Jesus Gives His Life to Restore Our Relationship With God
Welcome to Day 308 of our journey with Jesus. Today, we discover what this passage shows about Jesus. The main truth for today is this: Jesus gives his life to establish God's promised relationship with people through the forgiveness of sins. Let’s begin.
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Matthew 26:17–30
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Learn what this passage reveals about Jesus.
Jesus’ words over the meal have defined His death; today they reveal the mission He understands Himself to be completing.
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Jesus does not wait for later followers to invent a meaning for His death. Before the crucifixion, He takes bread and cup and interprets what is about to happen.
He Knows the Death Ahead.
Betrayal is announced within the meal. Jesus is not speaking as someone unaware of the danger around Him; He deliberately places His approaching death before the disciples.
He Gives Himself for Others.
“Poured out for many” reveals a mission directed toward others. The cross will involve violence done to Jesus, yet Jesus also speaks of His life as deliberately given.
He Connects Death and Forgiveness.
Forgiveness of sins stands at the center of His explanation. Jesus presents His death as addressing humanity’s relationship with God, not merely inspiring moral courage.
He Looks Beyond the Cross.
Jesus speaks of drinking anew in His Father’s kingdom. The One interpreting His death also speaks beyond it, holding sacrifice and future hope together in the same meal.
Tomorrow, face the assumption that the cross can be understood adequately without the saving meaning Jesus gives it.
Consider this.
What does this reveal about Jesus’ identity and mission?
Explore what this reveals
See Jesus as the One who knowingly gives His life and assigns saving significance to His own death.
