March 17
Isaiah 9 & 1Corinthians 10
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Isaiah 9

Chapter 9

9:1Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future He will bring honor to the Way of the Sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.
2The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
a light has dawned
on those living in the land of darkness.
3You have enlarged the nation
and increased its joy.
The people have rejoiced before You
as they rejoice at harvest time
and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.
4For You have shattered their oppressive yoke
and the rod on their shoulders,
the staff of their oppressor,
just as You did on the day of Midian.
5For the trampling boot of battle
and the bloodied garments of war
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
6For a child will be born for us,
a son will be given to us,
and the government will be on His shoulders.
He will be named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
7The dominion will be vast,
and its prosperity will never end.
He will reign on the throne of David
and over his kingdom,
to establish and sustain it
with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.
8The Lord sent a message against Jacob;
it came against Israel.
9All the people-
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria-will know it.
They will say with pride and arrogance:
10"The bricks have fallen,
but we will rebuild with cut stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will replace them with cedars."
11The Lord has raised up Rezin's adversaries against him
and stirred up his enemies.
12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west
have consumed Israel with open mouths.
In all this, His anger is not removed,
and His hand is still raised to strike.
13The people did not turn to Him who struck them;
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.
14So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail,
palm branch and reed in a single day.
15The head is the elder, the honored one;
the tail is the prophet, the lying teacher.
16The leaders of the people mislead them,
and those they mislead are swallowed up.
17Therefore the Lord does not rejoice
over Israel's young men
and has no compassion
on its fatherless and widows,
for everyone is a godless evildoer,
and every mouth speaks folly.
In all this, His anger is not removed,
and His hand is still raised to strike.
18For wickedness burns like a fire
that consumes thorns and briers
and kindles the forest thickets
so that they go up in a column of smoke.
19The land is scorched
by the wrath of the Lord of Hosts,
and the people are like fuel for the fire.
No one has compassion on his brother.
20They carve meat on the right,
but they are still hungry;
they have eaten on the left,
but they are still not satisfied.
Each one eats the flesh of his own arm.
21Manasseh is with Ephraim,
and Ephraim with Manasseh;
together, both are against Judah.
In all this, His anger is not removed,
and His hand is still raised to strike.

1Corinthians 10

Chapter 10

10:1Now I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the same spiritual food, 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ. 5But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
6Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did. 7Don't become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play. 8Let us not commit sexual immorality as some of them did, and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead. 9Let us not test Christ as some of them did and were destroyed by snakes. 10Nor should we complain as some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer. 11Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. 12So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.
14Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15I am speaking as to wise people. Judge for yourselves what I say. 16The cup of blessing that we give thanks for, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for all of us share that one bread. 18Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in what is offered on the altar? 19What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons! 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord's table and the table of demons. 22Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
23"Everything is permissible," but not everything is helpful. "Everything is permissible," but not everything builds up. 24No one should seek his own good, but the good of the other person.
25Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience' sake, 26for the earth is the Lord's, and all that is in it. 27If one of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions of conscience. 28But if someone says to you, "This is food offered to an idol," do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for conscience' sake. 29I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person's. For why is my freedom judged by another person's conscience? 30If I partake with thanks, why am I slandered because of something I give thanks for?
31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God's glory. 32Give no offense to the Jews or the Greeks or the church of God, 33just as I also try to please all people in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, so that they may be saved.

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