S - Mark 14 :22-31 (NASB)
22 While they were eating, He took some bread, and [k]after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.” 23 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many. 25 Truly I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine again, until that day when I drink it, new, in the kingdom of God.”
26 And after singing a [l]hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus *said to them, “You will all [m]fall away, because it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ 28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.” 29 But Peter said to Him, “Even if they all [n]fall away, yet I will not!” 30 And Jesus *said to him, “Truly I say to you, that [o]this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.” 31 But [p]Peter repeatedly said insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing as well.
O - My observation is that Jesus has fulfilled the new covenant by allow his body to be broken for us and his blood sacrificed for our sins. His sacrifice was Holy and pleasing to God and once and for all atoned for our sins. I am to take broken bread and drink wine in remembrance of Him. I am to sing Hymn's in remembrance of Him. As His disciples were scattered, so I will be a sheep scattered when the wolves come. But I am not to scatter long, because the good shepherd call me, and I know His voice.
A - The application for me is to practice communion in remembrance of Him. His broken body and blood poured out for our sins. I am to do it periodically so that I might not forget the new covenant He forged. I was a sinner in need of a savior and he welcomed the chance to lay down His life for my sins. Now I need to be cleansed in the blood of Jesus, that I might walk in His everlasting ways.
p - Dear heavenly Father I pray in your name that this truth would be sealed to my heart. That I would share the good news of His Holy and pleasing sacrifice once and for all of our sins. I pray that this good news would change me from the inside out to follow God and His commandments to love Him and to love others. I pray all this in Jesus' name, Amen.
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