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Brother Mark, the way you opened
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exact same thoughts leaving my 
room, just walking towards you 

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and I and I thought to myself, 
this is the Lord's day. 

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Jesus is alive. 
We commemorate His resurrection 

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every single week, not just on a
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but every single Sunday. 
We remember that our Messiah is 

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alive, and so we praise God. 
Amen. 

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Indeed. 
Yes, you can say Hallelujah on a

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Sunday morning. 
You're allowed to. 

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Well, here we are. 
Our final session of Maranatha 

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2023. 
Were you blessed this whole 

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weekend? 
Yes. 

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Amen. 
I was blessed. 

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Every year there's something 
special about this conference. 

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Then the thing that stood out 
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I'm sure there are different 
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that stood out for me was the 
Fellowship. 

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I know the Fellowship is special
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for me, this is how I felt. 
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saw a lot of familiar faces, but
it was just an unending 

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testifying of the goodness of 
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Every person I talked to had 
something to say about what the 

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Lord's doing, what the Lord has 
done, and I was just 

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overwhelmed. 
Every night I went to bed, my 

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heart was just full hearing what
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Chicago, what He's doing in 
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And so just to hear what God has
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has been a blessing in itself. 
And so I am so grateful to the 

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Lord Jesus for his work in and 
through many of you. 

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And so I give him glory for 
that. 

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And I just want to also give 
glory to God for many people who

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made this conference possible. 
And I can't name every name, but

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there are some people who went 
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experience. 
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Bishop and Phoebe for all their 
hard work and we thank our 

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wonderful praise team. 
Didn't they do an excellent job?

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Yes, they did, especially to 
Gorgies and Joelle and Dina, who

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helped organize a lot of the the
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everything else and everybody 
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I just want to, I always say 
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to the worshiping. 
Thank you for actually 

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worshiping. 
So we're not looking at you. 

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We're looking at Christ, there's
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that you're not aware of, I'm 
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But we had a VBS this whole 
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Did you know that we had a 
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And so we thank Amy. 
Amy, can you just wave your 

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hand? 
Where's Amy? 

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She's a VBS. 
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Yes. 
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All right. 
So they're still there. 

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OK, that's good. 
Then we know where they're at. 

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So, Amy, make sure you think 
Amy. 

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I don't know if she's wearing 
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If, if she is, she's not wearing
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you'll find her and just thank 
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You know, we had many people 
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willing to give up at least one 
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that you're here that you've 
enjoyed throughout the weekend 

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so that they can watch over the 
kids, so that others can be here

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as well. 
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think, and they're all from our 
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No, not all from our church 
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That we're willing to. 
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That parents also were willing 
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the kids so that others can 
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be here and receive the word of 
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That's we're thankful for that. 
Also a couple other names we 

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want to thank. 
Ranya and Lena. 

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Ranya and Lena. 
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registration. 
Who are working till the late 

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hours of the night, helping, 
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And so. 
Ranya, Lena, where are you? 

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Lift your hand. 
There you are. 

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I know you're going to lift your
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There you are. 
OK Can we give them a hand? 

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They're right here. 
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And to the sound team. 
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you for the live stream, for 
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hospitality team. 
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I didn't even know that we had a
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Who's the hospitality team here,
Here, here, here. 

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Eileen. 
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helping with the hospitality 
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the food and everything else. 
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but I genuinely got a taste of 
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Honestly, I didn't want to go to
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Usually I don't mind going to 
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very hard for me to go to bed. 
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fellowship with God's people and
so we give them all glory and 

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thanks. 
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continue and we're still going 
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Jesus being greater than 
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We looked at how Jesus is 
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We look at how Jesus gives a 
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We look at how Jesus through 
Queen Sheba is the wisdom of God

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and can impart his wisdom into 
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And I was planning to speak 
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Son, Jesus is the Greater Son. 
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had a remarkable reputation, 
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long and was planning to talk 
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and how it came about. 
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going to look at King Jesus yet 
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We're going to behold his glory 
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We're going to behold this 
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You would think we're going to 
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We're actually going to behold 
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And in John chapter 12, verse 
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spoke of these things because he
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Isaiah beheld the glory of the 
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And one of the the, the most 
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accounts of the glory of Jesus 
Christ is in a very familiar 

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passage. 
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Isaiah chapter 6. 
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with me to Isaiah chapter 6 as 
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and behold his glory with Isaiah
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I don't know if you guys hear 
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that Buzzing. 
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Loves to follow me in places, 
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that'd be great. 
Thank you. 

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Well, shall we pray? 
Let's do that Indeed. 

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Lord, you have blessed us. 
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thanks as a church. 
We want to thank you for the 

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memories. 
We want to thank you for the 

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scriptures that were stitched on
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We want to thank you for the 
singing. 

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We want to even thank you for 
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We want to thank you for the 
portraits of your glory in this 

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beautiful place. 
The water, the trees, the skies.

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Everything, O Lord, reflects 
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And we are thankful that you've 
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refreshed and strengthened, to 
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context, to our churches, to our
cities, and help us, Lord, get a

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glimpse again of Your glory 
through your word that we may be

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strengthened to reflect you in 
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And so, Lord, help with the 
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Help with our weary flesh, maybe
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everybody can attest to being 
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Lord, may there be a touch yet 
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hearts. 
For your glory, we ask these 

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things in Jesus name. 
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Amen. 
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the sound. 
Let's just focus here on the 1st

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8 verses. 
Let's read it together, okay and

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and attempt to if you're tired. 
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To really focus on every word 
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that the scriptures has to say 
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And Isaiah 6 verse one we read 
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died, I saw the Lord sitting 
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up, and the train of his robe 
filled the temple. 

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Each had six wings. 
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with two he covered his feet, 
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called to another, and said, 
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of 

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host. 
The whole earth is full of his 

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glory, and the foundations of 
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voice of him who called. 
And the house was filled with 

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smoke. 
And I said, Woe is me, for I am 

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lost, for I am a man of unclean 
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of a people of unclean lips, for
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Lord of Host. 
Then one of the seraphim flew to

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me, having in his hand a burning
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tongs from the altar, and he 
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behold, this has touched your 
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and your sin is atoned for. 
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fascinating accounts in 
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many reasons, but one of the 
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mortal man coming into contact 
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And yes, it is a vision, but it 
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And the Holy Spirit has given us
access into this encounter 

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between a man of God and God 
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And as you're reading about this
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realize again that from John we 
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person who who walked on this 
earth, who did not have a 

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pillow, who was frequently 
traveling, who did not have the 

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praise and the esteem of 
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Jesus that you read of here in 
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To think that Jesus left this 
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into this world in order for us 
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is a point in itself that we can
meditate on and shout Hallelujah

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for. 
But there's so much more in this

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text, so much practical truth, 
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And I just want to give you an 
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these few verses. 
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timing of this encounter is so 
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It is in the year that King 
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King Uzaya, he wasn't like 
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king and and to live under his 
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itself. 
He was an innovator and an 

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inventor. 
It says they're in second 

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chronicles that his fame reached
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He established a very strong 
military and and through that 

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safety there was indeed a level 
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enjoyed. 
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happened to King Ouza Uzaya 
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Rather experienced something 
that often happens with people 

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who become successful even for 
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He was puffed up. 
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dependent upon the Lord. 
His strength came from God. 

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He humbled himself In his young 
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He was raised up by faithful a 
faithful priest to learn how to 

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fear God. 
But then eventually something 

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happened at the peak of his 
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He thought highly of himself, 
and he did something that was 

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wrong for any king to do. 
He assumed the role of a priest,

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and he goes into the temple and 
he desires to burn incense. 

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That's illegal. 
You as a king cannot assume the 

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role as a priest, which is 
significant because you read in 

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the prophets that there is one 
to come who will be a priest but

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will sit on a throne. 
That's Christ. 

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We talked about the offices, 
that Christ said he was greater 

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than anything anybody else we 
had the office of what? 

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The priest, the office of a 
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He's going to, he's going to 
occupy all of those things at 

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the same time, unlike any other 
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And so before that, we see here 
that Uzaya here goes, and he 

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burns incense. 
Then as Araya the priest comes 

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in, eighty other priests flood 
into the House of God and they 

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confront him. 
What are you doing? 

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You're not supposed to be doing 
this. 

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And we're told there. 
Uzaya's reaction didn't humble 

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himself. 
There was no conviction. 

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Instead, we're told he got 
angry. 

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One sign of pride is that when 
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legitimate sin is that you get 
angry and you stay angry. 

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It's not fun being corrected. 
And sometimes we do get upset, 

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especially we think we think 
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But but it was out here, got 
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Angry to the point where he was 
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it. 
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happens. 
Leprosy breaks out, and I have 

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all the places that it breaks 
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Do you know why? 
Because that's where the problem

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was. 
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himself. 
Leprosy breaks out, spreads all 

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over his body, and he becomes an
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life. 
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significant in that account in 
Second Chronicles 26 that I want

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to read to you. 
In verse 22 we read in Second 

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Chronicles 2622. 
Now the rest of the acts of 

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Uziah from first to last. 
Isaiah the prophet, the son of 

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Amos, wrote. 
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contemporary. 
He was somebody who lived at the

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same time as King Uziah. 
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writing about Uzaiah's life from
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His humility, his success down 
to his pride and his his 

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downfall. 
It's not explicitly said, but it

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makes you wonder if Isaiah knew 
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You get that impression from 
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kings right that that we see 
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He prays for him. 
He often gave him the word of 

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the Lord. 
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concerning Saul. 
You can tell that there was a 

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relationship there because when 
Saul falls is Samuel was broken 

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about it to the point where 
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Lord says, hey, listen, it's 
it's over. 

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Get up, move on. 
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between the prophet and the 
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did Isaiah from a human 
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human, just like you and I. 
How did he feel when he saw and 

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learned? 
Here's our King Uziya forever 

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and outcasts, and we have nobody
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What went through his mind? 
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Broken, overcome. 
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One thing's for certain, there 
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One thing's for certain, there 
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Your leader now is no more. 
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You hear, you see something 
happening from the leadership 

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standpoint and it's it's there's
a mix of emotions that come, you

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can relate then perhaps to 
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What he's sensing here and the 
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because it is at that particular
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where where there was almost 
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faith. 
It is at that time that the Lord

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chooses to reveal himself this 
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remove the veil and to allow 
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would change him forever and 
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Do not despise seasons of 
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Do not for a moment think that 
that pain, whatever the the, the

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quality of that pain is, is 
insignificant if you belong to 

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the Lord. 
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in those trials, in those 
tribulations, that the Lord and 

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there are accounts after 
accounts throughout the 

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scriptures and there are 
promises with it assures you 

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that there is something about 
God himself that he's going to 

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reveal to you if you're just 
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Was it not Job we said in Job 42
after experiencing all of that 

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catastrophe? 
My ears, I've only heard of you.

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But now my eyes see you. 
Now my eyes see you. 

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That was the end result of all 
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All the mystery of that mess 
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God, he says. 
I thought there was just one 

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dimension of my understanding, 
but now you're giving me a more 

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full dimension of who you are. 
Was it not Steven that while he 

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was being stoned, looks up and 
he sees Christ not sitting but 

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standing in honor of this 
martyr, ready to receive him 

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into glory while he was being 
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And so we look here with Isaiah 
that is at this time, where 

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there is darkness over the land,
where the people are shaken and 

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perhaps even himself that God 
says, I'm going to give you a 

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vision of my glory, allow that 
truth to be embedded in your 

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heart, because you will 
eventually, if you follow him, 

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if you haven't already, you will
know a level of suffering. 

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You will know some kind of 
tribulation. 

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And what you need to do is take 
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prepare yourself. 
When you walk through that 

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threshold, you know God is going
to show me something about 

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himself. 
I don't know when, I don't know 

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how, but I can trust that 
through this the Lord is going 

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to reveal something that will 
change me. 

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You look at Job's case, that was
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You look at Steven's case. 
It was while he was experiencing

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You look at Isaiah, it says in 

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the year, didn't say in the day 
that Rusiah died, right. 

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Is in the year at some point in 
that. 

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So you might not know when, but 
eventually it's coming. 

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You know, Paul spoke about 
something so fascinating in 

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Philippines chapter three. 
He spoke about, oh, that I may 

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know him, that I may know him in
the power of his resurrection. 

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We all want that, right? 
I want to know the power of 

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Jesus. 
I want to know the power of his 

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resurrection. 
Let me see it. 

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Lord, give me some fresh 
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He didn't stop there, he says. 
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sufferings. 
You don't hear people praying 

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that part much the fellowship of
his sufferings in suffering. 

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There is a level of fellowship 
that you will know. 

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There is something that you 
become acquainted with 

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concerning the person of Jesus 
Christ that can only and 

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exclusively be known in the 
place of suffering. 

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I can tell you three years ago 
there was a moment of that. 

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There was a season of that, and 
I'm not going to get into the 

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details, but the suffering was 
so intense, relational 

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suffering, but with all the all 
of the turbulence. 

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Relationally, there was a 
knowledge of Jesus Christ that 

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as painful as that time was, was
so rewarding. 

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And that Philippians 3 passage 
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The fellowship of his suffering.
Lord, I sense your nearness. 

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You've opened my eyes to 
passages in the scripture that I

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never I would know them, I would
pass. 

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But things that I've seen, that 
I would always, always think, I 

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can't really relate to this. 
Now I know, and I have to come 

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with sanctified scars. 
Don't despise it. 

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Don't shun it. 
Embrace it with the truth and 

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the faith that there's something
about God that he's going to 

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make known to you. 
In and the year the King Hosaya 

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died, I saw something, he says. 
I saw the Lord sitting upon a 

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throne. 
Sitting, sitting. 

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That's brilliant. 
Not standing. 

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Not pacing. 
Not biting his nails, Not 

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scratching his head. 
Sitting, confident, calm, 

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absolutely sovereign. 
Sitting, totally in control. 

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Not caught by surprise. 
Not disturbed, not worried. 

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Sitting. 
That posture communicates the 

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absolute providential power of 
Jesus Christ. 

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And what I love about this here 
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He sees the Lord sitting upon 
the throne. 

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Isaiah does. 
But the Lord doesn't. 

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Just decision to sit. 
He he's not caught by surprise. 

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He knows exactly what he's going
to do next. 

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He saw it before you even 
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And and as much as that's what's
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the picture that we need to have
of Christ always. 

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And in Philippians too, we 
haven't even an added added 

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detail concerning what the Lord 
does from time to time on the 

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throne. 
We're we're told there and Psalm

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2 that when the nations come 
together to try to fight against

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the anointed and Psalm 2, verse 
four, it says that he who sits 

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on his throne does what? 
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He laughs. 
He laughs. 

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He doesn't just sit, he laughs. 
And the Lord holds him in 

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derision. 
Let the globalists do what they 

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want. 
Let politicians make all the 

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laws that they want. 
Let him try to come against the 

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Church of Jesus Christ. 
The Lord sits in the heavens and

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laughs. 
So with all the news and all the

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social media posts and all the 
conspiracies and all these 

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things that have that before 
your face filter, all that you 

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read and see with that image, He
who sits in the heavens laughs. 

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He's in total control. 
What's happening in your world? 

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What's happening in V world? 
This is, this is Christ, this is

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him, and this is what Isaiah 
sees. 

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I wonder how Starling it was. 
But he doesn't just see that. 

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It says here that he's sitting 
upon a throw high and lifted up 

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and the train of his robe filled
the temple. 

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I mean, that was a detail that 
Isaiah had to inscribe. 

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Clearly it was a Holy Spirit. 
He just looks at this, this 

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majestic being, this radiant 
king, and with it in the room 

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that he saw that the train of 
his robe absolutely occupied 

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every inch of that room. 
What is that to mean? 

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Well, obviously the train of his
rope signifies some element of 

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his glory, and the aspect of the
glory of Jesus Christ made no 

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room for anything else to boast 
in its glory. 

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He doesn't share his glory. 
There's no room. 

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When you consider Christ for 
anybody to boast in anything, He

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occupies it all. 
Everything, regardless of the 

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means, regardless of the 
instrument that he uses, 

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ultimately he deserves it all. 
He deserves it all. 

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I remember sitting with a 
minister who is now in heaven 

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and we're having a lovely lunch.
And while we're having that and 

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he's a man of God, we were 
sitting there talking different 

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things, just casually and all. 
All of a sudden he stops. 

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He looks at me and he knew I was
in ministry and and he looked at

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me and he just laser focused 
right into my soul. 

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He says, you touch the glory, 
he'll bury you. 

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I didn't. 
Do you think I swallowed the 

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thing in my mouth? 
I just like, how do you respond 

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to that? 
Thank you. 

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I and I just nodded my head and 
he looked at me and says don't 

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touch the glory, don't touch the
glory. 

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And then we went on after that, 
Just casual conversation. 

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He's right. 
Don't touch the glory. 

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Many men have. 
Many women have attempted to 

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touch the glory. 
And God can replace you in a 

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second. 
You have a wonderful voice. 

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That's great. 
You have a wonderful ability to 

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expound the scriptures. 
You're you're very intelligent. 

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God can make the rocks praise 
him. 

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So be careful. 
Don't touch the glory. 

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Here's Isaiah. 
There's no room for anything 

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else. 
The whole place is connected to 

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the king that the robe itself 
demonstrating that there's no 

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other place. 
There's no other person. 

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There's no other thing that can 
compare it to him. 

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And now from seeing seeing 
Christ, he sees something else 

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around the king, and it's in 
verse two. 

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Above him stood the seraphim. 
The seraphim. 

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It the words simply means 
burning ones. 

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It describes something about 
their actual being. 

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They were gleaming, they were 
radiant, Their actual appearance

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was fiery. 
So these heavenly creatures, 

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Isaiah sees them and he takes 
note of them. 

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He doesn't tell us how many 
there are, but that's not 

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important to Isaiah. 
He wants to tell us what they 

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were doing and what were they 
doing. 

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Well, we're told here each had 
six wings. 

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With two he covered his face, 
and with two he covered his 

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feet, and with two he flew. 
So 6 wings you have two there 

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covering the face, you have two 
there flying, and you have two 

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there covering the feet. 
Out of the six you had four 

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doing something very 
interesting, covering the face 

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unworthy to behold the glory of 
Jesus Christ. 

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Covering the feet unworthy to 
serve him. 

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And we're told here that they 
stood, they stood above, and 

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that that posture. 
So you have Jesus sitting, and 

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then you have the Seraphim 
standing. 

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And that posture of standing 
communicates A readiness to 

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service. 
They are there so that if they 

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get the command at any time, 
their obedience will be swift, 

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it will not be delayed. 
And so in the presence of the 

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king here, they are perpetually 
in a posture of readiness to 

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obey. 
And that's great, because we're 

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00:24:47,420 --> 00:24:49,380
going to learn something about 
these seraphim in a moment here.

455
00:24:50,140 --> 00:24:54,820
And although they were ready to 
serve their king, you see this 

456
00:24:54,820 --> 00:24:58,340
detail about their wings. 
Those are the wings speak about 

457
00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:01,820
a level of swiftness as well. 
But two are covering the face 

458
00:25:02,220 --> 00:25:05,420
and two are covering the feet, 
and two are suspending them. 

459
00:25:06,860 --> 00:25:12,840
Out of the six, four are doing 
something. 2/3 of who these 

460
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,160
beings are are teaching us where
we need to put our emphasis. 

461
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,160
The face and the feet are 
covered, speak of worship. 

462
00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:26,240
The wings there that were out 
were the wings to assist them to

463
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:27,920
go where the king would tell him
to go. 

464
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:32,520
That speaks of service. 
Out of the six, four wings were 

465
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:37,800
dedicated to worship. 
Don't put your personal devotion

466
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,770
over your ministry. 
Rather, don't put your ministry 

467
00:25:40,770 --> 00:25:43,850
over your personal devotion. 
And if you're going to serve the

468
00:25:43,850 --> 00:25:46,690
Lord, which we all call to serve
the Lord, let it come out of the

469
00:25:46,690 --> 00:25:51,250
place of adoring the Lord and 
knowing the Lord and seeking the

470
00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:54,850
Lord and spending time with the 
Lord and and standing before His

471
00:25:54,850 --> 00:25:57,050
Majesty. 
Continue allowing that to fuel 

472
00:25:57,050 --> 00:26:00,170
what you do for Him. 
Many people do the opposite. 

473
00:26:00,570 --> 00:26:04,370
They put most of their energy, 
if not all of their energy, into

474
00:26:04,370 --> 00:26:05,970
serving Him. 
And serving Him is wonderful. 

475
00:26:05,970 --> 00:26:08,890
We're called to do that, but 
there's a priority here. 

476
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,080
There's a hierarchy here. 
There's a wisdom here that from 

477
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,600
the place of adoration are we to
go now there and assist the 

478
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:21,360
Kingdom of God. 
The Serfum knew that we're we're

479
00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:25,080
going to use our wings here to 
demonstrate how much we are just

480
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,200
absolutely enthralled by the 
beauty of the king. 

481
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,480
And then from there they were 
able to serve him. 

482
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,920
You know, there's a an 
interesting verse in the Song of

483
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:39,390
Solomon and the Song of Solomon.
In chapter one, verse 6, there's

484
00:26:39,390 --> 00:26:43,790
this little detail that the 
Shulamite woman says, and it's 

485
00:26:43,870 --> 00:26:47,510
in principle something that we 
should, we should take he do in 

486
00:26:47,510 --> 00:26:49,870
Song the Solomon, chapter one, 
verse six, what do we read? 

487
00:26:49,870 --> 00:26:51,910
It's going to come up there. 
If not, I'll read it here. 

488
00:26:53,070 --> 00:26:56,510
This woman says, do not gaze at 
me because I am dark, because 

489
00:26:56,510 --> 00:27:00,350
the sun has looked upon me. 
My mother sons were angry with 

490
00:27:00,350 --> 00:27:02,230
me. 
They made me look at this. 

491
00:27:02,230 --> 00:27:04,390
They made me keeper of the 
vineyards. 

492
00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:06,790
But my own vineyard I have not 
kept. 

493
00:27:09,380 --> 00:27:11,300
They made me keeper of the 
vineyards. 

494
00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:13,260
But my own vineyard I have not 
kept. 

495
00:27:13,260 --> 00:27:15,820
You know, many ministers fall 
into that temptation. 

496
00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:21,140
All they do, and they do out of 
a good place, is they pour into 

497
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:24,820
the vineyards of others. 
They sacrifice so much of their 

498
00:27:24,820 --> 00:27:27,740
time and their energy, trying to
nourish and replenish others in 

499
00:27:27,740 --> 00:27:30,380
their walk with the Lord at the 
expense of their own vineyard 

500
00:27:30,380 --> 00:27:34,900
not being kept. 
So in the personal devotion 

501
00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:36,220
time, they're being shriveled 
up. 

502
00:27:37,130 --> 00:27:40,050
They haven't took time to 
actually behold the glory of the

503
00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:42,890
Lord for themselves, and they're
trying to help everybody else do

504
00:27:42,890 --> 00:27:45,650
it. 
And that's a dangerous place to 

505
00:27:45,650 --> 00:27:48,010
be where you're not keeping your
own venue, you're trying to help

506
00:27:48,010 --> 00:27:49,890
everybody else in their own 
fruitfulness. 

507
00:27:51,130 --> 00:27:54,130
And so for even the sake of your
effectiveness for the Lord in 

508
00:27:54,130 --> 00:27:57,130
your service, the Lord, you must
have your vineyard cat. 

509
00:27:57,490 --> 00:28:00,090
You cannot neglect it. 
You can't neglect your time with

510
00:28:00,090 --> 00:28:01,610
the Lord. 
You can't neglect your time in 

511
00:28:01,610 --> 00:28:03,740
the Word. 
You can't neglect your own 

512
00:28:03,740 --> 00:28:06,420
personal time of worship. 
These surf, and they had four of

513
00:28:06,420 --> 00:28:09,220
their wings doing just that, and
from that place they were able 

514
00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:13,300
to serve and do the same. 
And when you're tempted to 

515
00:28:13,340 --> 00:28:17,580
neglect, they realize that to 
the degree that you are in that 

516
00:28:17,580 --> 00:28:21,340
place with the Lord personally 
will determine the depth of your

517
00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:22,980
influence in other people's 
lives. 

518
00:28:24,580 --> 00:28:28,880
Where many people go wrong over 
time is at some point, and it's 

519
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,840
not always the case. 
But most of the time, when there

520
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,880
is somebody who burns out or 
somebody who falls into grievous

521
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,960
sin, I can guarantee you that at
some point it's because they 

522
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,200
have not kept their own 
vineyard. 

523
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:44,040
They they they got busy. 
They got busy, they lost focus. 

524
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,120
And then eventually, because 
your spirit is no longer strong,

525
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,360
even as you're serving others, 
something tragic happens. 

526
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,000
You either quit it all together 
or you do something that messes 

527
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:55,840
it all up. 
Anyway. 

528
00:28:57,340 --> 00:29:00,260
So we see here that the Seraphim
are demonstrating something of 

529
00:29:01,580 --> 00:29:05,300
the need to emphasize worship 
and love and in everything else 

530
00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:07,980
flowing from that place. 
But you know what's so 

531
00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:10,540
significant is, is what they do 
as they worship. 

532
00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:14,340
It says you're in verse three 
and one called to another and 

533
00:29:14,340 --> 00:29:18,340
said holy, holy, holy is the 
Lord of hosts. 

534
00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,180
The whole earth is full of his 
glory. 

535
00:29:21,060 --> 00:29:22,540
You know how many people 
interpret the scripture? 

536
00:29:22,580 --> 00:29:25,380
This is what they're worshipping
to the Lord with. 

537
00:29:26,210 --> 00:29:29,210
That's not what the text says. 
That's not what verse three 

538
00:29:29,210 --> 00:29:31,090
says. 
They're not looking at the Lord 

539
00:29:31,090 --> 00:29:34,290
and saying holy, holy, holy, 
what is it 1 called to another? 

540
00:29:34,290 --> 00:29:35,530
They're saying this to each 
other. 

541
00:29:38,250 --> 00:29:39,130
They're saying this to each 
other. 

542
00:29:39,130 --> 00:29:42,050
So these Seraphim are looking at
one another, so to speak, or at 

543
00:29:42,050 --> 00:29:43,490
least communicating to one 
another. 

544
00:29:43,930 --> 00:29:46,930
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of 
hosts. 

545
00:29:47,170 --> 00:29:49,290
The whole earth is full of His 
glory. 

546
00:29:50,570 --> 00:29:52,970
What does that teach us? 
It teaches us this that when you

547
00:29:52,970 --> 00:29:57,200
truly, personally behold the 
glory of God, come to the Word, 

548
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,320
experience the Lord through the 
Word. 

549
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,600
You seek him in that place, and 
he begins to reveal himself to 

550
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,080
you. 
You can't help but talking to 

551
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:09,480
others about it. 
You can't help it so overwhelms 

552
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,520
you, so overcomes you that you 
have to spill over and talk to 

553
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,040
others about it. 
We got a glimpse of that this 

554
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,680
weekend. 
That's why I was so refreshed, 

555
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:21,000
because so many people in this 
place clearly have experienced 

556
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,520
something with the Lord in the 
past year or in the past few 

557
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,000
years. 
And when you truly come into 

558
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,960
that encounter with the Lord in 
the truth, oh, you can't help 

559
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,360
but tell others about it. 
You can't. 

560
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:34,920
You have to almost restrain 
yourself. 

561
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,400
It's a joy. 
It's a delight. 

562
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,000
And these Sarah from are doing 
just that. 

563
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,280
If you want to know how you can 
become more effective in telling

564
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,440
people about the Lord, just 
enjoy him. 

565
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:51,520
Just taste and see. 
And you don't really need the 

566
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,840
mechanics that people often have
to give to try to get us into 

567
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,720
the into the mode. 
No, it just if you come to that 

568
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,200
place it will over overflow from
your life. 

569
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,160
So they're speaking this to one 
another and what are they 

570
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:05,960
saying? 
Holy, holy, Holy is the Lord of 

571
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:07,200
Hoes #1. 
They're speaking about the 

572
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,320
character and the nature of God 
thrice holy. 

573
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,080
The fact that it's repeated, 
it's because it's an emphasis. 

574
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:19,120
There is nothing like him. 
He is otherworldly and you can't

575
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,720
just say it once. 
You have to say it over and over

576
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,960
and over. 
There is no one like this king. 

577
00:31:25,470 --> 00:31:27,630
And so they knew something about
his nature and they wanted to 

578
00:31:27,630 --> 00:31:30,030
talk about his nature, his 
person. 

579
00:31:31,550 --> 00:31:33,830
But then from there we see that 
he they're talking about his 

580
00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:37,950
works. 
The whole earth is full of his 

581
00:31:37,950 --> 00:31:41,790
glory. 
And even before that, Holy, 

582
00:31:41,790 --> 00:31:44,750
holy, Holy is the Lord of Host. 
Out of all the things that they 

583
00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:47,790
highlighted about the King, the 
Lord of hosts, that word simply 

584
00:31:47,790 --> 00:31:51,040
means the Lord of Angel armies. 
And that is a phrase that is 

585
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,600
often used. 
That is a that is a aspect of 

586
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,080
the Lord that's often used in 
the prophetic books, and for 

587
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,320
good reason. 
The Lord of Angel armies. 

588
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,920
What do you see in the prophetic
books That the people of God are

589
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,520
frequently vulnerable to outside
attack as a result of their lack

590
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:09,200
of faith, and these prophets 
would often declare the Lord of 

591
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,840
Angel armies. 
He can fight your battles. 

592
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,520
He can defend you from your 
foes. 

593
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,360
He can stand and defend you, but
you need a turn from your sin. 

594
00:32:18,940 --> 00:32:21,700
He's the Lord of hopes. 
He's ready to come by your side.

595
00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:26,300
So the character of God, he's 
holy, the works of God. 

596
00:32:27,420 --> 00:32:30,380
What he can do, what he is 
doing. 

597
00:32:30,620 --> 00:32:34,300
The heavens declare his glory. 
Christ Jesus in you. 

598
00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:37,900
The hope of glory bearing fruit 
that the Father may be 

599
00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:41,730
glorified. 
Our lives, nature, all the 

600
00:32:41,730 --> 00:32:45,770
things, ministry, they testify 
the glory of the Lord throughout

601
00:32:45,770 --> 00:32:47,770
the earth. 
And ultimately it will come to 

602
00:32:47,770 --> 00:32:50,290
its climax with the millennial 
reign of Jesus Christ. 

603
00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:54,210
This is what the surf and we're 
consumed with. 

604
00:32:55,610 --> 00:32:59,330
And I love that phrase in Acts 
chapter 4 where the disciple 

605
00:32:59,330 --> 00:33:02,730
says we cannot but speak of what
we have seen and heard. 

606
00:33:03,530 --> 00:33:07,130
We can't help it because we've 
seen it, because we've heard it.

607
00:33:07,410 --> 00:33:11,960
It would be wrong for us not to 
speak about it when people are 

608
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,400
not excited about the Lord, it 
tells me one thing they haven't 

609
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,240
seen or heard. 
They're religious. 

610
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,800
They're tidy, nice Christians. 
They're conservative in their 

611
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,840
values, but they haven't seen 
the glory of God yet. 

612
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,120
And if they have, they became 
stale because they didn't stay 

613
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,000
in that place of the presence of
God. 

614
00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:37,250
So here's the side of the glory 
of Jesus Christ, and something 

615
00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:39,010
begins to happen now. 
Here's this visual. 

616
00:33:39,010 --> 00:33:43,370
But now you're now Isaiah's 
about to feel something, and 

617
00:33:43,370 --> 00:33:45,450
this is what he feels. 
And the foundation of the 

618
00:33:45,450 --> 00:33:48,250
threshold shook at the voice of 
him who called. 

619
00:33:48,250 --> 00:33:50,330
And the house was filled with 
smoke. 

620
00:33:51,650 --> 00:33:53,970
And here's this man now 
trembling because he is in the 

621
00:33:53,970 --> 00:33:56,130
presence of a holy God. 
And this is what he says in 

622
00:33:56,130 --> 00:33:59,690
verse 5. 
And I said, Woe is me for I am 

623
00:33:59,690 --> 00:34:05,010
lost. 
Woe is me for I am lost. 

624
00:34:05,010 --> 00:34:09,210
This is a prophet. 
This is not a heathen. 

625
00:34:09,730 --> 00:34:11,770
This is a man. 
Leading up to chapter six was 

626
00:34:11,770 --> 00:34:15,210
saying, whoa to you, whoa to 
you, whoa to you. 

627
00:34:15,210 --> 00:34:16,650
Now he comes to Isaiah, Chapter 
6. 

628
00:34:16,650 --> 00:34:19,489
OK, whoa was me. 
What was me? 

629
00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:26,810
I am lost. 
The word lost doesn't 

630
00:34:26,889 --> 00:34:28,889
communicate the strength of what
he's saying. 

631
00:34:29,530 --> 00:34:32,210
In other words, what he's really
saying is in the original I am 

632
00:34:32,210 --> 00:34:36,969
destroyed. 
I'm destroyed. 

633
00:34:37,889 --> 00:34:41,250
Being in the presence of this 
holy king, who am I? 

634
00:34:41,489 --> 00:34:46,409
And he uses language that is 
familiar. 

635
00:34:46,929 --> 00:34:50,770
Woe is me, for I'm lost, for I 
am a man of unclean lips. 

636
00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:55,929
If you were a leper, you have to
let your hair hang loose. 

637
00:34:55,929 --> 00:34:58,740
You have to wear torn clothes 
according to Leviticus, and you 

638
00:34:58,740 --> 00:35:01,660
have to put your hand on your 
upper lip and walk around, 

639
00:35:01,660 --> 00:35:04,420
especially if you're coming in 
close proximity with people. 

640
00:35:04,780 --> 00:35:10,500
Unclean, unclean, unclean. 
There's a prophet. 

641
00:35:12,020 --> 00:35:13,540
You know what's so significant 
about this? 

642
00:35:14,020 --> 00:35:16,700
He is describing of himself what
happened to Uziah. 

643
00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:23,340
Uziah became a leper. 
Uziah became a diseased man. 

644
00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:26,520
And that leprosy speaks of sin. 
And you know what he is saying? 

645
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,080
This prophet in the presence of 
the king. 

646
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:32,080
I'm no better than Uzaya. 
Yeah. 

647
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,800
That man who lost his strong, 
that man who was an outcast for 

648
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,400
the rest of his life, Me, 
Isaiah, the prophet, I'm no 

649
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,640
better than him because we're 
all equal at the foot of the 

650
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,880
cross. 
What brought him to this 

651
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,120
revelation? 
When you see him in his 

652
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:52,240
brilliance, when you see him in 
His Holiness, you cannot boast. 

653
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,200
You will stop this comparative 
sanctification thing. 

654
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,880
You will become less confident 
in your own righteousness. 

655
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:04,720
Because that's what we tend to 
do, right? 

656
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,680
I'm not like that. 
What do you when you talk to, 

657
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:07,880
when you talk to people who are 
not saved? 

658
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,520
What are you saying when you try
to present the gospel? 

659
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:10,880
When you try to tell them that 
they're sinners? 

660
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,360
Well, I'm not a murderer. 
I'm not a rapist. 

661
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,320
I'm not this, I'm not that. 
And so let me, let me convey 

662
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,520
this to you. 
The, the, the, the purpose of us

663
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:24,380
and delivering the gospel truth 
entails declaring the holiness 

664
00:36:24,380 --> 00:36:27,220
of God. 
We are not doing people a favor 

665
00:36:27,220 --> 00:36:30,460
by not describing the holiness 
of God. 

666
00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:33,780
We need to rediscover the fear 
of God. 

667
00:36:35,220 --> 00:36:38,980
We need to rediscover because I 
know it doesn't sound appealing.

668
00:36:38,980 --> 00:36:40,700
I know it doesn't sound like it 
will win hearts. 

669
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:43,100
I know people are afraid of 
misinterpreting God by 

670
00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:46,100
delivering God and His Holiness.
But you were doing a disservice 

671
00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:49,280
to the gospel. 
Yes, I know that there is 

672
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,200
another extreme. 
Yes, I know that you can 

673
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,120
communicate a wrathful God with 
no hope, but you have to still 

674
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,480
be faithful to what the Word of 
God says about God. 

675
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:01,240
You have to Why would they want 
to be washed from their sins if 

676
00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,040
they don't realize how filthy 
they are? 

677
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,640
Why would they want the blood 
unless they realize they need to

678
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:10,330
be cleansed. 
And so we see here even this man

679
00:37:10,450 --> 00:37:12,690
who could have boasted in so 
much, which I love. 

680
00:37:13,090 --> 00:37:15,570
I love this about the Bible. 
Look how detailed the Bible is. 

681
00:37:15,810 --> 00:37:18,210
Woe is me, for I am lost, for I 
am a man. 

682
00:37:18,450 --> 00:37:21,130
Out of all the things he could 
have said, he said unclean lips.

683
00:37:21,330 --> 00:37:24,330
Yes, that's a reference to 
leprosy, but again, he's a 

684
00:37:24,330 --> 00:37:26,250
prophet. 
If there was anything that 

685
00:37:26,250 --> 00:37:29,650
Isaiah could have boasted about 
in his righteousness, what could

686
00:37:29,650 --> 00:37:31,890
it have been? 
His lips. 

687
00:37:33,930 --> 00:37:35,490
He declared the word of the 
Lord. 

688
00:37:36,130 --> 00:37:39,570
He spoke the truth. 
He was faithful to the message 

689
00:37:39,570 --> 00:37:42,850
of God in an apostate time. 
If there was anything that 

690
00:37:42,850 --> 00:37:45,810
Isaiah could have been confident
in concerning his standing 

691
00:37:45,810 --> 00:37:50,970
before God, it was his ministry.
It was his gift, it was his 

692
00:37:50,970 --> 00:37:53,810
calling. 
But that very thing that God 

693
00:37:53,810 --> 00:37:56,690
used, those lips, he said in the
presence of Jesus. 

694
00:37:56,690 --> 00:38:01,450
They're unclean. 
And it's the same Isaiah where 

695
00:38:01,450 --> 00:38:04,890
we get that that very well known
phrase that even our righteous 

696
00:38:04,890 --> 00:38:11,690
acts are what Filthy Isaiah said
that Isaiah said that later on. 

697
00:38:13,410 --> 00:38:17,770
And no wonder, because this man 
who leading up to this point was

698
00:38:17,770 --> 00:38:21,650
using his lips for the glory of 
God even then in the presence of

699
00:38:21,650 --> 00:38:25,810
the glory, God said I I can't 
boast even in this. 

700
00:38:27,090 --> 00:38:29,930
I have nothing. 
I'm undone. 

701
00:38:30,050 --> 00:38:32,810
I have nothing to. 
I can't say, hey, but Lord, look

702
00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:36,730
at this. 
It's all filthy rags in contrast

703
00:38:36,730 --> 00:38:42,650
to Your Holiness. 
For I'm a man of unclean lips, 

704
00:38:44,250 --> 00:38:46,890
and they dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips. 

705
00:38:47,250 --> 00:38:51,130
Why? 
For my eyes have seen the King, 

706
00:38:51,130 --> 00:38:55,210
the Lord of hosts. 
Not only is this important for 

707
00:38:55,210 --> 00:38:58,850
Isaiah in terms of what he's 
going to experience with 

708
00:38:58,850 --> 00:39:01,490
atonement, this is Isaiah. 
Some debate. 

709
00:39:01,490 --> 00:39:05,400
Is this Isaiah going into his 
initial calling, or is this 

710
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,720
Isaiah in chapter 6 going into a
new level of his calling? 

711
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,040
Whatever side you choose, the 
principle is still the same. 

712
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:16,400
Isaiah needed to experience this
before he went into the 

713
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:20,960
ministry, because He's about to 
say here I am, send me right. 

714
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:25,280
But before the Lord would send 
him, Isaiah needed a revelation 

715
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,730
about himself. 
If Isaiah was going to preach 

716
00:39:28,730 --> 00:39:30,330
for the Lord of Isaiah was going
to serve the Lord. 

717
00:39:30,330 --> 00:39:34,530
Isaiah need to be convinced of 
his own sinfulness and his own 

718
00:39:34,530 --> 00:39:37,570
frailty and his own 
imperfection, so so that he 

719
00:39:37,570 --> 00:39:43,890
would not enter into the 
ministry self-righteous, proud. 

720
00:39:46,170 --> 00:39:49,890
He needed to be humbled. 
That changes everything. 

721
00:39:51,010 --> 00:39:53,010
Ministry is one thing. 
Ministry with humility is a 

722
00:39:53,010 --> 00:39:55,690
whole another level of authority
and effectiveness. 

723
00:39:57,330 --> 00:39:59,770
And God will tend to do that 
with his men, with his woman, 

724
00:39:59,770 --> 00:40:03,090
with God. 
And and you need to continually 

725
00:40:03,090 --> 00:40:06,890
ask the Lord for this. 
Lord, as I serve others, as I 

726
00:40:06,890 --> 00:40:09,690
tell the truth to others, help 
me remember who I am. 

727
00:40:10,090 --> 00:40:12,170
In light of all of this, can I 
show you another example of 

728
00:40:12,170 --> 00:40:14,570
that? 
Can we go to Exodus chapter 4? 

729
00:40:15,050 --> 00:40:18,130
Here's Moses very reluctant to 
answer the call to go and save 

730
00:40:18,130 --> 00:40:21,850
the people of Israel from Egypt.
And the Lord wants to comfort 

731
00:40:21,850 --> 00:40:24,320
him. 
And even teach him through these

732
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,840
catalog of supernatural signs, 
just a handful of them, before 

733
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:30,280
he goes to speak on behalf of 
the Lord. 

734
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,360
And so we see that there's 
something that happens with his 

735
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,320
staff that turns into a serpent.
And here's here's another 

736
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,800
miracle that takes place that 
has a very important lesson in 

737
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,520
Exodus 4, verse six and seven. 
Remember, this is the Lord 

738
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:44,040
speaking to his man before he 
goes out and represents Yahweh 

739
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,000
to the people who are enslaved. 
And here's what the Lord does. 

740
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,120
One of the miracles is so 
important because it's the same 

741
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,510
principle as Isaiah in Exodus 
4/6. 

742
00:40:51,510 --> 00:40:57,230
And again, the Lord said to him,
put your hand inside your cloak,

743
00:40:58,390 --> 00:41:01,470
and he put his hand inside his 
cloak, and when he took it out, 

744
00:41:01,470 --> 00:41:03,510
behold, his hand was lepers like
snow. 

745
00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:09,390
And then after we were told that
he puts it back, and then he 

746
00:41:09,390 --> 00:41:12,230
takes it out and behold it was 
restored like the rest of his 

747
00:41:12,230 --> 00:41:16,950
flesh. 
So the Lord says, Moses, I'm, 

748
00:41:17,110 --> 00:41:19,030
I'm going to be ready to send 
you now, but I need to show. 

749
00:41:19,030 --> 00:41:23,000
I need to show you something. 
So take your hand and put it 

750
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,960
inside your cloak and take it 
out. 

751
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,320
And he took it out. 
His hand became white. 

752
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:38,040
He knows what this is. 
What was God trying to say to 

753
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:39,640
him? 
What was this? 

754
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,640
Before I use you, I want you to 
see your own sinfulness. 

755
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,000
I want you to see your own 
depraved nature. 

756
00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,460
And I was just talking with this
with my dad, and he, he reminded

757
00:41:51,460 --> 00:41:53,060
me, he told me he's like, do you
notice that? 

758
00:41:53,060 --> 00:41:55,140
He said, put it inside your 
cloak. 

759
00:41:57,020 --> 00:41:58,660
Why? 
Because it's hidden. 

760
00:42:00,460 --> 00:42:02,380
Sin is not just outside, it's 
inside. 

761
00:42:03,340 --> 00:42:05,380
And sometimes we look at the 
outside and we're so confident 

762
00:42:05,380 --> 00:42:08,500
because of what we're like. 
We're so dignified and we dress 

763
00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:11,460
nice, we're polite and we have 
manners, he said. 

764
00:42:11,460 --> 00:42:16,580
Put your hand inside your cloak.
It's your heart that's sinful. 

765
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,600
It's the inner man, the things 
that people can't see. 

766
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,520
That part of you is lepers as 
well. 

767
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,600
Not just the veneer, not just 
the outside, not just the nicely

768
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,000
combed here and the religious 
talk. 

769
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:30,080
Your heart, your heart needs to 
be changed. 

770
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:34,400
And when you get all confident, 
when you get all comparative, 

771
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,800
remember that inside your heart,
you're lepers. 

772
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,800
He humbles his men, and we need 
a side of our own sinfulness and

773
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,880
neediness before we go out and 
tell others that they need 

774
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:49,200
Christ. 
Isaiah, before he goes into this

775
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:53,480
new level of preaching, says, 
woe is me, I am lost. 

776
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:58,400
I am a man of unclean lips, and 
it would have been a very sad 

777
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:02,120
story if it ended there. 
But it doesn't because verse six

778
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,400
we read now we're reintroduced 
to the Seraphim. 

779
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:08,920
Then one of the Seraphim flew to
me, having in his hand a burning

780
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,800
coal that he had taken with 
tongs from the altar. 

781
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:17,220
And he touched my mouth and 
said, behold, this is touch your

782
00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:20,300
lips, your guilt is taken away, 
and your sin is atoned for. 

783
00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:23,540
Let me touch on the Seraphim one
more time. 

784
00:43:23,780 --> 00:43:26,620
I like the Seraphim. 
I enjoy them. 

785
00:43:28,140 --> 00:43:30,340
Here's the Seraphim in the 
presence of God. 

786
00:43:30,340 --> 00:43:32,460
Here's the Seraphim declaring 
the glory of God. 

787
00:43:32,460 --> 00:43:35,980
Here's the Seraphim ready to 
serve his king. 

788
00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:40,900
And in the presence of a man who
is broken and contrite in the 

789
00:43:40,900 --> 00:43:45,120
presence of a man who realized 
his need, who is desperate, who 

790
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:49,880
was shattered by his own sin, he
was quick to come as a vessel, 

791
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:54,160
as an instrument to provide a 
remedy for his sin. 

792
00:43:56,160 --> 00:44:00,080
What I take from that is if you 
are a person like the serf, and 

793
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,400
if you're a person who really is
in the presence of God, you walk

794
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,960
in the Spirit, You know the 
Lord, you do worship Him. 

795
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,880
One of the ways by which that is
proven is how you deal with 

796
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:16,040
people in their sin. 
Doesn't glacial 6 tell us that 

797
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,600
those who are spiritual are to 
restore those who are fallen? 

798
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:22,280
If you're really spiritual, one 
of the signs that you are 

799
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,600
spiritual is how you respond and
how you act in the presence of 

800
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:32,000
somebody who really messed up. 
What goes through your mind? 

801
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,920
How do you treat them? 
How do you talk about them? 

802
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,970
How do you talk about them? 
How do you talk through them 

803
00:44:39,090 --> 00:44:42,090
when they really mess up? 
When they say, well, I am, I am 

804
00:44:42,130 --> 00:44:47,530
unclean, I'm undone. 
Do you scade them even more? 

805
00:44:49,530 --> 00:44:51,650
Do you discourage them? 
Do you condemn them? 

806
00:44:51,650 --> 00:44:54,090
Do you shun them? 
Or are you like the Seraphim who

807
00:44:54,090 --> 00:44:56,610
truly reflect the essence of 
what it means to be in God's 

808
00:44:56,610 --> 00:44:59,450
presence, to be close and 
intimate with the king? 

809
00:45:01,130 --> 00:45:03,810
And your heart throbs with 
compassion because you yourself 

810
00:45:03,810 --> 00:45:05,530
know I'm capable of the same 
sin. 

811
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:08,960
I know that I can fall. 
I know that I can do this. 

812
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:10,680
I know that this is possible for
me. 

813
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:12,800
I know what Christ has forgiven 
me from. 

814
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,760
So people who talk about how 
spiritual they are, and they 

815
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:21,280
come off all condescending and 
arrogant, talking down about 

816
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,920
others, speaking so ill of them 
even in their sin. 

817
00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:27,600
I question that that person 
really stands in the presence of

818
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:29,680
Jesus. 
I do. 

819
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,800
But when a person, regardless of
how spiritual they are, they 

820
00:45:34,930 --> 00:45:39,170
mercy, when they ooze with that 
mercy, that signifies this 

821
00:45:39,170 --> 00:45:40,690
person knows something about the
king. 

822
00:45:40,690 --> 00:45:43,650
That doesn't mean we're light 
with sin. 

823
00:45:43,650 --> 00:45:45,370
That doesn't mean we just let 
people get away with their 

824
00:45:45,370 --> 00:45:47,410
unrepentant said. 
This is not an unrepentant man. 

825
00:45:48,010 --> 00:45:50,970
This is a very broken man. 
What do you do in the presence 

826
00:45:50,970 --> 00:45:52,610
of a man who is broken in his 
sin? 

827
00:45:53,210 --> 00:45:55,370
What do you do with a man like 
Isaiah, who served in the 

828
00:45:55,370 --> 00:45:59,290
ministry, who had a reputation 
of being a man of God, but now 

829
00:45:59,290 --> 00:46:01,090
it comes to the realization that
he's not a man of God. 

830
00:46:01,090 --> 00:46:03,330
Or maybe he does something that 
disqualifies him to be a man of 

831
00:46:03,330 --> 00:46:05,230
God. 
What do you do? 

832
00:46:06,910 --> 00:46:09,590
Oh, the closer you are to 
Christ, the the more you will 

833
00:46:09,590 --> 00:46:12,350
know what to do and the more 
you'll reflect him. 

834
00:46:13,110 --> 00:46:18,430
The seraphim flew. 
He flew to Isaiah, and he 

835
00:46:18,430 --> 00:46:24,470
provides him a coal from the 
altar, purging coal that 

836
00:46:24,470 --> 00:46:29,190
symbolized, You know who it is. 
But you know what's so 

837
00:46:29,190 --> 00:46:33,220
fascinating about this? 
Isaiah's vision of the holiness 

838
00:46:33,220 --> 00:46:37,580
of God on the throne is not all 
that God wanted him to see and 

839
00:46:37,580 --> 00:46:40,980
experience. 
It starts with the holiness of 

840
00:46:40,980 --> 00:46:43,020
God. 
It starts with you standing in 

841
00:46:43,020 --> 00:46:45,380
the presence of His purity. 
That's where it starts. 

842
00:46:45,740 --> 00:46:48,340
But what we learn from this is 
that's not all that God wants us

843
00:46:48,340 --> 00:46:49,820
to see. 
He wants us to go from the 

844
00:46:49,820 --> 00:46:56,900
throne to the altar, His 
Holiness to His mercy, His 

845
00:46:56,900 --> 00:46:59,980
justice, to his His loving 
forgiveness. 

846
00:47:02,270 --> 00:47:05,990
So it's not crushing conviction 
as the end here. 

847
00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:07,830
That's not the end. 
That's the means for you to 

848
00:47:07,830 --> 00:47:11,190
realize that there is, there is 
salvation, there is rescue. 

849
00:47:11,190 --> 00:47:13,470
For me now, in this place I am 
broken. 

850
00:47:13,470 --> 00:47:15,830
And that's true. 
So we we become broken. 

851
00:47:15,950 --> 00:47:20,110
He does break us, only to heal 
us, only to pick us up and to 

852
00:47:20,110 --> 00:47:22,390
make us new. 
This is exactly what we've seen.

853
00:47:22,390 --> 00:47:23,790
The vision doesn't end with the 
throne. 

854
00:47:23,790 --> 00:47:25,110
People come here, say the 
throne. 

855
00:47:25,150 --> 00:47:27,230
It is a throne. 
But don't exclude the altar. 

856
00:47:28,950 --> 00:47:31,390
Don't exclude the altar. 
When you want to say you want to

857
00:47:31,390 --> 00:47:33,110
see Jesus's glory in Isaiah 
chapter 6. 

858
00:47:33,110 --> 00:47:35,790
Yeah, don't stop with the train 
of his robe filling the temple. 

859
00:47:35,790 --> 00:47:39,070
Go to the cold that came from 
that altar and touch the lips of

860
00:47:39,070 --> 00:47:42,830
a man who needed salvation. 
That's the glory of the Lord 

861
00:47:46,390 --> 00:47:48,790
taking it from the tongs with 
the tongs from the altar. 

862
00:47:48,790 --> 00:47:51,070
I mean, how hot was it for 
Sarah? 

863
00:47:51,070 --> 00:47:52,510
From not to touch it with his 
own hands? 

864
00:47:54,150 --> 00:48:01,220
He had to use tongs, and he flew
to him and sizzled his lips, and

865
00:48:01,220 --> 00:48:03,260
he is reassured. 
Behold, this has touched your 

866
00:48:03,260 --> 00:48:05,700
lips. 
Your guilt is taken away, and 

867
00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:11,220
your sin is atoned for. 
Your sin is atoned for. 

868
00:48:12,900 --> 00:48:15,580
Notice what happens as a result 
of his sin being atoned for. 

869
00:48:15,580 --> 00:48:17,460
This is a picture of the gospel.
This is a picture of Christ 

870
00:48:17,460 --> 00:48:20,580
purging us by His blood. 
Verse 8 And I'm ending it here. 

871
00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:24,180
This is Isaiah. 
And I heard the voice of the 

872
00:48:24,180 --> 00:48:30,350
Lord saying, Whom shall I send 
and who will go for us? 

873
00:48:32,110 --> 00:48:37,630
If the God had here, then I 
said, Here I am, Send me. 

874
00:48:39,790 --> 00:48:43,750
Here I am, send me. 
Notice the secret of events 

875
00:48:43,750 --> 00:48:46,710
here. 
It wasn't until Isaiah was 

876
00:48:46,710 --> 00:48:50,070
perched from his sin that he was
able to clearly hear the voice 

877
00:48:50,070 --> 00:48:53,910
of God. 
Up to this point he saw many 

878
00:48:53,910 --> 00:48:56,190
things. 
He heard the seraphim, but it 

879
00:48:56,190 --> 00:48:59,150
wasn't until his lips were 
cleansed his sin was atone for 

880
00:48:59,350 --> 00:49:03,310
that he was able to have access 
to a nearness of God that wasn't

881
00:49:03,310 --> 00:49:05,270
available before. 
Do you see that sequence? 

882
00:49:06,790 --> 00:49:09,030
Your sin needs to be atone, for 
if you're going to come near, 

883
00:49:10,110 --> 00:49:12,870
your sin needs to be dealt with 
in order for you to come close. 

884
00:49:14,830 --> 00:49:16,910
Your sin needs to be dealt with 
in order for you to be brought 

885
00:49:16,950 --> 00:49:19,070
into the inner circle, so to 
speak. 

886
00:49:20,310 --> 00:49:22,190
Apart from that, you always be 
at a distance. 

887
00:49:23,030 --> 00:49:26,750
But through that something opens
up to us. 

888
00:49:28,030 --> 00:49:30,550
And now he is hearing the voice 
of his king. 

889
00:49:31,550 --> 00:49:33,430
He's hearing the voice of his 
God. 

890
00:49:34,790 --> 00:49:38,510
God becomes real when you are 
washed. 

891
00:49:39,110 --> 00:49:43,790
Isn't that true? 
Something is open up to a new 

892
00:49:43,790 --> 00:49:48,070
world, A new world? 
When you're born again, a new 

893
00:49:48,070 --> 00:49:53,120
world opens up to you, right? 
And the most important thing of 

894
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:57,720
that new world, as you are a new
person, is God, the newness of 

895
00:49:57,720 --> 00:49:59,000
God. 
Not with physical. 

896
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:00,520
I'm not talking about mysticism 
here. 

897
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:02,080
I'm talking about the eyes of 
your heart. 

898
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:05,480
I'm talking about the depth of 
your soul that comes alive. 

899
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,440
And the Lord now is not just a 
theological concept. 

900
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:13,080
He's a person to be known. 
And you realize his leading. 

901
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:14,760
You realize his plans and 
purposes. 

902
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,040
He unfolds for you what he wants
to do for you. 

903
00:50:17,580 --> 00:50:19,500
And that is the joy of our 
salvation. 

904
00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:22,300
Not just a ticket to get in at 
the gates, but to know him. 

905
00:50:22,300 --> 00:50:29,060
Now as I get there and I heard 
the voice of the Lord saying, 

906
00:50:29,060 --> 00:50:32,340
Whom shall I send and who will 
go for us? 

907
00:50:32,940 --> 00:50:35,900
This is the part that I love. 
Then I said, here I am, Send me.

908
00:50:36,060 --> 00:50:39,700
This guy's excited. 
This prophet is eager. 

909
00:50:39,700 --> 00:50:42,420
Do you know why? 
Do you know why I say that? 

910
00:50:42,660 --> 00:50:48,140
Because the job description 
wasn't given yet, right? 

911
00:50:48,660 --> 00:50:50,660
Whom shall I send and who will 
go for us? 

912
00:50:50,780 --> 00:50:51,620
Here. 
Sign me up. 

913
00:50:51,660 --> 00:50:54,260
I'm ready. 
Didn't even know what it is. 

914
00:50:56,180 --> 00:50:58,100
Do you know one of the signs 
that you've experienced? 

915
00:50:58,100 --> 00:51:00,020
The Lord is that you will serve 
him no matter what that looks 

916
00:51:00,020 --> 00:51:04,300
like, right. 
He didn't say. 

917
00:51:04,620 --> 00:51:06,900
Hey, Lord, I'm willing. 
But I really want to do this, 

918
00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:09,100
though. 
Do you have anything? 

919
00:51:09,620 --> 00:51:10,820
No. 
OK, that's not. 

920
00:51:10,820 --> 00:51:12,540
That's not what you're saying, 
Lord. 

921
00:51:12,660 --> 00:51:14,460
I'll serve you. 
But I want to serve you like 

922
00:51:14,460 --> 00:51:15,180
this. 
I want. 

923
00:51:15,340 --> 00:51:17,300
I want the pulpit. 
And then I'll serve you. 

924
00:51:17,620 --> 00:51:20,060
I want one of these microphones 
and then I'll serve you. 

925
00:51:20,660 --> 00:51:22,100
I'm ready. 
Let me know when you're ready. 

926
00:51:24,700 --> 00:51:26,620
I'm willing to serve you. 
But I want these gifts and I 

927
00:51:26,620 --> 00:51:28,100
want to be compensated for my 
gifts. 

928
00:51:28,100 --> 00:51:31,740
And I I like traveling, Lord. 
And so if I can get invited some

929
00:51:31,740 --> 00:51:35,620
places, that'd be really nice. 
So here I am sending none of 

930
00:51:35,620 --> 00:51:38,180
that. 
None of that rubbish. 

931
00:51:41,300 --> 00:51:44,140
Whom? 
Whom? 

932
00:51:45,100 --> 00:51:47,660
Where will they go? 
What it doesn't say. 

933
00:51:49,060 --> 00:51:54,020
Here I am, send me, and then the
job description comes, Here I 

934
00:51:54,020 --> 00:51:55,740
am, send me, and then the And 
here it is. 

935
00:51:56,020 --> 00:52:00,100
And he said, go and say to this,
people keep on hearing, but do 

936
00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:01,700
not understand. 
Keep on seeing, but do not 

937
00:52:01,700 --> 00:52:03,580
perceive. 
Make the heart of this people 

938
00:52:03,580 --> 00:52:07,100
dull and their ears heavy and 
blind their eyes lest they see 

939
00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:09,220
with their eyes and hear with 
their ears and understand what 

940
00:52:09,220 --> 00:52:10,700
their hearts and turn and be 
healed. 

941
00:52:12,330 --> 00:52:13,770
That's that's the job 
description. 

942
00:52:14,370 --> 00:52:16,930
When you preach, nobody's going 
to listen to you. 

943
00:52:18,410 --> 00:52:20,410
When you preach, people's hearts
are actually going to get 

944
00:52:20,410 --> 00:52:21,610
hardened. 
They're going to become more 

945
00:52:21,610 --> 00:52:25,610
blind and more deaf. 
Look at the natural response of 

946
00:52:25,610 --> 00:52:28,090
this prophet and verse 11. 
Then I said, how long, old Lord?

947
00:52:30,410 --> 00:52:33,130
How long, old Lord? 
Imagine that being a preacher 

948
00:52:33,130 --> 00:52:37,730
and nobody's going to answer. 
Respond to your messages and you

949
00:52:37,730 --> 00:52:39,970
said, until the city's lies 
waste without inhabitant and 

950
00:52:39,970 --> 00:52:42,170
houses without people, and the 
land is a desolate waste. 

951
00:52:42,370 --> 00:52:44,610
And he goes on to describe until
they're judged because they've 

952
00:52:44,610 --> 00:52:47,570
reached the point of of serious 
condemnation. 

953
00:52:49,290 --> 00:52:52,890
But the point I want to take 
from this is when you've seen 

954
00:52:52,890 --> 00:52:56,770
him and you experience his 
forgiveness, that's enough for 

955
00:52:56,770 --> 00:53:00,290
you to endure anything in this 
life, including a ministry that 

956
00:53:00,290 --> 00:53:03,650
doesn't seem to provide the 
reward that you thought it would

957
00:53:03,650 --> 00:53:06,490
bring. 
Because it's about him. 

958
00:53:07,550 --> 00:53:09,750
It's about the Lord. 
It's about knowing that he 

959
00:53:09,750 --> 00:53:12,550
called you and that he sent you 
and that you're pleasing him. 

960
00:53:12,750 --> 00:53:15,910
And that's enough motivation, 
even though you stand before 

961
00:53:15,910 --> 00:53:18,470
people that can't wait for you 
to finish talking. 

962
00:53:22,670 --> 00:53:24,310
Behold the glory of Jesus 
Christ. 

963
00:53:24,990 --> 00:53:27,310
Behold the man who experienced 
the glory of Jesus Christ and 

964
00:53:27,310 --> 00:53:30,190
was never the same. 
Behold the lessons of what 

965
00:53:30,190 --> 00:53:34,150
happens when we understand who 
King Jesus really is. 

966
00:53:34,790 --> 00:53:37,570
And I pray that after this 
weekend, you saw a glimpse of 

967
00:53:37,570 --> 00:53:40,650
how not only is he king, he's 
greater than any other king that

968
00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:44,610
you would walk here with a fresh
desire to crown him as Lord of 

969
00:53:44,610 --> 00:53:47,090
your life. 
And what a way to end this 

970
00:53:47,090 --> 00:53:48,850
conference. 
I don't want to be Christian is 

971
00:53:48,850 --> 00:53:49,690
here. 
I don't want it. 

972
00:53:49,690 --> 00:53:52,930
I don't want to be cliche. 
I don't want to be youth pumpy 

973
00:53:52,930 --> 00:53:54,810
here. 
OKI want to be real with you. 

974
00:53:54,930 --> 00:53:58,050
I want to be just straight. 
What a way to end this 

975
00:53:58,050 --> 00:54:03,170
conference to say, Lord, send me
thank you for this glorious 

976
00:54:03,170 --> 00:54:03,850
weekend. 
Thank you for. 

977
00:54:04,050 --> 00:54:05,810
But there's a job to be done out
there. 

978
00:54:07,210 --> 00:54:08,890
We're going to get this. 
What we're what we've done this 

979
00:54:08,890 --> 00:54:09,810
week. 
We're going to get it for all 

980
00:54:09,810 --> 00:54:11,890
the eternity. 
And yes, we need it from time to

981
00:54:11,890 --> 00:54:13,050
time to be refreshed in this 
life. 

982
00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:17,890
But there is a world out there 
that has no clue of the joy that

983
00:54:17,890 --> 00:54:22,330
you know, that has not 
encountered the holiness of God,

984
00:54:22,770 --> 00:54:26,090
that has not seen his throne and
has not understood the altar 

985
00:54:26,090 --> 00:54:29,370
with the coal signifying the 
cross that's able to restore 

986
00:54:29,370 --> 00:54:31,530
that they don't know, They don't
know. 

987
00:54:31,530 --> 00:54:34,290
And the people who claim to 
know, most of them don't know 

988
00:54:34,890 --> 00:54:38,170
either. 
And so I want us to end here in 

989
00:54:38,170 --> 00:54:42,330
a corporate expression of faith.
And God knows if it's on your 

990
00:54:42,330 --> 00:54:43,050
heart. 
God, I'm not. 

991
00:54:43,050 --> 00:54:45,730
I can't force you to do anything
but to genuinely say because 

992
00:54:45,730 --> 00:54:51,010
these moments should refresh us 
and reenergize and say, Lord, I 

993
00:54:51,010 --> 00:54:53,170
walked into this conference may 
be very discouraged about the 

994
00:54:53,170 --> 00:54:55,530
ministry that I'm in, not very 
excited about what I'm doing for

995
00:54:55,530 --> 00:54:56,930
you. 
But I saw this man who beheld 

996
00:54:56,930 --> 00:54:59,290
your glory and he said, here I 
am, send me though he didn't 

997
00:54:59,290 --> 00:55:02,370
know where he was going to go. 
I I, I want that kind of faith. 

998
00:55:03,890 --> 00:55:05,610
I want to go back to my local 
church, and wherever the need 

999
00:55:05,610 --> 00:55:07,890
is, I want to serve there. 
As long as you've called me 

1000
00:55:07,890 --> 00:55:11,210
there, I want to please you 
before I please myself or 

1001
00:55:11,210 --> 00:55:16,410
anybody else for that matter. 
And Lord, more than that, help 

1002
00:55:16,410 --> 00:55:20,930
me to keep my vineyard leaving 
this place that as I serve 

1003
00:55:20,930 --> 00:55:24,250
others and pour out into others.
I would not neglect my own soul.

1004
00:55:25,250 --> 00:55:28,970
Teach me the beautiful balance 
of personal Teach me to cover my

1005
00:55:28,970 --> 00:55:32,690
face and my feet while the other
two are helping me fly. 

1006
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:36,360
Teach me to keep you first my 
personal devotion before 

1007
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,920
anything else I do publicly, and
you will listen. 

1008
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:42,960
If you, by God's grace and 
wisdom, know how to establish 

1009
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:46,720
that principle, you will make it
to the end. 

1010
00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:50,040
Fruitful, full of life, full of 
SAP. 

1011
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:56,200
Lord, we ask that you help us at
the end of Maranatha 2023. 

1012
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,840
We give you honor and thanks 
that you've given us a glimpse 

1013
00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:02,740
of your glory. 
And thank you for inviting us in

1014
00:56:02,740 --> 00:56:06,220
your word. 
The absolute authority, 

1015
00:56:07,260 --> 00:56:13,860
infallible, perfect, all 
sufficient revelation of who you

1016
00:56:13,860 --> 00:56:17,300
are. 
Well, we pray that as we close, 

1017
00:56:17,300 --> 00:56:21,220
as we sing, as we eat, as we 
hug, as we cry, as we laugh, 

1018
00:56:22,300 --> 00:56:25,340
that our hearts would leave 
knowing that you've spoken to us

1019
00:56:25,340 --> 00:56:27,620
and that you have a purpose for 
every person here. 

1020
00:56:28,700 --> 00:56:32,190
So thank you, God, thank you 
that you have indeed redeemed 

1021
00:56:32,190 --> 00:56:33,390
us. 
Not just redeem this, but you've

1022
00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:36,590
called us to something. 
For this we are grateful. 

1023
00:56:37,310 --> 00:56:39,670
Thank you for not just this 
church, the different churches 

1024
00:56:39,670 --> 00:56:42,070
that are represented here. 
Thank you for this Conference 

1025
00:56:42,070 --> 00:56:45,310
Center for the years of hosting 
us to encounter the living 

1026
00:56:45,310 --> 00:56:48,910
Christ through the Word in your 
presence with God's people. 

1027
00:56:48,910 --> 00:56:51,230
Lord, if it is your will, bring 
us back again. 

1028
00:56:52,150 --> 00:56:56,750
Bring us back again with more 
stories, testimonies of what 

1029
00:56:56,750 --> 00:57:00,630
happened between 2023 and 2024. 
We are eager to see what you 

1030
00:57:00,630 --> 00:57:04,950
have, what is on your mind for 
us, in Jesus name we pray. 

1031
00:57:05,190 --> 00:57:05,750
Amen. 
Amen. 

1032
00:57:05,910 --> 00:57:07,750
Amen. 
Well, why don't we stand and 

1033
00:57:07,750 --> 00:57:18,790
worship the world? 
You know when you when you think

1034
00:57:18,790 --> 00:57:21,830
about there's so much in that 
Isaiah 6 passage and when you 

1035
00:57:21,830 --> 00:57:27,020
think about the Seraphim, how 
when the the King died and the 

1036
00:57:27,020 --> 00:57:30,740
people of God, the nation of God
was is in a difficult place. 

1037
00:57:31,100 --> 00:57:35,340
I love how the Seraphim though, 
despite what was happening in 

1038
00:57:35,340 --> 00:57:39,900
the world were worshiping. 
Their eyes are just focused on 

1039
00:57:39,980 --> 00:57:43,140
Jesus and they were worshiping 
despite what was happening. 

1040
00:57:43,540 --> 00:57:46,700
Holy, holy, Holy is the Lord of 
Aust, right? 

1041
00:57:47,500 --> 00:57:50,100
He will sustain you. 
Keep your eyes on it. 

1042
00:57:50,100 --> 00:57:53,710
He will keep you and I want an 
example set for us as the Saints

1043
00:57:53,710 --> 00:57:58,390
of God that despite anything, 
He's still worthy of our 

1044
00:57:58,390 --> 00:58:00,910
adoration and love. 
I don't know what's going to 

1045
00:58:00,910 --> 00:58:04,430
happen to you between now and 
next year, Lord willing will be 

1046
00:58:04,430 --> 00:58:07,390
back again. 
But never forget that He is 

1047
00:58:07,390 --> 00:58:10,190
worthy of your worship. 
Through it all. 

1048
00:58:10,750 --> 00:58:13,910
Through it all, even if he 
doesn't answer you right away, 

1049
00:58:15,070 --> 00:58:17,950
even if you're suffering or 
others around you are suffering 

1050
00:58:17,950 --> 00:58:20,950
like Isaiah experienced, He is 
worthy of your worship. 

1051
00:58:21,690 --> 00:58:25,530
If you are suffering now, 
consider the great privilege and

1052
00:58:25,530 --> 00:58:27,770
opportunity it is. 
It is a testimony for the Lord 

1053
00:58:27,770 --> 00:58:29,810
to heal you. 
It is a testimony for the Lord 

1054
00:58:29,810 --> 00:58:33,490
to strengthen you, to provide 
for you, to make a way to defeat

1055
00:58:33,490 --> 00:58:36,250
your enemies. 
That's all wonderful, and he can

1056
00:58:36,250 --> 00:58:37,490
and he can't be glorified in 
that. 

1057
00:58:37,930 --> 00:58:41,970
But you have an opportunity now 
to display the peace of the Lord

1058
00:58:43,570 --> 00:58:47,410
at all times and in every way. 
May you be a living testimony 

1059
00:58:47,690 --> 00:58:51,170
that our God is real and may 
empower us so that others would 

1060
00:58:51,170 --> 00:58:54,130
see that he is a king worthy to 
be served. 

1061
00:58:54,490 --> 00:58:57,570
Can we pray together? 
Yes again. 

1062
00:58:57,570 --> 00:59:03,570
Or thank you for this time. 
Thank you for a little sliver of

1063
00:59:03,570 --> 00:59:07,650
heaven on earth never ending. 
Praise the people of God. 

1064
00:59:09,650 --> 00:59:16,570
Fully redeemed, unable to 
disappoint one another with you 

1065
00:59:16,570 --> 00:59:20,910
forever and ever and ever. 
But we pray that until then, 

1066
00:59:20,910 --> 00:59:26,790
help us love you and honor you. 
We are standing, and we pray 

1067
00:59:26,790 --> 00:59:30,110
that as we continue to stand in 
our hearts, we would stand ready

1068
00:59:30,110 --> 00:59:34,270
to serve you wherever you tell 
us to go When we do fail, And if

1069
00:59:34,270 --> 00:59:39,870
we do fail, help us be like the 
serf and quick to restore, quick

1070
00:59:39,870 --> 00:59:43,190
to restore. 
A broken man, a broken sister. 

1071
00:59:44,510 --> 00:59:45,590
But we honor you. 
We love you. 

1072
00:59:47,300 --> 00:59:48,500
Be with us now as we travel 
home. 

1073
00:59:48,500 --> 00:59:52,020
Protect us. 
Surround us with your angels and

1074
00:59:52,020 --> 00:59:55,140
camp around us who fear you. 
Bring us home safely to our 

1075
00:59:55,140 --> 00:59:59,420
families and friends and give us
a fresh vigor for Monday, not 

1076
00:59:59,420 --> 01:00:00,860
just Monday, but for the rest of
the year. 

1077
01:00:01,980 --> 01:00:04,540
Rest of our lives to serve your 
purposes. 

1078
01:00:04,860 --> 01:00:07,740
In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen may be seated. 

1079
01:00:08,180 --> 01:00:16,340
Final instructions this year 
feels extra sad to end. 

1080
01:00:17,610 --> 01:00:17,690
The.