The Adulterous Generation

# 517 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 8:38 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."

In the context of the preceding verses, the one who is ashamed of Jesus is the one who refuses the self denial (crucifixion) of baptism, who refuses to pick up his cross, and refuses to follow Jesus. In short, it is unbelief, evidenced by preferring to live according to the old man, rather than the new.

The Old Testament Jews were in covenant with God through circumcision. New Testament believers are in covenant with God through baptism. Col 2:11, 12 says, “ In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.”

In baptism you became the betrothed of Christ, and in willfully leaving Him for the old man, you are committing adultery. And so Jesus uses the phrase, “adulterous and sinful generation.” The generation He refers to is not just those living in His day, rather it includes all who reject Him. All who are unfaithful to Him are part of this generation. A generation marked by unbelief, that He will be ashamed of on the Last Day,

Father help me to remain in the marriage to Your Son, help me to be submissive to Him and faithful to Him all of the days that You grant me on this earth.