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Our readings today all speak to the same three topics, that are linked into a key part of our Christian journey:

Sin. Sin is what we do to others and to ourselves. It is our brokenness and our tendency to harm ourselves and others, and to turn our backs on God.

Atonement. Atonement is the work that God does for us, in response to our sin. God removed our objective sin, by making us one with God again: at-one-ment, and God removes our personal subjective sense/feeling of sin. The barrier between us and God is removed.

Calling. Despite our sin and in response to our receipt of God’s atonement, God calls us into a partnership with God in God’s mission to the world.

We find this pattern in

• Isaiah 6:1-8
• Psalm 138
• 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
• Luke 5:1-11

Today’s sermon unpacks this repeated pattern in scripture.