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Pray with me. Father, every time we open your

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Word, there is the potential for fellowship,

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worship, conviction, reproof, wisdom. power.

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Your word is a lamp unto our feet and a light

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unto our path. Every word of it is pure, our

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shield, as we trust in you. Your word is quick

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and powerful, sharper than any two -edged sword.

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not only able but eager to divide asunder soul

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and spirit and We are gathered in your midst

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tonight for the work of your spirit in our heart

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according to your word To the honor of your son

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who has shed his precious blood on our behalf

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so that we might not only come before you but

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come boldly This is humbling, but it is true

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We thank you that you have left us here to complete

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and fill up the sufferings of the body. This

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is a mystery to us. We know how perfect and sufficient

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your suffering was and yet as your body there

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are pains and trials and difficulties yet to

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bear. We pray for your strength and grace because

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we have nothing to bring to you but our weakness.

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But we will boast in that so that the power of

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God might rest upon us. Lord, knit our hearts

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together in love. Teach us what love is and help

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us to apply it. May we come away from our fellowship

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tonight, changed more into the image of your

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Son. Every time we're together with your Word

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before us, that is not only your desire but a

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distinct promise for us. So we present ourselves

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before you as living sacrifices such as they

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are. Strengthen us by might according to your

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spirit in the inner man. We pray in Christ's

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name, amen. Turn with me to Hebrews chapter 12.

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on the hills of this great litany of inexplicably

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devoted disciples of whom the writer to the Hebrews

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says the world was not worthy. He then goes on

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to say, since we are surrounded by so great a

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cloud of witnesses. I'm gonna end up in Isaiah

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chapter 6 tonight. Don't turn there yet, but

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Much like Peter's death There's a you know Peter

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Jesus told Peter How he would die and good early

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church father Christian resources tell us that

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Peter was crucified upside down. That's not a

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canonical historical fact, but the evidence is

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pretty good. I wouldn't bet much of my eternal

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reward on it, but it probably happened that way.

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The same thing is true of Isaiah. A Hebrew tradition

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has it that during the time of Manasseh, Isaiah

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was sawn in two. That's one of the references

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of being sawn asunder. Hebrews chapter 11 is

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referring at least to Isaiah, and here's the

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kicker. Check this out, Danny. He was sawn in

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two with a wooden saw. Slowly. The world was

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not worthy. Of whom the world was not worthy.

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And I don't think it's wrong to give honor to

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saints that pay that ultimate price. And those

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are the kinds of people that we revere and have

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a proper obligation to live our lives in such

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a way that whatever the Lord calls upon us to

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lay down, based on what has been laid down for

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us, we gladly offer that. That's that verse.

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Therefore, since we're surrounded by so great

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a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside some of

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the weights that slow us down. Every weight and

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every sin which clings so closely. And let us

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run with endurance the race that is set before

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us. You're running uphill. You're swimming upstream.

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You're trudging on in quicksand. and the biblical

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admonishment and privileges to endure and be

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patient. Patience when it has its perfect work,

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right? Therefore, being justified by faith, we

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have peace with God. Looking unto Jesus. the

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Founder and Perfecter of our faith. Every Old

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Testament Saint looked forward to the certainty

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of Christ's coming and salvation and every one

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of us since then looked back on the perfect sacrifice

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of Christ. He perfected our faith. I love this

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last part of this paragraph. it says who for

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the joy that was set before him enduring the

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cross despising the shame didn't like the mocking

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the scourging the stripes the dishonor of the

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method of the most humiliating form of crucifixion

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that has ever been derived by the cruel heart

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of man he didn't like it but i think even more

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so and i think this is all review for you guys

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but I think what he hated the most was he had

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to become sin he who knew no sin became sin so

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that we might be made the righteousness of God

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and in him and the only thing you do is repeat

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that because the Bible says it that's beyond

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our comprehension Think that when the Bible says

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that Jesus was tempted in every way just like

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we are yet without sin I don't think temptation

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has any teeth without it being temptation and

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he said no It is written Endurance endurance

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may be the prominent subtext of sanctification

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Because when you're first saved like Rick was

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talking about and singing that hymn and the newness

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and the freshness of having been forgiven and

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that weight of sin being taken off of your back.

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And then 20 and 30 and 40 years down the road,

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you still got to get up the next day and do the

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second thing. It can be a grind. The beauty of

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spiritual discipline and presenting yourself

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to the Lord every day in prayer and devotion

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is that... He becomes that living sufficiency

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to you in that grind, in that long stream up

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to spawn like the great northwest salmon, trout,

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and all those fish. And I think it's encouraging

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for us to get together and acknowledge, hey,

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you know, my grandfather, he died in his early

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80s. My grandmother died in her late 90s so that

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she had a long... I mean, they were old age together,

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and then he died in his 80s, and she lived on

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up almost to 100. And when they were, last time

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I saw him, I may have mentioned this to y 'all

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or not, but it's worth repeating in this context.

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He reached his hand up off the gurney, they were

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wheeling him in, who knows what they were gonna

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do next. And he was this gracious southern gentleman,

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just perfect manners. I mean, just a refined,

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country, southern gentleman. He took my hand

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and he squeezed it and he said, Brucey. I said,

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what, granddaddy? We never called him grandpa

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or papa or anything. It was granddaddy, granddaddy

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coach. I said, what, granddaddy? He said, I want

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to tell you. He said, life is hard. Even when

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it's easy, it's hard. Never forgot that because

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what he was saying to me was the grind of his

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faith You know it ebbs and flows and difficulty

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not so difficult and everything in between But

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the next day you're still swimming upstream.

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You have to get in that and plow forward You

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have to power plow a straight furrow and that

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takes that takes endurance You know the farmer

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waits for the cross, but he sows he waits. He

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it's just All of life is this constant challenge

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of, you know, the highs are great, but it's the

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consistent path that wins glory. So in the next

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few minutes, I'm going to give you some keys

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according to Isaiah. and what is right now at

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this time my favorite chapter in the Bible. You

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know my favorite chapter in the Bible is always

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the one I'm presently studying. Turn with me

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to Isaiah 6. Now that we have the exhortation

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of the anonymous writer to the Hebrews telling

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us that we're swimming upstream, plowing a long

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furrow, right? And endurance is the key. Let's

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grab from this magnificent passage a few absolutely

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essential truths to sanctification. I did this

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message this morning at our church and Danny,

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here was my title. Sanctification for dummies.

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That's what I need. Keep it simple, stupid. I

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need that. Give me something I can remember.

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Give me something I can hang on to. Don't complicate

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it too much with fancy stuff. In the year that

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King Uzziah died, you know, King Uzziah also

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is known by another name, Azariah, and Azariah

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was contemporary of Uzziah's in the priesthood

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and I've often wondered if and the way Uzziah's

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life ends I've often wondered if the distinction

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was made to call Uzziah by however this name

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was derived just to keep those two clear because

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they were both very prominent I don't know if

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that's the case or not but this is a big year

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in Isaiah's life and in the life of the Southern

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Kingdom of Judah, Uzziah was 16 years old when

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he came to the throne. Imagine that. Think of

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the most prominent 16 -year -old in your life.

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Think of that right now. Put that person, that

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16, 15, 16 -year -old teenager, put that person

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in your mind and then give them all the responsibility

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of the kingdom. But Uzziah... proved to be a

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seeker of the true and living God and he saw

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God and He followed God and he did what was right

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in the eyes of the Lord But what is the one it's

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very similar to Solomon's life What's the one

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thing that you'll remember about Uzziah that

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was similar to Solomon? Old Testament students

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Here's the way I put that remember my keep it

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simple he didn't finish well he didn't he lit

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he was he was 16 I think 50 something years on

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the throne finished 52 years on the throne finished

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up in his late 60s and The he's he's about Uzziah,

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please bear with me. It's good. This is going

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somewhere He's about halfway between the line

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of the kings in the southern kingdom. He's about

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halfway down. If you start with Rehoboam, and

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you get all the way to Jehoiakim and the last

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couple of kings, he's about right there in the

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middle. And really, the kingdom prospered under

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his hand. He was like a mechanical genius. They

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made all kinds of probably weaponry that we wouldn't

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even believe could have existed in that time.

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I think it's the ESV uses the words. He helped

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the inventors promote all of this particular

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machinery. He was a great agriculturist. He loved

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the soil and the kingdom really became famous,

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almost like in Solomon's time during his reign.

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And then as you said, toward the end, he assumed

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the mantle of the priesthood and he went in to

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the temple and the priest would have nothing

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to do with it. They said, you can't do that.

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This is not your place. Your authority does not

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extend to this role and function. And then while

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they were admonishing him, leprosy, and this

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is ironic, and I'm not saying this is a humorous

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thing, but because he got the big head, that's

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exactly where the leprosy popped up. He got this

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leprosy on immediately. They didn't have to tell

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him to leave the temple. He got out of there

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as fast as he could. He was banished from the

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kingdom and his son had to run things for him

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because he lived in isolation until he died.

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He didn't finish well. That's an admonishment.

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Back to our theme in Hebrews, endurance and patience

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are not endurance and patience until they get

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to the end. You have to see the biblical exhortation

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to not only start well, not only run well, but

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finish well. Key to sanctification. Really, it's

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an important key. And Isaiah, I've often thought

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about Isaiah in this particular. There were several

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other prophets that were contemporary in this

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time, but I've thought about Isaiah... because

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of what happens and what is said after this.

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I've thought about him sitting there and grieving

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and mourning over the idolatry, over the high

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places not being taken away, over the mixed muddy

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situation of spirituality in the land and how

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it must have grieved him. And, you know, certainly

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in the godly frame of mind of praying and hoping

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for, you know, the work of God. But when Isaiah

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sees the Lord, all of that judgment, and all

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of that perspective completely dissipates. He

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sees God on his throne, the train of his rope,

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filling the temple, the smoke and the cherubim

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and the seraphim, and he sees God high and exalted,

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and the cherubim crying, holy, holy, holy, holy,

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holy. Whatever perspective on the nation he had,

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here's the point. Sanctification. You're not

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going to grow until you see God, and you're not

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going to grow until you see God, and when you

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see God, you're going to see yourself. That's

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the track of sanctification. It is this constant

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need of having an accurate and clear perspective

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on reality. The politics around us, the cultural

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apathy around us, the lukewarmness of the church

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around us. We have no ability to affect those

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things. Those things are under the purview and

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hand of a sovereign God. We can bear the possibility

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of being used to effect change in that situation,

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but change starts with us. It is going before

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God and getting a clear view of God's sovereignty,

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God's holiness, God's wisdom. And you don't get

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that in your own head. You get that through the

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Word. under the inspiration of the Spirit. And

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that's what happened. And remember this also,

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it's not like Isaiah decided, hey, you know what?

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I need a clearer picture of God. So I'm going

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to go up and take a look around in heaven and

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see how things work up there. No, God had to

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come down and visit him and grace him with this

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vision. Isaiah was chosen to see what he... None

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of us can go up to heaven to see what he saw.

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None of us can go up to heaven and bring this

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down for ourselves. It is a matter of mercy and

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grace for God to uncover himself for us so that

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we can have a proper view. But I'll guarantee

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you, if we were privy to such an experience,

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our whole perspective... on what's going on around

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us and what's going on in our church and what's

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going on in our hearts. It would change, but

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it shows, because it would change so dramatically

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and drastically, it shows how desperately we

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need that clarity. So the first key of sanctification

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is you need a realistic view of who God is. And

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that only comes through the Word. I saw the Lord.

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Sitting upon a throne. What is a throne? A throne

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is sovereignty, authority, high, sovereign, lifted

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up, exalted, glorious. The train of his robe

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filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim.

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Each had six wings, with two he covered his face,

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with two he covered his feet, and with two he

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flew. Remember this? There's no sin in the cherubim

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and the seraphim. They're absolutely un... They're

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innocent. They're completely unadulterated and

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unaffected by the curse and the fall. And yet,

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there's this humility of being robed and covering

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themselves because of the bright, burning reality

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of God's presence. When people see God in the

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Old Testament, they never shout hallelujah. They

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always fall down on their face. They always,

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even right up to the end in Revelation. No, stand

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on your feet. I'm just bearing the shower of

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him and I'm just like you. Get up! The fear of

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God is the beginning of wisdom. That's a key

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to sanctification. The fear of God is... If you

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don't fear God, you don't know God. If you don't

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fear Him, you can't know Him because He is inexplicably

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holy and overwhelming. They called to one another,

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holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth

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is filled with his glory. Did you notice this?

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This is so great. Here's this glorious picture

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in heaven of the bright, shining, burning holiness

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and glory of God, his sovereignty. But the paragraph

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finishes with, the whole earth is filled with

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his glory. Did you ever notice that? It shifts.

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from this picture of glory in heaven to the picture

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of glory on the earth. And it's this transitional

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moment in the paragraph because the bottom line

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is we can kind of get a sense of God's glory

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in creation and revelation in creation but the

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manifestation of His glory in the earth is largely

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veiled to us because of our sinfulness. When

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Isaiah sees the actual glory of God, his eyes

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are open to the glory around him much like Jonathan's

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armor -bearer when they were in that battle and

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he was afraid and scared about the battle itself

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and he was told open his eyes so that he can

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actually see. The whole earth is filled with

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His glory. There's principalities and powers

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and spiritual forces in heavenly places and things

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that we can't even imagine around us, right now,

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in us, right now. It's veiled to us and the only

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hope we have of gaining a more proper view of

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it is a clear vision of God. We need the reality

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of perspective. When we get that then the next

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thing comes Foundation of threshold shook at

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the voice of him who called him the house was

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filled with smoke and I said Thank you for bringing

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me up here to see all of this God. This is great,

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man No, he said whoa Whoa is me Whoa is me for

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I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the

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midst of a people of unclean lips. I am undone.

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That Hebrew word is dama, and it means I'm finished.

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I'm ruined. I'm lost. Basically in modern terms,

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there is no chance for me. I have no chance here.

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I'm finished. My eyes have seen the glory of

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the Lord, and I will not make it through this.

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I'm undone. But if you see that, that vision

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of God produces... And both are equally important.

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It is as important to see God as it is... It

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is as important to see yourself as it is to see

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God. Because until you see yourself as you truly

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are, you will not be committed to the path of

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sanctification that is before you. You will grumble

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and gripe about your circumstances. You will

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be distracted by worldliness. You will prioritize

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things that you need to deprioritize. And you'll

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deprioritize things you need to prioritize because

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you don't really know how desperately in need

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you are. You become self -sufficient. You become

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independent. You become autonomous. You don't

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need anybody. Much less the God of heaven himself

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until you see him for who he truly is you cannot

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see yourself and both are equally important Equally

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important in sanctification Reality and ruin

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is how I Put that To be properly sanctified you

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need To see reality to be properly sanctified.

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You need to know the ruin that that reality produces

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When you're ruined and you have no chance and

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you're lost and undone and remember this is not

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a passage about Salvation this is a passage about

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sanctification Isaiah is one of the most godly

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people in the land and The one that here's one

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of the most godly people who ever walked the

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planet apart from Christ He's the Old Testament

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Paul, basically. Isaiah is quoted more in the

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New Testament than anybody else. A lot of stuff

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that we hear as New Testament theology came from

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Isaiah. His view of himself is, I'm ruined. That's

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humility. And we're so angry about people who

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don't agree with us, and we're so angry about

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the way things are going in culture, and we're

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so mad about people who are so stupid. And all

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that does is just obfuscates what we really are.

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Wretched, rotten, undone, ruined, undeserving

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sinners. If you let go of that for a minute,

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you're going to dishonor Christ in your life

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tomorrow. When you go in front of unbelievers

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or people who say they know the Lord, if you

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have a judgmental, hypocritical, uppity, I've

00:26:03.869 --> 00:26:07.829
got it figured out attitude, that makes people

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nauseated. And that's not wrong. They should

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be. Because that, what did Jesus say? Come unto

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me and learn of me, I am what? Meek, lowly, and

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you'll find rest for your soul. Pride is the

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enemy of all things fruitful. And that's the

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irony of this happening in Uzziah's. That was

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his downfall. It's sort of a guess, but I think

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somewhere in Isaiah's sanctification he needed

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this vision of God because he was probably pretty

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discouraged about how things were going around

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him. And the basic answer is, don't worry about

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that, man. I got it. You follow me. Same words

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to the disciples. I got that. That's not your

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concern. You know what he also said? I'm on a

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political bomb because it's the current thing.

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Here's what he said. If my kingdom were of this

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world, my servants would have fought for it.

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That's rhetorical. What that means is you are

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not to be fighting and wrangling about the success

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or failure of this world. I'm not fighting for

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that. I'm fighting for you. I'm fighting for

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your sanctification. I'm fighting for your devotion.

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Am I saying don't care about it? Don't vote?

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No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying if it dominates

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your conversation and your thought life, you're

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fighting for this world. Don't do that! Stop!

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It's not biblical. It's not a biblical priority.

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A more correct political system is not what Christianity

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is. It's just not. And if there's ever been a...

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Culture in the church age that needed to hear

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that, it's this one. So really what a lot of

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:21.000
that's about is anxiety. We fear that our comfy

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little society is going to be shaken out of our

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:31.660
comfort zone. But basically the Lord says, Isaiah,

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look up here. Focus here. And now, here's that

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mirror. This is... Isaiah wasn't being pretentious

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and like, I'm going to be so godly I'm going

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to tell you what a bad sinner I am. These are

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:55.640
honest sentiments here. Woe is me! Road of sanctification.

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Reality. Ruin. Sanctification for dummies. Then

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:07.440
one of the seraphim flew to me having in his

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hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs

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from the altar." Now I want you to notice this.

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I want you to notice this. The coal comes from

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the altar which signifies everything we know

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to be true about Christ and all that the Old

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:30.069
Testament prefigures. That's accurate. but notice

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that the angel picks up the coal with tongs and

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He touches it to the skin of Isaiah He picked

00:29:40.509 --> 00:29:42.769
that up if he didn't have to pick that up. He's

00:29:42.769 --> 00:29:45.930
not picking that up. He picked it up with tongs

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He picked it up with tongs and he burned and

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singed and Cleansed the lips of Isaiah from with

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that coal off the altar And basically, what is

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:04.500
that? All of that woe, all of that wretchedness,

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.619
all of that rottenness, all of that depravity

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:12.720
that was in Isaiah. Isaiah, he's not immune or

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:17.640
excused from the progeny of Adam. He needed that

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:21.880
cleansing and he got it thoroughly. And let me

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tell you, if you felt what he felt, it would

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:29.059
not have been pleasant. It hurt. It didn't hurt

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:32.099
as much as becoming sin so that we might be made

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:35.519
the righteousness of God in Him, but our death

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:38.779
in Christ and our daily cross with Him is not

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:44.660
designed to be pain -free. There's a pain and

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a price that goes with a devoted, sanctified

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:54.769
life. And if you avert that, shy away from that,

00:30:54.910 --> 00:30:58.769
do everything you can to the point of even spiritual

00:30:58.769 --> 00:31:02.150
apostasy to avoid that, you're not being sanctified.

00:31:02.170 --> 00:31:04.609
You're just stuck right where you are. And if

00:31:04.609 --> 00:31:06.930
that persists with any length of time, you need

00:31:06.930 --> 00:31:12.529
to examine your salvation. A truly devoted, honest

00:31:12.529 --> 00:31:17.150
to goodness Christian carries the cross. And

00:31:17.150 --> 00:31:20.049
the cross is painful. Cleansing is painful. But

00:31:20.049 --> 00:31:23.150
you have what? Reality, ruin, and relief. You

00:31:23.150 --> 00:31:25.069
have the relief and the promise of forgiveness.

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If you confess your sin, he's faithful and just

00:31:27.390 --> 00:31:29.230
to forgive you of your sin. If you say you have

00:31:29.230 --> 00:31:31.190
no sin, you're a liar and the truth is not in

00:31:31.190 --> 00:31:35.430
you, but you have to make the move to come and

00:31:35.430 --> 00:31:41.950
get that cleansing. The invitation is there.

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What you going to do? Relief. He touched my mouth

00:31:52.730 --> 00:31:57.170
and said behold this has touched your lips Listen

00:31:57.170 --> 00:31:59.089
this listen this statement you ever read it closely

00:31:59.089 --> 00:32:04.170
your guilt is taken away Isaiah came up there

00:32:04.170 --> 00:32:08.809
with some He had some guilt somewhere. I don't

00:32:08.809 --> 00:32:11.829
know if it was maybe a judgmental attitude toward

00:32:11.829 --> 00:32:14.990
Uzziah or how could we let these things get like

00:32:14.990 --> 00:32:17.210
this, some kind of prideful attitude, placing

00:32:17.210 --> 00:32:21.670
more emphasis on the secular political development

00:32:21.670 --> 00:32:24.009
of the nation and the reputation of the nation.

00:32:24.789 --> 00:32:27.309
I don't know what was going on, but there was

00:32:27.309 --> 00:32:33.430
some guilt there that needed to be removed. And

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I promise you this, my beloved, people. If that

00:32:37.650 --> 00:32:41.109
was true for Isaiah, that's true for every one

00:32:41.109 --> 00:32:46.269
of us. We got some work to do. You got some splaining

00:32:46.269 --> 00:32:51.849
to do, Lucy, right? We got some work to do. We

00:32:51.849 --> 00:32:55.089
have the privilege of a fully complete sufficient

00:32:55.089 --> 00:32:58.369
sacrifice and this blood that we so zealously

00:32:58.369 --> 00:33:02.789
sang of... And, Lord forbid it, fall to the ground

00:33:02.789 --> 00:33:05.029
like a common thing in our life and we don't

00:33:05.029 --> 00:33:08.670
avail ourselves and appraise that blood properly

00:33:08.670 --> 00:33:12.130
for what it afforded us by way of getting rid

00:33:12.130 --> 00:33:14.609
of our guilt. You don't get rid of all your guilt

00:33:14.609 --> 00:33:18.470
when you come to Christ the first time. You don't.

00:33:19.049 --> 00:33:21.529
Because you... Christ died for all you were at

00:33:21.529 --> 00:33:24.250
that moment, all you were before you got there,

00:33:24.490 --> 00:33:27.009
and all you will do knowing that, knowing all

00:33:27.009 --> 00:33:29.150
the wretched rotten things you would do after

00:33:29.150 --> 00:33:31.950
you became a believer, and he spilled that blood

00:33:31.950 --> 00:33:37.630
to the last drop. You're not going to honor that

00:33:37.630 --> 00:33:44.190
by holding on to some coddling, some sin in your

00:33:44.190 --> 00:33:47.069
life? That's sanctification. And here's what

00:33:47.069 --> 00:33:51.450
I said this morning. You know what that is. You

00:33:51.450 --> 00:33:53.890
know what that sin that so easily besets you

00:33:53.890 --> 00:33:57.470
is. You know the apathy or the laziness or the

00:33:57.470 --> 00:33:59.349
rebellion with which you have approached it.

00:33:59.450 --> 00:34:02.049
You know exactly what it is. It's never complicated.

00:34:02.230 --> 00:34:04.970
It's right there. Whether it be lust or greed

00:34:04.970 --> 00:34:09.309
or covetousness or self -indulgence or whatever

00:34:09.309 --> 00:34:12.250
the case, whatever it is, you know exactly what

00:34:12.250 --> 00:34:18.630
it is that needs that singeing coal. From the

00:34:18.630 --> 00:34:22.989
altar of Christ go do that take care of that

00:34:22.989 --> 00:34:35.070
tonight honestly Reality ruin relief road sanctification

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Running your race lots of ours. I had ours all

00:34:40.469 --> 00:34:51.690
over the place By the way, Uzziah's leprosy is,

00:34:51.949 --> 00:34:55.510
side note, the most humiliating condition that

00:34:55.510 --> 00:34:59.989
a person could have in that time. His pride was

00:34:59.989 --> 00:35:03.530
met with, and so that is a warning, isn't it?

00:35:03.530 --> 00:35:06.650
It is. It's a warning that his pride was met

00:35:06.650 --> 00:35:10.869
with the perfect instrument of humility. I imagine

00:35:10.869 --> 00:35:15.019
he had some serious repentance. in that isolated

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:18.960
house that he lived in until he died. I'm pretty

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:20.739
confident, I feel pretty good about the fact

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:23.139
that he probably got things right over there.

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:27.179
Because he really, truly sought the Lord up until

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:32.280
he got a swelled head. And the Lord finished

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:37.619
the job. I don't want to have run a race and

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:43.000
get to the end. And I remember this. back in

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.639
the 70s. You know, most of y 'all are around

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:47.780
my age. You remember how big the Olympics used

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:50.860
to be? And I mean, it was like this. It was a

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:53.019
big thing on TV, and you look forward to it,

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.900
and it kind of took forever to come around again.

00:35:55.280 --> 00:36:01.880
I remember this distance runner, this girl from...

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I think she was from South America, maybe Australia,

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:08.860
but anyway. The last leg, you come in the stadium

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:11.059
from the road race, and you're... And I mean,

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:16.659
man, she was wobbling. She was like, I mean,

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:20.099
beaten down. And I think, I don't think she was

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:22.099
winning or maybe she was winning or whatever

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:24.760
the case may be. She got out in front. And I

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:28.159
mean, she just, I mean, you need to go, I'll

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.739
tell you her name later, but you go back and

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:32.880
look it up. It's just awful. And she's just not

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:36.099
going to quit. And literally her body gave out

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:38.980
and the runners behind her. Helped her picked

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:41.219
her up and got her across. She wasn't quitting

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:47.039
She was not quitting It was inspiring even as

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.920
a young child. I remember thinking man. This

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.900
is I don't know if I was a teenager or what but

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:56.880
it's just just the tenaciousness of finishing

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and Doing that for a trophy or a medal finish

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:07.710
well right finish finish well We're all getting

00:37:07.710 --> 00:37:11.409
old. We're all gonna die. That's no big news,

00:37:11.690 --> 00:37:23.869
Flash. Finish well. Reality ruined relief. Readiness.

00:37:25.389 --> 00:37:31.389
Readiness. Then I heard a voice say, it's not

00:37:31.389 --> 00:37:34.480
until you see the Lord, you see yourself, You

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:36.739
get forgiveness in your sanctification that you're

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:39.719
ready to move on to any kind of ministry. Your

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:43.420
ministry is a shell and a hypocritical hollow

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:46.380
clanging symbol or whatever you want to say until

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:48.760
you have to follow the prescription as it is

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:50.380
given. If you want to honor Christ with your

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:52.719
life, you need to see God for who he is and see

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:55.380
God for who you are. You need to get forgiven

00:37:55.380 --> 00:38:00.239
for what's there. Then you're ready to be used.

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:04.679
That's what happens next. Whom shall I send?

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:07.280
We all know that verse. And we always say, here

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:09.599
I am, send me, Lord. But we forget the first

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:11.659
verses and all the stuff that comes before this

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:14.340
to where he could get to this point where he

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:17.099
was eager. Now, man, when guilt gets taken off

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:20.440
of you, you get really excited. You really do.

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:23.280
I mean, there's nothing like being free from

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:27.019
something that has bound you up. And you're ready

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:28.920
to go. You almost feel like you just got saved

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:33.000
all over again. Because when you're in the midst

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:35.119
of apathy and sin, you feel like you're lost,

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:38.320
don't you? I mean, when you willfully, when you

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:40.139
say something or do something or get involved

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:42.300
in something and you're in slander and criticism

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:45.719
or whatever the case may be, you feel like an

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:48.039
unbeliever and you're supposed to feel like that.

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:51.119
But man, when that guilt's lifted, you're like,

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:54.760
Lord, let's go. What was I thinking? And that's

00:38:54.760 --> 00:39:06.789
what, he's eager here. Here I am. Send me. And

00:39:06.789 --> 00:39:12.570
he said, go. OK, go. Now, Isaiah, when you go

00:39:12.570 --> 00:39:14.969
out there and preach, the stadiums are going

00:39:14.969 --> 00:39:17.809
to be filled. People are going to fall all over

00:39:17.809 --> 00:39:20.190
themselves coming down to the altar to give their

00:39:20.190 --> 00:39:24.010
life to Jesus. And your name is going to go down.

00:39:24.409 --> 00:39:28.150
They don't mention the wooden saw. You are going

00:39:28.150 --> 00:39:30.210
to be like them. You're going to sell zillions

00:39:30.210 --> 00:39:36.619
of books. No. Every step is going to be like

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:39.099
taking a step backwards. You're going to say,

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:43.000
he says, tell them to keep on listening, but

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:46.840
not to hear. Tell them to keep on seeing, but

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:50.780
not to see. Here's one of the most influential

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:53.019
believers of all time, and the Lord's saying,

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:56.300
everybody's going to say, you're a fool. And

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:58.559
they're going to reject everything you say. And

00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:00.320
what you think is going to happen, if you just

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:02.460
get right and tell the truth, ain't going to

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:06.329
happen. You're not gonna have 10 ,000 people

00:40:06.329 --> 00:40:08.710
in your name going down in history. I don't know

00:40:08.710 --> 00:40:10.969
what that's all about anyway, but it's not gonna

00:40:10.969 --> 00:40:13.690
be like that for you, Isaiah. It's gonna be hard,

00:40:13.809 --> 00:40:16.269
like my granddad says, even when it's easy, it's

00:40:16.269 --> 00:40:21.369
gonna be hard. Your reward is in the future.

00:40:23.130 --> 00:40:25.929
Your reward comes at the end after you've endured

00:40:25.929 --> 00:40:30.150
and persevered. You don't get it now. The reward

00:40:30.150 --> 00:40:32.389
you get now is, I am with you, I will never leave

00:40:32.389 --> 00:40:34.429
you or forsake you. Everything you need is in

00:40:34.429 --> 00:40:36.510
this book. All you need pertaining to life and

00:40:36.510 --> 00:40:38.130
the governance I've given you. You don't need

00:40:38.130 --> 00:40:41.510
to seek any other source. And just be content

00:40:41.510 --> 00:40:45.489
with a soldier's existence. Because you're going

00:40:45.489 --> 00:40:47.090
to get home one day and the war is going to be

00:40:47.090 --> 00:40:51.289
over. But right now, I mean, he's basically promising

00:40:51.289 --> 00:40:56.880
him a life of hardship. Keep on hearing, do not

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:59.719
understand, keep on seeing, do not perceive.

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:04.239
Listen to this. Make the heart of this people

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:08.719
dull. There's your commission, Mr. Pastor. In

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:13.000
other words, what he is telling Isaiah... Make

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.179
it what it is. Make it impossible, but for God's

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:18.579
intervention. Make it as hard as you can make

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:22.880
it. He says, cut down the tree. Cut off everything.

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:25.679
Trim it down to just where there's just a root

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:28.760
left. To attack it, destroy it with the righteousness

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:33.159
of the truth. And the truth will stand at the

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:38.280
end. But make no pretense about the falsehood

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:43.500
of what presents itself as kingdom -oriented

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:47.659
and kingdom -natured. No! Tear it down! You know,

00:41:47.780 --> 00:41:50.769
if we would preach like that... At least people

00:41:50.769 --> 00:41:52.590
would have a clearer understanding of what the

00:41:52.590 --> 00:41:55.570
gospel is. It costs you your life. You can't

00:41:55.570 --> 00:41:58.090
come to God and keep your life. If you haven't

00:41:58.090 --> 00:42:00.849
given your life to God, you're not a Christian.

00:42:01.090 --> 00:42:03.409
If you haven't given your life in totality to

00:42:03.409 --> 00:42:06.369
Christ for His Lordship, that's repentance. You

00:42:06.369 --> 00:42:09.789
confess. You turn away from personal self -lordship.

00:42:09.909 --> 00:42:12.889
You turn to the Lordship of Christ. That is what

00:42:12.889 --> 00:42:16.690
repentance is. It's not anything else. Judas

00:42:16.690 --> 00:42:22.210
was sorry about his sin. but he did not give

00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:26.110
his life to the Master. What? That's the difference

00:42:26.110 --> 00:42:30.849
between secular repentance and godly repentance.

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:35.980
If you give your life to Christ and He cleanses

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:38.860
you and you walk with Him and you carry your

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:41.119
cross through the difficulties of your situation,

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:43.619
not going around, not going over, not going under,

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:46.699
but going right through whatever He places providentially

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:49.260
and circumstantially, relationship -wise, resource

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:53.000
-wise, in front of you, then you have the promise

00:42:53.000 --> 00:43:00.789
of His sufficiency and His fellowship. Mean y

00:43:00.789 --> 00:43:03.210
'all y 'all know me long enough to know I try

00:43:03.210 --> 00:43:05.630
to I'm not trying to make it any harder than

00:43:05.630 --> 00:43:07.909
it is But I'm trying to make it as hard as the

00:43:07.909 --> 00:43:10.789
Bible makes it and what did the disciples say?

00:43:11.210 --> 00:43:13.489
Lord, then who if a rich person can't be saved

00:43:13.489 --> 00:43:15.869
who can be saved? He doesn't answer them the

00:43:15.869 --> 00:43:18.389
way they think he says it's pretty much impossible

00:43:18.389 --> 00:43:24.670
but with God People get saved it's possible Even

00:43:24.670 --> 00:43:28.289
a rich person, you know Zacchaeus, right? Oh

00:43:28.289 --> 00:43:31.489
Zacchaeus was rich He told the rich young ruler

00:43:31.489 --> 00:43:34.050
to sell everything he had but he didn't tell

00:43:34.050 --> 00:43:35.730
Zacchaeus the same thing because the need of

00:43:35.730 --> 00:43:38.090
their heart was different Zacchaeus was truly

00:43:38.090 --> 00:43:40.670
repentant and he said I'm gonna pay everybody

00:43:40.670 --> 00:43:44.269
back He didn't give everything away. So it's

00:43:44.269 --> 00:43:46.369
it's the heart, right? It's the heart that is

00:43:46.369 --> 00:43:49.329
presented to God for his work and sanctification

00:43:49.329 --> 00:43:51.730
and that's like a fingerprint for you Whatever

00:43:51.730 --> 00:43:55.480
that is, you know it, you know what it is I know

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:59.139
what it is. I know what the sins are that continually

00:43:59.139 --> 00:44:07.199
trip me up. Reality, ruin, relief, readiness.

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:12.900
And then the root here is obedience. The root

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:15.519
of sanctification, the road of sanctification,

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:20.039
I should say, is obedience. Right? Look at it

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:24.900
this way. This way we're all supposed to be walking

00:44:24.900 --> 00:44:28.940
is a narrow way fair enough Well, there's like

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:31.659
an interstate What happens if you don't read

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:33.860
the signs on the interstate you usually get killed

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:38.019
or you die? It's like the horse with you know

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:40.840
if you don't if you can't see the signs the scriptures

00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:45.619
are the signs obedience is not a means of Righteousness,

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:48.260
it's a barometer of righteousness. It's a it's

00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:52.400
how you stay on the and and that's what Isaiah

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:55.940
had to obey when the Lord said make their heart

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:59.920
dull. That was probably pretty hard for Isaiah.

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:04.820
Whatever he needed to say to make it hard, difficult,

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:11.119
impossible, revealing, he had to say it. He probably

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:13.880
felt like I did. I don't want anybody to be lost.

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:16.960
I'm trying to condition it and get them there.

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:19.760
You can't get a person there. All you can do

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:23.039
is present the truth of their life offered to

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:26.199
Christ and what that is going to cost them and

00:45:26.199 --> 00:45:28.800
you have to trust that if God is after them,

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:31.599
he will bring that truth to their heart. You

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:34.300
have to leave but you can't shrink back and not

00:45:34.300 --> 00:45:38.300
say what you need to say. The spirit bears witness

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:42.760
to the truth, not your silence or not your obfuscation

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:48.599
or avoidance of what needs to be said. It's a

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:51.039
convicting truth and it's a hard truth, but it

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:53.780
conforms us into the image of Christ. Remember,

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:57.039
God is interested in my sanctification for my

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:59.500
experience and yours for you. Mine's not yours

00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:04.210
and yours is not mine. We all have the sufficient

00:46:04.210 --> 00:46:06.849
signs in the road map of scripture that obedience

00:46:06.849 --> 00:46:09.710
provides for us. If there's something in your

00:46:09.710 --> 00:46:13.730
life, let me just keep it simple. If there's

00:46:13.730 --> 00:46:15.929
something in your life that the word of God says

00:46:15.929 --> 00:46:18.090
you should do and you're not doing or something

00:46:18.090 --> 00:46:20.289
the word of God says something that you should

00:46:20.289 --> 00:46:24.769
not do and you are doing, stop it. Repent. Go

00:46:24.769 --> 00:46:29.409
to the altar. Get cleansing. Start new. Here

00:46:29.409 --> 00:46:32.480
I am. Send me. the road map of sanctification.

00:46:32.739 --> 00:46:36.320
People complicate sanctification. It's a new

00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:38.579
truth, it's a new perspective, it's 40 days of

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:40.260
purpose, it's this, it's that, it's whatever.

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:45.179
No. When I sit across the table and counseling

00:46:45.179 --> 00:46:48.000
from somebody, if they have a relationship or

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:50.380
a circumstance that presents a difficult point

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:53.619
of obedience, it's clear that that's their problem.

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:57.980
That's what they need to address. And lo and

00:46:57.980 --> 00:47:00.599
behold, when they do... All this makes sense

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:04.820
to me now. Everything you've been saying makes

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:11.199
perfect sense. It's because Christians are blind

00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:16.179
too. We're blind, man. Our sin keeps us in the

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:23.840
dark. Reality, ruin, relief, readiness and the

00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:32.269
road of sanctification is obedience. Bad when

00:47:32.269 --> 00:47:34.550
you go by a sign on the road sanctification and

00:47:34.550 --> 00:47:36.710
it says bridge out and you've got your eyes closed

00:47:36.710 --> 00:47:42.449
and you can't see it Right bridge out You just

00:47:42.449 --> 00:47:45.170
went right by it because you were obsessed with

00:47:45.170 --> 00:47:48.429
your comfort your life in this world Coddling

00:47:48.429 --> 00:47:50.530
sin whatever you can't bridge out and you just

00:47:50.530 --> 00:47:58.050
went right by it Right You'll survive it but

00:47:59.049 --> 00:48:02.090
The Lord chastens every son whom he receives.

00:48:02.829 --> 00:48:05.750
Sanctification means that you... When I think

00:48:05.750 --> 00:48:08.230
about this from my own life, I have fear and

00:48:08.230 --> 00:48:10.489
trembling in my heart. And every time I pray

00:48:10.489 --> 00:48:13.309
for God, I pray for the shoulders to bear it.

00:48:14.070 --> 00:48:19.150
Because it comes with a burden. Don't shy back

00:48:19.150 --> 00:48:20.809
from that. Just ask the Lord to help you lift

00:48:20.809 --> 00:48:23.829
it. When you pick up the cross for whatever difficulty

00:48:23.829 --> 00:48:25.889
this is that you're struggling with, don't pick

00:48:25.889 --> 00:48:29.280
it up like this. Just pick it up. Right? Have

00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:31.900
you ever picked up a bale of barbed wire? If

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:33.800
you're tentative with it, it'll tear you to pieces.

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:38.239
If you pick it up, it'll cut you, but it'll be

00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:42.800
over pretty quick. Pick it up. If any man would

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:45.960
follow me and let him deny himself, pick up his

00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:48.960
cross daily and follow me. These are not complicated

00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:51.059
truths. These are truths we all know, but we

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:53.760
get... Fooled into thinking there's some sort

00:48:53.760 --> 00:49:01.719
of trick or gimmick or method or something. I'm

00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:03.000
thinking of something, but I'm going to refrain

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:11.519
from saying it. Lastly, reality ruined relief,

00:49:11.599 --> 00:49:17.539
readiness, root slash road. Reality is seeing

00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:19.980
off who he is. The ruin is seeing yourself for

00:49:19.980 --> 00:49:22.400
who you are. The relief is the forgiveness that

00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:24.280
comes when you come and present your life to

00:49:24.280 --> 00:49:28.460
Him for that sanctifying purpose. Readiness is

00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:33.280
a result of that forgiveness and it never looks

00:49:33.280 --> 00:49:35.699
like you think it's going to look. Your mission

00:49:35.699 --> 00:49:39.079
is going to be curtailed not only for God's fruit,

00:49:39.239 --> 00:49:42.139
but your sanctification and edification. It's

00:49:42.139 --> 00:49:44.000
specially designed for you. Isn't that encouraging?

00:49:45.769 --> 00:49:50.329
And then the root is obedience. If you're not

00:49:50.329 --> 00:49:53.650
really working to understand the Bible, you're

00:49:53.650 --> 00:49:58.070
failing. I'm just telling you. As a believer,

00:49:58.289 --> 00:49:59.869
to have the Spirit of God in your heart and the

00:49:59.869 --> 00:50:02.550
Word of God in your hands, and not to genuinely,

00:50:02.750 --> 00:50:06.090
consistently, with some effort and sweat trying

00:50:06.090 --> 00:50:09.110
to learn the content of the Bible, there's stuff

00:50:09.110 --> 00:50:12.690
in there that is just a mess. Because you've

00:50:12.690 --> 00:50:15.019
been hearing this for... however many years.

00:50:15.099 --> 00:50:17.920
You know that you need to be in the Word. You

00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:20.159
know that you need to be begging God in prayer

00:50:20.159 --> 00:50:22.659
daily and consistently and devoted to Him. You

00:50:22.659 --> 00:50:24.320
know that you're supposed to be thankful for

00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:28.639
all things and you know this kind of, right on

00:50:28.639 --> 00:50:30.860
the periphery of your life, these things are

00:50:30.860 --> 00:50:40.340
trying to shout in. Reward. The reward is, and

00:50:40.340 --> 00:50:43.429
it's almost easy to miss it, Because he says

00:50:43.429 --> 00:50:47.150
how long? Lord, how long am I gonna have to travel

00:50:47.150 --> 00:50:51.389
this difficult road? And let me give you the

00:50:51.389 --> 00:50:54.969
Living Bible version to the answer to that. How

00:50:54.969 --> 00:50:57.989
long am I gonna have to make this people's heart

00:50:57.989 --> 00:51:00.590
dull? How long am I gonna have to do this? Reader's

00:51:00.590 --> 00:51:04.550
Digest version until it's over. Until you get

00:51:04.550 --> 00:51:08.530
to the end. Until I call you up to myself. Until

00:51:08.530 --> 00:51:11.659
your life on earth is done. This is when you're

00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:13.820
finished. This is when this is when you get a

00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:15.860
break You need to rest in the Lord and you need

00:51:15.860 --> 00:51:18.239
to gather your rest as it is provided for you

00:51:18.239 --> 00:51:20.480
along the journey So you can get back in the

00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:24.579
battle You know this trout sometime will going

00:51:24.579 --> 00:51:29.079
up the stream There's little pools of still water

00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:31.719
that has gotten kind of trapped by the rocks

00:51:31.719 --> 00:51:35.119
and they'll fall off in there for a minute But

00:51:35.119 --> 00:51:36.840
you know what happens if they stay in there too

00:51:36.840 --> 00:51:39.400
long somebody comes along and get some Or they

00:51:39.400 --> 00:51:43.679
die, right? Their life is given to... They take

00:51:43.679 --> 00:51:46.840
a rest, but don't get too used to it, right?

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:52.780
Get back into battle. The reward is, faithful

00:51:52.780 --> 00:51:55.199
that he who has called you, he will also do it.

00:51:55.199 --> 00:51:59.360
How long? You do it to the end. Until the cities

00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:01.460
lie waste and without inhabitant. In other words,

00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:05.619
this is the circumstantial end to Isaiah. When

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I have come and... As I said, Uzziah is about

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halfway through this string of kings, and so

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they're about halfway there. It's going to outlast

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your lifetime, Isaiah. You just keep on doing

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what I'm telling you to do. What I'm prophesying

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here is going to happen after you're dead, so

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it's going to be irrelevant to you. And though

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a tenth remain in it, verse 13, speaking of the

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dispersion in verse 12 under the under the Babylonian

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captivity. And though a tenth remain in it, it

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will be burned again. After there's a tenth left,

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he's going, keep tearing it down, just keep going

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after it. Like a terabith or an oak, whose stump

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remains when it is fell. Listen, here's the last

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verse, last clause of the chapter. The holy seed

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is in the stump. I'm going to perfect it. I'm

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going to make sure it happens. I'm going to preserve

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it. The future I've promised for you, I'm going

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to give you. How faithful is he who called you?

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He will also do it. The reward is the promise

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of the perfection and purposes of God. In the

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Ephesians, one idea of the Kingdom coming and

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God putting everything and filling up everything

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and gathering everything together in Christ.

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There's a sense to which that is so relevant

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to you and so important to you, but there's a

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sense at which we don't know when it might be

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a hundred years. Who knows when it's all going

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to be said and done and the Lord's going to send

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out his angels to the four corners of the earth

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to gather the elect. Jesus himself doesn't know

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the day or the hour, so I guarantee you, you

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don't. You follow me. He'll get you. to the end

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and you'll finish well if you just follow the

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basics of your faith. Be devoted to prayer. Be

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devoted to the Word. Be devoted to repentance.

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Be devoted to the local church fellowship and

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give yourself entirely to that. Give yourself

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to the imitation of Christ, learning the content

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of the Bible. It's the repetitive soldier -like

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mentality that takes us to the next bend in the

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road, right? Sovereignty, patience, grace, and

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the goodness of God ensures that like your salvation,

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your sanctification is guaranteed and orchestrated

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and designed by a loving and wise and good God.

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The question is, you know, one of my favorite,

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I'm sure I've given you all this illustration.

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But one of my favorite illustrations is in one

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of the Indiana Jones movies where he gets the

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clues to get to the Holy Grail. Remember that

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movie? And right at the end before the caves

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across this big chasm, and one of the signs was

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sort of you have to just step out into this chasm

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by faith that you won't fall. And you look down

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and it's like an endless chasm and you're like,

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I can't do it. I can't, yeah, I can't, I can't.

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I'll fall and and the sign says no step out and

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when he steps out and puts his foot down is solid

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He can't see it He has to believe it's there.

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He's been told is there and he has to put his

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foot down in faith and it's there So there you

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go Lord, thank you for this night this wonderful

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marvelous chapter of Isaiah's commission, the

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wonderful testimony of His life and faithfulness.

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How much more provision do we have than Isaiah

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had? How much more of the things that we take

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for granted he longed to look into? Lord, let

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us not abuse our privilege. Let us not grow weary

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in doing right. Whatever means and points conviction

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your spirit has brought into our heart according

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to your word tonight may we be attentive to it

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and if you if you should please to give us another

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day we'd be grateful for that we're thankful

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that there are multiplied new beginnings for

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those of us who are in Christ that the next time

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we're fully cleansed of our sin is like the first

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time we're fully cleansed Help us to get that

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cleansing not to disparage the work and blood

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of Christ by our apathy or rebellion or refusal

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Let me pray this in Jesus name. Amen