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The Week That Changed The World Devotional March 20

by David Joynt on March 20, 2024


MARK 14:23-24 | 23 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. 24 He said to them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

 

Having announced the betrayal of one and knowing about the eventual desertion of the others, Jesus proceeded to establish a way to overcome our faults and our frailties. The new covenant differed from the old. It is not hedged with blessing and curses. It does not rest on our perfect obedience. It is not maintained by sacrifices. It rests on God’s grace in Christ, it conveys His righteousness, it is activated by our faith. It removes the curse of our failures forever.

 

Remember today: you are a child of the new covenant!

 

 

Gracious God,

Thank You for the new covenant sealed in Jesus’ blood. May I live knowing its blessing has overcome every curse.

Amen.

 

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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