Friday, November 27, 2020
Isaiah 1:1–17
1The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that
Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah,
kings of Judah.
2Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! For the LORD has
spoken: "I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled
against me. 3The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner's manger,
but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."
4Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a
brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD;
they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.
5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist
in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted. 6From
the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness-- only
wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil.
7Your country is desolate, your cities burned with
fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste
as when overthrown by strangers. 8The Daughter of Zion is left like
a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a city under
siege. 9Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we
would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom;
listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! 11"The
multitude of your sacrifices-- what are they to me?" says the LORD.
"I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of
fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
12When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this
trampling of my courts? 13Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your
incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations-- I cannot
bear your evil assemblies. 14Your New Moon festivals and your
appointed feasts my soul hates. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of
bearing them. 15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will
hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your
hands are full of blood; 16wash and make yourselves clean. Take your
evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, 17learn to do right!
Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.
Psalm
121
1A song of
ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from? 2My
help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3He will
not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber; 4indeed,
he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5The LORD
watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand; 6the
sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 7The LORD will
keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life; 8the LORD
will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
1
Corinthians 11:17–34
17In the following directives I have no praise for
you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18In the first place,
I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you,
and to some extent I believe it. 19No doubt there have to be
differences among you to show which of you have God's approval. 20When
you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, 21for as you
eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry,
another gets drunk. 22Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or
do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What
shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not!
23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on
to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24and
when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is
for you; do this in remembrance of me." 25In the same way,
after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my
blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26For
whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death
until he comes.
27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup
of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body
and blood of the Lord. 28A man ought to examine himself before he
eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and
drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on
himself. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a
number of you have fallen asleep. 31But if we judged ourselves, we
would not come under judgment. 32When we are judged by the Lord, we
are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
33So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat,
wait for each other. 34If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home,
so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.
And when I come I
will give further directions.
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