<TITLE>04. Par 31-37</TITLE>L-31   Now I would like, this morning, God willing, to open the Scripture, if you wish to now, to the book of Isaiah. And this being a businessmen's meeting, yet their main business is getting souls right with God. That's what they're dedicated to. And we are wanting to speak on the Gospel, and the sincerity and the approach to it. And let's begin reading now from Isaiah 6, the 1st chap-... Or, the 1st verse of Isaiah 6, reading down, including the 8th.
And in the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord setting upon a throne, high... lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
And above it stood the seraphims: each... had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
And one cried to another,... said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD God of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
And the posts of the doors moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I'm a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is purged.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Who shall I send, and who shall go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

L-32 I wish to draw from this little text, some context, on some notes that I have written down here. And if I should give it a title, I would like to call it: Influence.

L-33   You know, there is so many of us, and most all of us influence somebody by the things that we do, and the way we live, and the things we say. We influence somebody. Somebody is watching your life. And then when we profess to be Christians, what type of life should we live if somebody is watching us? And your life that you live will reflect an influence on somebody. That might... It might be the... Their Eternal destination will rest upon the way that you live and the things that you do, for they watch you.

L-34 In our text this morning, as Influence, we find that this King Uzziah was a--a--a great influence to Isaiah, the--the young prophet. Isaiah had been called to his side, and being a noted, vindicated prophet of his day. And he had a... I believe the way that Isaiah spoke it, he was a--a... had a great influence upon Isaiah.

L-35   Now, we find that Uzziah was called to be king at the age of about sixteen years old, after his father's death. And his father was a--a great believer. And he had... His mother also was a very fine woman. And this young king had been crowned at a young age, and quickly he taken the road that was right, because of the influence of a godly father and a godly mother.

L-36 And I think that's a very fine example for we parent today, is to set an example before our children. Now, you'll live your--your best and your worst at home. And I think that our lives... Though the children might not just exactly act like they're noticing it, but they are noticing it. Don't you never think that they are not, because they're watching.

L-37 Not only the children are watching, but the neighbors are watching. Not only the neighbors are watching, but the... all that you are associated with, watch you. The people at your church watch you. The people that you do business with in the markets, they are watching you, after your confession. And we should always try to reflect Christ in everything that we do.


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