The Garden Prayer
Matthew 26:36
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and told His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.
Gethsemane means olive press. Olives were __________________ for their fine oil.
Isaiah 53:10a
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
Isaiah 53:5-6
But He was pierced for our offenses, He was crushed for our wrongdoings; the punishment for our well-being was laid upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. 6 All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but the Lord has caused the wrongdoing of us all to fall on Him.
2 Corinthians 5:21
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Matthew 26:36-39
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.”
The fact that Jesus surrendered Himself to the cross is the most convincible proof there is absolutely NO other way of _________________________ except by Jesus.
Q: What is it that has Jesus in a state of sorrow to the point of death, troubled in agony, and sweat as blood. It is the _____________.
The cup in the O.T. was symbolic of God’s divine _______________ on wrongdoing/transgressions. (Ezek 23:33, Isa 51:22)
Mark 14:12
And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Mark 14:22
“And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.”
Mark 14:23
And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
Mark 14:24-26
“And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”
What did God say to me today?