Isaiah 6:1-8, I Corinthians 15:1-11 and Luke 5:1-11

Isaiah’s vision comes close to either a bizarre dream or the opening scene of a technicolor adventure movie! Six winged angels, smoke all around, shaking, hot coals to the lips, and a sending forth! God says to Isaiah, “I have something for you to do.”

Luke’s passage of a unexpected catch of fish and a dramatic initial putting together a team is less fantastic but nonetheless makes for a powerful beginning of the Greatest Story Ever Told. Jesus says, “I’m putting a team together!”

Then Paul reminds the folks at the Corinth church of their faith history as well as his history which he says was not admirable at first. He encourages them (and him) by telling all that they have received (grace), they stand in that unmerited divine favor now and as a result are being saved in it going forward for the rest of their lives!

Paul recounts the basics of the Christ story and where we fit in to that story.

Visions and launching vocations, frequent reminders of what we are about, and being a part of a grand group experience are various ways of talking about being the church!

Don’t miss this! We will gather in person and on line this first Sunday in February and “receive, stand, and keep being saved!”

Prayers and blessings!

Pastor Barry †