Monday, September 15 – “Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” (1 Corinthians 5:7) Out with the old and in with the new. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. God’s isn’t judging your future by your past, so why are you? God is judging your future based on what Jesus has done, in the past. Jesus paid the price, now you get to enjoy a right relationship with God!
Tuesday, September 16 – “Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. (Psalm 41:9) Everything old is new again. These words are echoed by Jesus, to the disciples, during the last supper. Betrayal can’t happen between strangers. Only those who know you best, can truly betray you. Say what you will, if it wasn’t Judas, it would’ve been someone else. For Jesus had to die. And the only way Jesus could’ve died, was if he was betrayed.
Wednesday, September 17 – “Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.’” (Exodus 24:8) Blood is life. In the shedding of blood, we see sacrifice, death for a larger purpose. In the Old Testament, once a year, blood sacrifice was necessary for forgiveness of sins. In the New Testament, Jesus died on the cross, shed his blood once and for all, for the forgiveness of sins. This is why, as followers of Jesus, we no longer have to offer blood sacrifices.
Thursday, September 18 – “’This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,’ declares the Lord. ‘I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.’” (Jeremiah 31:33) Jeremiah was a prophet (not a bullfrog). The job of a prophet is to be God’s mouthpiece, delivering God’s message to the people. What was God’s message? At some point in the future, God’s going to make a covenant with the people of Israel. God’s going to “write it on their hearts”. No more following the law. No more doing religion. It will be all about a personal relationship with God.
Friday, September 19 – “No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, Know the Lord, because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,’ declares the Lord. ‘For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.’” (Jeremiah 31:34) Every single human being wants to have a right relationship with God. A personal connection with their identity and purpose. The catch is that no human being can have this right relationship with God, without healing the separation that sin has caused between all of us and God. Jesus came to heal this separation. Through him, you have a right relationship with God.
Saturday, September 20 – “Then the angel said to me, ‘Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’ And he added, ‘These are the true words of God.’” (Revelation 19:9) Who are those who have been “invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb?” Everyone. For Jesus died once, for all. Not everyone will accept that invitation, but everyone is invited. Everyone is blessed by the gift of Jesus. But in order for a blessing to be experienced, a blessing must be accepted.
Tuesday, September 16 – “Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. (Psalm 41:9) Everything old is new again. These words are echoed by Jesus, to the disciples, during the last supper. Betrayal can’t happen between strangers. Only those who know you best, can truly betray you. Say what you will, if it wasn’t Judas, it would’ve been someone else. For Jesus had to die. And the only way Jesus could’ve died, was if he was betrayed.
Wednesday, September 17 – “Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.’” (Exodus 24:8) Blood is life. In the shedding of blood, we see sacrifice, death for a larger purpose. In the Old Testament, once a year, blood sacrifice was necessary for forgiveness of sins. In the New Testament, Jesus died on the cross, shed his blood once and for all, for the forgiveness of sins. This is why, as followers of Jesus, we no longer have to offer blood sacrifices.
Thursday, September 18 – “’This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,’ declares the Lord. ‘I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.’” (Jeremiah 31:33) Jeremiah was a prophet (not a bullfrog). The job of a prophet is to be God’s mouthpiece, delivering God’s message to the people. What was God’s message? At some point in the future, God’s going to make a covenant with the people of Israel. God’s going to “write it on their hearts”. No more following the law. No more doing religion. It will be all about a personal relationship with God.
Friday, September 19 – “No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, Know the Lord, because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,’ declares the Lord. ‘For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.’” (Jeremiah 31:34) Every single human being wants to have a right relationship with God. A personal connection with their identity and purpose. The catch is that no human being can have this right relationship with God, without healing the separation that sin has caused between all of us and God. Jesus came to heal this separation. Through him, you have a right relationship with God.
Saturday, September 20 – “Then the angel said to me, ‘Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’ And he added, ‘These are the true words of God.’” (Revelation 19:9) Who are those who have been “invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb?” Everyone. For Jesus died once, for all. Not everyone will accept that invitation, but everyone is invited. Everyone is blessed by the gift of Jesus. But in order for a blessing to be experienced, a blessing must be accepted.
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