SHALL I NOT DRINK THE CUP? — Lincoln Park UBF

John 18:1-27Key Verse: 18:11“Jesus commanded Peter, ‘Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?’” “Do you know what you’re doing?” It’s a powerful question. Many think it’s cool not to know and just live in the moment and go with the flow. But living like that, we eventually can feel forced by circumstances and end up saying and doing things we probably shouldn’t. In life we have so many situations to face, so many choices to make, and there are so many pressures. Should we have any conviction or direction? If so, how can we live by it? In today’s passage Jesus is surrounded by pain and disappointment from those closest to him, humiliation, and even an imminent threat to his life. Experiencing all these difficulties at once, most of us would cave. But Jesus is calm and cool. Why? Because he knows who he is and what he’s doing. How could he be like that? And why did he let himself get in to all this in the first place? As we think about his words to Peter, m...