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I hope you recovered from 
conference last week. 

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And as I said Friday, what was 
more exciting than any funds 

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that we were raised raising for 
the building fund is that we saw

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people give their lives to Jesus
Christ. 

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We saw people confessing Christ 
for the first time. 

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And that is the greatest thing 
that can ever happen in any 

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church meeting. 
So we give God, God glory for 

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that, and we trust that those 
who know Christ and knew Christ 

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then were built up in their 
faith. 

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And we're going to build our 
faith even more as we come to 

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the Bible together. 
Do you have a copy of God's Word

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in your hand? 
I hope you do. 

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Meet me in Mark chapter 14, 
please. 

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Mark chapter 14 beginning in 
verse 32. 

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And we're going to read down to 
verse 42. 

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And they went to a place called 
Gethsemane. 

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And he said to his disciples, 
Sit here while I pray. 

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And he took with him Peter and 
James and John, and began to be 

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greatly distressed and troubled.
And he said to them, My soul is 

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very sorrowful, even to death, 
Remain here and watch. 

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And going a little farther he 
fell on the ground and prayed 

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that if it were possible, the 
hour might pass from him. 

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And he said, ABBA, father, all 
things are possible for you. 

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Remove this cup from me yet not 
what I will, but what you will. 

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And he came and found them 
sleeping. 

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And he said to Peter, Simon, are
you asleep? 

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Could you not watch one hour? 
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enter into temptation. 
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but the flesh is weak. 
And again he went away and 

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prayed, saying the same words. 
And again he came and found them

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sleeping, for their eyes were 
very heavy, and they did not 

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know what to answer him. 
And he came the third time, and 

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said to them, Are you still 
sleeping and taking your rest? 

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It is enough. 
The hour has come. 

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The Son of Man is betrayed into 
the hands of sinners. 

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Rise, let us be going. 
See my betrayer as is at hand. 

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Lord, this is a text that we 
need your help with. 

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It requires your wisdom. 
It requires your guidance. 

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It requires your power for the 
full force of the agony and the 

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glory that Jesus displayed in 
this garden to make an impact in

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our hearts. 
So we ask in great humility that

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we would see something that 
we've not seen, that these shoes

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would reignite a love, a 
passion, a worship for what 

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You've done for us. 
We trust that you will be here 

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as we come to Your Word. 
In Jesus name we pray. 

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Amen. 
According to the Law, during the

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Passover, faithful Israelites 
were to remain in their homes 

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until morning during the feast. 
And this practice commemorates 

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the original Passover, when the 
Israelites were protected by the

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smeared blood of a lamb on their
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death passed over and claimed 
his victims. 

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But on this particular Passover,
this very unique evening, we 

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don't find the Lord Jesus in the
upper room. 

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We don't find them in any room. 
As you and I read, we see him 

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transitioning and making his way
to this place called Gethsemane.

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And according to John's Gospel 
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Gethsemane was a garden. 
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that the departure Christ and 
the disciples made here was not 

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defiance. 
When Jesus made this move, he 

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was symbolically confronting 
death, not hiding from it, but 

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embracing it so that he would 
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then through that make way for a
new exodus. 

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Because as much as Jesus was the
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perfectly obedient Israelite, he
was also sent to fulfill his 

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duty as the Lamb of God who is 
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world. 
But I read this and I think to 

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myself, why did the Lord Jesus 
move from the upper room to this

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place? 
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There's no mystery here. 
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beginning of where we read that 
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In fact, prayer is the theme 
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Scripture. 
We find the Lord Jesus, aware 

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that His hour has come, feeling 
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commune with the Father, to be 
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However, we know that he was not
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verse 33 He called for three out
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at a nearer distance. 
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Why did Jesus call for Peter, 
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if there are different reasons? 
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according to Jesus own words was
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for the sake of a level of 
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You may not get that impression 
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to how Matthew adds 2 important 
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three, his inner circle, to join
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You don't have to turn there, 
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38. 
Then he said to them, My soul is

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very sorrowful, even to death. 
Remain here and watch with me. 

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Watch with me. 
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that the Lord desired in His 
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trouble. 
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Christ and His invitation for 
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intended for their instruction. 
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Jesus as they were called up to 
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Remember that mount called the 
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When Jesus unveiled His Majesty 
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instruction there. 
There was something that they 

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were to apply to their own 
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It is no different as they are 
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They are to learn a few things, 
learn a few things about Jesus 

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and learn a few things about 
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And that is why you and I also 
have been invited to witness a 

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very solemn scene, the Lord 
Jesus Christ enduring this great

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agony before his arrest, more 
than just for you to be moved by

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it, but also to grow and mature 
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And since prayer is what 
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will be the main focus of our 
instruction as we consider 3 

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vital truths that the Master 
models for us. 

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And this will be our source of 
meditation before we come and 

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partake of the bread and the 
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The first thing that we should 
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There are many ways to go about 
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first thing that we should 
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our Master, we must go to prayer
in our times of sorrow. 

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Very quickly we read that Jesus 
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despair and anguish that was 
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Soul. 
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What was it that caused him to 
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distressed? 
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we're told there and began to be
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And in his own words in verse 
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says my soul is very sorrowful. 
And it makes you wonder, what 

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was this agony about? 
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agony was so profound, so 
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beloved physician Luke documents
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document that when Jesus was 
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with this inner turmoil, it did 
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It brought him to a a point in 
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drops of blood were falling down
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And Luke was not speaking in 
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Luke here is telling us in 
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but very real medical condition 
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Tiny blood vessels around the 
sweat glands dilate and can even

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erupt, causing the blood to leak
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And that emotional stress can 
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where it looks like there is an 
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in fact that is not the case. 
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of this condition is exactly 
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But what's taking place in his 
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Was it the vile partnership 
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group known as the Pharisees? 
Would it be the false 

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accusations as he stood on trial
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his character and his actions? 
Would it be the torture that he 

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would experience, the shame of 
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all to mock and for all to add 
to his pain with their slander 

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and their spit? 
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combined? 
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I don't think so because history
testifies of many Saints who are

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martyred and who also 
experienced devastating 

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betrayals and excruciating 
executions, but had resolve and 

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were embracing their death with 
singing hymns and smiles and 

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bold witness. 
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men showed more determination 
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No, what Jesus is experiencing 
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nevermind what humans have 
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The imagination can't even 
conjure up what he was 

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undergoing. 
The eternal Son of God moments 

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away of becoming the sin bearer 
of the world and as a 

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consequence becoming the object 
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wrath, and for the first time 
sensing a separation from the 

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one that he is known. 
Uninterrupted communion with the

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thought alone for the Lord Jesus
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And it is no coincidence that 
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pulverizing of the soul took 
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very name of that garden means 
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And so in this Grove of oil 
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instrument that would allow for 
olives to be crushed until every

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drop of oil can come out of its 
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And here we find Jesus being 
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Why? 
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approaching Gethsemane that his 
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many. 
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But I I do not believe this is 
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chose this location to prepare 
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sacrifice for humanity. 
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briefly John 18, one where 
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word, was a garden. 
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John 18, verse 2. 
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also knew the place, for Jesus 
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disciples. 
This is not Christ's first time 

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at the site. 
The Spirit, through John, tells 

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us it was a very familiar place.
He frequently visited there, and

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I believe the reason why he 
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his pleasurable preference. 
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He delighted to be there. 
That is where he retreated from 

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all the noise and all the 
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That is where he felt the 
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That is where he would pray 
often with the beautiful scenery

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and helpful seclusion. 
Jesus went to this place many 

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times before He would come here 
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So it is no surprise that this 
was where He decided to pour out

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his heart before before the 
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You might have a room like that 
in your house. 

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You might have one particular 
Bible that you enjoy going to, 

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and Gethsemane was a preferable 
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And though you and I can't 
relate to the source of His 

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suffering, we can identify with 
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The Lord shows us here where you
and I must flee, when we begin 

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to feel our hearts flooded with 
pain and fear, not necessarily 

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to a garden, but before God. 
There's so many staggering 

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things about this moment, 
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addresses God as He senses his 
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Go here to mark 1436 with me. 
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all things are possible for you.
Remove this cup from me yet. 

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Not what I will, but what you 
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ABBA, ABBA. 
You know, sometimes art muddies 

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our picture of what the Bible 
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You've probably seen the image 
of Christ there in the Garden of

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Gethsemane with a Halo around 
His head, kneeling on some rock,

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so poised, so put together, that
that is not the image that we 

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get from the Bible. 
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There was red stains of blood 
mingling with dirt as He fell on

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his face. 
And yet with all of that, he did

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not lose sight of the comforting
truth of who God is and His 

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immense love and compassion and 
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He could have said father. 
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the father. 
But he adds ABBA, according to 

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Mark, and it's a word in the 
Aramaic that a child would use 

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to address his dad in a very 
personal and intimate way. 

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The Lord didn't lose touch of 
His Father, and He fully 

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understood the amazing mercy of 
the one that He was spilling his

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soul before. 
And I believe there are many who

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can't seem to find the liberty 
to do that as Christians, even 

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before God, because they can't 
seem to shake off this idea that

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God is more like an 
unpredictable boss, a very hard 

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to read judge who is more 
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some days over others. 
What a great loss to have such a

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poor perspective of who God is 
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The proper revelation of the 
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prayer a real experiential means
of relief even though you don't 

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receive what you are requesting 
in the way or in the timing you 

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were hoping for. 
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that you are entrusting your 
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powerful yet incredibly wise and
personally caring Father is 

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healing in itself. 
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from my heart to yours. 
If you go to the Lord and pray, 

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not believing that, not seeing 
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going to know the potential of 
this heavenly gift. 

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And if you go to him but are not
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then perhaps you have to 
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you can actually enjoy communion
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Here's the Lord who comes before
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to pour out his judgement, and 
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Father, He runs to God. 
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with his sorrow, but it's more 
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learned that we must go to 
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sorrow, but in order to overcome
temptation. 

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Let me read to you again, verse 
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Then he returned to his 
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sleeping. 
Simon, he said to Peter, Simon, 

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are you asleep? 
Could you not watch one hour? 

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That must have stung. 
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He calls him what his name was 
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Simon, are you asleep? 
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So we know how much time Christ 
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point. 
Watch and pray that you may not 

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enter into temptation. 
The Spirit indeed is willing, 

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but the flesh is weak. 
Some here might deems Christ's 

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rebuke as being insensitive, but
we have to remember that earlier

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he commanded all the disciples 
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You won't find that in in Mark. 
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Luke's version. 
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Luke 2240. 
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in prayer, including these 3. 
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because whenever the Lord 
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assured that He provides the 
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then we are without excuse to 
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Including these three disciples.
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Yes, it was late, but Christ 
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And with that order, He gave 
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mercy, the grace to be able to 
walk in it. 

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Now, on a side note, let me make
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discipleship, OK? 
I would never use a text like 

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this to teach Christians to 
deprive themselves from needed 

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sleep, even in the name of 
spiritual discipline. 

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I'm saying this for a reason. 
I know it seems like there's a 

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flow with the main sermon, but 
give me some space, please. 

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Godly Saints who have done this 
to themselves admitted later in 

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life of the great harm that they
put themselves through because 

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of such thinking. 
So let me let me be very clear 

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here, as as a person who loves 
you and cares about your 

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sanctification, beware of 
extreme measures and of those 

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who teach and advocate them. 
Nonetheless, this was a very 

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important evening. 
This was a unique time for the 

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disciples, one that in a few 
moments would present a 

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tremendous challenge to their 
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And the Lord was aware of that, 
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prepared for that. 
These obstacles were about to 

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come and they needed to pray to 
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And what would be the temptation
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exactly? 
We all know it very well. 

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To flee, to flee from danger 
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with Christ and even to deny 
Him. 

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Did the Lord expect faithfulness
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Yes, especially after their 
collective boasting in the upper

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room, that they would go to the 
end with Him. 

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You remember that right led by 
Peter, of course. 

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Look at Jesus last words of 
their of our text. 

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Look at verse 42. 
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said that his betrayal was at 
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He said something right before 
it rise. 

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Let us be going. 
He didn't say all right, it's 

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time for me to go. 
I know you're going to flee so 

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go ahead. 
He said let's let us be going. 

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Let's go together now. 
Let us be going. 

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My betrayer is at hand. 
So Christ expected them to stand

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with Him like He expects us to 
stand for Him. 

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Unfortunately, it did not matter
what the disciples said earlier 

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that evening, and it even didn't
matter the command that Christ 

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called them to follow. 
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Because the Spirit is willing, 
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We need power. 
We need supernatural help. 

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We need God even to please God. 
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threefold denial. 
That's how many times he denied 

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Christ, right? 
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soon after his threefold failure
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Let me remind you, look at Mark 
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And Jesus said to him, truly I 
tell you this very night before 

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the rooster crows twice, you 
will deny me three times. 

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And how many times did Jesus go 
back and forth between his 

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private time of prayer and 
ensuring and calling his 

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disciples to pray? 
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And he came the third time and 
said to them, are you still 

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sleeping and taking your rest? 
It is enough. 

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The hour has come. 
The Son of Man is betrayed into 

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the hands of sinners. 
You're going to deny me three 

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times and have followed a 
threefold failure of praying for

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every temptation. 
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frequency, regardless of how 
fierce it is, prayer can help us

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defeat it. 
Prayer can help us conquer it. 

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But listen, this victorious, 
temptation defeating kind of 

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prayer carries a quality that 
you and I cannot afford to 

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overlook. 
And many people do. 

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When did Christ call his 
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be prayerful? 
Can I tell you when before the 

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temptation came? 
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Because it's the tendency of 
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this resource called prayer. 
The moment temptation comes, the

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moment the test surprises you, 
that is not how Jesus trained 

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his disciples to pray. 
Instead, he calls them, and he 

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calls us to draw from it, even 
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Because the design of prayer is 
that as you engage in it and as 

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you enjoy it, it builds you. 
And that building them prepares 

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you. 
And that preparedness keeps you 

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when unforeseen tribulation 
visits you. 

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We see this working positively 
and negatively in this very 

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scene. 
Christ was able to succeed and 

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stand and go to the cross. 
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In great part because He was 
victorious in the garden, 

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whereas the disciples, when 
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What was the difference? 
One was watching and praying and

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the others were sleeping and 
snoring. 

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That's the difference and one 
minister put it wisely. 

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Listen to this. 
This is this is gold, he said. 

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Often times the spiritual battle
is won or lost before the crisis

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comes. 
Spiritual battles are often won 

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or lost before the crisis. 
Watch and pray, lest you enter 

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into temptation. 
Have you ever wondered why the 

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disciples fell asleep even after
Jesus? 

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How are you sleeping? 
You would think that if Jesus 

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tells you wake up, you need to 
pray, that you're going to wake 

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up and you're going to pray. 
They were tired. 

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Yes, they were tired. 
Do you know why they were tired?

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It was late. 
Yeah, it was late. 

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But there was something else. 
Luke tells us you'll see it in 

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Luke 22. 
Meet me there. 

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Luke 22, verse 45. 
And when he rose from prayer, he

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came to the disciples and found 
them sleeping for sorrow. 

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Why were their eyes very heavy? 
Why were they exhausted? 

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Because emotionally, they were 
spent. 

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They were absolutely drained. 
Why were they drained 

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emotionally? 
Well, just look at the events 

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leading up to this. 
They were told by their master, 

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one of you is going to betray 
me. 

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Things began to register and 
they were grieved. 

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And so that weight caused them 
to doze off. 

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But that wasn't an excuse. 
The sorrow wasn't an excuse. 

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What did Jesus do with his 
sorrow? 

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He spread it at the feet of the 
one who said, cast all your 

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anxieties on me. 
It wasn't an excuse. 

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And the broader lesson is this. 
This is so important, so vital 

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to grasp. 
The lesson is that we cannot 

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afford to allow what you feel to
keep you from doing what you 

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know you need to do. 
Brother, do you always feel like

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praying? 
No, sometimes it's flesh. 

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I wake up to it and it's more 
aggressive than I thought it 

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would be. 
But I don't go with what I feel.

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I go with what I know. 
I know that I need prayer. 

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I know it and I I've read the 
Bible, yes. 

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And I've also witnessed enough 
tragedies among ministers 

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especially to realize that when 
people crash and fall, usually 

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where it all begins is when they
neglect prayer. 

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That's the common denominator. 
That's where it all starts. 

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The first thing to usually go 
before somebody's faith goes, 

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before somebody's testimony 
goes, is a dependency on God 

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expressed in prayer. 
I don't go with what if I go by 

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what I feel. 
Disaster awaits me and disaster 

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awaits you. 
You go with what you know. 

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Unfortunately, these disciples 
allowed what they felt to remain

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in the driver's seat of the 
devotion. 

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And Jesus here reminds them, you
must watch and pray if you're 

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going to overcome anything. 
We must go to prayer with our 

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sorrows because there is a 
loving God who has, yes, all 

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power, but also immense 
affection for us, who is willing

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to hear us and do something with
our request. 

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We must go to prayer to overcome
temptation and closely associate

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with that truth #3 we must go to
prayer to receive grace, to do 

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His will. 
Mark tells us that after the 

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third session of prayer and 
verse 41 and 42, Christ returns 

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to his sleeping students and 
announces that his betrayer is 

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only steps away. 
But when you read verse 41 and 

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verse 42, you get this 
impression. 

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You are moved by his choice of 
words, as though He emerges from

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this time of prayer with 
remarkable ascendancy and 

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authority. 
Read it again with me in verse 

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41. 
And he came the third time and 

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said to them, Are you still 
sleeping and taking your rest? 

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It is enough. 
The hour has come. 

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The Son of Man is betrayed into 
the hands of sinners. 

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Rise, let us be going. 
See, my betrayer is at hand. 

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Do you sense it? 
A strong Savior with his 

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shoulders rolled back and his 
head up. 

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Yes, perhaps there are stains of
blood on his brow. 

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Yes, perhaps there is dirt on 
his knees. 

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But what we see here is a Jesus 
ready to drink the cup that His 

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Father prepared for him. 
Don't you dare disconnect the 

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awesome determination we see 
here in Jesus from his time of 

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prayer. 
That would be a grave mistake. 

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He is ready to drink the cup. 
Now. 

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I have to say this. 
I have to make mention of this 

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and briefly address the need to 
carefully interpret Jesus's 

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words when He came before the 
Father and said not my will but 

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yours be done. 
When He requested take this cup 

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if it's possible, let it be 
removed from me when Christ 

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prayed that it is in no way any 
indication that He was forced to

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do this and that He was trying 
to escape it, that He was 

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begging for this not to happen, 
that would be wrong. 

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Instead, what you see here in 
His reaction is exactly what you

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and I should expect from the 
perfectly holy, extremely and 

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eternally pure, sinless Son of 
God. 

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The fact that Christ cringes and
He shudders at the thought of 

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becoming, in Paul's words, 
becoming sin. 

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You got to tread carefully with 
that verse. 

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Becoming sin and drinking the 
wrath of God would make sense in

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light of His Immaculate purity. 
He who knew no sin would become 

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sin. 
So why is it even a debate? 

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Why is it a matter of criticism 
to see Christ here saying, if 

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it's possible, let this cup be 
removed from me? 

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And the fact that it was not 
removed from Him and He did 

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embrace the cross, means for us 
today that there is no other way

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to be saved. 
There is no other way to be 

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saved. 
This is the only way, not only 

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because the apostles who were in
dwelt with the Holy Spirit and 

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inspired by the Spirit writing 
that in their epistles, but 

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because of the Father's silence.
There's no other way. 

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This is the only way that 
humanity will be redeemed. 

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This is the only way that sins 
can be forgiven. 

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This is the only way that we'll 
be able to populate heaven with 

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fallen sons and daughters of 
Adam. 

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Is there another way? 
There is no other way. 

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Why the request then? 
Because of His royal holiness, 

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the horrific thought of the sin 
being placed on him, and as a 

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result, God the Father turning 
his face away. 

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If anything, this does not 
defame his character. 

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It actually affirms His 
transcendent holiness. 

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That is why he wrestled. 
But he was able to, in his 

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wrestling, overcome and embrace 
the will of the Father. 

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Because when he prayed, not my 
will, but yours be done. 

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Something happened. 
Can I tell you what happened? 

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Luke tells us what happened 
again in Luke 2242, saying, 

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Father, if you are willing, 
remove this cup from me, 

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nevertheless not my will, but 
yours be done. 

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And there appear to him an Angel
from heaven, strengthening him. 

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And so great was this 
supernatural strength that was 

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administered to him, that when 
Judas and the mob were around 

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the corner, Christ said, Rise, 
let us be going. 

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What would be the reflex of any 
of us if we knew that a mob, a 

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crowd of enemies were on their 
way to apprehend you? 

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It wouldn't be rise, it would be
retreat. 

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It wouldn't be let us be going. 
It'd be let us be fleeing. 

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But what was it that contributed
to Christ standing tall and not 

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running from His enemies? 
Get this. 

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Walking towards them. 
He prayed, He prayed, let your 

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will be done. 
And when you, like the Master, 

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pray and desire God's will. 
He doesn't just grant His will, 

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He grants the strength to obey 
it and to walk in it. 

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It sustains you and it surges 
through you, and it's only 

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reserved for the prayerful and 
despite the intimidations or the

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persuasions, ready to confront 
you. 

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Jesus shows us he showed it to 
his apostles who would no great 

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suffering after his departure 
and his ascension into heaven. 

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Seek him. 
Wait on him and trust that with 

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all his resources He will find a
way to strengthen you for any 

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temptation. 
Is this the only time an Angel 

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came and ministered unto the 
Lord Jesus? 

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No, you remember in Matthew or 
he was tempted by the devil. 

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And at the end of that account 
Matthew tells us that there were

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dispatched angels ministering to
the Lord Jesus. 

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He is faithful. 
So Christ here in this holy 

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moment, he shows us that we must
pray. 

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Run to him with your sorrow, 
that you must pray if you're 

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going to overcome any 
temptation, and you must pray if

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you're going to receive grace to
do his will, Jesus, his agony, 

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his glory in the garden. 
The Bible is a masterpiece for 

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different reasons, including how
it all connects. 

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We read early in Romans 5 the 
contrast between the first Adam 

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and the last Adam, and that 
theme continues even here in 

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this gospel account, because the
first Adam was in a garden, but 

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he rebelled. 
The second and last Adam was 

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also in a garden, but he 
submitted. 

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The first Adam was in a garden 
and he did not care for the will

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of God, He cared for his will to
be done. 

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But now you have the last Adam 
who says not my will, but yours 

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be done. 
You have the first Adam who 

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through disobedience brought in 
sin into the world. 

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Now you have Jesus, the last 
Adam in his obedience in a 

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garden bringing redemption and 
hope and salvation. 

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There's a lot of debate today 
about identity, right? 

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Identity politics. 
University classes about 

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identity. 
Classes of identity. 

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The Bible talks about identity, 
but it presents two classes and 

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only two. 
You're either in Adam or you're 

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in Christ. 
You're either a part of the the 

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race that is condemned or you're
part of the race that is 

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redeemed. 
And what makes a difference is 

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you making the willful choice of
who will be your representative.

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You have a choice in how you are
identified in this way. 

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And so every person has a choice
to either remain under Adam and 

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to expect the consequences of 
his failure in the Garden of 

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Eden, or to shift your 
allegiance to a new 

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representative for humanity in 
the person of the Jesus Christ, 

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where he at a garden wins your 
obedience and wins eternal life.

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00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:16,800
And the way you transfer that is
through repentance and faith. 

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Are your sins forgiven? 
Are you sitting here today with 

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00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:25,640
a full assurance that if you 
stand before God, your record of

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00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:26,920
wrong will not be held against 
you? 

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00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:33,080
Have you made a conscience 
decision to say Jesus Christ, I 

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receive what you've done on the 
cross for me. 

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If not believe, turn to him, 
receive him, repent. 

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00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:53,360
He will receive you, He will 
forgive you, He will make you 

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00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:58,400
new. 
Do not wait, do not delay, do 

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not harden your hearts. 
So I invite you, if you're not a

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Christian here, if there's any 
response to this messages. 

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Did you get a did you get a 
taste of what this Jesus of 

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Nazareth went through for you? 
Has it moved you? 

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00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:22,280
Has it convicted you? 
I pray to God that it does do 

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something to you. 
But for the believer, see what 

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00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:37,000
pain, see what sorrow, see what 
difficulty Christ endured so 

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00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:44,360
that you can rest. 
Are you moved by that, or has 

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00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:46,160
the good news become old news to
you? 

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00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:53,480
Yeah, that happens a lot. 
I hope the name of Jesus has not

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00:42:53,480 --> 00:43:00,280
become tasteless to you. 
I pray that you savor it. 

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And Christ, knowing our 
forgetfulness, has instituted 

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something to help us remember, 
something that we can even taste

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00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,960
so that we can connect it to the
goodness that is found in the 

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Savior. 
Let's prepare our hearts to 

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00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,320
partake in the celebration, 
shall we? 

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00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:43,680
Father, what we read, we believe
actually happened, and we are 

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grateful that it happened. 
Thank you for the practical 

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00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:53,240
truths. 
But Lord, we are more grateful 

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00:43:53,240 --> 00:43:59,280
for the positional promise that 
these truths have won for us. 

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00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:08,320
Lord, we today gladly admit that
we can't be saved apart from 

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you. 
Every vile, filthy, despicable 

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00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:16,560
thing has been plunged beneath 
the blood. 

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Move our hearts to worship You. 
For that we honor you, and today

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00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,280
we give you glory as we remember
you. 

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In Jesus name, Amen.