A inside look of Gethsemane

“ A inside look of Gethsemane “

Matthew 26:36–46 KJV 1900

36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

“ A inside look of Gethsemane “

Subtitle : Deborah”s Crushing Place

Often times

We who are not apart

Of certain things

We wonder and

Become curious

About

What goes on

The inside of certain

Jobs — Organizations — The Masons — The Eastern Star — Fraternities — Sororities

But EVERY CHILD of God

Will not

Have to Wonder

Or be concerned

About

What goes on inside Gethsemane

Because EVERY

Child of God

Will go thru

Gethsemane

If Jesus

The SINLESS SON

Of God

Had to go

Thru Gethsemane

What about you & I

Note: And one of the HARDEST THINGS about being in Gethsemane, it seems sometimes like God don’t even care

Note: Gethsemane will make you want to break up with God [ I QUIT ]

But what

I love about Jesus here

Is that

He is so transparent

About His Gethsemane moment

And we need to learn how to share our Gethsemane moments / TRANSPARENT

Two things should give you Joy about you Gethsemane

1st. It’s God’s Will

2nd. Jesus was in the same Place

The text is tailored to teach us

That Jesus Christ at this time

Is preparing for His date with destiny

That date with destiny

Would be the day that

Jesus would hang—bleed—& die

On a cruel criminal cross at Calvary

That was His destiny—Calvary

But on HIs way

To His destiny

Jesus had to deal with

Difficulties & Distractions

1st: Jesus had to deal with the Conspiracy of People

2nd: Jesus had to deal with Corrupt Pursuits

3rd: Jesus had to deal with the Crushing Place

Often times we PRAY

To cancel the assignment

Of the Devil

When in fact

It’s really God’s WILL

That we are going thru

What we’re go thru

Our Gethsemane / Our Crushing Place

Explain: Matthew 26:39-46

The Mount of Olives

Was a mountainous region

East of Jerusalem

This place call the mountain of Olives

It derived it’s name

From the plethora of trees

The Olives trees that were

Covering the entire mountain

But what made

This mountain so special

Was not the plethora of trees

On the mountain

But what made it special

Was at the foot of this mountain

There was a piece of ground

That was called

The Garden of Gethsemane

The word Gethsemane

Literally means “ oil press “

This place Gethsemane

Becomes synonymous

With the crushing of olives

This place called Gethsemane

Had a nickname

That was called

The crushing place

And Jesus the Christ is at His Crushing Place

Gethsemane or the Crushing Place is not an easy place

It’s a Difficult place

It’s a Daunting Place

It’s a Deep Place

It’s a Discouraging Place

It’s a place of Sorrow

It’s a place of Solitude

It’s a place of Separation

It’s a place of Surrender

Scrip: Matthew 26:38

Matthew 26:38 (KJV 1900) 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

That “ exceeding sorrowful “

In the Greek means

To be surround with sorrow

Everywhere I turn

I’m surround by sorrow — Gethsemane/crushing Place — Deborah

Note: God will put more on you than you can bare

Exceedingly sorrow

Which means

Everywhere I look

I’m filled with depression

I’m filled with discouragement / Deborah’s Crushing Place

Jesus is at this place

He is Exceedingly sorrowful

And the reason why

I believe that

He’s exceedingly sorrowful

Is because Jesus

Is not only looking

At the Cross of Calvary

But Jesus

Is looking at the olives Trees

And He knows

That the same fate

That the olives has to go thru

He has to go thru

In order for an olive

To reach the fullness

Of it’s potential

And become the anointing oil

The olives got to go through a process

Just like the olives

Got to go through

A process to become the anointing oil

Jesus knows

He has to go through

A process as The anointing one

And Jesus realize 3 things about olives that the same thing will happen to him

1st—The olives had to be Collected (Beating)

2nd—The olives had to be Crush (Bashing)

3rd—The olives had to be Cured (Baring)

1st—The olives have to be Collected - (Beating)

Keep in mind this is in the 1st Century

Jesus knows how olives were collected & beating

whenever they had to collect olives

They would get sticks & beat the sides of the trees

And that would allow the olives to fall to the ground

1st—The olives have to be Collected - (Beating)

2nd—The olives had to be Crushed - (Bashing)

And once the olives was collected

They was put into a press

They was crushed

1st—The olives had to be Collected - (Beating)

2nd—The olives had to be Crushed - (Bashing)

3rd—The olives had to be Cured - (Baring)

The olives had to be spread out on a mat

So they could be cured

And Jesus had to be

Stretched out on a Cross

The same process

The olives had to go through

Is the same process

He had to go through

Jesus realized

That in order to fulfill his purpose

He’s going to have to be

COLLECTED — CRUSHED — CURED

BEATEN — BASH — BARE

COLLECTED — To go to Pilot

CRUSHED — In Gethsemane

CURED — On Calvary for our SINS

Scrip: Isaiah 53:5

Isaiah 53:5 (KJV 1900) 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: The chastisement of our peace was upon him; And with his stripes we are healed.

Jesus had to go to the Crushing Place

And we to

Must go

To our CRUSHING PLACE

And somebody is allowing their Crushing Place to get the best of you

The Crushing Place has robbed you of your rejoice

The Crushing Place has tainted your testimony

The Crushing Place has wither your worship

The Crushing Place has polluted your praise

The Crushing Place has stoled your song

The Crushing Place has wither your walk

Deborah had

An inside look

Of Gethsemane

And Moma & Tanya

You to

Was inside your Gethsemane

As ya’ll

Took care of Deborah

A inside look of Gethsemane

Deborah’s Crushing Place

1st Deborah was in a Place of Sorrow ( V. 38 )

Matthew 26:38 KJV 1900

38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Jesus is so transparent

He lets is know

He can just die

Matthew 26:38 (KJV 1900) 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Your

SICKNESS — MARRIAGE — HEALTH — CHILDREN

Can drive you

To this place

Where you can just die

Note: People will say “ I’ll NEVER kill myself “ but things can just get that bad at times. Moses — Elijah — Jeremiah

Note: What’s big to me might not be big to you

Note: But you don’t have to kill your self because we already have an appointment with DEATH

Note: [ Pastor Ricky Carter says ] Suicide is a PERMANENT SOLUTION to a TEMPORARY PROBLEM

Note: Jesus state of mind is that He got enough of this

Matthew 26:39 KJV 1900

39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Note: And we say Jesus is a Heart Fixer & A Mind Regulator and Jesus is Struggling

A inside look of Gethsemane

Deborah’s Crushing Place

1st Deborah was in a Place of Sorrow ( V. 38 )

2nd Deborah was in a Place of Solitude ( V. 40 )

Matthew 26:40 KJV 1900

40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

Jesus

Has to go thru this

Alone

Now Jesus stared out

With 12 disciples

Then He went

From 12 - 11

Then from 11 - 8

Then from 8 - 3

Matthew 26:37 KJV 1900

37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Deborah

Had to go thru

Her Gethsemane ALONE

Note: Isn’t it funny you can have family & friends connected to you and you still feel all by yourself

But Gethsemane

Is a lonely place

Because

It’s a praying place

And a lot of times

You got to pray alone

Note: Jesus prayer was not based on how He Felt it was based on the presence of God — SOMETIMES I JUST DONT FEEL LIKE IT

Note: 3 Things to know about prayer ( EFFECTIVE PRAYER )

1st. You got to Separate from People ( V. 41 )

2nd. You got to Supplicate with Power ( V. 44 )

3rd. You got to Steadfast in Praying ( V. 45 )

A inside look of Gethsemane

Deborah’s Crushing Place

1st Deborah was in a Place of Sorrow ( V. 38 )

2nd Deborah was in a Place of Solitude ( V. 40 )

3rd Deborah was in a Place of Surrender ( V. 39, 42 )

Matthew 26:39–42 (KJV 1900)

39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

Note: It’s not until you SURRENDER to your Gethsemane that you’ll a be able to handle it

Note: In other words God wants a YES from you

Note: Now I understand we my sister had a hard life because God was preparing her for her Gethsemane

Note: In other words you got to go thru THIS

Example: Joshua crossing the Jordan

Trust the Plan of God

Travel the Path of God

Tread the Promises of God

A inside look of Gethsemane

Deborah’s Crushing Place

1st Deborah was in a Place of Sorrow ( V. 38 )

2nd Deborah was in a Place of Solitude ( V. 40 )

3rd Deborah was in a Place of Surrender ( V. 39, 42 )

4th Deborah was in a Place of Strength ( Luke 22:42-43 )

Luke 22:42–43 (KJV 1900)

42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

Note: Jesus is saying now “ I got This “

Note: Deborah never ask God to heal her but she ALWAYS ask God to give her STRENGTH

Deborah says “ I got This “