Mark 14:22-31

(Mark 14:22-31) And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.  Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

The biblical covenant is a promise between God and man. God made a covenant and obedience to human beings one-sidedly. However, since the human being disobeyed, the previous one was invalidated and the covenant was again signed with the new person. So, the covenant with old people is called the old covenant, and the covenant with new people is called the new covenant.

Jesus was resurrected and ascended. The night before Jesus was crucified, he said the new covenant. After breaking the bread, he said, "This cup is a new covenant to be established with blood." Those who are in Jesus Christ become partakers of the new covenant. Those who are in Jesus Christ are those who are buried together in association with Jesus who died on the cross. Believing that Jesus died for my sins and accepting that death is my death. So, for the law (Galatians 2:19), for sin (Romans 6:2), and for the world (Galatians 6:14), it represents the dead.

Even in Romans 6:3, 『Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? It is participating in the New Covenant that is associated with Jesus' death. In other words, the born again is participating in the new covenant. So, it means that the born again is justified by faith. Anyone who believes in Jesus is not born again, but he who is united with Jesus' death is born again. So, he participates in the new covenant.

Peter confessed, "You are the Christ and the Son of God." But Jesus said, "You will deny me." The faith you believe will depend on whether it comes from the body or the spirit. In Romans and Galatians, "He who follows the flesh must die." The Bible says, "Only those who follow the Holy Spirit are saved." Jesus prayed that God and his disciples would be one. Those who forsake Jesus and run away, Jesus is praying for them to “to be one."

Peter learned the words of the Sermon on the Mount, and he had seen miracles for three years, but was unable to control the power of the body. In John 18:25-27 『And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. 』

Peter knew that God revealed that Jesus was the Son of God. Still, the soul from the body does not change. Many church people will believe in Jesus like Peter. It may be that he believes and follows "the way Peter cuts his ears with a sword." The Bible describes this as "the flesh." If you live in the flesh, the spirit must die. Many people see and learn the Lord's miracles, but there is no faith to follow the death of the cross.

This is in Galatians 3:23, 『But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. The state before the faith came is such that "Peter sees the miracle of Jesus, experiences the miracle of walking on the windfall, witnesses the amazing sight of Mt. "Before faith comes" means a state that has not changed internally.

So, Jesus said, "You can't follow me." And Jesus said, "After that, you can follow me." "After that" is "after the inner changes have been made." It means that the person whose inner change has been made can follow the death of the cross. Before the inner change, we want to avoid the death of the cross. Everyone is running away from the cross. The Bible says this life is "the flesh." The soul that comes from the flesh cannot be saved. Only “spirit” is saved. In John 6:63, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 』

Physical things must be removed. This is repentance. What is not repentant is not sanctification, but salvation has not begun. Those who killed Jesus were the ones who waited for the Messiah and were in charge of the law. It means that before faith came, everything was bound under the law. Those who realize this are those who repent. In many churches today, receiving prayer and experiencing the Holy Spirit cannot be regarded as repenting if it is full of physical thoughts. There are two types of people. Those who forsake Jesus on the cross and die with Jesus. Those who do not repent are, after all, abandoning Jesus.