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 Well, it'd be great if you could have your Bibles open at Isaiah chapter 6.

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 And as you're turning there, let me just say thank you for having me today.

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 It's been a real joy to be with you and to be able to preach and see your faces.

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 And we will be praying for you in London City Presbyterian Church.

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 We are so thankful for our partnership in the gospel,

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 for the connections that we have with this congregation.

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 And we're so glad that we are in this together.

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 And it's been a real joy just to worship with brothers and sisters in Christ in London.

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 Especially for me.

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 So thank you for today.

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 Well, I want to get going this evening with a question.

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 And the question is this.

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 Can you remember the last time you were awestruck at something in life?

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 When was the last time something caused your jaw to drop, your eyes to pop out your head?

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 When was the last time you gasped in amazement?

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 Or you were stunned into silence at something you beheld?

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 The last time I was left awestruck happened just last year.

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 It was a Sunday evening.

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 I had just finished preaching in London City Pres.

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 And along with three other friends from the congregation,

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 we decided that we would go and join the really, really, really long queue

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 to see the Queen lying in state at Westminster Hall.

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 We rushed out of church, sprinted across Tower Bridge,

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 and we managed to find the back of the queue.

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 And we were among the last to join before the queue closed.

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 It was 7 p.m.

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 And we queued for nine and a half long hours.

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 And then at 4.30 a.m. on Monday morning,

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 we wearily wandered in to Westminster Hall.

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 And I suspect some of you may have done the same.

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 But as for as long as I live,

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 and I'm no diehard royalist in that sense,

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 but as for as long as I live,

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 I will never forget the scene that greeted us that morning.

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 We walked into this room,

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 pregnant with ancient history.

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 And there in the middle of it

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 was the longest reigning monarch

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 of Great Britain and the Commonwealth.

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 A coffin just seven foot.

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 But there was something that left me awestruck.

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 When you had to fall past it,

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 you had to look up.

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 She was raised in a plinth,

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 and there was the royal standard.

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 There was the imperial crown

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 with its 3,000 diamonds,

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 with its 300 perils,

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 with its emeralds and rubies

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 just glistening, dazzling, mesmerizing.

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 There was a scepter and the orb

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 propped up on top of the coffin.

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 I just can't put it into words,

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 but it will be for me

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 one of the most memorable experiences

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 I've ever had.

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 And I had to remind myself,

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 Andy, this is just a dead monarch.

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 But even still,

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 as I stood in front of a coffin

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 with the remains of our late queen,

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 I couldn't but stand in awe and respect.

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 We'll contrast that

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 with the prophet Isaiah's experience

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 when he wandered into the temple,

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 and he was given a glimpse,

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 not of a dead monarch,

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 but of a living,

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 the living and glorious king of glory.

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 Tonight, I want us,

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 my prayer for us

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 is that we would be left awestruck

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 at the sight of the glory of God.

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 That tonight we would be stunned

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 into silence at the grace of God.

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 That we would gasp in amazement

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 as our glorious king

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 invites us into service of Him.

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 Let's just pray and ask for God's help

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 as we come to this passage.

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 God, we pray that you would open up our eyes

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 as we've opened up your word.

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 We pray that you would turn up the volume

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 of the Holy Spirit speaking tonight.

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 We pray that as we come

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 to behold you afresh in your word,

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 that we would see you for who you are.

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 And that as we leave here this evening,

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 we would leave transformed

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 as a result of this life-changing vision.

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 We pray this in your son's glorious

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 and precious name.

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 Amen.

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 What we have in Isaiah chapter 6

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 is the occasion when Israel's young,

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 pious prophet went up to the temple

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 to worship God,

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 but he did not come back out

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 the same way he went in.

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 There in the temple,

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 Isaiah had a life-transforming vision

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 of who God is.

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 And we've got four points

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 we're going to consider this text with.

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 God, because Isaiah receives

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 a vision of who God is.

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 Guilt, because in light of who God is

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 he becomes overcome

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 with his sinfulness and guilt.

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 Grace, because there in the presence of God

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 he experiences the amazing forgiveness

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 that God offers.

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 And finally, gratitude,

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 because Isaiah responds

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 with a heart filled with thankfulness.

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 God, guilt, grace, gratitude.

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 Verse 1.

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 In the year that King Uzziah died,

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 I saw the Lord.

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 Isaiah's opening statement

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 dates this experience to 740 BC.

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 It also informs us that he had this vision

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 at a timely moment in his own personal life

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 as a prophet

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 and for the nation as a whole.

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 2022 will go down in the history books

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 as the end of the second Elizabethan age.

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 It will go down in the history books

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 as the end of an era.

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 It will go down in the history books

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 because it will probably be

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 the last time there will be

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 such widespread mourning

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 in our nation over one individual.

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 You can well imagine

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 that the day when Isaiah

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 walked up to the temple,

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 that sad situation

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 that had overcome the nation of Israel,

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 the passing of King Uzziah,

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 overwhelmed him and burdened him.

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 He was God's prophet for the people.

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 King Uzziah,

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 just like our late queen,

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 had been one of the longest reigning

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 monarchs of Israel.

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 52 years.

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 For most of his reign,

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 it was a time of peace

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 and prosperity.

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 It was the end of an age.

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 And so picture Isaiah walking up

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 to the temple with a heavy heart,

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 but don't you just love God's timing

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 when Israel's throne was vacant,

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 God gave Isaiah a vision

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 of heaven's throne occupied.

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 When everything fell out of control

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 in the nation,

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 God gave Isaiah a vision

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 of the one who was in complete control.

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 The one who was gloriously

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 working his purposes out

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 for his people.

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 I don't know what's going on

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 in your personal life.

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 I don't know what's going on

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 in this congregation's life.

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 I do know what's going on

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 in the world

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 from what we read in the headlines,

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 but our world feels out of control.

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 And so maybe it's a timely vision for us,

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 it's a timely moment for us

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 to get a fresh vision

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 of who God is.

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 The first thing that Isaiah saw,

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 we read in the year

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 that King Uzziah died,

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 I saw the Lord

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 sitting upon a throne,

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 high and lifted up.

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 Note God's position

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 to reflect the fact

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 that He is the preeminent one,

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 the supreme one,

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 the most high one,

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 the exalted one.

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 When you went to see

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 the queen lying in state,

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 our coffin,

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 they had really raised her up

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 in a plinth,

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 so you really had to look up.

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 It was befitting.

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 She was worthy of honor.

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 She was worthy of our respect.

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 But here,

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 we can only wonder

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 how high Isaiah had to lift his head.

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 because he saw the one

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 who sits enthroned

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 above the circle of the earth,

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 the most high,

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 the one above all powers,

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 all authorities,

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 all dominions.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but for myself,

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 one of the problems I suffer from

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 is spiritual amnesia.

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 Constantly forgetting

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 how glorious God is.

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 I suffer from this problem

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 that when I forget who He is,

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 I'm tempted to reduce Him

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 down to a size

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 where I'm comfortable with Him,

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 where I try and fit Him

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 into my life

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 instead of realizing

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 that my life fits

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 into His purposes.

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 I need to be reminded

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 of just how great

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 and glorious God is,

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 and that is where

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 this vision begins.

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 Isaiah saw the Lord

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 sitting on His throne

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 high and lifted up.

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 And then he goes on

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 and he says

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 he saw the train of His robe

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 and it filled the temple.

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 For the young ones,

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 you might be studying history

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 at school,

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 you might remember

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 that in history

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 that we're taught

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 about the ancient kings,

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 whether it's in Babylon,

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 Mesopotamia,

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 that the greatness of a king

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 would be reflected,

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 demonstrated,

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 showcased in the length

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 of the train of His robe.

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 The greater a king,

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 the longer the robe.

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 The more victories he had

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 over his opposing kingdoms,

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 the more they would increase

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 the size of his robe.

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 Well, here's Isaiah.

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 He catches a glimpse of God

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 and we read

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 that he saw

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 that the train of His robe

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 filled the temple.

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 In the Hebrew,

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 the idea is he saw

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 the hem of His garment,

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 just the outer edge.

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 And it filled the temple.

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 And the point is

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 how overwhelming

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 God is in His greatness.

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 How much more there was

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 to God that Isaiah couldn't see.

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 He just saw the very edge,

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 but it filled the temple.

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 God's far more glorious

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 and greater than you and I

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 have ever dared to imagine.

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 vision.

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 We need our eyes open

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 to this sheer overwhelming

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 vision of who God is.

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 Again, I don't know about you,

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 but in my spiritual life,

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 whether it's I wake up in the morning

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 and I check the headlines

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 on my phone,

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 or whether I just wake up

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 with all the worries

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 of the day or the week ahead,

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 I can find that they fill

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 the vision of my mind and heart.

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 And the one who should loom

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 the largest in my mind and heart

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 doesn't.

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 Well, here Isaiah's vision

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 of who God is

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 calls us afresh

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 to see that God

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 ought to loom large

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 in our minds,

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 hearts, and souls

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 because He truly is

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 far greater than we've ever dared

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 to imagine.

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 Now, Isaiah's vision

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 of who God is

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 deepens with what happens next

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 because He gets a glimpse

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 of these creatures

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 called seraphim.

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 The only time we ever read

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 about these creatures

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 is here.

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 In the Hebrew,

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 the word seraphim

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 at its root

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 literally means to burn.

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 These are burning,

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 fiery creatures

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 created by God

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 to dwell in the

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 holy presence of God.

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 We're told about

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 these seraphim

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 they've got six wings.

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 With two,

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 they covered their feet.

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 With two,

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 they flew.

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 And with two,

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 they covered their face.

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 Think about this.

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 These creatures

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 created by God

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 holy and sinless

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 to live in His presence

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 have to cover their face.

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 Such is the dazzling intensity

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 of the beauty

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 of God's holiness.

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 With two,

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 they cover their feet.

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 Such is their awareness

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 that in the presence of God,

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 they are on holy ground

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 and they are unworthy

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 to be in His presence.

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 With two,

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 they flew.

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 Such is their awareness

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 that they were created

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 by God

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 to do His bidding

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 at any moment

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 to be His heavenly messengers,

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 to carry out His will.

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 You know,

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 when you're young,

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 your parents tell you,

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 don't look at the sun.

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 You can't look at the sun.

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 These holy creatures

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 made to live

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 in God's presence,

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 made to do God's bidding,

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 could not look

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 in the face

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 of their maker

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 and king.

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 strange,

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 but when I was

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 looking at the Queen's Coughing

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 with the Imperial Crown,

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 it was mesmerizing,

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 but you know

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 when something's overwhelming

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 in its beauty

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 and its power,

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 it's dazzling,

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 you can't

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 linger long.

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 You have to look away.

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 The posture of these seraphim

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 is significant

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 because

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 in just a moment

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 we're going to see

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 their posture reflected

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 in Isaiah.

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 So get this,

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 as we think of the Lord

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 high and lifted up,

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 the train of His robe

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 filling the temple,

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 we've got these seraphim

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 who surround them,

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 who shield their faces,

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 who are ready to serve,

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 but then notice

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 that we are told

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 that in verse 3,

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 one called to another

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 and said,

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 Holy,

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 Holy,

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 Holy

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 is the Lord of hosts,

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 the Lord of angel armies,

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 the whole earth

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 is full

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 of

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 His

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 glory.

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 These angels

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 sing to one another

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 about the

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 extraordinary

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 nature of God.

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 And they sing

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 in antiphonal praise.

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 One says,

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 Holy,

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 another one says,

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 Holy back,

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 another one says,

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 Holy back,

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 the Lord

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 of hosts.

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 The whole earth

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 is full

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 of His

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 glory.

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 It's the only time

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 in the Bible,

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 here in Isaiah

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 and then in Revelation,

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 that we read

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 of any of God's attributes

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 repeated three times

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 and it's

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 His holiness.

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 It is a

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 supersuperlative.

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 In Hebrew,

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 you want to make a point,

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 you'll say something

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 is the best

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 of the best,

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 you'll say

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 King of kings

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 or Lord of lords

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 or songs of songs.

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 You repeat something

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 three times

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 and it's in a category

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 altogether

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 of its own.

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 It is set apart,

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 it is separate,

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 it is the purpose

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 of saying that God

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 is holy,

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 He is in a class

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 all of

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 His

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 own.

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 I don't know

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 what you think of

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 when you think of

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 the holiness of God

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 but listen to

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 A.W. Tozer.

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 We cannot grasp

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 the true meaning

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 of the divine holiness

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 by thinking of someone

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 or something

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 very pure

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 and then raising

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 the concept

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 to the highest degree

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 we're capable of.

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 God's holiness

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 is not simply

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 the best we know

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 infinitely bettered,

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 it stands apart,

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 unique,

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 unapproached,

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 incomprehensible

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 and unattainable.

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 The natural man

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 is blind to it.

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 He may fear

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 God's power,

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 admire God's wisdom

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 but His holiness

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 he cannot

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 even

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 begin

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 to imagine.

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 God's holiness

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 is truly

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 extraordinary.

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 You know what else

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 it is?

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 It's also

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 truly thrilling.

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 these fiery creatures

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 burned to the very

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 bottom of their being

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 in delightful praise

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 of God

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 in all of His holiness.

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 We sing about

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 what we delight in.

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 We sing love songs

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 because we love

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 love and lovers.

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 We sing about

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 our favorite football teams.

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 Here these angels

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 sing about

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 their glorious God

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 because they delight

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 in Him.

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 I want you to notice

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 that in response

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 to the singing

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 of God's holiness

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 we read in verse 4

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 and the foundations

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 of the thresholds

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 shook at the voice

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 of Him

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 who called

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 and the house

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 was filled

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 with smoke.

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 Anytime you read

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.799
 about God

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 being worshipped

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 in the splendor

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 of His holiness

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 like in Psalm 96

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 you'll read

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 that the nations

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 tremble,

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.099
 the earth shakes.

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 Brothers and sisters

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 as we catch

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 a glimpse

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.240
 of God

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 and His holiness

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 in this vision

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 we should be shaken

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 to the core

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 of our being.

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 Let me be really honest

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 with you.

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 My life

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 is marked

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 by callous worship

00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:23.039
 careless living

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:25.839
 compromised godliness

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 and casualness

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 in my Christianity

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 and passivity

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 in my service

00:17:31.159 --> 00:17:32.759
 when I have lost sight

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.139
 of God

00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:33.659
 and His holiness.

00:17:33.659 --> 00:17:33.779
 Amen.

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 And so as we

00:17:39.939 --> 00:17:41.659
 enter the temple

00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.099
 as it were

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.240
 and see this vision

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:45.059
 we're being called

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:46.419
 back to who God is.

00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:47.740
 Now our first point

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.559
 is the longest point.

00:17:48.919 --> 00:17:49.759
 Isaiah gets this vision

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.439
 of who God is.

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 Well now we come

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:52.059
 to our second point.

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 After seeing God

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:54.099
 for who He is

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:55.039
 Isaiah comes

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.579
 to see himself

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:58.279
 for who He is.

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 There's no

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:01.379
 coincidence

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:02.460
 that John Calvin's

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.759
 Institutes of the Christian Religion

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 is split into two books.

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 knowledge of God

00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:09.039
 and knowledge of self.

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 When you get a knowledge

00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.980
 of who God is

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:13.200
 you will come to a true discovery

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 of who you are.

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 I don't know if any of you

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 like watching

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 crime scene

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 crime dramas

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.500
 you know

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 CSI

00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.559
 NCIS

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.660
 you know

00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.480
 you know those moments

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 when you're watching them

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 and there's a crime scene

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 but they go into

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 it's a home

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 or it's a

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 it's a bit of a car

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 and they open it up

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 and it just looks

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 pristine clean

00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.099
 perfect

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 and then they turn off

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 the lights

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 and then they put up

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 their UV lights

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 their ultraviolet lights

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 and they turn them on

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.500
 and this room

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.059
 that you thought

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 was perfectly clean

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.799
 is revealed

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:48.199
 under the ultraviolet lights

00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:49.659
 to be filthy

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 and dirty

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:51.359
 there's blood everywhere

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 there's bodily fluids

00:18:52.479 --> 00:18:53.339
 here there and everywhere

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 there's fingerprints

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 it's a crime scene.

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 Well here's Isaiah

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:59.179
 this young pious prophet

00:18:59.179 --> 00:18:59.919
 he comes into

00:18:59.919 --> 00:19:00.919
 the presence of God

00:19:00.919 --> 00:19:02.099
 and under the x-ray

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.939
 gaze of God

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:05.200
 he has exposed

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.640
 to him

00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.799
 his sinfulness

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 you know

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.680
 one of the things

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.080
 that can happen

00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:10.940
 we come to church

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.160
 right

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 and some of us

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.500
 dress up

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 we put on our

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.180
 Sunday bed

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 we give the impression

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.620
 to those around us

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.759
 that we're good

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.820
 we're doing well

00:19:19.820 --> 00:19:22.640
 and yet

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:25.519
 if you want to be

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.740
 exposed for who

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.500
 you truly are

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.180
 just come into

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:29.220
 the presence of God

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 it's here we discover

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.519
 our true sinfulness

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 remember

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.740
 what was Isaiah's

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.920
 calling as a prophet

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 he was given

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.440
 the task

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.500
 to speak the word

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.880
 of God

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 to the people

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 of God

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 what is it

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 he becomes

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 overcome with

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 verse 5

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 woe is me

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 for I am lost

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 for I am a man

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 of unclean lips

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 this is a man

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 whose calling

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 is to preach

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 the word of God

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 and he realizes

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:06.099
 that under the x-ray

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.819
 gaze of God

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 his mouth

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 is filthy

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 he is disgusting

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 he's dirty

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 he's guilty

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 he dwells

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 in the midst

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 of a people

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 of unclean lips

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 maybe there's

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 that connection

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.980
 that out of the

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 overflow

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 of our hearts

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 what's truly

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 in our hearts

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 it manifests

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 in our mouths

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 as Jesus said

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 notice why

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 he is so

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 overcome with his

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 guilt

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 for my eyes

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 have seen

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 the king

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 the lord of hosts

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 you know

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 one thing

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 that I think

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 contributed

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 to my

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 me being awestruck

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 in the presence

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 of the

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 of the queen

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 in Westminster Hall

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 is I probably

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.059
 had never been

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 that close

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 to someone

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 in human terms

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 was that great

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 I realized

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 that there was

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 a distinction

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 between me

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 and her

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 everything

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 she had guards

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 protecting her coffin

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 the flag

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 the crown

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 the scepter

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 the orb

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 all of it

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 she's in a

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 different category

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 in that sense

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 and that is

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 what overcomes

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 Isaiah

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 this sense

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 that he's

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.420
 in the presence

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.279
 of his king

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 he is the

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 created

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 and this

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 one is

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 his creator

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 and what

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 he becomes

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.299
 most conscious

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.879
 of that he

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.619
 confesses in

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.319
 God's presence

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.920
 is his

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.559
 filthiness

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:34.059
 his uncleanness

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.839
 he feels so

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.519
 utterly

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:37.259
 exposed

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.559
 before the

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 blazing holiness

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.819
 of the Lord

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 but here's the

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.740
 wonderful thing

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:44.619
 our God

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.920
 reveals himself

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 and reveals

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 Isaiah

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 to himself

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 not because

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.140
 he wants to

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.900
 condemn him

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:53.019
 or destroy him

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.039
 but because he

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.680
 wants

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.759
 to

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:58.079
 redeem him

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 God

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:02.119
 guilt

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:03.659
 grace

00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:06.039
 then one

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.479
 of the

00:22:06.479 --> 00:22:07.279
 seraphs

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.000
 seraphim

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.799
 flew to me

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.000
 having in his

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.939
 hand a burning

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.759
 coal that he

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.500
 had taken with

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.439
 tongs from the

00:22:13.439 --> 00:22:13.819
 altar

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:15.099
 and he touched

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.879
 my mouth

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.399
 and said

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.119
 behold

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.399
 this has

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:18.959
 touched your

00:22:18.959 --> 00:22:19.299
 lips

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.500
 your guilt

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.179
 is taken

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.599
 away

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:23.179
 your sin

00:22:23.179 --> 00:22:24.339
 atoned for

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.519
 here we see

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.219
 the gospel

00:22:26.219 --> 00:22:27.000
 of grace

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.740
 in this passage

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.079
 and you need

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.659
 to see it

00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:30.179
 this is a

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.620
 case of

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.500
 open heart

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:33.299
 surgery

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:35.160
 and you need

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.539
 to see it's

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.460
 God who takes

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.060
 his initiative

00:22:37.060 --> 00:22:39.220
 the medicine

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.840
 is taken from

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.460
 the altar

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.140
 the place of

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.000
 sacrifice

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.320
 without the

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:44.680
 without a

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.160
 sacrifice

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.740
 without the

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.200
 shedding of

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.380
 blood

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.840
 we know from

00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.120
 the Old

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.500
 Testament

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.400
 there can be

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:48.880
 no forgiveness

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.400
 of sin

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:52.960
 it comes from

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.380
 an altar

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.320
 that's on fire

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:54.759
 that's got

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.720
 burning coals

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.100
 on it

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.820
 which is a

00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.259
 picture of

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.039
 God's holy

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.920
 wrath

00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.120
 against sin

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.000
 and this

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.979
 seraphim

00:23:03.979 --> 00:23:04.819
 flies to

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.979
 Isaiah

00:23:05.979 --> 00:23:06.579
 and he

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.539
 touches his

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.239
 lips with

00:23:08.239 --> 00:23:08.839
 his burning

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.299
 coal

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.939
 and instead

00:23:09.939 --> 00:23:10.719
 of him

00:23:10.719 --> 00:23:12.159
 being destroyed

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:14.679
 he's cleansed

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:16.779
 you want to

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.139
 hear a better

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:18.259
 gospel verse

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.739
 in all the

00:23:18.739 --> 00:23:19.339
 Bible than

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.959
 what the

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:20.619
 angel said

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.019
 behold

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.539
 this has

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.819
 touched

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.799
 your lips

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:24.079
 your guilt

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.939
 is taken

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.579
 away

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.819
 your sin

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.839
 is atoned

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.059
 for

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.559
 this is the

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.099
 gospel in

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.799
 high definition

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:29.899
 salvation

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:31.539
 God in

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.159
 salvation

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:34.319
 comes to

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.799
 take away

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.379
 our guilt

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:36.000
 and to

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.500
 atone for

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.019
 our sin

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.819
 and the

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.180
 altar

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.240
 is the

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.659
 cross

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.440
 but do

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.779
 you want

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.059
 to know

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.460
 the thing

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.839
 that should

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.639
 stun you

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.059
 and I

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:44.200
 into silence

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:48.580
 the vision

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:48.580


00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.240
 that Isaiah

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.319
 has of God

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.080
 sitting on

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.580
 his throne

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.319
 high and

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.960
 lifted up

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.660
 the train

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:53.960
 of his

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.180
 robe

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.700
 filling the

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.019
 temple

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.819
 the seraphim

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.240
 singing

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.940
 holy

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.380
 holy

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:57.779
 holy

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:57.840
 holy

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.180
 is the

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.700
 Lord God

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.100
 of hosts

00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.420
 the whole

00:23:59.420 --> 00:23:59.900
 earth is

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.180
 full of

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.660
 his glory

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.279
 do you

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.559
 know that

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.180
 that vision

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.779
 is the

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.240
 vision

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.380
 of the

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.380
 pre-incarnate

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:05.799
 glory

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.519
 of Jesus

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.980
 Christ

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:09.059
 for in

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.559
 John's

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.039
 gospel

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.819
 John says

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.740
 Isaiah said

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.279
 these things

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.759
 when he

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.620
 spoke of

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:15.279
 Christ's

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.680
 glory

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:18.779
 the one

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:20.299
 who sat

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.680
 on the

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:20.980
 throne

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.460
 who was

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.920
 worshipped

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.440
 and adored

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.900
 by the

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.360
 angels

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.880
 is the

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.480
 same one

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.039
 who came

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.740
 into the

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.319
 sin sick

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.720
 world

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.620
 and hung

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.360
 on the

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.980
 cross

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:30.980
 the altar

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.980
 of sacrifice

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.759
 shed his

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.220
 blood

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.900
 so that

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.259
 sinners

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.900
 like you

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.420
 and me

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.360
 could be

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:38.200
 cleansed

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.860
 our guilt

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.680
 taken away

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.900
 our sin

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:42.019
 atoned for

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.799
 the thing

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.200
 that should

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.779
 stun us

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.660
 into silence

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.440
 is this is

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.319
 all for

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.980
 you and me

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.860
 our king

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.880
 coming to

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.759
 save and

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:51.299
 rescue us

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.700
 there were

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.360
 many stories

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.900
 after the

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.579
 queen's

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:54.980
 passing

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.380
 of how

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.660
 she

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.319
 there were

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.759
 moments in

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.220
 her life

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.579
 where she

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.019
 kind of

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.740
 stepped out

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.220
 of her role

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.680
 and did

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.379
 some incredible

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.960
 things for

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.500
 some people

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:04.299
 none of

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.680
 them come

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.139
 close to

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.460
 this

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:07.559
 none of

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.799
 them

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:09.859
 our

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.400
 glorious

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.879
 king

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:12.400
 the king

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.019
 of angel

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.440
 armies

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.920
 the creator

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.279
 of this

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.639
 universe

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.420
 stepped off

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.019
 his throne

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:17.019
 and came

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.619
 to die

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:17.940
 in our

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.480
 place

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.460
 to shed

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.920
 his blood

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.420
 so that we

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.799
 could be

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.180
 forgiven

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:23.619
 the birth

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.440
 place of

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.059
 hope is

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.599
 the self

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.339
 sacrificial

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.099
 love of

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.480
 God

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:31.420
 and now

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.759
 we come

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 to the

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 final

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 point

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 what is

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 the

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 response

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.660
 and it's

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.599
 nothing but

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.279
 gratitude on

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.740
 Isaiah's

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.279
 part but I

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.160
 don't want you

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.559
 to miss

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:38.940
 this

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:40.000
 the first

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.420
 time when

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.360
 God speaks

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:42.380
 is in

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.880
 verse 8

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:45.740
 the first

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.099
 time that

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.799
 Isaiah hears

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.420
 his king

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.500
 is in

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.039
 verse 8

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.759
 and I

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.120
 heard the

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.559
 voice of

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.940
 the Lord

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.380
 saying

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.519
 whom

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.319
 shall I

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.799
 send

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.980
 and who

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.440
 will go

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.180
 for us

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.859
 the same

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.379
 God who's

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.680
 in the

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.119
 business

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.680
 of

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.779
 cleansing

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.200
 unclean

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.879
 filthy

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.619
 sinners

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:06.220
 redeeming

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.599
 them by

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.139
 amazing

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.899
 grace

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:09.059
 is the

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.279
 same

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.879
 God who

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.379
 seeks to

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.899
 enlist

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.240
 them

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 in his

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 glorious

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.539
 service

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:15.240
 you know

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.519
 it's such

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.259
 a thought

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.619
 that should

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.019
 cause us

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.680
 to gasp

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.240
 in amazement

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.099
 God has

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.619
 angels

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:20.980
 that are

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.500
 perfect

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.899
 that can

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.259
 do his

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.519
 bidding

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:24.579
 and yet

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:26.700
 he chooses

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:28.879
 to use

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:30.639
 unclean

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.180
 sinners

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.900
 saved by

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.460
 grace

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.440
 to be

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.660
 his

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.039
 servants

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:39.500
 he chooses

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.019
 to use

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.839
 people like

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.339
 you and

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.879
 I to

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.500
 be his

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.960
 envoy

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.200
 his

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.920
 ambassadors

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.119
 to make

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.740
 him known

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.559
 in this

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:46.920
 world

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:49.059
 and it

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.660
 is because

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.400
 of gratitude

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.500
 in Isaiah's

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.180
 mind and

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.440
 heart

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.779
 that he

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.259
 responds

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.620
 with those

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:53.920
 glorious

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.320
 words

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:55.220
 here

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.759
 I am

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.000
 send me

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.620
 John Calvin

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.080
 says

00:26:59.080 --> 00:27:00.480
 disregarding

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.880
 Isaiah's

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.320
 response

00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:02.039
 this shows

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.700
 how great

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.140
 is the

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.820
 cheerfulness

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.680
 that

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.460
 springs

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:07.180
 from

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.620
 faith

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:10.039
 it's

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.340
 interesting

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.620
 Isaiah

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:10.940
 didn't need

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.200
 to be

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.799
 coerced

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.019
 into

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.580
 service

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.500
 Isaiah

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.920
 was just

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.240
 overwhelmed

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.100
 that his

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.720
 king who

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.420
 loved him

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.180
 who showed

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.820
 him such

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.220
 grace

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.220
 who cleansed

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.460
 him

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.860
 would

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:22.200
 want to

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.480
 use

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.759
 him

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.240
 and here

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.680
 am I

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.220
 send

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.819
 me

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.380
 use

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.799
 me

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.019
 and

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.259
 brothers

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.799
 and sisters

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.380
 our

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.960
 response

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.180
 to

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.860
 understanding

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.740
 to

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.980
 catching a

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.220
 glimpse

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.500
 tonight

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.200
 and understanding

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.840
 something of the

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.480
 grace of God

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.880
 tonight

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:35.259
 should be to

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.759
 want to go

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.259
 and serve him

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.900
 as he calls

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.340
 us

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:40.500
 you know

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.199
 I said

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:41.599
 there's

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.159
 something of

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.379
 the angels

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:43.919
 posture

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.319
 in

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.839
 Isaiah

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:47.179
 they

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.439
 covered

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:47.819
 their feet

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.099
 because they

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.379
 realized

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:48.619
 they were

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.039
 unworthy

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.199
 they had

00:27:50.199 --> 00:27:50.639
 wings that

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.099
 could fly

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.480
 because they

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.919
 realized

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.579
 they would

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:52.899
 go at

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.179
 God's

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:53.359
 bidding

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.619
 whenever

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.159
 he called

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:55.019
 they

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.240
 covered

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.419
 their

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:55.799
 face

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.059
 because

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.220
 they

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.319
 knew

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.480
 they

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.720
 couldn't

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.099
 behold

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.099
 the

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.619
 dazzling

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.199
 intensity

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.559
 of the

00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.759
 beauty

00:27:59.759 --> 00:27:59.919
 of

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.220
 holiness

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:02.119
 well here's

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.379
 something

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.720
 that is

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.259
 completely

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.879
 different

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:07.140
 when he

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.960
 comes again

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.440
 when we

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.980
 lay down

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.640
 our crowns

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.000
 at his

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.260
 feet

00:28:11.260 --> 00:28:11.580
 at the

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:11.980
 last

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.820
 we

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.420
 will see

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.680
 him

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:16.340
 as he

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.760
 is

00:28:16.760 --> 00:28:17.820
 and in

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.340
 the twinkling

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:18.720
 of an

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.000
 eye

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:20.120
 we will

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.480
 be made

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.840
 just

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.220
 like

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.520
 him

00:28:21.520 --> 00:28:25.280
 such

00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:25.860
 is the

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.380
 amazing

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.820
 grace

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.520
 of God

00:28:27.520 --> 00:28:28.820
 that he

00:28:28.820 --> 00:28:29.480
 has made

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.000
 us

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.200
 saved

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.760
 us

00:28:31.760 --> 00:28:32.720
 uses

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.020
 us

00:28:33.020 --> 00:28:33.460
 in his

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.000
 service

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.059
 and then

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.420
 will give

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.799
 us the

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.340
 incredible

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:37.000
 privilege

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.360
 of beholding

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:38.579
 him

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.000
 face

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.600
 to face

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.980
 that my

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.480
 friends

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.779
 is grace

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:44.079
 upon grace

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.860
 this story

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.220
 as I

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.600
 close

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.180
 wasn't told

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.519
 of Queen

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.880
 Elizabeth

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.420
 it was told

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.740
 of Queen

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.240
 Victoria

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:50.240
 it appeared

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.039
 in a

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.279
 London

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.840
 newspaper

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.579
 many years

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.940
 ago

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.380
 the conclusion

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.920
 of a sermon

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.259
 that she

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.579
 heard

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.100
 she approached

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.500
 the preacher

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.980
 and said

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.420
 oh how

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.140
 I wish

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.220
 the Lord

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.799
 might come

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.319
 during my

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.799
 lifetime

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:02.700
 when the

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:02.940
 preacher

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.440
 asked her

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:03.820
 what her

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:04.259
 desire

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.860
 was based

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.059
 on

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.259
 she

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.880
 replied

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:08.039
 I

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.240
 should

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.480
 like

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.820
 to lay

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.080
 my

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:09.580
 crown

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:11.220
 at his

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.460
 feet

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:13.640
 and when

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.519
 at the

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.820
 end

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.039
 he

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.519
 comes

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.539
 brothers

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.820
 and

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.120
 sisters

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.380
 we

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.519
 will

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.680
 be

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:17.880
 given

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.100
 a

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.440
 crown

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.240
 of

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.600
 glory

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:21.220
 and I

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.420
 should

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.660
 like

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.000
 to lay

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.320
 mine

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.600
 down

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.080
 at his

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.340
 feet

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:24.160
 the

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.480
 King

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.680
 of

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.100
 Kings

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.860
 the

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.120
 God

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.279
 of

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.580
 Gods

00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:26.980
 worthy

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.840
 of all

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.019
 our

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.259
 praise

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.559
 let's

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.799
 bow our

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.080
 heads

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:30.039
 and pray

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.480
 to

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.619
 those

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:30.619


00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:30.619


00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.539
 those

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.159
 those

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.559
!

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.159
 those

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.559
!

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.159
 those

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.559
!

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.159
 those

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159


00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.559
!

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.159
 those

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.159