Kingdom Emotions
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Kid’s Takeaway of the day: Happy Father’s Day!
Verses of the day: Matthew 25:35 “35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,”
Main idea of the day: Jesus submits to the Father’s will and prays hard in this hard time. Our lives are to be patterned after Jesus’ life. We are to pray hard in hard times so we can remain obedient to the Father’s will in times of trials.
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36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” 40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” 43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.” 47 While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. 48 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.” 49 And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him. 50 Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you came to do.” Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him. 51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. 53 Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?” 55 At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. 56 But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
I. Prayer
I. Prayer
A. Request for a way out
A. Request for a way out
A cup of suffering and Wrath
It is about bearing sin and its consequences
Pss. 11:6; Pss. 75:8; Isa. 51:17, Isa. 22; Jer. 25:15; Jer 49:12; Rev. 14:10; 16:19
8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
17 Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.
15 Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.
Matthew: A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and Teaching Exegetical and Theological Synthesis
Our sorrow opens the door to deeper trust. If we cannot be honest with God about our feelings, we are unlikely to trust him with healing. Our God cares about our cares
Pray Hard in Hard Times
Hard Times can drive us to prayer, transitions, etc.
Hard times can drive us to work harder and fix it ourselves
Hard times can drive us to disassociate.
Let us allow hard times to drive us to Jesus.
Second Prayer
Second Prayer
Matthew 1. Passion and Crucifixion (26:1–27:66)
This time he uses the negative adverb with the first-class condition (“if it is not possible,” v. 42). He has come to believe that it is not within God’s will that he avoid the suffering mapped out for him, but he reaffirms his desire to carry out that will irrespective of the cost.
B. Acceptance of the Father’s Will
B. Acceptance of the Father’s Will
2. Prayer empowered Obedience
2. Prayer empowered Obedience
The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary The Betrayal (26:47–56)
The guards Judas led to Jesus probably belonged to the Levite temple guard (hence “not in the temple”—26:55; cf.
“Why did it have to be a friend
Who chose to betray the Lord
Why did he use a kiss to show them
That's not what a kiss is for
Only a friend can betray a friend
A stranger has nothing to gain
And only a friend comes close enough
To ever cause so much pain” Michael Card’s Song “Why”
6 I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
