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Great to be together. 
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And we were just thankful just 
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of sickness and people have been
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certainly we care for them, we 
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better, but it's good to 
assemble this morning together 

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as gods family, to Give Him 
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Glory. 
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Kind of within this scene here 
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this morning with Isaiah and I 
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just to introduce our thoughts 
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here with Isaiah. 
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Isaiah chapter 6 In the year 
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Lord sitting on the throne high 
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his robe, filled the temple 
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Each one had six wings with two.
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covered his feet and with two he
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and said holy holy holy is the 
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The whole earth is full of his 
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And the post of the door were 
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cried out and the voice was 
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was filled with smoke. 
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I am undone because I have a man
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the midst of a people of unclean
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king, the Lord of hosts. 
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me having in his hand, a live 
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the tongs, from The Altar, and 
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And said, behold this has 
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is taken away and your sin 
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Also, I heard the voice of the 
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And who will go for us? 
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And we have just In this passage
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in the life of Isaiah. 
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He's called to be a prophet of 
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occasion. 
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Lord, he's there sitting on his 
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They're they're worshiping 
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glory of the Lord. 
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painted for us. 
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He's lifted up showing his 
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He's showing his reign. 
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higher than any other thing than
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They're they're proclaiming that
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glory and certainly it is And 
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happening when you go to the 
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chapter 5, but on a grander 
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innumerable host of angels that 
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In that particular scene that 
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Angels, gathered around. 
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honor. 
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be able to see seems like this 
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glimpse of what's beyond and how
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be with the Lord and to worship 
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Seeing the Majesty of the 
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here. 
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acknowledged I'm a nobody. 
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I am undone. 
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in the context as he standing 
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picture ourselves before the 
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really I'm worthy. 
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called his children. 
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because the sin in our lives 
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That causes us to put things in 
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But here in Isaiah, when you 
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these seraphim, one of these 
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touched his lips with the hot 
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your iniquity, your sins. 
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You've been forgiven? 
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confidence seeing that his sins 
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Considering himself, not to be 
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now forgiven, And having 
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Now, asking the question, whom 
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us? 
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He was ready, having the 
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had done for him. 
Singing, I'm going to go for you

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here. 
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I want to do. 
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I want to be sent forth. 
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Proclaim. 
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people. and, Maybe, I don't 
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Isaiah shoes there for a moment.
I mean, how would you respond 

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seeing what great thing that the
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excitement excitement that 
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To be able to go and be a 
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Maybe considering the 
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It's going to take the time that
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involved. so, you can have mixed
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Isaiah is willing to be sent. 
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being sent, I'm not really 
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foreign place. 
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Brethren to work in foreign 
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they do great work. 
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established churches are being 
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dedication of mana and families 
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to the people who are around you
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Is their fear is their 
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As Isaiah to be sent. 
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briefly this morning. 
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A few things that might hinder 
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attitude that Isaiah had within 
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Moses beat example of really 
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wanted him, he wanted him to, to
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So that is people could be set 
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So eager to do just that in fact
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speaking to Moses. 
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burning bush and God had this to
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Verse number 10, it says come. 
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send you to Pharaoh that you may
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Israel out of Egypt. 
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wanted for one and Moses to do 
our, he wasn't quite excited 

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about that because he responds 
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But Moses said to God, who am I?
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that I should bring the children
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feel worthy enough to fulfill 
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think he was the right man for 
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And when you look at Isaiah, 
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to be worthy or yet. 
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Lord, though, with Isaiah. 
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like that at times. 
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someone else who is perhaps more
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with others than maybe myself. 
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ourselves that we were never 
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wants us to do then, yes, we 
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the greatness of a savior who 
saved mankind, but God wants us 

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to tell of the truth of the 
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He wants us to tell of the good 
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And the reason why he wants us 
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He desires everybody to be 
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Everybody. 
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Moses gives to God and will 
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It says so he said I will 
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The Lord is assuring Moses. 
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with you when this happens when 
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this shall be a sign unto you 
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When you have brought the people
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On this mountain, the Moses said
to God indeed when I come to the

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children of Israel and say to 
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has sent me to you and they say 
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What shall I say to them? 
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from Moses that he wouldn't know
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he was afraid that he wouldn't 
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resisted I'll let you in on a 
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We don't know everything. 
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everything. 
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It is. 
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I say this all the time when at 
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people with their computer 
problems, some things I really 

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don't know. 
But Google is my friend and 

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Google will tell me. 
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you telling them, I don't know. 
Because you get back with an 

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answer but honesty plays an 
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you could take the same approach
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It, if they ask you a question 
regarding a belief, if they ask 

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you a question regarding maybe a
scripture, Or particular passage

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that you don't have the answer 
answer to it's okay to say well 

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I don't know but I'll tell you 
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Let me get back to you on this. 
Let me go home. 

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Let me study this and I'll get 
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are okay with that, in fact what
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sets up, another study with 
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discuss that maybe even more 
things could come up through the

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Bible study people, appreciate 
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can't know everything, we really
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Sometimes it does take studying 
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should never be afraid to be set
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to say or we might not have all 
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He used another excuse. 
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verses 10 through 12, then Moses
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not eloquent neither before 
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to your servant but I am slow of
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So the Lord said to him who has 
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who makes the mute the death, 
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I the Lord now therefore go and 
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teach you what you shall say. 
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gives here is that I am not 
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I am not a good presenter. 
I'm not going to be very 

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effective with pharaoh. 
I am really the not the right 

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guy for the job. 
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tongue-tied. 
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afraid we might forget what to 
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No one is perfect. 
And very few of us have just the

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right things to say. 
But I like what Paul wrote about

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this when he referred to 
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And this is in First Corinthians
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and I Brethren when I came to 
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Excellence of speech or of 
wisdom, declaring to you, the 

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testimony of God. 
What he says for, I determined 

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not to know anything. 
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and him crucified. and I think 
there's a key when Paul is 

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saying this to these Brethren 
here, he wasn't worried about 

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being an eloquent speaker among 
people or among the brethren All

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he was concerned about, was the 
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And that message was Jesus. 
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Focus. 
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just share, the good news about 
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scriptures. 
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About how good or not. 
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You are in relating information 
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The message is going to shine 
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It's about the message. 
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And lastly, Moses, he pleaded 
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In Exodus chapter 4 verse 13. 
But he said O My Lord please 

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send by the hand of whomever 
else you may soon and after all 

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the excuses that he gave God 
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just find somebody else. 
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it. 
He was convinced, he was not the

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man for the job. 
But we can look at what Moses 

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did before the Lord and say, 
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Let's not give those types of 
excuses when it comes to our own

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individual responsibilities. 
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proclaiming it. 
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convince ourselves that were not
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person to do just that let 
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or said these things to him. 
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in verse number 14, it tells us 
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offering all these excuses for 
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God was mad. 
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us. 
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disappointed at us because we 
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do it and not tuck to take on 
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So, after seeing really what not
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to take a look back and Isaiah 
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him to be so willing to answer 
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You know, when you consider how 
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first being unworthy to be 
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It is remarkable as to why 
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messenger of God. 
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on Isaiah's part to the event 
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been taken away and his iniquity
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He had that realization of what 
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was willing then to devote his 
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the mercy. 
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had been shown to him by the 
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Isaiah. 
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Messiah Jesus himself came to 
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who was free from sin, he died 
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was resurrected from the dead on
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And we find that the reason why 
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went through all these things. 
Was for me. 

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It was for you. 
It was for the whole world. 

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To have their sins washed away. 
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his love and mercy and Grace 
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And I know, you know that But to
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you and it put it forth into 
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it as Isaiah was excited about 
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that he had received to be 
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us to have that same Drive, the 
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That prompts us to obey the 
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the Lord is what happened with 
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He had been forgiven want to be 
that servant I love what what 

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what David wrote regarding Psalm
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through 15 here. and it really, 
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heart when he writes these 
Psalms because we relate, We can

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relate in one way or another, no
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This, his Psalms create a me, a 
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A steadfast Spirit within me. 
He says, do not cast me away 

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from your presence and do not 
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Restore to me the joy of your 
salvation and uphold me by your 

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generous Spirits. 
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Then I will teach crimes a 
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Your ways and sinners shall be 
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the guilt of Bloodshed. 
Oh God, the god of my salvation.

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And my tongue shall sing aloud 
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O Lord. 
Open my lips and my mouth shall 

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show forth. 
Your praise. 

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As David wrote, here we are to 
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are willing to be sent in order 
that those who are lost, might 

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hear the saving message of the 
cross for again, he says here, I

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will teach transgressors your 
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converted to you. 
And that's a great great 

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opportunity for everyone of us 
to do that, we have a chance to 

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let others know that Jesus died 
for them, so that their sins 

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would be forgiven. 
And as our sins had been for 

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have been forgiven, they could 
be saved as Jesus has given us 

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that opportunity to be saved in 
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And so, having this realization 
now, I know we've heard it over 

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and over and over about the 
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The good news of Jesus Christ, 
how great the Lord is that he is

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able to save us that he even 
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Having understood that compared 
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we would be without him having 
that drive. 

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Now, that Zeal, that Isaiah had 
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Messengers. 
You know, you had the apostles. 

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You read what they went through 
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Those people knew what I meant 
to be saved. 

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Those people knew. 
Of the cost. 

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But they were so thankful for 
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and it drove them to many 
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Persecutions. 
Many threats. 

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To not preach that message. 
They still proclaimed it though.

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They still proclaim the message 
of the Cross because to them it 

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was a joy. 
To them. 

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It was a blessing to them. 
Was it was a privilege. and the 

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scripture says, They did it. 
They found this blessing to be 

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found worthy to save others 
because of the truth of the 

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Gospel. 
Telling others about the saving 

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power of Jesus and it really 
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It should not be difficult to 
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But to counter the blessing and 
a privilege that. 

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For one thing, we ourselves have
been saved but also others can 

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receive that same grace and 
mercy that God has shown So 

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Isaiah he was ready. 
Isaiah was willing to proclaim 

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the Commandments of the Lord, 
the apostles, they devoted their

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lives to saving souls and in 
retrospect to all those who have

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dedicated their lives to Towing 
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Jesus, we should be a people to 
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And to stand up for the truth 
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There's an old song that we have
sung through the years. 

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I love to tell the story. 
It will be my theme in glory to 

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tell the old old story of Jesus 
and his love. 

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Is that your attitude? 
Is that your drive? 

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To love to tell the story. 
It should be, if it's not we're 

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in a new year. 
New year, brings new resolutions

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new goals, for people. 
If you're one of those 

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individuals that sets goals or 
seds resolutions, perhaps, this 

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could be one of them if maybe, 
or maybe the strengthen it, or 

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maybe if you haven't done so 
resolved to do that, Resolve to 

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do that. 
Precious Souls need to know the 

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truth. 
We needed to know it and we've 

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been saved by it. 
Why not share it, why not? 

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And so let us always have the 
drive. 

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Always have the attitude of 
here. 

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Am I send me? 
Send me. 

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And I hope that through our 
study this morning. 

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That maybe maybe renew a spirit 
within you. 

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Maybe challenge you, whatever it
is. 

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I hope that you've been edified 
through the teaching of the word

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this morning and that God has 
been glorified through our 

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teaching as well with the study 
of his word. 

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