A New Covenant

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A Guide for Worship Leaders:
All Things New

Luke 22:14-23 (The Message)

 ^14-16When it was time, he sat down, all the apostles with him, and said, "You've no idea how much I have looked forward to eating this Passover meal with you before I enter my time of suffering. It's the last one I'll eat until we all eat it together in the kingdom of God."
 ^17-18Taking the cup, he blessed it, then said, "Take this and pass it among you. As for me, I'll not drink wine again until the kingdom of God arrives."
 ¹⁹Taking bread, he blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, given for you. Eat it in my memory."
 ²⁰He did the same with the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant written in my blood, blood poured out for you.
 ^21-22"Do you realize that the hand of the one who is betraying me is at this moment on this table? It's true that the Son of Man is going down a path already marked out—no surprises there. But for the one who turns him in, turns traitor to the Son of Man, this is doomsday."
 ²³They immediately became suspicious of each other and began quizzing one another, wondering who might be about to do this.

For Reflection
His blood, was shed for each of us, to seal a new covenant.  To this point in the history of God's people, God's covenant was a corporate one.  The people of Israel were treated as a single unit as an example of God's power, mercy and grace.  The new Covenant is an individual one.  God's invitation is to all people, not as a singled out group, but rather, an individual call to serve him and to be freed from selfish endeavors.  Each of us is free to choose a life in Christ.  How has that choice affected you?

Pray
prayers of thanksgiving for God's invitation to commune with the Lord.  Pray that the choices you make in daily living reflect the choice God made to reconcile you to his Kingdom.