1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:06,200 You can turn in your Bible to Matthew chapter 26. 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,360 We're in our last three chapters of Matthew. 3 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:18,080 Today is Matthew Part 99 for anyone who's keeping track and 4 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:23,800 taking notes. Almost to 100, everything is 5 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,160 slowed down. We're really chopping up what 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,320 happened in the course of a few hours at this point, and we're 7 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,120 taking our time because I can't lay it out as well as Matthew 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,200 did. I don't preach as good as Jesus 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,520 did. So we're pointing out what we 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,200 can as we go. Our passage this morning is 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:48,440 chapter 26, verse 36 to 46. I'll read it to you then. 12 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,840 Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. 13 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,320 And he said to his disciples, Sit here while I go over there 14 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,720 and pray. And taking with him Peter and 15 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,880 the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and 16 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,239 troubled. Then he said to them, My soul is 17 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:09,280 very sorrowful, even to death, remain here and watch with me. 18 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,760 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed. 19 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,400 My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 20 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,760 Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will. 21 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,000 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. 22 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,040 And he said to Peter, So could you not watch with me one hour? 23 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,440 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. 24 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,600 The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 25 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:40,520 Again for the second time he went away and prayed. 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,000 My father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be 27 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,160 done. And again he came and found them 28 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,160 sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 29 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,040 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third 30 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,440 time, saying the same words again. 31 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,520 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, sleep and take 32 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,480 your rest. Later on. 33 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,760 See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into 34 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,560 the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going. 35 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:13,280 See, my betrayer is at hand. Heavenly Father, thank you so 36 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,840 much for Jesus who is victorious, Jesus who is strong, 37 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,480 Jesus who depended upon you for his strength, Jesus who 38 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,080 conquered sin, Jesus who defeated temptation, Jesus who 39 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,880 did it without any strength or assistance from man, but he did 40 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,120 it entirely with the assistance of you. 41 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,680 Lord, without him, without His victory, we couldn't make it. 42 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,600 Without his victory, we wouldn't have deliverance or salvation. 43 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:40,360 This morning, Lord, I pray you would just open the eyes of our 44 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,560 hearts again to see His glory, to see His beauty, to see His 45 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,600 goodness, to see His power, that we would marvel, that we would 46 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,720 worship, that we would love, and that we would obey. 47 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,640 Make us more like you, Lord, Now that your spirit has come to 48 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:56,080 fill us and to equip us, we're not just reading lessons from 49 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,120 history. We are reading lessons from 50 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,280 history, but we're reading your living and active word that 51 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,640 brings US power to obey. And Holy Spirit, now you equip 52 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:06,760 your Saints. You fill your Saints for the 53 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,560 work of ministry. Not only that we would overcome, 54 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,480 but that we would help others and that we would lead many to 55 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,800 become the sons of of light in Christ. 56 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,200 In Jesus name we thank you. Amen. 57 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,720 What a moment, what a night as we've taken our time with the 58 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,560 Last Supper, the Passover meal that they took together. 59 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:28,640 Jesus, of course, does the entire reframe and says you 60 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:30,480 always thought this was about Egypt and they said, yeah, it's 61 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,200 about Egypt. And Moses, he says it's always 62 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,080 been about me. This is the cup of the new 63 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,920 covenant in my blood. I am the Passover lamb and I'm 64 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,400 being killed on the Passover so that the death Angel will 65 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,040 Passover all humanity, whoever would put the blood of Jesus on 66 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,160 the doorposts of their hearts. He says 1 of you is going to 67 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,400 betray me. And they go is it me, is it me, 68 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:54,120 is it me? Satan enters Judas, Judas leaves 69 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,360 to go betray the Lord. Jesus says you're all going to 70 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,200 fall away on account of me tonight. 71 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,200 So he says one will betray all will desert. 72 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,920 They sing together, and now they go to the Garden of Gethsemane 73 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,240 where they often prayed. This is an olive Grove on the 74 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,840 mountain. And oftentimes history tells us 75 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,320 that this is also where they would crush the olives. 76 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,200 So very appropriately symbolic that this is where the Lord 77 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,440 Jesus is being crushed, where the oil is going to flow, and 78 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,480 where he's going to continue, where he begins the process of 79 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,120 giving his life. No one takes it from him, but of 80 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,000 course Jesus gives his life. Verse 36 Then Jesus went with 81 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,400 him to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his 82 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,960 disciples, sit here while I go over there and pray. 83 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,640 This is a place he came to often. 84 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,520 Gethsemane was most likely a walled garden. 85 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,560 So it was a place where they felt they had privacy. 86 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,320 It was a place where they, probably, the disciples 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,200 especially, probably felt they had some additional security. 88 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,400 So they still don't get it. He's told them what's going to 89 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,640 happen. He's told them what's going to 90 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:55,680 happen. He's told them what's going to 91 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,520 happen. And here we are on the night of 92 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,640 and they're falling asleep. They still don't get it. 93 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,520 They still really don't apparently believe that hundreds 94 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,120 of soldiers are getting ready to March into this garden with 95 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,360 torches and arrest the Lord on this night. 96 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,000 If they had, of course they would have stayed awake. 97 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,840 But his word was the thing that they should have believed. 98 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,880 Verse 37. And taking with him Peter and 99 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,080 the two sons of Zebedee, that's James and John, he began to be 100 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,440 sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, My soul is 101 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:31,320 very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch with me. 102 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:36,280 What's happening here is the weight is crushing the Lord as 103 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:38,600 was always intended. He is feeling the pressure. 104 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,320 Jesus is experiencing anguish. This is the beginning of his 105 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,200 passion. This is the beginning of his 106 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,360 suffering. He has been a man on a mission 107 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,800 for 3 1/2 years. Really for 33 years he's been a 108 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,520 man on a mission, focused. Nothing would turn him away from 109 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,200 this. Peter tried to say, No, Lord, 110 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,960 you'll never be crucified. He told Peter, get behind me, 111 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,680 Satan. You're thinking about the things 112 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,480 of man and not the things of God. 113 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,960 Don't tempt me with that. I'm going to obey my father. 114 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,920 I'm going to fulfill the plan that we came up with before the 115 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:09,840 foundation of the world. I was always supposed to be the 116 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:12,760 lamb who was slain. But now he's experiencing that 117 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,040 pressure and that grief, that anguish, the weight of wrath, 118 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,760 the cup that he references when he prays, Father, could this cup 119 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,280 pass from me? That's an Old Testament 120 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:24,720 reference to the wrath of God, the cup of God's wrath. 121 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,920 And the Scripture also references it being drank down 122 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,960 to the dregs. And that's what the Lord will 123 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,680 make his enemies do. He'll make him drink it down, 124 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,880 down to the bitter particles that are left behind in the cup 125 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,640 of wine. And Jesus, instead of the whole 126 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,440 world in this moment, is coming to drink the cup, and he's going 127 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,800 to drink it all the way down to the very last drop. 128 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:47,640 And then the bitter dregs, the sediment and everything that was 129 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,240 resting in the bottom. This is what he's consuming for 130 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,520 us, not because He deserves it, but because we deserve it. 131 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,360 And He has come to be our substitute and our salvation. 132 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:01,480 He's experiencing the dread of the torture that's coming, the 133 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,040 dread of the separation of his Father and the pressure that the 134 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,480 Father is putting on him even now. 135 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,480 He has always known this hour would arrive, and now it's come 136 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,320 and it's pressing down on his human soul. 137 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:18,440 Jesus was 100% God. He was 100% man and his 100% man 138 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,280 human soul is experiencing torment and pressure and grief 139 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,320 and overwhelm and anguish. Can you think of a time when 140 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:27,920 you've experienced a deep anguish? 141 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,520 Can you bring that memory up? It's an, it's an unpleasant 142 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,360 memory, whatever it was, a deep, deep, deep anguish of your soul. 143 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,880 We all probably have a moment where we can think of an anguish 144 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,040 that we would have experienced, a pressure that was like, I 145 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,480 could die. I could die from this, from this 146 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,560 pressure, from this anguish. If you've experienced any heavy 147 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,000 grief, hopefully we all can't relate. 148 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,720 But if you can, then it's a small glimpse of, of course, 149 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,480 what Jesus is feeling and the fullest weight possible. 150 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,040 He's not just dealing with natural anguish, He's dealing 151 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:04,200 with supernatural anguish that God Almighty, the Father is 152 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,920 pressing upon him. He chose this. 153 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,320 He wanted this because He loves us. 154 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,520 He says my soul is very sorrowful, even to death. 155 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,800 That's overwhelm. That word sorrow there is 156 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,200 overwhelm. It's great distress. 157 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,760 It is extreme grief. He feels like he could die under 158 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,880 the pressure before the nails ever even enter his body. 159 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:26,960 This is the perfect man, remember? 160 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,280 The obedient man, the sinless man, and this is the torment 161 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:35,960 that he feels. 2nd Corinthians 5 tells us for our sake, He made 162 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:40,720 him to be sin. Who knew no sin, so that in him 163 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,480 we might become the righteousness of God. 164 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,760 So Jesus somehow is becoming sin. 165 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,440 According to Second Corinthians 5, the Father is making Jesus to 166 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,880 be sin through some supernatural means, through some supernatural 167 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,760 horror. God is putting at your worst on 168 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:03,880 his best, his Son, and He is also punishing his Son for your 169 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,760 worst. That's the anguish that Jesus is 170 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:11,040 just beginning to experience. What does he do here? 171 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,800 As he enters the garden, he tells the 8 who are still 172 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,000 remaining remember where to put it. 173 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,360 We don't have 12 anymore. We have 11. 174 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:17,680 Judas is gone. He's doing. 175 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,600 He's meeting with people. He said, hey, come on, I'll tell 176 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,480 you where to find him. So he tells the eight, you stay 177 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,800 here. And then to the three. 178 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,440 You boys come with me deeper into the garden. 179 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:31,080 The 8 maybe were likely posted at the gate. 180 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,760 That's where they sat down. They probably fell asleep pretty 181 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,440 early on. And then he tells the the other 182 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,120 three, Peter, James and John, hey, please come with me deeper 183 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:45,480 into the garden. Jesus genuinely wants their 184 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,520 fellowship. Jesus genuinely wants their 185 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,360 prayers. I think he wants some comfort in 186 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,640 his anguish. So he asks them to stay and 187 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,160 watch and pray with him. He also wants them to pray for 188 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,480 themselves. But I think the humanness of 189 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,200 Jesus wanted some comfort and some fellowship. 190 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,200 He knows he's got to drink this cup and nobody else can drink 191 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,280 it. And also he goes in he goes, 192 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,520 Peter, James, John, would you please come pray as pressure is 193 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,560 crushing the human soul of Jesus. 194 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,760 Would you please come in deeper into the garden? 195 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:22,600 Please, boys, guys, please pray. And he goes farther and it's 196 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,280 they said he fell on his face. That's the posture of someone 197 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,360 who crumples. That's the posture of somebody 198 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,360 who says, what good is my face at this point anyway with what's 199 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,840 coming to me in in the next day? What, what good is anything like 200 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,080 with the pressure that I feel? Have you ever felt that kind of 201 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,640 anguish before? That there's nothing else that 202 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,240 could have externally happened because of what you were feeling 203 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,120 internally was so was so massive. 204 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,840 I've felt an anguish before, whereas if someone had walked 205 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,280 into the room and pointed a gun at me, I would not have been 206 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,680 distracted by that because of the internal anguish that I 207 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:59,480 experienced. Jesus falls on his face because 208 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,320 he is overwhelmed with anguish. He wants the fellowship of his 209 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,360 friends and his disciples. He genuinely wants their prayers 210 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,240 and he wants some comfort. But there's something else I 211 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,720 think that's going on here that we need to notice. 212 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,320 Just in Jesus's relationships with his disciples. 213 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,400 We can learn and we can pick up from this that Jesus doesn't 214 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,320 treat everybody the same way. Jesus doesn't give everybody the 215 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,760 same access all the time. This is a simple relational 216 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,800 point for you and I to take note of and to realize that 217 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,480 relationships have different degrees of trust. 218 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,800 Relationships have different degrees of access, and this is 219 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,480 something that you and I have to grow in wisdom in to understand 220 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,680 that you're not required to treat everything and all people 221 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:44,440 with equal access. There's people that you trust, 222 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:47,720 there's people who have earned that trust, and there's people 223 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,200 who for certain reasons and certain seasons you can give 224 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,120 more access to. But Jesus didn't treat all the 225 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,200 12 the same. Not everybody gets equal to what 226 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,000 trust in your relationships either. 227 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,080 Certain people can handle certain things and certain 228 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,040 seasons for certain reasons, and even the Son of God had degrees 229 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,320 of relational access within the 12. 230 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,920 We see that repeatedly where He calls apart the three and they 231 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,200 have a higher access and they have more intimacy with Jesus. 232 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,080 This is important in a generation that is tempted to 233 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,880 put our moods and our emotions on the Internet anytime we feel 234 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,800 them for the world to see. Jesus models discretion. 235 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,080 He shares sorrow when it is appropriate with who can handle 236 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,840 it and where it is trusted Wisdom is knowing who can handle 237 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,920 your grief or any other emotion for that matter. 238 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:41,280 Proverbs 2911 says a fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a 239 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:45,720 wise man quietly holds it back. I have foolishly before said, 240 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,000 well, I'm I'm going to be honest. 241 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,960 I'm going to make sure that I'm always always honest, honest, 242 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,320 honest. And I thought that meant that I 243 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,080 had to tell the whole truth all the time to everyone. 244 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,920 And it was actually extremely foolish that now you can, you 245 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,080 can go on the other side of that ditch and you can say I'm 246 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,440 extremely secretive and no one knows anything and I'm 247 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,560 completely isolated and I call it wisdom. 248 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:12,080 That's also completely foolish, but we need the wisdom of God to 249 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,440 navigate to know what should I say? 250 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,120 So my temptation is to be an oversharer. 251 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,880 Any other anybody else tempted towards to be in the oversharer 252 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,600 in the room and then others will say I'm I'm tempted to kind of 253 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:23,800 lock it all more down. What do we need? 254 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,000 We all need wisdom. We all need maturity. 255 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,680 We all need to grow to look more like Jesus, who is always the 256 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:33,680 right thing at the right time. We depend upon him. 257 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,080 We need him to be the right thing at the right time. 258 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,360 Because I don't have the wisdom in myself to do that. 259 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,000 I'm tempted to be the fool. I I feel this. 260 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,160 So I'm going to give full vent to it. 261 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,400 Full vent. But a wise man quietly holds it 262 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,880 back. A wise man has gears that he can 263 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,200 shift to and he doesn't always bring Full disclosure to all all 264 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,080 things, all people or all situations. 265 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:02,120 So Jesus steps in deeper with the three, and then even then he 266 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:07,400 leaves the three. Verse 39 And going a little 267 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,440 farther, he fell on his face and prayed. 268 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,800 Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 269 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,960 Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will. 270 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,000 There are some things that don't even go to the three. 271 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,520 There are some things that are just between you and the Father. 272 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,880 There's some things that nobody can help you with. 273 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,160 I love you, I'm your pastor and there's things that I can help 274 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,000 you with, but the most important thing I would tell you if you 275 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,840 ever wanted to meet together is I would say I really can't help 276 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,800 you, but I can give you some tactics. 277 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,360 I got a lot of them and that they might be helpful, but you 278 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:48,320 need power and you actually need God to move in your situation. 279 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,200 That's what you need above it. Anything and everything else. 280 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,640 We're going to continue to talk about the build your life 281 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,040 boosts. We're going to continue to talk 282 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,760 about this is a blessing and that would be a blessing. 283 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,040 Hey, this is bringing order to chaos, and A is certainly better 284 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,680 than B in this circumstance. And consider this and consider 285 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,880 that those are good. Those are helpful, and I've got 286 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,600 spiritual tactics that I can encourage you in as well. 287 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,960 But the thing that we need is we actually just need the Lord. 288 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,280 We actually just need power. We don't just need people. 289 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,280 Jesus didn't need Peter, James, and John. 290 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,520 He needed strength from heaven. He needed power to come from on 291 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,760 high. And there are some things that 292 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,320 you're just going to have to go to the Father for and that 293 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,840 nobody can do it for you. Well, guys, would you please 294 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,680 pray for me? Well, maybe they will, maybe 295 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:31,920 they won't. Maybe they'll sleep. 296 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,040 But the Father was available, and the Father met Jesus in the 297 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,480 garden. Luke. 298 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,720 Luke tells us that the Father sent angels to comfort him and 299 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,920 to strengthen him. It wasn't a cheat code. 300 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,680 It wasn't because, well, we're going to make sure that Jesus 301 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:50,880 has everything he needs to succeed because if he messes 302 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,880 this thing up, this isn't like the CEO father looking out for 303 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,360 his, like his son who's completely incompetent and he's 304 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,160 like, oh, we're just going to hide his incompetence and 305 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,200 pretend he's not incompetent. That's not what's taking place. 306 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,480 That's not what's happening. What's happening is Jesus 307 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:10,080 actually ascends to the throne as anyone can pray and ascend to 308 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,320 the throne and receive power and help in a time of need. 309 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,920 Jesus didn't do anything with a cheat code. 310 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,480 He did everything as a man anointed by the Spirit of God, 311 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,080 and that's how he was able to gain the victory. 312 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,440 That's why there's such encouragement for us, because we 313 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,600 can follow in his example, because He gives us His power. 314 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,520 Some anguish is too sacred for any other ear to hear. 315 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,960 Only one can give you real power. 316 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,000 Jesus knows how to go deeper alone, and you need to know how 317 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:46,200 to go deeper alone as well. Alan told us pray, Hey, there's 318 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,480 good advice for Christians. You should pray and your prayer 319 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,320 should look like actually penetrating through in prayer, 320 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,200 actually being real in your heart and real with your 321 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,440 thoughts. He already knows your thoughts. 322 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:01,400 Stop trying to out thinking with your prayers and tell him what 323 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,720 you think he wants to hear. I'm not talking about the fist 324 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,560 raising. I'm mad at you ignorant kind of 325 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,079 prayer that some could talk about. 326 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:11,200 I'm still talking about prayer that's based upon truth, but I'm 327 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,720 talking about prayer that also allows for the upheaval of your 328 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,160 emotions, like David all throughout the Psalms. 329 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,119 You look at David throughout the Psalms, you see the real thing 330 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,280 coming out. He doesn't stay there. 331 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:27,440 He starts with his anguish, and He ends with the gospel. 332 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,640 But you are my Redeemer. But I will trust you, but you 333 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,240 will deliver me. So he starts there, and then He 334 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,800 receives the strength even as you read through the Psalms. 335 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,480 So you can pray the Psalms in your anguish. 336 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,160 Alan said we could pray the Lord's Prayer, which is good. 337 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:45,080 You can pray the psalms, You can pray whatever is coming up and 338 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,680 out as long as you don't stop there just with anguish, because 339 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,560 the Lord will deliver through in the prayer time. 340 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,960 The Lord will deliver the peace through the prayer time. 341 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,120 Even if all the the natural things haven't changed that we 342 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:01,880 can see the Lord will still bring power. 343 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,720 Jesus praying that the cup could pass from him. 344 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,400 The cup does not pass from him. He drinks every drop, but he got 345 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,720 what he needed. He was able to drink the cup. 346 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,600 He got the strength that he needed to actually drink the 347 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,400 cup. That'd be a tough thing to do. 348 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,400 Someone hands you a cup of poison and you know it's going 349 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,680 to take your life and you force yourself to drink it. 350 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:29,600 People can give you sympathy, but they cannot give you power. 351 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,560 And sometimes we're, we want sympathy more than we want 352 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,200 power. Come on, I just want sympathy. 353 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,080 I just want you to. I just want your pity. 354 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,280 That's all I really wanted. I called you not for prayer. 355 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,960 That's kind of my Christian reason that I used. 356 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,360 But I really just wanted pity. And I want you to go. 357 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:47,880 Oh, my goodness. Now I'm so sorry. 358 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,640 Oh, man. Oh, that's not fair. 359 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,400 They did your own. That's not right. 360 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:52,440 It's so hard. It's so bad. 361 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,880 I'm like, yes, give it to me. Yes, yes. 362 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,600 Yeah. Well, enjoy the pity, Joe 363 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:58,840 Michael, because that's all you're getting. 364 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,200 I mean, make the most of it, buddy. 365 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,560 There's nothing. Because when you hang up that 366 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,960 phone, there's nothing else coming. 367 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,440 There's still no relief. All you do is you have to go to 368 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,760 somebody else and get another dose. 369 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,760 Now, let me tell you what I just told so and so. 370 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,720 And they told me what I needed. You tell me too. 371 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,080 What? There's no power in it. 372 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,120 It's just petting my flesh. Yes, flesh. 373 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:24,720 Yes, flesh. No one has it as hard as you. 374 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,440 Flesh. Flesh. 375 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,440 No one's ever known it like you. You're just like Job. 376 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,040 You're just like Jesus in the garden. 377 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:37,000 Flesh and I love it and I eat it up and my ego is like, yes, yes, 378 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,960 this is true, this is real. I know what it's like to suffer 379 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,800 and drink the cup instead of I need power. 380 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,880 That's what I really need. I need power to overcome. 381 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,800 I need peace that delivers me. I need strength that gives me 382 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,080 hope. I need real strength from 383 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,680 heaven. You got to resist the temptation 384 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,760 to go seeking pity and go seeking sympathy. 385 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,240 Do we want compassion from one another? 386 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,120 Absolutely. Do we owe compassion from one 387 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:06,200 another? Absolutely. 388 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,800 And that compassion includes a direction upward. 389 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,080 My brother, I'm so sorry. Oh, that's heavy. 390 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,760 Let's go to the throne together. I'll go with you. 391 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,520 Let's go get power, bro. I got no power. 392 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,800 I couldn't heal a mosquito of a headache. 393 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,600 But I know where we can go to get power, and I know that's 394 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,840 what you need. So I'm not going to belittle it. 395 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,840 I'm not going to. I want to weep with those who 396 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,120 weep. I want to mourn with those who 397 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:32,480 mourn. I want to rejoice with those who 398 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,480 rejoice. I want to fit the moment and fit 399 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,280 the occasion. But we don't stay there. 400 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,240 Oh, I see you're down in a hole. I'll climb down in the hole with 401 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,520 you. Now we're in a hole together and 402 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,120 just feel the holiness of the hole. 403 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:48,960 That's nonsense. It's fruitless. 404 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,280 It doesn't help us to ascend. Jesus saw us in a hole and he 405 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,520 said, I'll come down in the hole, you know, on my back and 406 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,080 I'll climb out of the hole and I take you out of the hole. 407 00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,840 You don't have to stay in the hole. 408 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,200 So we need power, not just sympathy. 409 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,680 We need power, not just some tenderness and some 410 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,440 understanding. Good friends will always tell us 411 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,800 the whole truth. They'll be compassionate and 412 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,520 they'll draw us vertically to the Lord. 413 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,440 Keep going. Verse 39. 414 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,360 And going a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, 415 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,720 saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from 416 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,960 me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but 417 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,240 as you will. So he reveals his desperation 418 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:35,680 here. This is not performance. 419 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,000 This is not polished spirituality. 420 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:42,040 This is pleading. This is the Son crying out to 421 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,880 the Father. Notice what he prays. 422 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,600 He prays honestly, what he's actually thinking and feeling. 423 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,240 This is Jesus, 100% God, but also 100% man. 424 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,680 And the 100% man right now is saying, Father, I know that I'm 425 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,000 the land who was Lamb, who was slain before the foundation of 426 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,440 the world. I know this was always our plan, 427 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,720 but now I'm here in this moment. Is there any other way we could 428 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,680 do this? I know I've got to save the 429 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:05,240 world. Is there? 430 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,880 Is there another way? Is there another way? 431 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,920 This is Jesus praying this way and he is not sinned in any of 432 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,320 it. Is there another way? 433 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,960 The dread, the pressure, the anguish, the crushing. 434 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,560 Is there another way, Father? And even in that request, Father 435 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:23,560 is there? Is there another? 436 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,880 If it's possible, is there anything else? 437 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:33,120 He still immediately says, but your will be done. 438 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,000 He doesn't deny the weight of it. 439 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,720 He brings it into prayer so he won't fall into temptation. 440 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,040 What's his temptation? To save his own life? 441 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,800 His own temptation? He could call down 10,000 442 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,880 leagues and legions of angels. He could destroy everybody. 443 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,480 He could do whatever he would want to. 444 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,280 That's his temptation. His his temptation is to run for 445 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:55,440 his life. He could leave the garden. 446 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,760 They're coming to get somebody. If he's not there, they're not 447 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,400 going to know where he went. He could leave and go to the 448 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,240 countryside. As long as he vanishes and as 449 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,440 long as that that rabbi stops with all the stuff he's been 450 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,120 doing these past few years and he shuts up, then he can live to 451 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:10,760 be an old man. And that's wisdom, right? 452 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,440 I mean, sometimes we need to use some wisdom right now. 453 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,560 Wisdom is obedience to God and fulfilling God's will for your 454 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,960 life, God's will for Jesus life. It pleased the Father to crush 455 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:26,400 him and immediately he re emphasizes his submission. 456 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,040 Father, is there another way? Is there another way? 457 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,600 Let's thank Father, is there another way? 458 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,840 We could do this other than this? 459 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,360 Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will. 460 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,520 That's his conviction to glorify the Father no matter what. 461 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,880 This is heavy, this is anguish. This really happened, Saints. 462 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,760 This really actually happened across that Atlantic Ocean. 463 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,800 There's a tiny little country called Israel. 464 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,520 There's a little hill, the Mount of Olives. 465 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,240 There's a garden. They think they still know the 466 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:56,840 the area of the Garden of Gethsemane. 467 00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:59,240 I never know. I never trust, you know, the 468 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:00,880 guys over there because I'm like, yeah, they need a lot of 469 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,400 tourism too. So, like, this is the spot 470 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,320 where, you know, this guy picked his nose. 471 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,000 I'm like, I don't know. I I hope so. 472 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,080 But maybe they maybe they're sure of it. 473 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,680 But it's over there. Whether or not anybody knows 474 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,360 where it is, it's over there. Jesus's feet were on this planet 475 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,960 and they're coming back. His feet are coming back to that 476 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,200 same place, that same mountain, this place where he prays, this 477 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,920 place where he sweats great drops of blood, where the 478 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,960 anguish is coming out of him and his blood is already being shed. 479 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:37,560 That same place. That's where he ascended from 40 480 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,760 days later, 41 days later, and that is where he is coming back 481 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,800 to. He is coming back to put his 482 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,520 feet back on that same spot. That spot matters to him. 483 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,120 It's where he achieved the victory. 484 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,680 He brings his human will into alignment and he does it through 485 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,120 prayer. Again. 486 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,560 You can see it in real time throughout the Psalms. 487 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,560 You can see David and then you see him bringing his, human, 488 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,360 his, his, his. The only will he had was the 489 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,000 human will. He brings his will into 490 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,120 alignment through prayer. And you see Jesus doing the same 491 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:17,320 thing. He's bringing his will into 492 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,440 alignment through prayer. It's not just God. 493 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,600 Please help me today and moving on. 494 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,120 And then whatever happens, like, well, I prayed. 495 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,720 Did you though? Did you though? 496 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,320 Because Jesus prayed until he pressed through and acquired 497 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,400 what he needed, which was the power, and he also needed to 498 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,880 align his will to his Father's will. 499 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:40,960 And that's what he was doing. He's not trying to white knuckle 500 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:45,680 his obedience in the flesh. He is praying his own will until 501 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,760 it gets all the way into surrender. 502 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,520 There's a lesson in prayer. Did you pray about it? 503 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,200 Yeah. Did you though? 504 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,240 What are you trying to say? You're trying to make some 505 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,000 legalistic rules for prayer? No, certainly not. 506 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,920 And yet I want you to understand it. 507 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,960 We know that God does not allow us to earn anything. 508 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,760 We know He gives things. But Christians often 509 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,160 misunderstand. God is opposed to you earning. 510 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:15,200 God is not opposed to your effort. 511 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,880 You should have some spiritual effort in your life. 512 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,560 It's not that you will then achieve and deserve something. 513 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,600 He goes well, you earned it through your spiritual effort. 514 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:30,000 And yet still living for Christ takes spiritual effort. 515 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,200 That shouldn't be a scandalous phrase. 516 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,320 It should look like something though. 517 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,400 Man, Should marriage be so hard? What do you mean by that? 518 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,720 Marriage should take some effort, right? 519 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:46,880 Should parenting be so hard? You do know parenting would take 520 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,240 effort, right? I don't know what you're 521 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,160 implying we should following Jesus be so hard. 522 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,760 Well, well, he said it would literally and that you would 523 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,600 have to take up your cross and follow him or you're not worthy 524 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,240 to be his disciple. So he, he guaranteed you death 525 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,520 from the beginning. So in all fairness to him, 526 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,600 there's no bait and switch here. But does it? 527 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,200 Is it hard? He said his yoke is easy and his 528 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,680 burden is light. But he does have a yoke and he 529 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,400 does have a burden. So it takes spiritual effort. 530 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,760 And I think many Christians put forth zero spiritual effort and 531 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,280 they go, well, where's the Lord, dude? 532 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,360 The Lord don't say that stupid thing, man. 533 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,120 God is who he always has been. He always is where he always is, 534 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:29,880 which is everywhere. He is loving, He is good. 535 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,520 You're putting forth zero spiritual effort like the spouse 536 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,240 in a marriage who blames their spouse entirely for everything 537 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,040 and goes, what are you going to do? 538 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,640 What are you going to do? You going to do anything? 539 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,640 Well, what are they doing? Well, it's all in the Lord. 540 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,800 That's a convenient theology. It's just not true. 541 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,280 It's just not biblical. Your Christianity needs some 542 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,080 spiritual effort. I didn't tell you what it should 543 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,000 be. Alan did. 544 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,640 So blame him. Read your Bible and pray. 545 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,520 And then when we pray again, it's not a God. 546 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,040 Please bless the squirrels. What if Jesus had gone to the 547 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,760 garden? Father, please give me strength 548 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,160 for everything I need to face over the next, you know, 24 549 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,920 hours. And then he laid down and went 550 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,560 to sleep because he prayed, didn't he? 551 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,440 Didn't he? God give me strength for he's 552 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,080 laying down on his pillow in the garden. 553 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,600 Oh, Lord, Father, just give me strength for everything. 554 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,360 I'm going to be facing here. I just need some rest. 555 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,680 I've got to carry a cross tomorrow and be crucified on it 556 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:31,360 and bury. I need sleep. 557 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,840 What's wrong with sleep? I thought we're supposed to go 558 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:35,160 to bed. Pastor Michael, you told us 559 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,080 that's important. Sleep's important. 560 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:41,080 But there's a difference between praying and praying, apparently. 561 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,000 And Jesus did the latter instead of I prayed. 562 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:50,440 OK, I didn't say you earn anything with your spiritual 563 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,680 effort, and still you ought to put in some spiritual effort. 564 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,800 And Jesus is doing that now. Of course, the weight of what 565 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,000 he's feeling is helping him to do so. 566 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:06,680 Hebrews 5, seven through 9 says in the days of his flesh, Jesus 567 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,280 offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries 568 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:15,240 and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and he was 569 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:19,600 heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he 570 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,920 learned obedience through what he suffered, and being made 571 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,120 perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who 572 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,520 obey him. Hallelujah, I'm reading it 573 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,720 again. In the days of his flesh, 574 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,520 particularly that night in the garden, Jesus offered up prayers 575 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,320 and supplications with loud cries and tears to him who was 576 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:44,560 able to save him from death. And he was heard because of his 577 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,080 reverence. Although he was a son, he 578 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:51,040 learned obedience through what he suffered, and being made 579 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,720 perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who 580 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,960 obey him. Sounds like a man who really 581 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,040 cried out for help. Sounds like a man who was heard, 582 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,440 but he didn't get his prayer answered the way he initially 583 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,720 wanted because thankfully, Jesus's greater prayer was not 584 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,240 Father. Don't answer that prayer. 585 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,840 Answer this one. Your will be done and not mine. 586 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,240 That's a mature prayer, Lord. I don't know what your will is 587 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:17,760 in this situation. This is how you and I should 588 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,280 pray when we don't know the Lord's will because Jesus shows 589 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,240 us the opposite of what immature prayer does. 590 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,040 Immature prayer says God hears my will and I want you to align 591 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,000 to it. I am the cornerstone and I need 592 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,640 you to align yourself to me. And Jesus says you are the 593 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,480 cornerstone. Align me to you, Father, bring 594 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,640 me into proper alignment. My human will that is feeling 595 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,520 weak and looking for an escape? Father, strengthen me. 596 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,080 Prayer is not casual reciting of something. 597 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,720 Prayer is not just making requests of God and walking 598 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,720 away. Prayer is working out what is 599 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,000 inside of your soul. I read a book on prayer. 600 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:03,880 It's called Real Prayer by Frank somebody Ortega. 601 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,920 It's like my favorite book I've ever read on prayer. 602 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:11,520 And I read a lot of books on prayer and one line in it and he 603 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,240 was actually quoting somebody else. 604 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,000 He said, if you don't feel anything when you pray, you're 605 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,600 probably not praying what you feel. 606 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,240 If you're not, if you never feel anything when you pray, then 607 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,000 you're probably not actually praying what you feel. 608 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,200 You're just doing like brain prayer, Gray matter prayers. 609 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,880 I'm thinking about this, I'm thinking about that. 610 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,360 I'm thinking about this. Lord help me with that 611 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,160 appointment and this thing. And then there's my To Do List. 612 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,560 See you Sunday or see you tomorrow morning or see you 613 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,480 whenever instead of like, hey, what's going on in there? 614 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,760 Oh, my soul, I haven't gone in there in years. 615 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,160 OK, well, it's it's about time. That's where that's where the 616 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,440 issues of life are. That's where your life is 617 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,640 actually being lived out of. That's the place you need his 618 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,080 power. There's stuff in there I don't 619 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,520 want to give him. Yeah, I know. 620 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,320 That's why you've avoided it. And you're also enjoying, 621 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,040 unfortunately, the fruit of a life that doesn't really pray. 622 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,920 If you think prayer is boring and if you think prayer is lame, 623 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,520 you just, you just received your unlock and now you know why your 624 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,040 prayer is boring. Your prayer is lame. 625 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,280 Amen. That's the problem. 626 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,360 If you think like I've told you before, you think the Bible is 627 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,280 boring, you're boring, you're lame. 628 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,520 You think prayer is boring. You think prayer is lame. 629 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,120 It's not prayer that's the problem. 630 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,080 It's your fakeness in your prayer. 631 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,160 It's your braininess in your prayer. 632 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,560 It's what am I supposed to pray right now? 633 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,040 Go into the soul, Lord, what's going on in me? 634 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:37,840 Who am I? Where am I? 635 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,840 Lord, let me learn to fellowship with you. 636 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,720 Oh, and all of a sudden you have something to pray about that you 637 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,120 actually care about instead of the stuff that you were 638 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,360 pretending to pray about that you didn't care about anyway. 639 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,760 And he knew that. He's like, man, I'm bored. 640 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,120 Like, I wish you would stop. This isn't praying. 641 00:32:58,120 --> 00:32:59,640 Whatever it is you're doing, just stop. 642 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,000 Stop talking to the ceiling like this is. 643 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,840 This is not fellowship. This is not anything. 644 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:06,680 What am I supposed to put power on? 645 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:16,000 Prayer is crucifying the flesh. Prayer is building fellowship. 646 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,840 Prayer is aligning yourself as a living stone back to the chief 647 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,440 cornerstone and making sure you're in alignment with him. 648 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,920 Lord, align me to you. I'm out of alignment. 649 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:33,040 That's real prayer. Verse 40 And he came to the and 650 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,120 he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. 651 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:41,200 And he said to Peter, so could you not watch with me one hour? 652 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,280 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. 653 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,920 The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 654 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:52,960 They're exhausted. It's been a long day. 655 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,080 They hiked up a mountain. It's late. 656 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,160 They feel secure in the place that they visited. 657 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,080 Everything they're doing right now is completely 658 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,520 understandable. Everything they're doing right 659 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,960 now is completely explainable. It's not like how could you? 660 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,719 We kind of know how they could. We see how we could, and it's 661 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:13,639 still unacceptable. In the decades to come, I'm sure 662 00:34:13,639 --> 00:34:16,440 Peter, James, and John would have given anything to return to 663 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,920 that night and pray with their master and their friend, not 664 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,040 just for him, but for their sake, that they wouldn't have 665 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,199 fallen into temptation. I deserted him. 666 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:33,400 I denied him watch and pray that you may not enter into 667 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,840 temptation. That means that their sin was 668 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:40,920 preventable. The prophecy he gave earlier was 669 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,360 warning. It was not forcing them. 670 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,159 It was not making it inevitable that they would then have to do 671 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:47,880 it. He's saying you're going to deny 672 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,520 me three times and you're all going to scatter. 673 00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:52,840 And then he says, pray that you don't enter into temptation. 674 00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:56,360 This is what's coming. If you don't do this, if you 675 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,720 don't actually receive power, He goes, I know I need power. 676 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,440 I know my temptation. If I don't go get power from the 677 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,560 Father, you better get power from the Father too. 678 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,360 I've given you the warning. I've given you the heads up. 679 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,600 Don't be surprised when it happens. 680 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,200 The Lord was warning them. He's not forcing them to sin 681 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,840 with His earlier prophecy. The prophecy was warning. 682 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,200 He was giving them an opportunity. 683 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:23,000 If you are falling into temptation, the first question 684 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,960 may be, are you praying anguish prayer, heart prayer, 685 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,200 surrendered prayer? Do you keep sinning in the same 686 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,440 way? Watch and pray that you may not 687 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,640 fall into temptation. I have prayed about it, but have 688 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:41,200 you though? But have you though is the 689 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,960 question. And then in prayer, did you get 690 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:48,000 an answer or a direction that you then said, I'm not willing 691 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,640 to go that far because the Lord said, here's how I want you to 692 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,240 cut off your hand And you're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 693 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:54,120 I just wanted like power and stuff. 694 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,600 I'm giving you power. I'm giving you solutions. 695 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,080 Here's how I want you to call it off your hand in this particular 696 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,280 area of your life, for this particular temptation. 697 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,240 Here's what it look like. Oh Lord, let's not get extreme. 698 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:11,400 The spirit is willing. Zeal is present, but zeal 699 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,040 without power through prayer, it will collapse under real 700 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,440 pressure. When anything real comes, when 701 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,680 anything heavy comes, you go. Now I'm tested. 702 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,760 Now we find out the strength of the metal. 703 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,720 A Christian who has not been real with the Lord in prayer 704 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,160 exposes themselves to the attacks of the enemy. 705 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,840 And then they frankly reveal who they are when pressures come to 706 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,760 their lives, when the heat is applied to the to the believer's 707 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,760 life, you go, oh, what's this reveal about me? 708 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,600 Well, it reveals that you have not been going into the place of 709 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,320 prayer that you need to and because that's why you don't 710 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,160 have any power right now. It reminds us that you're not 711 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,960 reading your Bible and praying not to expose you or humiliate 712 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,400 you before the rest of the body, but it's just a fact. 713 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:02,000 It's like if you keep running into this problem, oh wonder, 714 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,440 wonder what's going on with that? 715 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,240 It's not that complicated, nor is it to condemn, but it is 716 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:10,720 reality. Oh my goodness, what's going on? 717 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,000 You keep losing weight, losing weight, losing weight. 718 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:17,040 You're not eating food. Like, listen, there's no 719 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,840 condemnation in that. And yet this is the reality. 720 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,880 This is the inevitable outcome. You keep eating more calories 721 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,720 than you burn each day. Your body is getting larger and 722 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,000 larger and larger. It's not condemnation, but it is 723 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,840 reality of how it works. You're spiritually anemic. 724 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,440 You're always afraid. You continue into the same sin 725 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,640 over and over and over. You have things that are just 726 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:38,560 massive strongholds you never get free from. 727 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,160 Oh, no, I just don't know how to get free from it. 728 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,880 Well, thankfully, Alan told us how to do it. 729 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,680 Read your Bible and pray and those two things together are 730 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,680 going to be massively fruitful for us to build fellowship with 731 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,320 him. And that's the portal for 732 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,640 everything else he says. Now I can guide you now. 733 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,880 Now you're on the move. Now you have you have greased 734 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,320 the tracks and things can move forward easily. 735 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,440 Power will be made available. Power will be given. 736 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,200 Zeal is not enough. We need real power. 737 00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:16,720 We need a a hard center, a hardcore they can withstand real 738 00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:20,760 pressure. Verse 42 again for the second 739 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:26,200 time he went away and prayed my father, if this cannot pass 740 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:30,440 unless I drink it, your will be done the first time. 741 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,200 He said if it be possible, let this pass from me. 742 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,840 See how his prayer is already maturing and changing The first 743 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,760 time he said, Father make it stop. 744 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,800 Let's do something different. And the second time he is 745 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,440 reeling in his his will, he's getting it closer to the boat, 746 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,680 closer to the boat, closer to the boat every single time. 747 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,560 Father, if this can't pass unless I drink it, your will be 748 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,200 done. And again he came and found them 749 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,000 sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 750 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:01,640 The second prayer he submits more deeply. 751 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,880 Now your will be done. He's getting closer and closer 752 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,160 into the fuller obedience. This is perfect prayer. 753 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:12,800 Devotion to God's glory over my personal comfort. 754 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,480 Devotion to the Father's will over my own desire. 755 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,680 Meanwhile, the disciples grow weaker. 756 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:24,520 He doesn't even wake him up the second time, and he only woke 757 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:30,120 Peter the first time. Peter, right within one hour. 758 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,080 Pray that you don't fall into temptation. 759 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,160 Yes, I'm going to. Lord, I'm sorry. 760 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:40,320 Yeah, I'm getting up right now. And he comes back again, three 761 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,920 of them in a pile here in the garden. 762 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,800 He leaves him asleep. Jesus will not control you. 763 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:52,640 He doesn't shake them awake and say, look at me. 764 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,240 Tonight's the night. This is your moment. 765 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:58,480 He's already giving them enough warning. 766 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,840 God's Word is enough. He hasn't said he'll give it to 767 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:07,400 you 15 times. Boys pray that was it. 768 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,160 And the second time, Peter got an extra warning. 769 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,160 The other two didn't. They slept through it. 770 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,960 Now he comes back again and he just leaves them right where 771 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:22,000 they are. The Son of Man had no help in 772 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,960 overcoming his temptations. No one stood by his side. 773 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,200 None of the fallen sinful people, the ones who were 774 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:33,080 clotheless and most devoted, offer Jesus zero assistance. 0 775 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,480 Encouragement. 0 Devotion in his moment of greatest need. 776 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,840 Jesus did it alone. Praise God, Jesus did it alone. 777 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,520 He went to the Father and Him. God saved us. 778 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,280 Nobody else saved us. Nobody else helped us, Nobody 779 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,440 else rescued us. He doesn't control his 780 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,920 disciples. He loves them, He warns them, 781 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,240 but they must pray. You must pray. 782 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,200 Jesus is praying for you. Jesus prayed for His disciples. 783 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,640 He prayed for all of us, and He still prays for us. 784 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,080 He is still the Advocate who prays for us. 785 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,760 That should give you great comfort to know that Jesus still 786 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:14,560 prays for you today in heaven. And also you ought to pray for 787 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,160 yourself. You need to pray for yourself. 788 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:25,200 Verse 44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the 789 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:29,760 third time, saying the same words again, referencing what he 790 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,200 prayed the second time. Father, if this cannot pass 791 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,720 unless I drink it, your will be done. 792 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,240 And Luke tells us that the Father sent angels to come and 793 00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,080 strengthen him and to comfort him. 794 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,200 So he pressed through in prayer. He got the supernatural answer 795 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,440 that he needed, which was strength to obey. 796 00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:57,240 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, sleep and take 797 00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:02,360 your rest. Later on, wake up boys, see the 798 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,200 hours at hand. And the Son of Man is betrayed 799 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,920 into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going. 800 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:15,200 My betrayer is at hand. So probably a mass of torches 801 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,400 likely is what Jesus is seeing working through the garden in 802 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:23,920 the distance and he comes back and he sees it voice, get up, 803 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:28,240 you have to sleep later. It's here. 804 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:28,840 What? What's that? 805 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,720 What what? My betrayer's at hand, Let's be 806 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:33,320 going. Jesus goes out to meet it. 807 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:38,840 Jesus goes and says nice to meet you, I'm the king. 808 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,560 I'm here to give my life. No one's here to take it from 809 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:42,520 me. Of course, as you know, the 810 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:44,200 soldiers say we're here seeking Jesus. 811 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,280 He said I am. And they fall down to the 812 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,240 ground. He first fell down on his face 813 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,600 and now all of his enemies fall down to the ground at his word. 814 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,280 Why? Because he went and got power. 815 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:55,640 He went and got strength. He got boldness. 816 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,120 He brought his human will, and his human will is completely and 817 00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,760 perfectly resolved now. And he says, I'm choosing this 818 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:02,920 and I'm stepping into it. I'm not being dragged out of 819 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:04,920 this garden. I'm not being haunted down and 820 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:09,400 found there at hand. Rise, let us be going. 821 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,720 My betrayer's at hand. Let's go meet him. 822 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:18,120 Let's go see him. Welcome to the garden, To the 823 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,840 sacred place where I came to pray and where you came to 824 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:23,400 betray the Son of Man with a kiss. 825 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:28,960 Heaven met the Lord Jesus in prayer. 826 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:30,720 He received empowerment from above. 827 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,240 When he rises from prayer this third time, he is no longer 828 00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:37,560 trembling, but he is resolved. He rises in strength. 829 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:40,640 He rises having already apprehended what he needed from 830 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,480 the Father. This is not a man who slept 831 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:46,760 through his trial and then blamed God for his weakness. 832 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:49,440 Well, I prayed and ask God for help. 833 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:53,640 Did you though? Like we said, God is not opposed 834 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,880 to you earning. Or God is opposed to you 835 00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:00,200 earning, but He is not opposed to your effort and you do need 836 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,200 spiritual effort. Jesus displayed spiritual effort 837 00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:05,480 and then Jesus got more strength from heaven. 838 00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:07,640 The disciples attitude was completely different. 839 00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:09,480 The disciples attitude was we got this. 840 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:15,400 I'm ready Peter, I'm ready. Lord, I'm a, I'm a blue collar 841 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:19,480 tough dude. I'm my word is my bond. 842 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,680 I'm a man of integrity who all that sounds good, doesn't it? 843 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,000 Whenever a man says I'm a man of integrity, it's like, it sounds 844 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:27,880 good. Makes me think more of them. 845 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:32,200 I'm like, OK, I like the sound of that, but I'm nothing. 846 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,640 I'm not a man of anything unless God gives me strength. 847 00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,480 I want to be a man of integrity. I want to be a man who people 848 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:43,200 can trust when I speak. But I'm not apart from Christ. 849 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,200 But the disciples are still leaning on themselves. 850 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:46,440 I'm good. I'm going to get some sleep. 851 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:49,800 I know I'll never desert Jesus. And they wake up to what? 852 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,680 What? Whoa, Hundreds of soldiers, lots 853 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:54,200 of torches. And all of a sudden their 854 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,680 courage melts like a candle and they're going. 855 00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:10,580 I'm not so sure anymore. They leaned on self-confidence. 856 00:45:10,620 --> 00:45:13,420 Jesus, the perfect man, the strongest man, sought strength 857 00:45:13,420 --> 00:45:15,300 from heaven. If anyone could have stood it 858 00:45:15,300 --> 00:45:18,340 alone, it would have been him. And yet Jesus needed to fall on 859 00:45:18,340 --> 00:45:22,380 his face and pray. Torches come in the dark. 860 00:45:22,380 --> 00:45:23,980 Now. The General Jesus is actually 861 00:45:23,980 --> 00:45:28,060 ready and his soldiers are not. Remember not to pity. 862 00:45:28,060 --> 00:45:31,020 Not to pity him as a hostage or a victim. 863 00:45:31,020 --> 00:45:33,520 He is neither. No one takes his life from him. 864 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,120 He lays it down. He walks into the fray as the 865 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,120 conquering king. He goes out to meet the battle 866 00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:40,000 line. He does not wait for the combat 867 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,880 to come to him. Jesus deliberately walks into 868 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:46,160 the wood chipper of God's wrath so that you would not have to. 869 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:51,160 He fulfilled what God had prepared beforehand, before the 870 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,160 foundation of the world we're closing. 871 00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:59,160 There's two things I want you to take away from today. 872 00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:01,680 I want you to take your anguish to the Lord. 873 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:03,840 I want you to take your weakness to the Lord. 874 00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,880 I want you to take your repeated temptations to the Lord in 875 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,320 heartfelt prayer. Do not move forward in the power 876 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,800 of flesh and expect different results in your life. 877 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:16,080 Amen. Who is it that's quoted with 878 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,120 that phrase? The definition of insanity? 879 00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:21,520 Is it Einstein definition of insanity is doing the same thing 880 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,280 over and over and expecting a different result. 881 00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:25,880 Stop doing things in the power of the flesh and expecting 882 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:27,640 victory and expecting breakthrough. 883 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:30,760 Doing it the way you done it won't get you where you need to 884 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,560 go. You really do need power. 885 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,680 Love Jesus again, be thankful again. 886 00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:39,200 See the substitution all over again. 887 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,840 He endured anguish so that you would not face God's wrath. 888 00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:51,080 Let your love lead to obedience. Jesus loved the Father and He 889 00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,840 honored the Father. Honor Him with your prayer. 890 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,760 Honor Him with your surrender. Honor Him with your whole life. 891 00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,920 Real prayer. If your prayer is boring, 892 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:02,800 remember prayer is not the problem. 893 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,360 That's good news. I don't intend it as an insult. 894 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:09,720 I intended as, hey, good news, you can shift that go into your 895 00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:12,640 soul and then pray something real. 896 00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:16,520 I don't know what to pray. When you're reading your Bible, 897 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,920 you'll have plenty to pray because you'll continue to see 898 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:23,120 who have a lot of adjusting to do to get my stone to match up 899 00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:26,520 with the Lord's. So your Bible gives you plenty 900 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:30,120 of content to pray about if you're still drawing a blank. 901 00:47:35,490 --> 00:47:38,290 The first Adam failed in the garden. 902 00:47:39,410 --> 00:47:42,010 The second Adam comes and he overcomes temptation in the 903 00:47:42,010 --> 00:47:44,530 garden. Jesus is greater in every way. 904 00:47:45,450 --> 00:47:46,970 Jesus is the savior of his people. 905 00:47:47,210 --> 00:47:50,810 And Jesus, of course, is just getting started on this night. 906 00:47:51,290 --> 00:47:54,200 We're going to continue through, we're going to see all the way 907 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,400 through the the brutality of all the the crucifixion, the 908 00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,720 betrayal, the falseness, the lies of the false courts, the 909 00:48:01,720 --> 00:48:05,600 deception, all the while Jesus marching forward to save you 910 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,760 with his blood. Heavenly Father, I pray that 911 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:13,160 every single person under the sound of my voice would be 912 00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:16,640 stirred and would be moved to love Jesus more and to obey 913 00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:23,920 Jesus the King and the author of salvation who earned it. 914 00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:30,440 Earned it for all of us who experienced temptation in every 915 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,800 way as we do. And yet he was without sin. 916 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,280 He became sin who knew no sin so that we would become the 917 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:42,000 righteousness of God. What a gift and what a treasure. 918 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,120 I pray that your people would feel a deep gratitude today. 919 00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:48,280 I pray they would feel a deep refreshment today and say, wow, 920 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:52,320 God really loves me. Jesus really did that for me. 921 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,640 Jesus, you are so worthy of my love and of my life. 922 00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:00,440 And Lord, I pray that you would draw draw all of us deeper into 923 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:04,920 prayer, into a prayer that is exciting, into a prayer that is 924 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:10,280 an adventure, into prayer that is life giving and empowering. 925 00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,160 We can bring you our joy. We can bring you our anguish. 926 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:16,960 We can bring you everything in between. 927 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:20,840 We can give full vent to you, Lord. 928 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,760 You're able to withstand it. You're able to change it. 929 00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:31,640 You're able to correct it. God, I pray for any who are not 930 00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:35,640 yet trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for their salvation and 931 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:39,120 given their lives to Him in surrender and obedience. 932 00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:45,400 God, I pray that through this moment, or as they drive home, 933 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:53,920 or as they kneel to pray, or as they listen to a worship song, 934 00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:57,480 that they would apprehend the thing that they need. 935 00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:02,120 That they would fall upon their face in desperation and come to 936 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:06,200 the true Passover Lamb and apply the blood of the Lamb to their 937 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:15,040 hearts, seeking to love You and to obey Your law, to be spared 938 00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,080 Your wrath and to enter into Your glory. 939 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:21,120 Thank you for building our lives. 940 00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,720 Lord, continue to build our lives. 941 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,080 Draw us to Your word and draw us to prayer. 942 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:31,000 Prayer that brings breakthrough, prayer that brings revelation, 943 00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:36,560 Prayer that moves mountains. We love you, we thank You in 944 00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:42,720 Jesus name, and now the Lord bless you and keep you. 945 00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:48,240 The Lord make his face Shinedown upon you and be gracious to you. 946 00:50:49,240 --> 00:50:52,680 The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you great 947 00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:56,440 peace in Jesus name, Amen.