Gethsemane Matthew 26:36-46

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Gethsemane Matthew 2636-46

• Olive Press (A garden located at the base of
  the Mount of Olives. The location of Christs
  night of prayer on the occasion of His betrayal.)

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The Experience of Gethsemane

• A Place of Heaviness
• (vs. 37) (Isaiah 536)

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Matthew 2637

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

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Isaiah 536

• All we like sheep have gone astray We have
  turned, every one, to his own way And the LORD
  has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

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The Experience of Gethsemane

• A Place of Heaviness
• (vs. 37) (Isaiah 536)
• A Place of Intense Suffering
• (vs. 38) (Luke 2242 Isaiah 535)

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Matthew 2638

• Then He said to them, My soul is exceedingly
  sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch
  with Me.

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Luke 2242

• Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away
  from Me nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be
  done.
• The suffering was so intense, Christ longed to be
  released from the burden. It was not an easy
  thing He did.

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Isaiah 535

• But He was wounded for our transgressions, He
  was bruised for our iniquities The chastisement
  for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we
  are healed.

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The Experience of Gethsemane

• A Place of Heaviness
• (vs. 37) (Isaiah 536)
• A Place of Intense Suffering
• (vs. 38) (Luke 2242 Isaiah 535)
• A Place of Solemn Loneliness
• (vs. 40, 43) (Psalm 6920)

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Matthew 2640,43

• (40), Then He came to the disciples and found
  them asleep, and said to Peter, What? Could you
  not watch with Me one hour?
• (43), And He came and found them asleep again,
  for their eyes were heavy.

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Psalm 6920

• Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of
  heaviness I looked for someone to take pity, but
  there was none And for comforters, but I found
  none.
• (This passage attributed by Matthew to be a
  Messianic prophecy).
• cf. John
  1928-30

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The Experience of Gethsemane

• A Place of Heaviness
• (vs. 37) (Isaiah 536)
• A Place of Intense Suffering
• (vs. 38) (Luke 2242 Isaiah 535)
• A Place of Solemn Loneliness
• (vs. 40, 43) (Psalm 6920)
• A Place of Agonizing Prayer
• (vs. 39 Luke 2244) (Hebrews 57)

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Matthew 2639

• He went a little farther and fell on His face,
  and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it is
  possible, let this cup pass from Me
  nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.
• (Luke 2242), Father, if it is Your will, take
  this cup away from Me nevertheless not My will,
  but Yours, be done.

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Hebrews 57

• Who, in the days of His flesh, when He had
  offered up prayers and supplications, with
  vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to
  save Him from death, and was heard because of His
  godly fear.

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The Experience of Gethsemane

• A Place of Heaviness
• (vs. 37) (Isaiah 536)
• A Place of Intense Suffering
• (vs. 38) (Luke 2242 Isaiah 535)
• A Place of Solemn Loneliness
• (vs. 40, 43) (Psalm 6920)
• A Place of Agonizing Prayer
• (vs. 39 Luke 2244) (Hebrews 57)
• A Place of Entire Resignation
• (vs. 39) (1 Corinthians 1522)

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Matthew 2639

• He went a little farther and fell on His face,
  and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it is
  possible, let this cup pass from Me
  nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.

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1 Corinthians 1522

• For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all
  shall be made alive.
• When mans will was preferred over Gods will,
  death occurred.
• However, when Gods will is preferred over mans
  will, life comes.

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Conclusion

• Christ submitted to the Father, and paid the
  penalty for our sin.
• Are you willing to say to God, Not my will, but
  Thine be done?