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  GOD'S GRACIOUS RESPONSE
  by Robert S. Candlish
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Summary: God's gracious response is to treat His servants with
consideration and generosity, giving them the privilege of serving Him
voluntarily.

Topics: "Gods Grace", "Voluntary Service"
Scripture References: Psalm 110:3, Isaiah 6:8, Romans 12:1, 2 Corinthians 8:12, Philippians 2:13

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Robert S. Candlish preaches on the willingness and privilege of
volunteering for God's service, highlighting the grace and consideration
of the Lord in allowing His servants to offer themselves willingly.
Rather than issuing a command, God graciously invites His servants to
respond voluntarily, understanding the brokenness and repentance in
their hearts. This act of volunteering is a profound expression of love
and gratitude towards the Lord who willingly sacrificed Himself for His
people.

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"Then said 1, Here am I; send me" (Isa. 6:8).

It is a signal instance of grace on the part of the Lord that I am
allowed to be a volunteer. The Lord has a right, a dearly purchased
fight, to deal with me very differently He might issue a peremptory
command. He might utter his stern voice of authority, and at once order
me. But he knows what is in man better than to treat thus the broken and
relenting heart of one whom he has smitten by the brightness of his
glorious holiness to the ground, and healed by the touch of his
everliving sacrifice of blood. He is considerate. He is generous. His
servant is not coerced or constrained, as with bit and bridle.

He has the unspeakable privilege and happiness of giving himself
voluntarily and, as it were, ultroneously, to the Lord, who willingly
gave himself for him. He simply hears, or overhears, a conversation in
heaven; a question asked and waiting to be answered.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/robert-s-candlish/gods-gracious-response/
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