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“Full Surrender”
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Today, I want us to go in our mind with Jesus and his disciples as they leave the upper room and go to the Garden of Gethsemane.
Luke gives us the briefest account of what takes place in the garden of Gethsemane the night that Jesus is betrayed and arrested.
When you read these verses, you see Jesus in a different light than anywhere else in the Gospels.
Everywhere else you see Jesus in the Gospels he is absolutely fearless and courageous.
· In the wilderness temptation Jesus is
Un-intimidated in the face of Satan’s temptation.
· In his hometown, he is unmoved when the mob tries to kill him.
· In the midst of the storm, Jesus calmly stands and calms it.
Everywhere else in the Gospels you see Jesus is fearless, bold and courageous.
However, in the garden of Gethsemane we see Jesus overcome with agony as he prayed, and faced his death on the cross.
It is hard for us to comprehend what is taking place in the garden of Gethsemane.
As we look at what happens in these verses, we ought to be filled with a deep reverence and a sense of awe!
The words God spoke to Moses should come across our mind: “Take off your shoes from your feet, the place where you stand is holy ground”.
This is one of most sacred scenes in all of the Bible.
As we look at the scenes that unfold before us in the garden of Gethsemane we are reminded that Jesus was not forced to die on the cross by his father.
Jesus had a choice; Jesus said, no man takes my life, I lay it down myself.
Everything that takes place in this garden on the last night of Jesus life on this earth before his death on the cross shows us that Jesus was in total control; and that he was making a full surrender of his own free will.
There are four scenes that take place in the verses that are before us today.
And in these four scenes we see Jesus as he fully surrenders to the will of God, to go to the cross to die for us.
Scene #1:
1. Jesus Enters the Lonely Garden.
V:39-41.
After the Lord’s Supper, Jesus and his disciples leave the city of Jerusalem, go outside the walls of the city across the kidron Valley to the slopes of the Mount of Olives, to the garden of Gethsemane.
As he crossed the brook in the Kidron Valley it would be red with blood from all the Passover sacrifices in the Temple.
Jesus must have thought about how his own blood would be poured out on the ground before another day ended.
The Garden of Gethsemane is on the slopes of the Mount of Olives facing the city of Jerusalem.
There are olives trees planted on the slopes of this hill.
The traditional site of the garden of Gethsemane, has some 8 olive trees that are over 1000 years old, some believe they date back to the time of Christ, their massive trunks are knotted, and gnarled.
That place it is considered the garden of Gethsemane.
The word Gethsemane means, oil press.
Because in that garden there was olive press, for pressing the oil out of the olives.
There Jesus is going to be crushed as he faces the cross.
This was the place where Jesus was known to go with his disciples to pray.
It was in that garden that the greatest struggle on earth took place!
It was in that garden that Jesus fought his greatest battle, the submission of his human will, to the divine will of God.
We cannot comprehend what took place in that garden.
But we can ask God to give us an holy appreciation for the suffering Jesus endured for us!
Jesus entered that lonely Garden of Gethsemane knowing full well he would be arrested that night, go through a mock trial and the crucified the next day; but he entered that familiar place anyway.
The entire bible is the story of 2 gardens:
The Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane.
In the Garden of Eden, Adam face the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and said to God not your will, but my will and plunge the human race into sin.
In this garden the last Adam, the Lord Jesus looked toward another tree, and said to God in prayer, not my will, but your will be done for the redemption of the human race.
Like Jesus, we were put here on this earth to seek the will of God.
Every day as followers of Jesus, we are faced with the decision of doing our will, are doing the will of God.
The only way we are going to resist sin, and surrender to God’s will, is to be people of prayer.
Jesus went to this garden with 11 of his disciples, Judas had already left.
Jesus goes there that night to pray.
Luke tells us this was,
V:40-“The Place” This was the place that Jesus regularly went to spend time in prayer to his father.
Do you have a place that you go to the spend time with God in prayer?
Could you take me to:
“The Place” you pray?
You need a place you can go to and pray.
It might be your closet, the bathroom, the living room before anyone else wakes up, the kitchen table; but you need a place that you go to pray, and surrender your will, to God’s will!
In prayer Jesus was preparing for what was to happen that night and the next day.
It was through prayer that Jesus made preparation to surrender himself to death on the cross.
Matthew tells us that Jesus left 8 of his disciples at one place in the garden, and took the 3 disciples closest to him, Peter, James and John further into the garden to pray.
These were Jesus closest friends, they are carried further into the garden to pray.
Notice what Jesus tells his disciples,
V:40-“Pray that you enter not into temptation”.
What compassion; Jesus on the last night of his life, facing the cross, is thinking about his disciples.
Jesus had taught this lesson to his disciples before; he taught them to pray that they enter not into temptation.
The lesson is clear, you are going to face temptation; temptation to deny Jesus, doubt Jesus, run away from Jesus; and the only way to keep from falling, is to pray!
We must empty ourselves of all self-confidence, spiritual pride, over-estimation of our own strength, and call out to God in prayer, for his help.
Jesus words are a warning to us to not be caught prayer-less when temptation hits us; but if you will pray, God promises to help you.
The reason there is a garden of Gethsemane in the Bible is to teach us that the way to surrender to God’s will is through prayer.
Jesus Christ faced this time of surrender in his life by falling on his face and praying.
He is our pattern for facing the difficulties, troubles, temptations that will come into our lives.
-“Call upon me in the time of trouble: I will deliver you”.
-“Is any afflicted?
Let him pray.
When Job’s children and property were taken away… He prayed.
When Hezekiah faced the attack from Syria, he prayed.
When Jesus faced this dark hour in his life, he prayed.
Jesus is teaching us how to face moments of crisis in our life!
When I face a situation where I have to make a choice to do my will or God’s will; I must pray, or I will not do God’s will!
We are going to face temptation, and if were not praying we will give in to temptation.
Two young people are on a date, they have to decide are they going to maintain their sexual purity are gratify their sexual desires… It is crunch time!
Your will…are God’s will?
A husband and wife are having difficulty in their marriage, they have grown cold toward one another.
They have to decide are they going to get a divorce, keep their promise to God and stay together and work it out… It is crunch time!
You will never put God’s will, over your will, unless you are a person of prayer!
The garden of Gethsemane was a place of preparation, and a place of prayer.
Scene #2:
2. Jesus Drinks the Bitter Cup.
V:41-46.
Matthew in his gospel tells us that Jesus fell on his face as he prayed, and that Jesus said, my soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even the death”.
The subject of Jesus prayer was a cup,
V:42-“saying, father if you be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours be done”.
As Jesus looked at this cup and what was in it; it struck Holy Terror into his heart!
Now the cup that Jesus was talking about was not a literal cup like you hold in your hand and drink from.
He was using it as a metaphor, the cup spoke of something that you would experience.
Something He would take and drink down, something he would experience.
Jesus was looking at experiencing something, receiving something; and the thought of it shook Jesus to the core of his being.
Listen to what the book of Hebrews says about this night, -“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him who was able to save him from death.
Strong crying and tears!
What a mystery; we have never seen Jesus like this before.
Jesus the strong son of God is overwhelmed with what he is facing as he looks in that cup.
Were told in that Jesus was sore amazed, and very heavy”.
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