[Linux4christians] Sunday – Read Matthew 26:1-16, Mark 14:1-11, Luke 22:1-6, John 13:18-30

[Pastor David]

*Sunday – Read Matthew 26:1-16, Mark 14:1-11, Luke 22:1-6, 
John 13:18-30*

	*Commentary*

	In Matthew 26:1-5, 26:14-16, Mark 14:1-2, Luke 22:1-6, John 
13:18 the plot against Jesus
	unfolds with Jesus announcing that it is Judas but the 
apostles miss His intent, Satan
	enters Judas, Judas goes to Caiaphas and the religious 
leaders to finalize the plan, the
	leaders are so delighted they arranged to give him money. 
Note: Judas had a history of
	betraying God by stealing from the collection for the poor, 
thus he had opened a gateway
	for Satan and was readily able to rationalize betraying 
Jesus based on any number of
	pretexts.

	In Matthew 26:6-13 and Mark 14:3-9 Jesus is anointed with 
precious oil by Mary,
	(previously identified by John in chapter 11 as the one 
would later do so but not named
	by Matthew or Mark).  Here the disciples are corporately 
identified as having challenged
	her poor stewardship in “wasting” the oil when it could 
have been sold and the money
	given to the poor. [We previously read in John that Judas 
was the speaker – and as one
	with ill-motive, though it is possible that his naive 
fellow Apostles initially agreed with
	him.  Jesus declares that her sacrifice was to prepare Him 
for burial and that her action
	would be retold in memory of her perceptiveness and her 
faithful action.

	*Discussion & Reflection - Keeping it Real*

	Reflect upon those times and places in life where you may 
have rationalized something
	you thought of a a 'small sin' only to later find yourself 
rationalizing things that you never
	thought you would.  How have you and God reconciled?

	Ponder a situation where you, or someone you know, have 
recognized God at work and
	acted in partnership with Him in a profoundly faithful and 
sacrificial way.  How did God
	bless that?  Has the story been told as an encouragement 
and a witness?

	*Truth in Action*
	
	Today I will ask a fellow believer to pray in agreement 
with me for discernment and
	wisdom for the Holy Spirit to show me any place in my life 
where I am rationalizing even
	the smallest sin – and for the strength to repent and be 
restored by God.

	I will similarly pray to be shown where God is blessing 
someone who is responding to
	Him in a sacrificial manner, I will pray for them and I 
will ask the Holy Spirit to show me
	how to assist and/or encourage them.

	*Be Specific* 
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Monday's reading will be: Matthew 26:17-30, Mark 14:12-26, 
Luke 22:7-20
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Have an http://Ultrafidian.com Day!  Pastor David
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