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No Messenger Newsletter UFN (see News Section) ELCA Disaster Response Fund Worship services have resumed each Sunday at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Reservations for either service are required in advance if larger than standard (one-time or short-duration increase) attendance by families or visitors/prospective new members wish to attend to ensure social distancing per Synod guidelines are maintained. Each Service will be approximately 35 minutes long. At this time, there will be no Holy Communion. Announcement letter details download here **NEW Offering/Giving Option Feature** Introducing SJLC's Secure Online Offering Link Instructions See "News Section" for expanded details regarding this new option
"He began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering." Second Sunday in Lent Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection Mark 8:31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. Take Up the Cross and Follow Him Mark 8:34 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. NSRV & Believer's Study Bible (BSB) Notes [Mark 8:31] (vv. 8:31-10:52) In this section, which focuses primarily on Jesus' teaching of His disciples, there is a recurring structure which enables us to ascertain the author's intent. Three times Jesus predicts His own suffering and death (8:31-33; 9:30-32; 10:32-34). Following each of these predictions is a section on what it means to be a disciple of Christ. Jesus teaches His disciples that (contrary to current Jewish expectations) He is the Messiah whose true mission is to suffer and die for His people, and He teaches them that true discipleship means complete commitment to Him and selfless service for others. [Mark 8:32] Peter's "rebuke" of Jesus was due to his still incomplete understanding of the true mission of the Messiah. Peter could not reconcile the idea of the suffering Messiah with the current Jewish notions. The O.T. had predicted a Messiah who would suffer and die for the sins of the people (cf. Isa. 53), and this message became the central focus for the early church (cf. Acts 17:2, 3). [Mark 8:35] One of the apparent paradoxes of Scripture relates to the voluntary sacrifice of a man's life for the cause of Christ. The verse does not demand martyrdom in order to secure life. However, the passage does establish that men coming to Christ must give Him their lives in such totality that they retain no claim upon them. Having placed themselves forever in the hands of Christ, they immediately possess the abundant life.
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