God's Plan
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The rapper by the name of Drake recently released a new video called "God's Plan". In the video Drake takes his budget of a million dollars set aside for the video and instead decides give it to various people. $25,000 donation to the school is given to a high school for band and uniforms, $50,000 is given to a college student to cover her tuition, another $50,000 is given to a women’s shelter, and in one instance he goes into a grocery store and announces that he will pay for everyone’s groceries in the store. I can’t vouch for the lyrics of the song but the video displays no matter how outlandish some things seem to be if it’s in God’s plan, it’s in God’s plan. Today we examine our savior Jesus’ struggle with the plan of God, in this struggle we should see within ourselves that at times the will of God means discomfort, pain, and death of ourselves.
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 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated.
38 Then he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.”
39 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want.”
40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not stay awake with me one hour?
41 Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 Again he went away for the second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”
43 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.
45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 Get up, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand.”
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 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated.
· It is interesting that this location is at a place where olive trees are and was said to have had an oil press.
o This is the place where the will of the God man (son of man) would be pressed (tested). The outcome of the pressed olive would be that which would be used to anoint a person. The outcome of this predicament would point to Jesus being the anointed.
o In the garden man fell, yet in this garden man would obey God and live…
· It’s good to have people with you who will guide you where you need to be and not take you off task.
It is also good to have a group with you who understands that you need time with God as well.
V37
· Again Peter, James, & John are taken with Jesus.
These same three witnessed Jesus transfigured before him. They saw him at a high point. And now they will witness a low point.
38 Then he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.”
· He is able to open up to his closest disciples.
· NKJV & Greek
o “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful…”
“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful…” (Original language “Soul” is present)
Soul- The essence in life in terms of thinking, willing.
o Soul- The essence in life in terms of thinking willing.
§ The soul is the intermediate in man between body and spirit. The spirit expresses the relation to God; the body, the relation to earth; the soul, the relation to the world at large, especially the world of spirits. Lange, J. P., & Schaff, P. (2008). A commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Matthew (p. 479). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.
o Jesus’ thoughts are at war. We will find out it is between the flesh and the spirit. What connects him to earth or what connects him to God. Which will win?
· Would he cater to the flesh? Avoiding Pain… Or would he cater to the spirit? Submitting to the will of God for the salvation of all?
o Do we as a body seek to be comfortable in earth’s endeavors or that of heaven?
mt 26
39 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want.”
· He positions himself in a manner that shows that he is going to God for supplication.
o Supplicate- To ask humbly and earnestly of.
“…My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me…”
o If you are capable of accomplishing this task without me having to drink this cup.
o Are we willing to accept the cup presented to us by God?
· In times of trial sometimes it is not enough to seek salvation, but the will of God! Sometimes the will of God means you making a sacrifice.
40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not stay awake with me one hour?
· Sometimes the people in your life that are the closest will not be with you on your journey.
· But we must understand that we are us and they are them. Show LOVE
V41
· This battle between what is “yours” and what is God’s rages on. Which do you feed?
Trial/Temptation- To attempt to cause someone to sin.
mt 26
42 Again he went away for the second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” 43 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.
· He goes back for a second time.
Still asking God if it be possible allow salvation to come without the things necessary like suffering on the cross and separation from the father and being made sin’s sacrifice
V44
· Jesus goes back a third time.
· In none of the Gospels did God respond. In Luke angels were sent to strengthen him spiritually but not in the flesh.
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43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength. 44 In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
o I don’t know when or what prayer they came but it happened.
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36 He said, “Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want, but what you want.”
o Abba
o Trust of the father
45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Get up, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand.”
· Here we see acceptance
· Here we see Jesus falling back in line with the will of God
· Garden time is over. When you’ve made room for God and he is in you, then it’s time to act. It’s not enough to know right, you have to act on it!
· We KNEEL before God in prayer so that we may STAND before the world.
· “In prayer we kneel before God that we may stand erect before the world.”
Conclusion
Conclusion
READ JOHN 17