March 13
Isaiah 6 & 1Corinthians 8
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Isaiah 6

Chapter 6

6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, and His robe filled the temple. 2Seraphim were standing above Him; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3And one called to another:
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts;
His glory fills the whole earth.
4The foundations of the doorways shook at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.
5Then I said:
Woe is me for I am ruined
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Hosts.
6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs. 7He touched my mouth with it and said:
Now that this has touched your lips,
your wickedness is removed
and your sin is atoned for.
8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
Who should I send?
Who will go for Us?
I said:
Here I am. Send me.
9And He replied:
Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.
10Dull the minds of these people;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.
11Then I said, "Until when, Lord?" And He replied:
Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants,
houses are without people,
the land is ruined and desolate,
12and the Lord drives the people far away,
leaving great emptiness in the land.
13Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed is the stump.

1Corinthians 8

Chapter 8

8:1About food offered to idols: We know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up. 2If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it. 3But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.
4About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that "an idol is nothing in the world," and that "there is no God but one." 5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth-as there are many "gods" and many "lords"-
6yet for us there is one God, the Father.
All things are from Him,
and we exist for Him.
And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ.
All things are through Him,
and we exist through Him.
7However, not everyone has this knowledge. In fact, some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food offered to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don't eat, and we are not better if we do eat. 9But be careful that this right of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak. 10For if someone sees you, the one who has this knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, won't his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols? 11Then the weak person, the brother for whom Christ died, is ruined by your knowledge. 12Now when you sin like this against the brothers and wound their weak conscience, you are sinning against Christ. 13Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won't cause my brother to fall.

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