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 Now, our Old Testament reading comes from the book of Isaiah, again, this time in Isaiah 51.

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 And at verse 17 down to 52 and verse 3, we're thinking about the cup.

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 One of the images that we find in the Garden of Gethsemane where we're going to be today is the idea of the cup.

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 And we'll hear it here in verse 17 and verse 22.

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 So let's hear God's word.

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 Awake, awake, rise up, Jerusalem.

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 You have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath.

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 You have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes people stagger.

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 Among all the children she bore, there was none to guide her.

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 Among all the children she brought up, there was none to take her by the hand.

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 These double calamities have come upon you.

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 Who can comfort you?

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 Ruin and destruction, famine and sword.

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 Who can console you?

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 Your children have fainted.

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 They lie at every street corner like antelope caught in a net.

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 They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God.

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 Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk but not with wine.

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 This is what your sovereign Lord says, your God who defends his people.

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 See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger.

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 From that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again.

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 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors who said to you, fall prostrate that we may walk on you.

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 And you made your back like the ground, like a street to be walked on.

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 Awake, awake, Zion.

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 Clothe yourself with strength.

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 Put on your garments of splendour.

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 Jerusalem, the holy city.

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 The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.

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 Shake off your dust.

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 Rise up.

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 Sit enthroned, Jerusalem.

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 Free yourself from the chains on your neck.

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 Daughter Zion, now a captive.

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 For this is what the Lord says, you were sold for nothing.

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 And without money, you will be redeemed.

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 Now let's turn now in our Bibles to Matthew 26.

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 And we'll read from verse 36 to verse 46.

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 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane.

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 And he said to them, sit here while I go over there and pray.

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 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

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 Then he said to them, my soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.

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 Stay here and keep watch with me.

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 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, my father, if it is possible,

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 may this cup be taken from me, yet not as I will, but as you will.

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 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping.

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 Couldn't you men keep watch with me for one hour, he asked Peter.

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 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.

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 The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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 He went away a second time and prayed, my father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away

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 unless I drink it, may your will be done.

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 When he came back, he again found them sleeping because their eyes were heavy.

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 So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

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 Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, are you still sleeping and resting?

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 Look, the hour has come and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

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 Rise, let us go.

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 Here comes my betrayer.

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 Amen.

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 This is God's word.

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 So we're going to spend the next three Sundays in the run-up to Easter thinking about the hope that Jesus brings.

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 So Matthew 26, 27, 28.

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 We're going to go today from the garden, next week to the cross, and then Matthew 28 to think about the empty tomb.

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 And today we're thinking about our hope in the agony of Jesus that we read about.

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 We know that this past year has been one that for the majority of people has been one of heightened fear of the loss of hope

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 and where our foundations have been shaken.

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 And it might be fair to say that in the lives of some economic recovery will come sooner than mental and emotional recovery.

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 It has been a hard year.

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 We have, as a society, placed our hope in progress and that technology and advancements will lead to life being better and better.

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 And in a sense, once again, that dream has been shattered.

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 The pandemic has cut right across that.

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 And in fact, we think about globalisation being part of our progress, but that's also a big reason why we have a global pandemic.

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 And so when our hope is in progress, our hope is being shaken.

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 Many people, we have placed our hope in comfort.

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 We don't really think about eternity.

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 All I have is now.

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 And what's happening then, if we have no eternal hope beyond,

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 if all that we have is life to enjoy now, then this year may have been profoundly disturbing,

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 as we have found so little that we have been able to enjoy.

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 And perhaps you may have been reminded, maybe for the first time, of your mortality.

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 As we have experienced collective suffering and loss and restriction,

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 I wonder if for you, as it has for many, it's presented important questions.

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 Questions like, what is life all about, really?

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 What really matters in life?

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 Have you found yourself reflecting and making changes?

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 Maybe you've asked yourself, what happens when we die?

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 If you have been shaken, and if you're looking for solid answers and solid hope,

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 that's our focus in the run-up to Easter, both our Sunday services and those videos that will be coming out,

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 the hope of Jesus.

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 And today we think about hope in the suffering of Jesus.

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 C.S. Lewis once said that suffering is God's megaphone.

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 C.S. Lewis.

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 Perhaps our suffering means we have a greater openness to the reality of God and his truth.

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 Well, may God's truth and may the hope of Jesus speak into our suffering,

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 speak into our fear and our uncertainty today.

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 So we'll be at three locations over three Sundays.

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 Today, the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 Next week, the cross and then the empty tomb.

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 Today, we look at Jesus' agony in Gethsemane as he enters, as it were, the heart of darkness.

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 The heart of darkness we can scarcely imagine.

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 And one English writer, William Law, says,

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 It's as if the sorrows of a lost soul in hell were opening up in the soul of the Redeemer.

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 But there is hope for us in this.

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 That because of the agony that Jesus endured as the Saviour,

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 we can find hope in our fear and darkness so that we are able to worship with joy.

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 So I want to look at three different aspects of this agony of Jesus in the garden.

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 First of all, to think about his emotional life.

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 In verses 36 to 38, B.B. Warfield wrote a classic study called The Emotional Life of Our Lord,

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 where he went to great lengths to demonstrate the extent to which Jesus, the Son of God,

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 took on full humanity and as such was subject to all sinless emotions.

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 We say sinless because Jesus didn't ever experience the emotion of guilt because of a guilty conscience or because of sin.

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 And Warfield recognises that there are two errors to avoid when we think about the emotional life of Jesus.

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 On the one hand, we can underplay those emotions,

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 and then we can be left with a cold and remote and distant, unsympathetic Jesus.

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 But on the other hand, we can overstate them to the extent that all we see is the humanity of Jesus,

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 and we neglect the fact that he is also, at one and the same time, God.

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 So we need to have balance.

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 Well, here in the Garden of Gethsemane,

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 we find Jesus in the depths of grief.

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 Let's look at the language.

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 Verse 38,

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 He said to them,

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 My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.

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 Verse 37,

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 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him,

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 and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

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 There is sorrow, this idea of deep grief.

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 He is troubled.

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 There is deep distress in his heart and mind.

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 He feels overwhelmed.

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 Again, a deep disturbance.

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 Similar to the refrain of Psalm 42 that we'll sing at the end.

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 He feels at the point of death.

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 Here is a sorrow so deep,

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 it almost kills him.

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 See this in distinction from the presentation we often find in the four Gospels of Jesus as profoundly brave.

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 Brave as he confronts the forces of evil.

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 Brave as he stands up to opponents and injustice.

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 Brave as he stands up to the point of grandfather.

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 It seems different, doesn't it?

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 The sorrow that he feels now is so different from that bravery.

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 and consider too maybe you've read stories of of those who have been martyred who've been killed

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 for their faith and if you look through church history you find accounts of that and you find

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 some singing praise praying sharing the gospel as they die and it makes us ask the question why

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 is Jesus now overcome with deep sorrow as he approaches his death why is he now

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 so fearful and sorrowful well it's not the simple matter of Jesus being afraid of death

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 what we have is Jesus grief at the kind of death he will endure he will die for sinners as a sacrifice

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 he will become one with sinners and take the death that we are due he will take on his sinless shoulders

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 the responsibility for our human evil so as Michael Green puts it it was the sin bearing

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 that was so terrifying here is Jesus looking ahead and he is anticipating the judgment of God his father

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 falling on him he recognizes that he will feel abandoned by his father because God is holy

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 and Jesus will be considered as if he was unholy as he takes on sin and so the jaws of hell are opening in front of Jesus

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 hell is separation from God and his goodness and that agony almost crushes Jesus

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 what does that reveal and how does that offer us hope well one thing it certainly reveals

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 is a stark reminder as Hebrews 3 says there is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God

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 Jesus knows the penalty for sin and it causes him deep grief sin matters judgment is real

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 as Jesus feels sorrow to the point of death at taking sin and its punishment let's recognize the urgency for us

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 of being right with God of seeking forgiveness and peace with God through the sacrifice of Jesus

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 we also have here a beautiful picture of Jesus humble service the love of Jesus in becoming one of us

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 he did not need to experience this agony and this fear that was not part of his experience in the glory of heaven

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 it's only as he came to be one of us only in his mission as the savior does he know this agony

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 here we see the nature of God's love revealed in Jesus

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 as Jesus will walk into the deepest darkness so that we might live in the light

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 we also learn here too about the sympathy of Jesus we know don't we how support groups work

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 they work because there is a group of fellow sufferers who are able to say

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 I understand I've been there I know what it feels like

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 and you recognize that whatever we are going through Jesus says that to us

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 Jesus entered all the way into our human experience and our suffering he did that for us

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 to be our sympathetic and loving savior

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 Jesus has suffered indeed beyond our imagination

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 he knew how much he would lose as his father turned away from him

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 Jesus is our sympathetic high priest he both understands our fear and our misery

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 and he took it on himself and as such he can offer us hope and comfort

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 one of the images of in a sense of of redemption and salvation we find in the old testament is that of

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 the kinsman redeemer

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 most famously in the story of Ruth with Boaz the kinsman redeemer a family member who could pay off your debt

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 who could secure your release from slavery

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 Jesus is fully God and Jesus becomes one with the human family

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 Jesus is the only way of rescue from our guilt our sin our fear of death

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 he has come to be that redeemer that rescuer to pay the price

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 do you see the loving cost of our salvation that it cost the life of Jesus

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 how do we respond may we run to him may we bring our tears to him and may we find eternal hope

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 from him as we see the agony of his emotional life

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 let's move from there to think about the agony of Jesus

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 as he seeks companions

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 in suffering

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 here's another aspect of Jesus true humanity

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 that in deepest needs he sought out friends who would stand with him

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 so in verse 36 we discover

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 that he comes

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 with the remaining disciples by this point Judas has betrayed him

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 and eight are told sit here while I go over there and pray

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 but then in verse 37 he brings his inner three

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 Peter and James and John

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 to come along with him

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 that they would be close enough to him

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 for prayer and for support

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 and he invites them into his experience

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 he said to them

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 my soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death

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 stay here and keep watch with me

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 he shares his agony with them

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 and invites them to support him

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 the gospel writers emphasize

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 that Jesus stands

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 suffers

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 and dies

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 alone

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 and we begin to see it here in the garden

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 as his friends fail him

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 what do we see

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 the friends

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 these three friends

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 they knew Jesus to stress

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 they heard him ask for help

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 they could hear his agonized praying

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 and yet in verse 40

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 Jesus returned his disciples

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 and found them sleeping

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 verse 41 he asked Peter

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 he said to Peter

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 watch and pray

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 so you will not fall into temptation

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 the spirit is willing

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 but the flesh is weak

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 here does Jesus

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 beginning his descent

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 into his personal hell

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 and he goes there

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 knowing loneliness

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 will experience loss

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 the only one who doesn't deserve it

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 will suffer immensely for us

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 he will walk that road

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 and he will walk it alone

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 Wendy Alsup

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 wrote a book last year

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 last year called

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 Companions in Suffering

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 and she shares powerfully of her story

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 she writes of divorce

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 of having to reallocate

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 to a different part of the country

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 and of battling with cancer

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 and she observes

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 perhaps we know this to be true

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 in our own experience

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 that suffering

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 has an isolating fact

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 we discover that many friends

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 can't or won't enter in

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 many friends struggle to stay the course

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 as suffering goes for a long time

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 whether that's grief

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 or whether that's long term illness

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 and so Wendy Alsup

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 she talked about the strength

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 for her

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 in having a trusted group

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 of fellow sufferers

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 not that they shared

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 the exact same experience

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 but they knew what pain was

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 and they knew what loss was

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 so they were able to emphasise

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 so that they could share

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 the journey together

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 it gets to what Paul writes

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 in 2 Corinthians chapter 1

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 God comes to bring

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 his people comfort

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 so that as we know

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 that grace and that comfort

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 in our life

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 we might bring that grace

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 and comfort to others

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 we have collectively

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 at different periods

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 and to different extents

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 lived with enforced isolation

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 and that is suffering

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 in and of itself

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 isn't it

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 many are having to suffer

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 alone

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 to go through huge things

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 in their life

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 and to go through it alone

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 and so as the Christian church

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 there's always that challenge to us

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 can we be that friend

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 who will stay the course

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 can we be that friend

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 who will offer the word of comfort

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 who will offer the shoulder

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 to cry on

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 and then as we think about

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 the garden of Gethsemane

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 where does that give us hope

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 as we suffer

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 think about this

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 why did Jesus go through

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 his fear

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 his sorrow

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 ultimately his death

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 and why did he do that

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 alone

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 he did that

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 the Bible tells us

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 so that he might

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 befriend us

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 he took sin

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 and judgment

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 and hell

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 for us

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 so that he might

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 show us

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 love

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 and welcome us in

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 with the result

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 that as J.C. Ryle

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 puts it

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 no one

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 need ever say

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 I have no friend

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 to turn to

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 so long as Christ

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 is in heaven

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 do we understand

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 and appreciate

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 that even

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 in our isolation

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 if our faith

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 is in Jesus

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 we have

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 his presence

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 and his power

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 and his peace

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 with and for us

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 do you know

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 the comfort

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 and the hope

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 of Jesus

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 take your tears

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 and your fears

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 and your sadness

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 to him

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 you don't need

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 to suffer alone

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 and remember

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 this too

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 that while

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 Jesus'

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 friends

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 failed him

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 Jesus

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 did not

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 fail them

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 in the garden

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 as ultimate

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 darkness

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 was coming

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 upon Jesus

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 Jesus

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 did not

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 abandon

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 us

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 rather

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 Jesus went

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 into the

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 darkness

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 and he

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 died

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 for us

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 and since

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 that is

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 true

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 we can

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 know

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 that he

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 will not

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 abandon

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 or forsake

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 his friends

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 his followers

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 in our

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 suffering

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 in our

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 darkness

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 cling to him

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 even as you

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 take comfort

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 in the fact

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 that he

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 in his

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 powerful loving

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 hands

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 takes hold

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 on you

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 one last

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 thing to

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 consider about

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 the agony

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.079
 of Jesus

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 and that

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 takes us

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 to his

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 prayer

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 as so

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 often we

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 discover in

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 the gospels

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 Jesus at

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 crucial moments

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 in his life

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 turns towards

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 his father

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 in prayer

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 and of course

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 if Jesus

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 the sinless

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 son of God

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 who enjoyed

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 perfect fellowship

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 with his father

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 of Jesus

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 felt the need

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 to pray

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 how much

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 more

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 is that

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 true for

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 us

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 three

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 details

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 to notice

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 you see

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 he prays

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 three times

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 the words

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 recorded twice

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 let's read

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 again

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 verse 39

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 my father

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 if it is

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 possible

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 may this

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 cup be

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 taken from

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 me

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 yet not

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 as I

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 will

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 but as

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 you will

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 three

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 details

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 to notice

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 first of

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 all

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 how does

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 he address

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 God

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 he calls

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 him

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 my

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 father

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 and this

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 is the

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 one place

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 that Matthew

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 in his

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 gospel

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 records

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 this warm

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 address

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 Abba

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 the emphasis

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 here is

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 still on

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 that loving

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 relationship

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 that Jesus

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 son enjoys

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 with God

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 the father

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 and that

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 explains the

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 agony

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:09.080
 for Jesus

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 Jesus

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 who knew

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:11.920
 the eternal

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:13.120
 and unbroken

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:14.000
 sense of his

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 father's love

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 on the cross

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 that love

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 of the father

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 would be

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 intercepted

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:22.020
 as he became

00:23:22.020 --> 00:23:22.820
 the sin bearer

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 and all Jesus

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 could feel

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.100
 was the weight

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.900
 of judgment

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 what about

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.660
 his request

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:29.980
 what does

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.240
 Jesus

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.940
 pray for

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 if

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.140
 it's

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.660
 possible

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.860
 may this

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.220
 cup

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.259
 be taken

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.620
 from

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 let's think

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.640
 first of all

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.120
 what is the

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.420
 cup

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.880
 takes us

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.220
 back to

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 Isaiah

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.200
 51

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:43.740
 verse 17

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 it says

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.519
 rise up

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 you who have

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.400
 drunk

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.759
 from the

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.140
 hand of

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.440
 the Lord

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.280
 the cup

00:23:47.280 --> 00:23:48.560
 of his

00:23:48.560 --> 00:23:48.980
 wrath

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:50.600
 that's what

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.060
 the cup

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.580
 is

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:53.579
 the wrath

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.179
 of God

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:54.740
 against

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.439
 sinful

00:23:55.439 --> 00:23:56.500
 rebellious

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.119
 enemies

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.480
 now

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.779
 Jesus

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.319
 is the

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:00.220
 only one

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.000
 who doesn't

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.599
 deserve

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.699
 to take

00:24:02.699 --> 00:24:03.379
 that cup

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:05.059
 but he is

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.699
 willing to

00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:06.319
 drink it

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.339
 and he

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.119
 anticipates

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.859
 drinking it

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.179
 to the

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:10.000
 dregs

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.679
 and that

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.139
 brings the

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.699
 agony and

00:24:12.699 --> 00:24:13.119
 the sorrow

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.679
 and the grief

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:16.419
 and so there

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:16.879
 is that

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:18.500
 searching

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.099
 request

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.679
 is there

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.439
 any other

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:20.939
 way

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.939
 for your

00:24:21.939 --> 00:24:22.539
 redeeming

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:22.959
 purpose

00:24:22.959 --> 00:24:23.379
 to be

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:23.839
 completed

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.579
 is there

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.019
 any

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.799
 alternative

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.379
 to my

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.859
 becoming

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.399
 sin

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.179
 to my

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:28.719
 becoming

00:24:28.719 --> 00:24:29.399
 a curse

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:29.919
 to my

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.559
 being the

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.199
 sacrifice

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.879
 three times

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.679
 he prays

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.579
 and the

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.039
 same

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.679
 answer

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.339
 the same

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.119
 silence

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.219
 there is

00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:37.699
 no

00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.559
 other

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.219
 way

00:24:39.219 --> 00:24:40.619
 Jesus

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.179
 has come

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.799
 to be

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.579
 the

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.339
 saviour

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.759
 and the

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.719
 only way

00:24:44.719 --> 00:24:45.679
 the plan

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.319
 of salvation

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.799
 can be

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.459
 carried out

00:24:47.459 --> 00:24:47.859
 if he

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.799
 takes our

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.279
 place

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.000
 takes our

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.359
 sin

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.079
 and takes

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.919
 our

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.379
 punishment

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:54.460
 the last

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.259
 detail to

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.680
 see

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.680
 is the

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.639
 will of

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.000
 Jesus

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.899
 or indeed

00:24:58.899 --> 00:25:00.200
 the wills

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.480
 of Jesus

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.779
 verse 39

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.759
 yet not as I

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.139
 will

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:05.500
 but as

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.220
 you will

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.639
 there is

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:08.200
 a mystery

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.059
 here

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.819
 the gospels

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.299
 are very

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.819
 clear the

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.279
 new testament

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.659
 is very

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.279
 clear Jesus

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.579
 is the

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.500
 holy and

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.139
 sinless

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.639
 son of

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:16.960
 God

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:18.000
 and

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:19.279
 Jesus

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.920
 is fully

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.579
 human

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.900
 Jesus

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.420
 could be

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.960
 tempted

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.339
 and here

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.960
 as a

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.819
 human being

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.740
 he wanted

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.440
 to avoid

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.119
 being made

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.460
 sin

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.000
 he wanted

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.759
 to avoid

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.299
 feeling

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.980
 forsaken

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.980
 he knew

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:33.799
 anticipated

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:35.240
 how deep

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.339
 and distressing

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.220
 that darkness

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.740
 would be

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.480
 it's a sorrow

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.079
 that almost

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.680
 kills him

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.299
 but what we

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.180
 see again

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.599
 in our

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.519
 loving saviour

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.139
 is that in

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.819
 his human

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.160
 will

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.779
 he wrestles

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:48.259
 to obey

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.519
 and to

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.480
 fully submit

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.279
 and this

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.660
 is our

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.180
 hope

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.700
 that Jesus

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.240
 prayed

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.019
 not my

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.400
 will

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.319
 but may

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.940
 your

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.680
 will

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.480
 your

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.180
 eternal

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:01.279
 will

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.200
 to save

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.460
 sinful

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.339
 broken

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.879
 people

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:06.279
 be done

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:09.359
 in the

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:10.019
 intensity

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.059
 of our

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.000
 temptations

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.819
 we feel

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.240
 it in a

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.920
 limited way

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.500
 because we

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.359
 all too

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.960
 quickly

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.859
 fall

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:19.079
 but

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.920
 Jesus

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.200
 in the

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.619
 story of

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:21.859
 Jesus

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.559
 the pressure

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.039
 kept

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.660
 building

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:25.000
 the devil

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.500
 was doing

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.279
 his worst

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.220
 to derail

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.680
 Jesus

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.059
 from the

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.539
 plan of

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.940
 salvation

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.240
 but he

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.539
 never

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.160
 caved in

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:32.220
 he is

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.740
 like us

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.000
 and that

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.320
 he can

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.779
 be tempted

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.100
 he is

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.759
 unlike us

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:34.980
 and he

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.320
 never

00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:35.740
 sinned

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:35.940
 and he

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.259
 is a

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.620
 worthy

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.180
 saviour

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.779
 for us

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:40.019
 have you

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.240
 ever

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.700
 wrestled

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:40.880
 with

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.519
 unanswered

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.900
 prayer

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:45.240
 with pain

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.580
 and with

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:45.880
 fear

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.080
 that

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.740
 continues

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.680
 Jesus

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.180
 has

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.540
 Jesus

00:26:49.540 --> 00:26:50.400
 understands

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.800
 come to

00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:52.120
 him

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:53.519
 see

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.540
 remember

00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:55.440
 embrace

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.080
 his love

00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:56.740
 for you

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:58.000
 he heard

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.680
 God's

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.259
 no

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.120
 for you

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:01.119
 so that

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.579
 you could

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.859
 hear

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.359
 God's

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.039
 yes

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.879
 when you

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.239
 come

00:27:04.239 --> 00:27:04.979
 to trust

00:27:04.979 --> 00:27:05.179
 in

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.479
 Jesus

00:27:05.479 --> 00:27:07.259
 and

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.679
 remember

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.000
 too

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.179
 that

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.359
 the

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.779
 agony

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.099
 of

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.459
 this

00:27:09.459 --> 00:27:10.019
 garden

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.199
 undoes

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:11.799
 the

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.199
 agony

00:27:12.199 --> 00:27:12.419
 of

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:12.699
 another

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:13.159
 garden

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:14.699
 remember

00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:14.979
 at the

00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:15.239
 beginning

00:27:15.239 --> 00:27:15.539
 of the

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.799
 Bible

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.039
 the

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.379
 garden

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.599
 of

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:16.939
 Eden

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.779
 Adam

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:17.979
 and

00:27:17.979 --> 00:27:18.339
 Eve

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.939
 they

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:19.159
 say

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.339
 to

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.579
 God

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.059
 not

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.379
 your

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.619
 will

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:20.859
 but

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.399
 mine

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:21.819
 be

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.099
 done

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.859
 and

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.000
 they

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.459
 reach

00:27:23.459 --> 00:27:23.739
 for

00:27:23.739 --> 00:27:23.939
 the

00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:24.419
 forbidden

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:24.899
 fruit

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:26.039
 and

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.579
 sin

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.379
 and

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.799
 misery

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.519
 and

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.919
 death

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:29.459
 has

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:29.740
 been

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.079
 the

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.559
 outcome

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.539
 but

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.039
 here

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.299
 to

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.860
 undo

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.240
 all

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.380
 that

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.519
 went

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.779
 wrong

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:33.960
 in

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.259
 that

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.640
 garden

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.240
 Jesus

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.579
 comes

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:35.880
 as the

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.180
 true

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.539
 and the

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.900
 better

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.259
 Adam

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.579
 and he

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.840
 prays

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.299
 not my

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.519
 will

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.140
 but yours

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.600
 be done

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:40.299
 and he

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.740
 reaches

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.620
 for the

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.120
 cup

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:43.640
 to take

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.400
 the penalty

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.539
 for our

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.120
 rebellion

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.919
 he

00:27:46.919 --> 00:27:46.939
 he

00:27:46.939 --> 00:27:47.259
 becomes

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.819
 he

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:49.399
 becomes

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.519
 to drink

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.919
 agony

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.459
 in our

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:52.039
 place

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.559
 so that

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.839
 we

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.099
 might

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.659
 again

00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:55.099
 enjoy

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.679
 friendship

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:55.979
 with

00:27:55.979 --> 00:27:56.439
 God

00:27:56.439 --> 00:27:57.459
 so that

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:57.559
 we

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.739
 might

00:27:57.739 --> 00:27:57.899
 have

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.339
 access

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.599
 to

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.779
 our

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.219
 father

00:27:59.219 --> 00:27:59.539
 in

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.959
 prayer

00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.599
 that

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:00.759
 we

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.019
 might

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.399
 know

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.439
 unbreakable

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:02.959
 love

00:28:02.959 --> 00:28:03.399
 that

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.539
 we

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.739
 might

00:28:03.739 --> 00:28:04.099
 have

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.119
 eternal

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:06.199
 resurrection

00:28:06.199 --> 00:28:06.839
 hope

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:09.139
 and

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.559
 Jesus

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.720
 having

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.279
 received

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.539
 that

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.079
 answer

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.659
 verse

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.199
 45

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:13.839
 returned

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.220
 to the

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.679
 disciples

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.179
 and said

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:15.439
 are you

00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:15.779
 still

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.199
 sleeping

00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:16.419
 and

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.740
 resting

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.339
 look

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.539
 the

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.779
 hour

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.019
 has

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.339
 come

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.980
 the

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.240
 son

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.399
 of

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:20.619
 man

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:20.799
 is

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.220
 delivered

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.980
 into

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.199
 the

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.500
 hands

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.679
 of

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.099
 sinners

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.959
 rise

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:24.759
 let

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:24.980
 us

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.359
 go

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.299
 here

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.720
 comes

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.000
 my

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.699
 betrayer

00:28:27.699 --> 00:28:28.639
 Christ

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.319
 walks

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.339
 obediently

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.839
 towards

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.059
 his

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.619
 arrest

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.439
 and

00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:32.779
 towards

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:32.959
 the

00:28:32.959 --> 00:28:33.379
 cross

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.240
 and

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.439
 that's

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.559
 where

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:34.699
 we'll

00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:34.799
 be

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.099
 next

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.379
 week

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.759
 so

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.319
 here

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.079
 is

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.680
 hope

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.119
 in

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.299
 the

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.720
 agony

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:39.960
 of

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.299
 Jesus

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.200
 in

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.359
 the

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:41.799
 garden

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.920
 that

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.059
 he

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.319
 went

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.740
 through

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.339
 that

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.740
 agony

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.019
 for

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.279
 us

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.420
 and

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.599
 for

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:45.799
 our

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.299
 salvation

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:48.059
 he

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.279
 went

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.519
 through

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.720
 that

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:48.879
 that

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.019
 he

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.240
 might

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.500
 be

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.200
 the

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.859
 companion

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.160
 you

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.640
 need

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.940
 in

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.140
 the

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.579
 suffering

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.859
 you

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.319
 face

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:55.240
 and

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.720
 remember

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.000
 the

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.640
 praying

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.279
 Lord

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.720
 Jesus

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.299
 and

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.839
 recognize

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.019
 that

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.160
 he

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.720
 prays

00:28:59.720 --> 00:28:59.879
 for

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.079
 his

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.420
 people

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.039
 today

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.660
 and

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:01.779
 he

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:01.960
 will

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.619
 always

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:02.980
 pray

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.259
 for

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.660
 us

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.339
 until

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.599
 we

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.740
 are

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.440
 home

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.559
 in

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.919
 perfect

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.299
 joy

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.500
 and

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.779
 peace

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:07.960
 and

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