Scripture Nugget 8.22.2016

“The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt – a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But see, the one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table. For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!’ Then they began to ask one another which one of them it could be who would do this.” Luke 22:19-23

Have I/you entered in to the new Covenant completely? If there is any sin in me/you? If so, then it is I/you who is the betrayer. Good News! The Lord says, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.” O Sister, O Brother repent and believe the Lord! Enter into the covenant, receive the forgiveness offered through God’s grace. Live fully into the potential of the possibilities of life lived in God’s grace.