{"id":5961,"date":"2020-07-19T15:15:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T19:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=5961"},"modified":"2020-07-19T15:17:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T19:17:59","slug":"called-during-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=5961","title":{"rendered":"CALLED DURING CRISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

rec 07-19-20<\/a><\/p>\n

CALLED DURING CRISIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Isaiah 6: 1-13<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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THE CALL OF ISAIAH\u00a0\u00a0 Isaiah 6: 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>In the year that\u00a0King Uzziah died I\u00a0saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train\u00a0of his robe filled the temple.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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THE CONDITION OF ISAIAH\u00a0\u00a0 Isaiah 6: 2-5<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Above him stood the seraphim. Each had\u00a0six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.\u00a03\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And one called to another and said: \u201cHoly, holy, holy is the\u00a0Lord\u00a0of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!\u201d 4\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And\u00a0the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and\u00a0the house was filled with smoke.\u00a05\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And I said: \u201cWoe is me!\u00a0For I am lost;\u00a0for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the\u00a0King, the\u00a0Lord\u00a0of hosts!\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

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THE CLEANSING OF ISAIAH\u00a0\u00a0 Isaiah 6: 6-7<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.\u00a07\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And he\u00a0touched my mouth and said: \u201cBehold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

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THE COMMISSION OF ISAIAH\u00a0\u00a0 Isaiah 6: 8-10<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/sup>And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, \u201cWhom shall I send, and who will go for\u00a0us?\u201d Then I said, \u201cHere I am! Send me.\u201d\u00a09\u00a0<\/sup>And he said, \u201cGo, and say to this people: \u201c\u201d\u02dcKeep on hearing,\u00a0but do not understand; keep on seeing,\u00a0but do not perceive.\u201d\u212210\u00a0<\/sup>Make the heart of this people\u00a0dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts,\u00a0and turn and be healed.\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Isaiah 55: 6-11<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSeek the\u00a0Lord<\/span> while he may be found;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>call upon him while he is near;<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>let the wicked forsake his way,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and the unrighteous man his thoughts;<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nlet him return to the\u00a0Lord<\/span>, that he may have compassion on him,<\/span><\/span>
\nand to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. <\/span><\/span>8\u00a0<\/sup>For my thoughts are not your thoughts, <\/span>neither are your ways my ways, declares the\u00a0Lord<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>9\u00a0<\/sup>For as the heavens are higher than the earth, <\/span>so are my ways higher than your way s<\/span><\/span>and my thoughts than your thoughts. <\/span><\/span>1<\/sup>0\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cFor as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, <\/span>making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, <\/span>11\u00a0<\/sup>so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, <\/span>but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Ezekiel 33: 10-11<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cAnd you,\u00a0son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: \u201d\u02dcSurely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and\u00a0we rot away because of them.\u00a0How then can we live?\u201d\u2122<\/span><\/span>\u00a011\u00a0<\/sup>Say to them,\u00a0As I live, declares the Lord\u00a0God<\/span>,\u00a0I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live;\u00a0turn back, turn back from your evil ways,\u00a0for why will you die, O house of Israel?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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THE CONCERN OF ISAIAH\u00a0\u00a0 Isaiah 6: 11-12<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then I said,\u00a0\u201cHow long, O Lord?\u201d And he said: \u201cUntil\u00a0cities lie waste\u00a0without inhabitant,<\/span>
\nand houses without people,\u00a0and the land is a desolate waste, 12\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>and the\u00a0Lord\u00a0removes people far away,\u00a0and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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THE CERTAINTY OF ISAIAH\u00a0\u00a0 Isaiah 6: 13<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And though a tenth remain in it,\u00a0it will be burned\u00a0again, like a terebinth or an oak,\u00a0whose stump\u00a0remains\u00a0when it is felled.\u201d The holy seed\u00a0is its stump.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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(The application is that God has called us also, during a time of national crises, to share His message with our generation.)<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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