Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Barclay on Luke 22:7-23 -- Covenant, Sacrament, and the Judas Effect

https://bibleportal.com/commentary/section/william-barclay/the-last-meal-together-luke-227-23

Barclay's explanation of covenant, sacrament, and the Judas effect is insightful and makes so much sense. I don't want to forget this one and am copying it here. 

Highlights:

1. Sacrament: Barclay states, "In the house of every one of us there is a drawer full of things which can only be called junk, and yet we will not throw them out, because when we touch and handle and look at them, they bring back this or that person, or this or that occasion. They are common things but they have a meaning far beyond themselves. That is a sacrament."

2. Covenant: Barclay continues, ". . . Man's sin interrupts the relationship between man and God. All the Jewish sacrificial system was designed to restore that relationship by the offering of sacrifice to God to atone for sin. What Jesus said was this--'By my life and by my death I have made possible a new relationship between you and God. You are sinners. That is true. But because I died for you, God is no longer your enemy but your friend.'"

2.  Judas Effect: Barclay argues, "Jesus Christ has at every communion table those who betray him [Judases], for if in his house we pledge ourselves to him and then by our lives go out to deny him, we too are traitors to him."

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Freedom

 


 This is beautiful reminder found in my church's bulletin today. How easy it is to forget this simple truth.