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:04.200 in what he has done for us. 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:09.259 And so for us today, we behold God's glory in Jesus Christ. 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:13.019 Christ crucified for his people. 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:14.940 We look to the cross. 00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:19.900 When we speak of surveying everything that's going on around us, 00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:22.360 looking at the year in which we live in, 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.940 where can we turn? 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.600 We can survey the cross. 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.400 As the hymn writer says, 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:32.600 When I survey the wondrous cross on which the prince of glory died, 00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.920 my riches gain, 00:31:34.280 --> 00:31:39.019 I count but loss and poor contempt on all my pride. 00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:41.600 That is what Isaiah was doing here. 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:46.060 His pride was in the king who was Isaiah, 00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:48.040 who was taken away. 00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:52.420 But it takes him to put all that aside 00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:56.000 and look to the glory of God. 00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:59.660 So where are you looking this evening? 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:01.160 For that assurance. 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.080 For that hope. 00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.779 For today. 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.580 For tomorrow. 00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.340 For all eternity. 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:09.940 As you see your lostness. 00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:12.080 As you are able to say, like I say, 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:13.060 A woe is me. 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.720 For I am lost. 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.820 Where do you go? 00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:18.819 Well, you can go to the cross. 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.500 And to Jesus Christ. 00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:25.960 Pour contempt on all your pride. 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.879 Everything you have count as loss. 00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:33.799 Compared to the riches that are in Christ. 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:38.240 Find that assurance in him. 00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:42.339 Well, the fifth and final thing we see here is 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:44.399 where it leads, I say. 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.480 Isaiah. 00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:46.980 And what we see is an availability. 00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:51.740 Because a great vision of God and his glory, 00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:54.720 as somebody said, inspires us in the mission of God. 00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:58.240 And when you look at Isaiah here, 00:32:58.340 --> 00:33:00.640 when you see his sin atoned for, 00:33:01.280 --> 00:33:02.840 in verse 8 then it goes on to say, 00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:05.019 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.740 Whom shall I send? 00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:08.840 And who will go for us? 00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.540 Then I said, 00:33:10.540 --> 00:33:11.640 Here am I. 00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.380 Send me. 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.560 Here am I. 00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:17.180 Send me. 00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:19.120 What a changed. 00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.680 It's just a few verses before, 00:33:22.040 --> 00:33:24.880 when Isaiah is showing where he stands. 00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:26.600 Woe is me, for I am lost. 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.680 I'm a man of unclean lips. 00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.700 Well, he's seen the glory of God. 00:33:31.780 --> 00:33:33.120 He's seen his lostness. 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:36.800 But he's been given that assurance of his sin atoned for. 00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.519 And so what now? 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:41.680 Well, he makes himself available. 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.680 Here am I. 00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.539 Send me. 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:47.799 He was made right with God. 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:54.339 And so, instead of now surveying the hopelessness of everything around him, 00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.700 and the despair, 00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.319 Isaiah was dead. 00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:59.019 All the blessings that they've enjoyed, 00:33:59.179 --> 00:34:01.079 they were gone in many ways. 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:04.419 But his survey takes him deeper. 00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:09.779 And now he realizes it's about the Lord who is sovereign. 00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:13.640 And as we look at the world in which we live in, 00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:16.780 and as we see everything that can make us afraid, 00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:19.820 let's just see that that is just the surface. 00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:25.600 Because the depths of the foundation of this world are a sovereign God. 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:30.219 And we are to make ourselves available to him. 00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:33.500 So are you making yourself available? 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:38.599 Are you giving yourself over into the hands of this sovereign God? 00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:40.199 Just like Isaiah saying, 00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.539 Here am I. 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.659 Send me. 00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:47.339 You don't know what he's going to send you out for. 00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:51.880 But he has a purpose for every one of his people. 00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:55.259 He has a use for every one of his people. 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:58.799 It may be something that seems small and insignificant, 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:02.119 but yet it is to be faithful to God, 00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.779 and just to say, 00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.619 Here am I. 00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.940 Send me. 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:08.940 To make ourselves available for him. 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.059 That is what is key. 00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:12.559 That is what Isaiah did here. 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:16.539 And that is what many of God's people have done. 00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:21.539 In the year 1903, 00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.659 late in that year, 00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:25.920 there was a pastor in West Wales 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:28.359 who had become very grieved 00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:31.059 over the worldliness among young people 00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:35.359 and a lack of devotion to the Lord Jesus among the young people. 00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:37.379 And this burden kept growing on him. 00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:40.640 And so he arranged at New Year time 00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:43.360 a special two-day youth event 00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:46.140 so that the young people could come together. 00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:48.640 And they were coming under the Word of God. 00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:50.539 The Word of God was to be preached. 00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:52.599 And messages were preached 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.880 that spoke to the hearts of the young people 00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:57.300 and made a deep impression on them, 00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:59.159 especially on one young girl, 00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:01.360 a teenage girl. 00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:04.039 She was called Flory Evans. 00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:06.380 She was challenged 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:09.440 by the preaching of God's Word that she heard. 00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:12.720 And God's Word would not go away from her. 00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.720 And a month later, 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:17.039 she found herself at crisis point. 00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:19.960 And so she asked to meet with the pastor 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.000 and speak with him. 00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:23.360 And she spoke to him 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:26.099 about how God's Word had been speaking to him. 00:36:26.120 --> 00:36:29.320 And she felt herself lost in life. 00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:30.500 She was in despair. 00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.100 And she was saying, 00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:34.480 I cannot live like this. 00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:37.320 And the pastor asked her a question. 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.740 He said, 00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.940 Could you say, 00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.460 My Lord, 00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:44.019 to the Lord Jesus Christ? 00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:48.500 And she began to ponder this question deeply. 00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.559 Could she say, 00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:52.539 The Lord Jesus is my Lord? 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:56.820 And that's what kept working away at her. 00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:59.240 Until she came to the point 00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:00.399 where she was able to say, 00:37:00.979 --> 00:37:02.139 He is my Lord. 00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:04.139 She was converted. 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:10.639 God had given her a new heart. 00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:13.359 And a heart for the Lord. 00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:16.799 And obedience to him was her new life. 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:21.500 And God would soon use this young girl 00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.819 in a powerful way. 00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:25.180 It was at the end of February 00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:26.260 on a Sunday night. 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:29.140 And it was after a sermon that evening 00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:32.240 where the young people were gathered together. 00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:35.920 And the pastor asked them a question 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:37.640 to all the people there. 00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:41.320 What does Jesus mean to you? 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:44.780 And he was waiting for a few moments 00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:46.600 to see if anyone would speak. 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.860 And there was silence. 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:51.800 Until, after a few moments, 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.280 Flory stood up. 00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:55.160 And she said, 00:37:55.600 --> 00:37:59.059 I love the Lord Jesus with all my heart. 00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:01.119 It's all she could say. 00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:04.400 I love the Lord Jesus with all my heart. 00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:07.460 But that expression of love 00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:09.440 in that room touched 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:11.400 many of the other people's hearts. 00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:14.320 And that sense of conviction 00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:17.460 started to spread among the young people. 00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:21.300 And many started to be converted. 00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:25.900 Flory's simple testimony that night 00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:29.500 began to move among the people. 00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:31.840 And at that time, 00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:36.699 the Welsh revival of 1904, 1905 began. 00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.380 Did it begin with her? 00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:41.000 No. 00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:43.639 Because it was all of God. 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.320 But God used her. 00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:48.400 And her testimony. 00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.920 Just those few words. 00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.340 What does Jesus mean to you? 00:38:53.080 --> 00:38:56.519 I love the Lord Jesus with all of my heart. 00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:59.260 He used her. 00:38:59.680 --> 00:39:01.120 Because she said, 00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.400 Here am I. 00:39:03.620 --> 00:39:05.300 She could not hold it in. 00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:09.559 Isaiah could not hold it in. 00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.380 Here am I. 00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.940 Send me. 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:15.740 And so God sent him. 00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:19.079 And sent him into a very difficult situation. 00:39:19.959 --> 00:39:22.379 But God used him mightily. 00:39:23.379 --> 00:39:25.779 And God can use any one of us 00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:27.339 in a mighty way. 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:30.699 And so as we look at this year 00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:32.899 in which King Uzziah died, 00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:35.759 in all the uncertainty that it brought, 00:39:36.419 --> 00:39:38.519 in all the pain, 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:40.079 the ache that there was, 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:42.659 what it brought Isaiah to see, 00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:44.239 was the glory of God. 00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.519 And may our year, 00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:48.139 may your year just now, 00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:50.639 may your point in life just now, 00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:51.699 bring you to see 00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:54.559 that there is no foundation in this world 00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.480 that is secure 00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:57.880 other than the salvation 00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:01.079 that is found by God giving his son. 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:03.579 May we see our lostness, 00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.739 as Isaiah says, 00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.639 Woe is me, 00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:07.079 for I am lost. 00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:09.960 But may we see with assurance 00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:12.659 that he is able to save our sin 00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.960 as atoned for 00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:16.139 through what has been done at the cross. 00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:18.699 And may we then come 00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.799 to say, 00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.900 Here am I. 00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.460 Send me. 00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:24.659 Lord, use us. 00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:26.139 Whatever plan, 00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:27.820 whatever purpose you have 00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:29.480 for every one of us, 00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.460 may we say, 00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.400 Here am I. 00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.699 Send me. 00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.980 Let us pray. 00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:37.619 Lord, our gracious God, 00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:39.400 we thank you that your word 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.900 is an active word, 00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.740 a living word, 00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:43.679 a word that gives us assurance 00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:46.380 in the midst of the most difficult times, 00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:49.340 in the midst of most uncertain times. 00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:51.480 As Isaiah experienced that 00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:53.500 in the year that King Uzziah died, 00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:55.400 may we look at our own years 00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.000 and say, 00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:59.119 In the midst of all that goes on around us, 00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:00.380 may we see the Lord 00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:02.240 high and lifted up. 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:03.960 May we see his glory, 00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.199 your glory, 00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:06.179 in our midst. 00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:09.059 And may we see it working in our hearts 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:10.320 to see us coming 00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:12.699 to recognize our lostness, 00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:14.880 but the salvation that you give 00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:16.659 through Jesus Christ. 00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:18.860 So we ask all of these things 00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:20.199 for your glory 00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:21.380 and for your sake. 00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.179 Amen. 00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:26.219 We're going to conclude 00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:27.940 by singing to God's praise 00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:29.599 in Psalm 116. 00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:31.559 The Sing Psalms version, 00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:33.199 page 154. 00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:37.199 Psalm 116, 00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:38.880 we'll sing from verse 1 00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:40.579 to verse 9. 00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:44.279 I love the Lord 00:41:44.279 --> 00:41:46.039 because he heard my voice. 00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:48.440 He listened when I cried to him for aid. 00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:51.239 I'll call on him as long as I shall live 00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:54.279 because he turned to hear me when I prayed. 00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.739 The tune is even tied. 00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:58.299 We stand to sing verse 1 to 9. 00:41:58.300 --> 00:42:04.760 I love the Lord 00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:06.460 I love the Lord 00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:11.420 because he heard my voice. 00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:20.220 He listened when I cried to him for aid. 00:42:20.219 --> 00:42:29.179 I'll call on him as long as I shall live. 00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:38.639 because he turned to hear me when I prayed. 00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:42.659 The court of death 00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:47.399 with grip and entangled thee 00:42:47.399 --> 00:42:56.659 upon me came the anguish of the grave. 00:42:56.659 --> 00:43:00.899 With grief and trouble 00:43:00.899 --> 00:43:04.960 I was overcome 00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:10.460 Then on the name of God 00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:12.039 I called 00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:14.960 Lord save 00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:19.920 The Lord our God 00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.960 is 00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.860 strengthened 00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:25.079 full of grace 00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:27.619 Both righteous 00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:31.119 and compassionate 00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:37.119 The Lord protects 00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:43.119 all those of childlike faith 00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:47.779 When I was in grave 00:43:47.779 --> 00:43:48.380 When I was in grave need 00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:53.579 He rescued me 00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:57.819 Rest, O my soul 00:43:57.819 --> 00:44:02.579 God, I speak with you 00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:07.380 For you, O Lord 00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:12.859 I've saved my soul from death 00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:17.099 My feet from stumbling 00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:22.140 And my eyes from tears 00:44:22.140 --> 00:44:26.780 That I may live for you 00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:31.280 While I have breath 00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:34.120 After the benediction 00:44:34.120 --> 00:44:35.540 I'll go to the door to my left 00:44:35.540 --> 00:44:36.780 We'll close with the benediction 00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:39.640 Now may grace, mercy and peace 00:44:39.640 --> 00:44:42.420 from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit 00:44:42.420 --> 00:44:44.940 rest upon and abide with you all 00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.519 now and forevermore 00:44:46.140 --> 00:44:46.519 Amen 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.019 Amen 00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.019 00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.219 Amen 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.219 00:44:47.219 --> 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