First Scripture:
John 3:12-17
12 I
have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then
will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except
the one who came from heaven —the Son of Man. 14 Just as
Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be
lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal
life in him.” 16 For God
so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son
into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Romans 8:12-17
12 Therefore,
brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh,
to live according to it.
13 For
if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit
you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
14 For
those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
15 The
Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear
again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to
sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
16 The
Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
17 Now
if we are children, then we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with
Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also
share in his glory.
SECOND SCRIPTURE:
Isaiah 6:1-8
6 In
the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated
on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
2 Above him were seraphim, each
with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they
covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
3 And they were calling to one
another:
“Holy, holy , holy is the
Lord
Almighty;
the
whole earth is full of his glory.”
4 At
the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the
temple was filled with smoke.
5 “Woe
to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I
live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the
Lord
Almighty.”
6 Then
one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he
had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and
said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and
your sin atoned for. ”8 Then
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will
go for us? ”
And I said, “Here am I.
Send me!”