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 So let's read Isaiah chapter 6 verses 1 to 7.

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 And with two they were flying and they were calling to one another,

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 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty.

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 The whole earth is full of his glory.

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 At the sound of their voices, the doorposts and the thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

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 Woe to me, I cried, I am ruined, for I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips.

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 And my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.

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 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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 With it he touched my mouth and said, See, this has touched your lips.

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 Your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.

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 Blake, you're very welcome this morning. Come on ahead.

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 Blake's wife, Devon, is teaching this morning in with the little ones, so it's great to have you.

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 Blake is a student at Southern Baptist Seminary in the US, and he's been part of the team this week helping us out.

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 So I'm going to pray for you and for us, and then preach.

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 Okay, very good.

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 Father God, we thank you for your people, your servants, and we thank you for Blake.

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 We pray for him and for us that we would know the work of your Spirit in our lives,

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 so that as we hear your words, it would be like a power at work within us,

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 changing us and helping us to grasp and see how great you are,

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 how holy you are, and all that you have done for us in Christ.

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 Father, help us.

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 May we not leave this building without an encounter with you, the risen Almighty God.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Thanks, Blake.

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 Thank you so much, Johnny.

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 Let me get my stuff up here.

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 I want to dump things out on the floor.

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 It's an absolute honor to be with you all this morning.

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 We've had a great week.

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 It's just as we've read this text,

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 and I think if we're all honest,

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 this is a very odd piece of Scripture right here.

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 I feel like this is so unlike,

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 not I feel, I know,

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 this is so unlike anything we experience on a regular basis.

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 To the point, I think, where a lot of times when we read texts such as these,

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 it's almost as if, you know, did this really happen?

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 Is this real?

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 Is this myth?

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 Is this legend?

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 Or are these historical realities?

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 And obviously, we believe them to be,

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 and they are historical realities,

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 but the way this vision occurs with Isaiah is so lofty,

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 it is so high,

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 that I believe that we are supposed to,

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 through this text,

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 be brought to a point,

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 just as Johnny said,

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 where we would encounter God.

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 And so, I want to tell you today,

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 my main application for us

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 in preaching this sermon

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 is just that we would look at who our God is

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 and be absolutely blown away

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 with His power,

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 with His holiness,

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 and with His grace,

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 and with His holiness what He has given us.

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 And so that is what I hope that you were able to get today

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 from this text

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 in just seeing how exalted our God is.

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 And I really want to examine it

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 in really three sections.

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 We'll look at the vision,

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 what Isaiah sees,

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 we'll talk about that.

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 Then we'll talk about the creatures,

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 the seraphim and Isaiah as well,

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 their reaction to the Lord.

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 And then we'll talk about the grace of God.

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 And so, as we see right here,

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 as you've read,

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 it talks about King Uzziah.

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 And so Isaiah,

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 living around 700 years before the birth of Christ.

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 That's a long time,

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 long time ago.

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 It seems so far removed from us.

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 He's living so long ago,

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 and Isaiah,

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 this king who had been living for a while,

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 had died,

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 so it's probably a really anxious period

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 of what's going to happen next,

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 what's going to happen in our nation.

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 And Isaiah is in here,

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 not sure completely why,

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 probably to worship,

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 probably to minister,

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 as a prophet.

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 And Isaiah,

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 this righteous man,

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 as he comes in,

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 sees something like no one has ever seen.

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 He sees the Lord

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 sitting upon a throne.

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 And I want to pay close attention

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 to all these details in the vision

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 because I think they're very important.

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 One, that He is on a throne.

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 He's not on a chair.

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 That our God does not simply sit at a chair

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 like we do in a room.

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 He's not just sitting at the head of a dinner table.

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 He's not just the CEO

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 who is the board of directors

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 who has an important position.

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 That our God is the sovereign King

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 of the universe.

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 And He is upon His throne

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 ruling with complete control

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 over His entire creation.

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 And He is so high and lifted up.

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 I just love the way this pictures Him here

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 on this throne lifted up.

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 I mean, if you think about atheism,

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 materialism,

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 which we've encountered a lot this week in Ireland,

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 same in the United States,

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 a lot of secular thinking going on.

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 And the bottom line of atheism

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 and materialism and naturalism,

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 the bottom line is that this throne in heaven

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 doesn't exist.

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 That there is no God

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 that we are accountable to.

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 But this passage tells us

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 there is a God who is on His throne,

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 who is the judge,

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 who is the Lord,

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 and we are completely accountable to Him

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 because He has created us.

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 It says the train of His robe

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 filled the temple.

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 You know, in old times

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 when kings would be sitting on their throne,

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 they would have these huge,

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 ridiculously long trains

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 on their robes as they sat.

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 And the thing is,

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 when you're sitting in one of these huge robes,

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 it's hard to move around

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 for the kings in the old times.

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 Because they didn't have to move around

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 because everyone was at their disposal.

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 Everyone was serving them.

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 And I think this is the picture we have of God here

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 of not that He can't move

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 because He can,

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 but that everyone is in submission to Him.

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 Everyone is in service to Him.

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 Because why?

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 Because He is the King.

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 And we are mere subjects.

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 And then we see these seraphim.

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 You may have read the seraphs

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 in your translation.

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 Same thing.

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 And I just find these angelic creatures

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 so fascinating.

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 Because, you know,

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 every time,

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 when we think about angels,

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 I think a lot of times

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 we're tempted to think very,

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 you know,

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 maybe they're pretty or they're cute

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 or they have a halo on their head.

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 But every time we see angels in Scripture,

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 it's terrifying.

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 People are scared.

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 They're scared for their lives.

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 And here we have these seraphim.

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 Literally,

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 their name means burning ones.

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 That these creatures are so powerful

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 that the way that Isaiah is describing them

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 is they're on fire.

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 And this is not even God.

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 These are God's servants.

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 And these seraphim,

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 these burning ones who are powerful,

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 who their sole purpose

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 is to worship God forever.

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 It says that they're covering themselves.

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 They have six wings,

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 but with four of them,

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 they're covering their bodies.

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 They're covering their face.

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 They're covering their feet.

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 Why are they doing this?

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 You know,

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 if we think to Exodus,

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 when Moses encounters that burning bush,

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 what does God command?

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 He commands,

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 take off your sandals,

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 for the place you are standing

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 is holy ground.

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 When Joshua,

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 in Joshua chapter 5,

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 encounters the commander

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 of the armies of the Lord,

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 who seems to be God Himself,

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 this commander of the armies of the Lord

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 says,

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 take off your sandals,

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 for the place you are standing

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 is holy.

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 So this is the presence of God,

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 and the feet

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 are a humble part of the body.

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 So these seraphim,

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 they're shielding themselves,

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 and they're shielding their faces,

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 because the sheer holiness

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 and glory of God,

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 they can't even behold to look at it.

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 And these are angels.

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 So we see their reaction.

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 We've not even got to the Lord's power.

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 This is just these angels.

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 And they say to each other

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 this beautiful statement,

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 which we're all so familiar with,

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 and we sing in songs,

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 holy, holy, holy

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 is the Lord of hosts,

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 the Lord of hosts,

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 the Lord of armies.

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 That's what this means.

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 He's the commander of armies.

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 This is a powerful God.

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 This is not a God you can tame.

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 This is not a God you can bring

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 under your control.

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 That He is over all,

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 and He is not simply holy.

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 He is not simply doubly holy.

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 He is holy, holy, holy.

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 And this repetition is just simply

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 lifting up God to a level

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 that is above everything else.

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 And so we talk about holiness,

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 but what does that even mean?

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 You know, what does that even mean?

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 What does it even mean to be holy?

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 And the way I think

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 it's really fit to describe it

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 is it comes really with two qualities.

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 One is a quality of morality.

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 In that God is morally perfect.

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 He is completely,

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 His existence is moral perfection.

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 There is no stain.

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 There is no dust.

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 There is no speck to His character.

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 But He is flawless in who He is.

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 And there's a relational quality.

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 Into where our God,

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 the King,

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 is separate from His entire creation.

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 That He is with us,

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 but at the same time,

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 He is not like us.

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 He is transcendent.

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 He is so far above us.

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 And this is what we see of our God

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 in His holiness.

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 And so just as we see this vision,

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 I know it's like,

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 wow, this is so abstract.

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 But I think we need to try to picture

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 these things in our minds.

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 Because every time God shows up in Scripture,

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 it seems the way He is described,

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 words cannot do it justice.

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 But here we have the Lord.

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 Holy, holy, holy.

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 Then we see the reaction here.

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 We've already seen the reaction

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 of the seraphim to Him.

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 They're speaking and saying His praises.

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 But it says that when this angel speaks,

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 it says in verse 4,

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 the foundations of the thresholds shook.

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 I mean, what if this room,

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 if an angel came in this room,

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 and the room just began to shake to a point

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 where you think the building is going to fall?

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 The doorposts are going to give way

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 that these angels are so powerful.

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 And so you think these angels are powerful.

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 What about the power

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 of the one sitting on this throne?

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 This is their reaction to Him.

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 These are their words.

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 But when we think about the Word of God,

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 it is to a level

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 that is so unimaginably above this.

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 I loved you read 2 Corinthians 4, 6.

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 God, who said,

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 let light shine out of darkness,

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 has shone in our hearts

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 to give the light of the knowledge

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 of the glory of Christ.

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 It literally takes the very Word of God

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 to save us.

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 His power.

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 That when God speaks,

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 even...

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 Oh, and I love this in the Bible.

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 Inanimate matter responds to Him.

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 That creatures that we would...

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 Things that we would not...

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 Not creatures.

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 Things that we call not living

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 respond to God.

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 One of my favorite passages

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 in the Scripture

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 is Psalm 97, 5.

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 It says that the mountains

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 melt like wax

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 before the Lord.

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 When you think about Mount Everest

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 and how many people try

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 to champion up to the top of that hill

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 and post their flag

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 and take a picture

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 and they pay so much money to go

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 and they go to this mountain

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 in this majestic piece of God's creation.

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 It's terrifying.

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 I don't know if there was a movie

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 a while back called Everest.

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 And I don't know if any of you have seen that,

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 but it's terrifying at points

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 how this mountain can just swallow you.

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 It's so great.

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 And so many people have died

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 simply at the hand of this mountain.

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 And this is a mere piece of God's creation.

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 A mere piece of His power.

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 And when God,

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 He approaches Mount Everest,

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 it's just like a candle melting in His way.

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 This is our God.

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 We think about Jesus

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 when He's coming into Jerusalem

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 and the disciples are proclaiming Him.

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 Hosanna, Hosanna!

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 And the Pharisees rebuke them

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 and try to quiet them.

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 Jesus says,

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 if you quiet them,

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 even the rocks will cry out.

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 And I just love this

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 about how the creation responds to God.

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 And so when thinking about this,

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 I mean, how in the world

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 is a mere human going to fare

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 in God's presence?

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 I would say it's going to be

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 quite startling.

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 That's what we see in Isaiah,

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 of Isaiah here.

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 I just want to read these words again.

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 That this fountain,

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 the temple is shaking.

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 It's filled with smoke.

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 I believe it's filled with the very glory of God.

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 And in verse 5,

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 Isaiah makes this statement.

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 And I said,

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 Woe is me,

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 for I am lost.

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 Your translation may say ruined.

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 Cut off.

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 For I am a man of unclean lips

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 and I dwell in the midst

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 of a people of unclean lips.

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 Why?

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 Why is this His response?

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 He says,

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 For my eyes have seen the King.

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 My eyes have seen the Lord of hosts.

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 You see, this is what happens

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 when we encounter God.

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 If you have truly encountered God,

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 this is your first response.

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 As you realize

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 exactly who you are.

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 And this is what Isaiah is realizing here.

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 You know,

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 I find in life that

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 about the time I get

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 of one sin under control

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 by the power of the Holy Spirit,

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 God reveals to me

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 something else about myself.

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 Well, now you've got this,

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 but look at this pride

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 you have over here.

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 Look at this,

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 a little bit of hatred in your heart

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 towards this person.

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 And as He reveals these things to us,

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 we experience this godly guilt

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 that sometimes it's really debilitating.

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 And the conviction is strong

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 and we're discouraged

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 because, oh,

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 we're so imperfect compared to God.

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 But can you imagine

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 not having a taste,

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 but all of your sin

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 revealed to you at once?

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 And I believe this is what Isaiah

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 is experiencing right here.

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 He is seeing the fullness

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 of his cursed nature before God

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 because he is standing

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 and seeing himself

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 in the reflection of God's glory

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 and he is,

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 what he would say,

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 worthless.

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 Woe is me!

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 He's saying,

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 I'm cursed!

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 He's saying,

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 I'm going to die!

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 Death is the condemnation

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 right here before this god.

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 I'm lost.

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 I'm cut off.

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 I'm ruined.

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 And I love what he says.

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 This is so telling

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 of who we are

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 born in our sin.

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 He says,

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 I'm a man of unclean lips.

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 Just as these seraphim

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 are crying out,

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 holy, holy, holy,

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 Isaiah is saying,

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 I'm not worthy

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 to say

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 what those angelic creatures

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 are saying.

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 I'm not worthy

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 to even speak.

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 I'm not worthy

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 to even look.

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 The only thing I deserve

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 is death

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 before this god

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 because he is so far

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 above me.

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 You know,

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 I remember when I was

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 seven years old,

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 before then,

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 the previous two years,

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 so I'm obviously

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 very young,

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 I was five and six years old,

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 my parents were continually

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 telling me about the gospel

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 and I knew that I needed it.

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 I knew that was right.

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 I knew there was a god

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 and I knew I needed

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 to be saved,

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 but I just didn't really

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 understand.

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 I just didn't really

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 understand sin

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 and my dad kind of

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 recognized that

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 and so he kind of

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 put it off.

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 He said,

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 you know,

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 let's wait,

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 let's see

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 until you truly

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 understand this.

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 I remember when I was

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 seven years old,

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 it was some night,

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 it was in February

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 and I was

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 walking down the hall

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 just a regular night.

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 Nothing special

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 had happened that night.

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 I walked in my

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 bathroom,

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 I shut the door

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 and I remember

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 when I walked in that room,

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 I don't know what happened,

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 but all of a sudden

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 everything that I had

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 ever heard about Scripture,

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 specifically about sin,

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 made sense to me

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 and I remember

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 being terrified

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 in that bathroom

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 because I finally

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 understood exactly

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 what my sin

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 is going to bring forth

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 and I realized

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 I was destined for hell.

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 I knew it

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 and I started weeping

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 and so my dad

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 and mom had heard me

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 in the bathroom

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 and I was crying

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 and I remember just

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 but I knew

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 my dad had taught me

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 if you call

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 on the name of the Lord,

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 if you call

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 on the name of Jesus

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 and what He has done,

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 you will be saved

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 and so I didn't

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 waste any time.

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 I'm going straight for it.

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 I'm crying,

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 Lord, would you save me?

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 And I remember

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 I was still crying

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 because I remember

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 it was just emotional.

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 I mean,

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 of me recognizing this

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 and remember

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 we went in the living room

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 and we celebrated

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 and it was great

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 but it didn't happen

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 apart from me

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 coming undone.

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 And that is the truth

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.519
 for all of us.

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 to experience salvation,

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 God first

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 has to bring us

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 to a point

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 where we are undone,

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 where we recognize

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 who we are before Him.

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 This room is full

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 in all of us

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 of idolatry

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 that we probably

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 don't even know we have.

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 Of lies that we've told.

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 Of unfaithfulness

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 in our thoughts

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 to our spouses.

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 In coveting others.

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 And oh,

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 we could go on and on.

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 I don't have to speak

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 of these things

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 because we know,

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 you know personally

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 where you struggle.

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 You know the sin

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 that easily besets you.

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 And even in your mind

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 right now,

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 you go straight to it.

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 To the sin

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 that you struggle with.

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 And we know these things.

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 And an encounter

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 with this holy God

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 reveals them.

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 We can't hide.

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 We can't hide from Him.

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 And His omnipresence,

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 His omniscience,

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 and Him knowing all things.

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 And just I want to say

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 for a believer,

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 if you have recognized

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 your sin

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.200
 and put your faith

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 and trust in Christ,

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 there is something

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.240
 to holiness

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 and seeking holiness

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 that produces something

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 that nothing else can.

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 You know,

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 we always need to be reliant

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 on the grace of God.

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 If you've been to any

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.519
 of the talks this week,

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 we talked about grace alone.

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 And as part of the Tim team,

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 as part of the Bible talks

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 that we're given.

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 But I'm convinced

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.779
 that the only thing

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.779
 that will draw you back

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.799
 to the grace of God

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:19.799
 is seeking to be holy.

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 Not because you can

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.460
 earn your salvation.

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 Obviously, that's impossible.

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 But as we seek

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:27.660
 to live a holy life

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 and we seek to tame

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 our tongues better,

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 as we seek to constrain

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 what we're watching

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 on television,

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 because we want to honor

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.559
 God with what our eyes

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.220
 are seeing.

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 And when we're doing

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 all these things,

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 the more we seek holiness,

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.460
 the more we're going

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.419
 to realize how much

00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:45.179
 in need of the grace

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:45.980
 of God we are.

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 And I'm convinced

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:49.179
 that seeking the holiness

00:21:49.179 --> 00:21:50.799
 of God is the only thing

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.700
 that will continually

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:53.039
 draw you to your knees

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.519
 so that we will see

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.419
 our need for grace.

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 And so as we're thinking

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 about all these things,

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 I'm going to make,

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.619
 you know,

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:03.000
 just a connection here

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 about Christ.

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 I want to give four examples

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 of Christ in the New Testament

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 and responses of things

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 to Him.

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 You know,

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.639
 obviously we see that

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 Jesus says the rocks

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 will cry out

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 if the disciples don't.

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 We see that,

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 you know,

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:21.399
 when He is out on the water

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 with His disciples

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 and there's a storm brewing

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 and they're crying out to Him

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 because they think

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.959
 they're going to die

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 if the storm is so bad.

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 Jesus simply speaks

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 and the entire sea

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 is like probably

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:37.079
 a sheet of glass.

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 No storm,

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 no wind,

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 it's just quiet.

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 We see creation

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:45.140
 responding to Jesus

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 this way.

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 When Jesus encounters

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 demons in Mark,

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 there's at one point

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.339
 where this demon

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.360
 shrieks out

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 and he says,

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:56.180
 what are you to do with us?

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 Oh,

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 Son of the Most High God,

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 have you come to torment us

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 before the day of judgment?

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 The demons

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:08.000
 recognize who Jesus is.

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 The demons recognize

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:13.460
 this Holy One of God

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 and are worried

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 that He is going to send them to hell.

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 We see Peter

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 when he calls Peter.

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 I find this one of the most

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.660
 fascinating places in Scripture.

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:25.080
 Jesus gets in the boat

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 with Peter

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 and says,

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 Peter,

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 cast your nets.

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 And what does Peter say?

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 He says,

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.200
 Lord,

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 we've been fishing all day.

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 We ain't caught anything.

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 You know?

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 But,

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 you know,

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 if you tell me

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 to put the nets out,

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 I will.

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 And so Peter puts these nets out

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 and what does he do?

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 He brings in this huge

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:47.300
 haul of fish.

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 And what's Peter's response?

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 Does he say,

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.019
 oh,

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.259
 wow,

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 that's great.

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 Or,

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 man,

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 this is exciting.

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 Oh,

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 we're going to eat for a month.

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 Oh,

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 I'm not going to have to fish for a month.

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 He doesn't say any of those things.

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 He sits there and he says,

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 depart from me,

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 for I am a sinful man.

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 Oh,

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:06.480
 Lord.

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:10.139
 Peter's interaction with Jesus

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 is seeing his sin.

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 And then I say,

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.199
 one of the most intense

00:24:16.199 --> 00:24:18.439
 encounters with Christ

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.940
 in Revelation 1

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:23.080
 when John sees Christ,

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 the Lamb of God.

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 And John says,

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.940
 when I saw him,

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.259
 I fell at his feet

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.900
 as though I was dead.

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 You know,

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:34.360
 what is so beautiful about this,

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 and I just find it to be

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:37.140
 one of the greatest conundrums,

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.960
 is that Jesus

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:42.559
 is this King.

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 He is this Lord of hosts.

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 Specifically in John,

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.639
 chapter 12,

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 we don't just know this

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:50.000
 from the canon of Scripture.

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 I mean,

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.679
 if you think of Scripture as a whole,

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.419
 we know Jesus

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:54.019
 is the Word became flesh.

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 He's the exact imprint,

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:58.399
 the exact radiance of God

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 according to Hebrews 1.

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 He is Colossians 1.15,

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 the Creator of all things.

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:05.359
 All things are created by Him,

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.980
 for Him,

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.059
 through Him.

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 But we,

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.539
 not only know that

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:12.220
 from the whole witness of Scripture,

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:14.059
 but we know this

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.519
 because John,

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.899
 in his Gospel,

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.839
 in chapter 12,

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.899
 quotes Isaiah 6.

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.279
 Specifically,

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:24.200
 he quotes verses 8-13.

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 I won't read those,

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:29.639
 but in this,

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:31.000
 Jesus quotes this Scripture.

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 John records it.

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 And after the Scripture

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:35.700
 of Isaiah 6 is recorded,

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.980
 John says,

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:38.099
 something very interesting.

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.440
 He says,

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:41.339
 Isaiah spoke of this

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:44.059
 because he saw His glory.

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.720
 John 12.41.

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 And contextually,

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:50.319
 John is talking about Christ.

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:53.359
 And what I want you to know today

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:55.220
 is this same King,

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:57.379
 this same Lord of hosts,

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.839
 walked on this earth.

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 And we are accountable to Him.

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 And this is what I say

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:06.079
 in about every single evangelistic conversation I have.

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.359
 And I've said it this week several times.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:11.000
 When I've talked about who Jesus is,

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.480
 basically it comes to this point.

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:12.899
 I say,

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:15.939
 what are you going to do with Jesus?

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:19.679
 Because our lives demand a response.

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:21.879
 No one encounters this God

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:23.500
 and leaves without responding.

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:28.740
 There's a response that has to be to Jesus.

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.880
 And I ask you today,

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.839
 what has been the response in your life?

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:35.160
 Have you recognized this sin

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.740
 that this passage is talking about?

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:38.259
 Has it gripped you like this?

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:41.640
 So that you need an atonement of some sort.

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:43.240
 You need a Savior.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:48.920
 How are we going to respond to Jesus?

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:53.539
 We see then this grace of God.

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:56.299
 In verse 6, it says,

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.859
 One of the seraphim flew to me,

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:59.599
 having in his hand a burning coal.

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:02.120
 He had taken with tongs from the altar.

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:05.019
 He touched my mouth and said,

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:08.980
 Behold, this has touched your lips.

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.559
 Your guilt is taken away

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:12.659
 and your sin atoned for.

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:14.059
 I mean, can you imagine

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:16.960
 Isaiah's rejoicing at this point,

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:19.059
 realizing he's not going to die.

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.440
 He's not cursed anymore.

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.759
 The Lord is telling him,

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.700
 You're forgiven.

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.259
 But how in the world does this happen?

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:30.159
 How is God justified in doing this?

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.419
 And I think we know this answer.

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:35.000
 But isn't it crazy

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.659
 that 700 years

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:40.099
 before Jesus was even born,

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:41.719
 God's plan

00:27:41.719 --> 00:27:43.679
 in sending His Son

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.599
 is so sure

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:46.500
 that He can forgive Isaiah

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.839
 on the spot

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:49.379
 because of His faith.

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.639
 He can forgive him

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:53.119
 because the work of Christ

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.000
 is coming.

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.879
 And what is so crazy

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:58.799
 about who Jesus is

00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:01.399
 is that God becomes a man.

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.759
 And Christ,

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.859
 being fully man,

00:28:06.459 --> 00:28:08.639
 fulfills these traits of holiness

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:10.040
 that you and I never can.

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:13.259
 We just never can.

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:16.400
 But we see Jesus' entire life,

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.759
 we see the moral perfection,

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:20.200
 we see it in Him

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:22.560
 honoring His parents.

00:28:23.520 --> 00:28:25.440
 In the way He treats others.

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:27.440
 The way He responds to those

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.780
 who cannot help themselves,

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.860
 who cannot do anything,

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.620
 who are poor,

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.900
 who have leprosy.

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:34.320
 We see the way

00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:36.060
 that He defeats Satan

00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:36.780
 in the wilderness.

00:28:37.780 --> 00:28:39.040
 Forty days fasting,

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:41.180
 overcoming those three temptations.

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:42.519
 We see Him overcoming

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.540
 temptation in the garden.

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.460
 As He poured out Himself

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.519
 to God in prayer

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.380
 that He might be able

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.420
 to go to the cross.

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:53.340
 And we see not a speck

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:54.980
 in Christ's character

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.620
 as a man.

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:58.379
 And He does all this

00:28:58.379 --> 00:29:00.059
 and He dies.

00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:03.079
 And I want to say this

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.619
 this morning.

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.819
 Let me be honest with you

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.279
 about something

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.279
 so long in my life

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:10.099
 up until I was about

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:12.919
 probably 18, 19 years old.

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.039
 My dad's a pastor.

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.859
 I've heard the gospel

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:19.619
 millions of times.

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.099
 Right?

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:23.599
 But there came a point

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.339
 in my life

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:26.480
 where I knew Christ.

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.879
 I was following Him.

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.899
 But there came a point

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.719
 of recognition

00:29:29.719 --> 00:29:30.379
 when I was about

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.639
 18 or 19 years old.

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:33.659
 I'm so used to hearing

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.119
 the gospel

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.839
 that I forgot

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.379
 how ridiculous it is.

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.719
 Of how crazy

00:29:37.719 --> 00:29:38.619
 what we believe is.

00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:39.819
 We literally believe

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.659
 God became a man.

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:44.779
 He lived a sinless life.

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.219
 He was crucified

00:29:46.219 --> 00:29:46.879
 on a cross

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.779
 becoming a curse

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.419
 for our sin

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:49.419
 and bearing the wrath

00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:49.959
 of God.

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:52.139
 And we believe

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.859
 He was raised

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.659
 from the dead.

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.259
 We believe

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.240
 He was raised

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.939
 from the dead.

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.439
 And that is ridiculous.

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.859
 That is crazy.

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.299
 And I think

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:05.039
 it's fine to admit

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.000
 that is really

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.799
 hard to believe.

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:10.099
 I would be lying

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.599
 to you

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.459
 if I said

00:30:11.459 --> 00:30:12.319
 I didn't have doubts

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.279
 about these things.

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.679
 But I'm trusting

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.059
 in God

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.819
 because I know

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.659
 this is the reality.

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.779
 I know He's real.

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.779
 But I think

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.539
 we never need

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.539
 to let it be lost

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.180
 on us.

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:23.139
 How amazing

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:24.539
 the resurrection

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.639
 of Christ

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.460
 is

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.759
 in His life.

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.920
 And that it was

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.960
 His blood

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.559
 that was shed

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.299
 for us

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.639
 that is the only

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.740
 reason that Isaiah

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.500
 can be forgiven

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.079
 right here.

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.740
 In simply

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.759
 throwing himself

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.319
 to the mercy

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.859
 of God.

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.159
 And abiding

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:43.920
 in the righteousness

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.819
 of Christ.

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.519
 I don't know

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.180
 where everyone is

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.039
 in this room today.

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.099
 But my prayer

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:50.539
 is you understand

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:52.059
 your sin.

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.399
 That you're not

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.079
 getting out of it.

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.659
 There's no way

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:55.119
 around it.

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.700
 There's not enough

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.619
 charity you can do.

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.019
 I had a guy

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.819
 tell me this week

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.700
 I tried to do

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.519
 a lot of charity

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.659
 and I had to tell him

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.379
 that's great

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.440
 but it's not going

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.519
 to save your soul.

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.920
 It won't.

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.019
 He's commanded us

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.399
 to repent

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.480
 and believe the Gospel.

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.480
 Believe what Christ

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.039
 has done.

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:15.980
 Just to mention

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.639
 something about

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.220
 this coal.

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.000
 Puts the coal

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.799
 on his lips.

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:20.759
 This hot

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.680
 flaming coal

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.420
 and I love

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:24.359
 what Charles Spurgeon

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.859
 some of you

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.460
 may be familiar

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:25.819
 with him

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.139
 some of you

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.839
 may have no idea

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.319
 who that is

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.639
 and that's

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.399
 perfectly fine.

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.099
 It doesn't matter.

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.420
 But I want to read

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.899
 this quote

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.559
 by Spurgeon.

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.119
 He says

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.259
 the Lord

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.559
 who is a

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.720
 consuming fire

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.039
 can only be

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:39.059
 fitly served

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.759
 by those

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.559
 who are on

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.440
 fire

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.580
 whether they

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.180
 be angels

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.640
 or men.

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.299
 These angels

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.799
 are burning

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.840
 but you know

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.380
 what the truth

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.200
 is for us?

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.580
 We can only

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.500
 serve God

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.380
 when we have

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.460
 truly been

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.840
 had that moment

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.700
 of salvation

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.340
 that we read

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:56.580
 in 2 Corinthians 4

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.320
 where God

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.779
 has shown

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.600
 into our hearts

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.420
 and He has

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.840
 set us on fire

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:02.120
 for His glory

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:03.340
 that we would

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.900
 be filled

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.700
 with zeal

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:06.200
 and love

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.720
 for Him

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.380
 and love

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.860
 for others

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.640
 to proclaim

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.640
 the hope

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.500
 that is in this.

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.980
 Even as we've

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.380
 been here

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.740
 there have

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.140
 been things

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.700
 happened this

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:13.980
 week

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.559
 that are just

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.299
 the epitome

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.259
 of living

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.839
 in a cursed

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.279
 world.

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.099
 And there's

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.559
 hurt

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:22.920
 and there's

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.500
 pain

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.259
 and there's

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.000
 anxieties

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.480
 and there's

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.119
 stress

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.839
 and there's

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.279
 sin in our

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.680
 lives

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.279
 but God

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.799
 has come

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.420
 to heal

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.019
 He's come

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.799
 to restore

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:33.140
 He has come

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.640
 to atone

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.319
 for us.

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.740
 And so my

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.440
 question today

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.700
 is maybe you

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.559
 have experienced

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.960
 this but

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.480
 maybe it's

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.940
 time to

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.899
 reflect again

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.859
 on how

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.639
 powerful our

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.319
 God is

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.519
 and ask

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.559
 am I living

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.240
 a life that

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.899
 is set on

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.700
 fire for the

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.539
 glory of God

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.619
 for this

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.440
 holy God

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:54.720
 and as I'll

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.119
 close I'll

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.539
 just mention

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.980
 this

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:57.559
 it doesn't

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.000
 stop here

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.599
 for Isaiah

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.339
 the Lord

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.240
 commissions him

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.399
 to go

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:01.879
 preach

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:03.019
 to go

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.599
 preach to a

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.000
 people he

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.519
 says who

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.200
 won't listen

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.680
 and the

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.240
 same is

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.819
 for us

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.819
 when we

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.580
 believe upon

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:09.920
 the Lord

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.779
 Jesus Christ

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.680
 he commissions

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.220
 us

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.100
 commissions us

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.660
 to love him

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.160
 with all his

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.519
 heart

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:16.240
 to abide in

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.759
 his grace

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.500
 but he

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.299
 commissions us

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.779
 to proclaim

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.380
 the gospel

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:21.420
 and so I

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:22.600
 pray today

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.600
 that you

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:23.940
 would be

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.559
 amazed

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.319
 by the

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.620
 holiness

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.039
 of our

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.380
 God

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.140
 the power

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.500
 of our

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.860
 God

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.460
 and that

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.860
 the rest

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.120
 of this

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.319
 week

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.680
 the rest

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.000
 of your

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.400
 life

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.860
 would be

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.600
 constrained

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.659
 by him

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:34.480
 and that

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.779
 with all

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.319
 your heart

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.259
 that because

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.059
 of his

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.639
 grace

00:33:37.639 --> 00:33:38.659
 that you

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:39.059
 would live

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.500
 a life

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.039
 commissioned

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.679
 and sent

00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:41.579
 just to

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.179
 please him

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:42.740
 and to

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.539
 tell others

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.579
 to tell

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.039
 everyone

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.819
 about this

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.419
 because a

00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:46.859
 man being

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.419
 raised from

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.980
 the dead

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.959
 is not

00:33:48.959 --> 00:33:49.519
 something to

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.839
 keep to

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.379
 ourselves

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:51.740
 would you

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.119
 pray with

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.500
 me this

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.759
 morning

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:56.379
 Lord I

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.000
 just thank

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.500
 you so

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.899
 much

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.419
 you were

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:59.240
 so good

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.919
 to us

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:01.219
 oh God

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.660
 I thank

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.039
 you that

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.460
 we have

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.100
 this recorded

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.539
 for us

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.039
 to read

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.600
 just about

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.100
 oh your

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.519
 beauty

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:07.339
 we love

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.980
 you God

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.880
 we thank

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:10.260
 you that

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.780
 you have

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.300
 paid the

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.820
 penalty for

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.300
 our sin

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.780
 Lord I

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.179
 pray that

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.460
 you would

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.019
 save

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.079
 save and

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.800
 advance your

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.519
 kingdom God

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.980
 through these

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.619
 churches I

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.420
 pray for all

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.900
 the churches

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.780
 in this area

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.699
 and in this

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.860
 network God

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.400
 that you would

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.220
 use them to

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.980
 honor yourself

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.820
 that they would

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.619
 be holy and

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.000
 that at the

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.699
 last day

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.500
 because of

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.980
 Christ they

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.260
 would be

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.199
 presented holy

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.840
 and blameless

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.640
 before you

00:34:31.640 --> 00:34:33.200
 Lord I

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.600
 pray all

00:34:33.600 --> 00:34:33.960
 this in

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.200
 the name

00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.620
 of Jesus

00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:35.260
 Amen