WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.540 I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:06.860 Children, you may be excused. 00:00:11.179 --> 00:00:14.419 We're just weeks away, ladies and gentlemen, from the Super Bowl. 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:20.879 This afternoon, we've got two conference championship games. 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:23.460 Vikings versus Eagles. 00:00:23.460 --> 00:00:23.600 Eagles. 00:00:29.420 --> 00:00:32.020 And the Jaguars versus the Pats. 00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:37.420 I'm going to disregard that. 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:40.140 When do the Packers play? 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:40.780 All right. 00:00:42.900 --> 00:00:45.600 Today, Tom Brady is going to get under center. 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:49.200 And he's going to drop back into the pocket. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.380 And there's going to come a moment where you're going to see Tom Brady 00:00:53.380 --> 00:00:56.040 if you're watching the game, if you have any interest in the game. 00:00:56.740 --> 00:00:58.500 You're going to see Tom Brady do something. 00:00:59.140 --> 00:01:01.060 He's going to step back into the pocket. 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:09.540 And his O-line, they're going to push the 300-pound defensive lineman around him. 00:01:09.939 --> 00:01:11.900 And it's going to form what's called a pocket. 00:01:12.659 --> 00:01:17.300 And at that moment, you're going to see Tom Brady make a decision. 00:01:17.299 --> 00:01:25.299 He's either going to drop into the pocket, which takes courage, or he's not. 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:32.239 And when he drops into the pocket, which requires the decision and courage, 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:35.579 because you've got 300-pound men wanting to grind your head, 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:39.400 then he's going to have to stand in the pocket. 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:43.160 And he's going to have to make another decision. 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:50.700 This morning, we've reached a spot in the Gospel of Matthew 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:58.800 where Jesus is going to step into the pocket of the will of God. 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:02.640 Your will be done. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:09.879 He's stepping into what will surely result in crushing him. 00:02:11.659 --> 00:02:14.719 And he steps in, and then he stands there. 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:19.920 And so this morning, we're going to look at Matthew chapter 26. 00:02:21.420 --> 00:02:26.879 And we're going to look at a good chunk of Scripture, starting in verse 36. 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:29.560 And we're going to go all the way through 56. 00:02:30.060 --> 00:02:31.819 And there are basically two scenes. 00:02:31.819 --> 00:02:36.039 Scene 1, Jesus praying in Gethsemane. 00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:39.060 He steps into the pocket of God's will. 00:02:40.259 --> 00:02:45.979 And then what follows in 47 through 56 is Jesus standing in the pocket, 00:02:46.219 --> 00:02:48.680 resolved to do God's will. 00:02:49.780 --> 00:02:50.599 He's not shaken. 00:02:51.699 --> 00:02:52.639 Under threat. 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:54.159 Under duress. 00:02:55.459 --> 00:02:57.519 And what I want you to see this morning is, 00:02:58.419 --> 00:02:59.780 he did it all for you. 00:02:59.780 --> 00:03:04.379 He stepped into the pocket, and he stood there. 00:03:04.860 --> 00:03:09.180 And was eventually crushed for you and for me. 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:17.319 By the time we get to our application today, 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:23.060 I'm trusting God by his Spirit is going to be doing two things in your heart. 00:03:24.020 --> 00:03:27.800 He's going to be stirring gratitude in your heart for what you see Jesus do. 00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:31.240 And then he's going to be stirring courage in your heart. 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.900 Because you may have to step into your own little pocket. 00:03:36.320 --> 00:03:38.280 And he's got strength for you to do that. 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:45.539 So if your Bibles aren't open, would you open to Matthew chapter 26, verses 36. 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:47.979 And we'll go all the way through 56. 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:49.400 Two scenes. 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:51.159 Jesus praying in Gethsemane. 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:54.939 And then Jesus arrested, betrayed and arrested in Gethsemane. 00:03:55.259 --> 00:03:57.520 And we're going to take one scene at a time. 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.500 And so let's read this first scene. 00:04:01.219 --> 00:04:03.100 36 through 46. 00:04:03.980 --> 00:04:04.439 Excuse me. 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:05.800 Yes, 46. 00:04:06.540 --> 00:04:09.560 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.520 Side note, it means oil press. 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:14.439 This was a garden. 00:04:14.700 --> 00:04:18.340 It would have been a garden of olive trees. 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:19.540 It would have been lovely. 00:04:19.540 --> 00:04:24.840 And he said to his disciples, sit here while I go over there and pray. 00:04:26.340 --> 00:04:34.340 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 00:04:37.860 --> 00:04:44.740 When you see your Savior sorrowful and troubled, it should probably get your attention. 00:04:44.740 --> 00:04:53.980 Then he said to them, Peter, James, and John, my soul is very sorrowful, even to death. 00:04:54.180 --> 00:04:56.139 Remain here and watch with me. 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:04.579 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. 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:12.420 Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will. 00:05:12.420 --> 00:05:16.000 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. 00:05:16.140 --> 00:05:19.640 And he said to Peter, so could you not watch with me one hour? 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:22.199 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. 00:05:22.640 --> 00:05:25.740 The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:36.500 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, my father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done. 00:05:36.500 --> 00:05:40.959 And again, he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 00:05:41.100 --> 00:05:46.060 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:50.920 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, sleep and take your rest later on. 00:05:51.300 --> 00:05:55.399 See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:57.699 Rise, let us be going. 00:05:57.899 --> 00:06:01.100 See, my betrayer is at hand. 00:06:01.100 --> 00:06:05.540 Don't forget what's just happened before this. 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:10.360 Last week, we looked at the institution of the Lord's Supper. 00:06:10.520 --> 00:06:12.939 We saw how it was a Passover Seder. 00:06:13.379 --> 00:06:16.980 And what Jesus does in only the way that God incarnate can. 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:21.780 He says, this Passover feast is now about me. 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:26.879 My blood, my body, in remembrance of me. 00:06:27.960 --> 00:06:30.200 He's the ultimate Passover lamb. 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:34.600 And coming out of there, do you remember what he tells his disciples? 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:38.140 He's already told Judas he's going to betray him. 00:06:38.500 --> 00:06:39.320 Is it I, Rabbi? 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:46.379 And then he tells his rest of his disciples that they're going to desert him that night. 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:52.560 And then he tells Peter, Peter, you're going to deny me not once, but three times. 00:06:53.220 --> 00:06:54.120 That night. 00:06:55.340 --> 00:06:56.780 It's that night. 00:06:56.779 --> 00:06:57.339 That night. 00:06:57.339 --> 00:06:57.779 That night. 00:06:57.779 --> 00:06:58.779 That night. 00:06:58.779 --> 00:06:59.339 That night. 00:06:59.339 --> 00:07:05.199 Jesus walks out of the city into the Mount of Olives into this garden. 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:08.899 And he has all this on his mind. 00:07:09.779 --> 00:07:11.879 He knows his betrayer is at work. 00:07:12.479 --> 00:07:14.959 He knows his disciples are going to deny him. 00:07:15.539 --> 00:07:17.139 They know they're going to desert him. 00:07:17.139 --> 00:07:18.360 He knows it. 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:19.560 And he knows. 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:22.759 He's been telling them for months, I'm going to be crucified. 00:07:24.139 --> 00:07:25.219 Handed over. 00:07:26.939 --> 00:07:28.219 To sinful men. 00:07:31.599 --> 00:07:34.939 And so he comes into the garden with all this weight. 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:46.680 And so when we read in chapter 26, he tells his disciples, sit here while I go over there and pray. 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:49.459 Jesus has gone into the garden to pray. 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:52.319 He's got business with his father he's got to attend to. 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:56.259 He's feeling huge amounts of weight and pressure. 00:07:58.579 --> 00:07:59.019 Emotionally. 00:07:59.019 --> 00:08:03.680 Verse 37, he takes with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, James and John. 00:08:03.979 --> 00:08:10.060 These are the guys in Matthew 17 who went with Jesus on the mountain and saw him transfigured in his glory. 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:14.620 And now they're going to see him in turmoil. 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.199 Matthew tells us that he was sorrowful and troubled. 00:08:24.779 --> 00:08:26.079 We've been going through Matthew. 00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:28.939 And we've seen Jesus do some amazing things. 00:08:29.479 --> 00:08:31.240 We've seen his compassion on display. 00:08:31.479 --> 00:08:34.419 We've seen him kind of struggle with patience with his disciples. 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:38.100 But we haven't seen anything like this before. 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:44.279 We haven't seen Jesus sorrowful and troubled before. 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:53.279 These words are getting at a depth of hardship, of travail, of anguish. 00:08:53.279 --> 00:09:03.759 And so some of you in this room, when you start hearing these words associated with Jesus, you may start feeling a little uncomfortable. 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:15.299 This is some significant emotional depth and travail our Savior's experiencing. 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:21.399 We see him longing for companionship. 00:09:22.699 --> 00:09:27.039 He wants these three, his inner circle, to come with him. 00:09:27.819 --> 00:09:28.919 Be close. 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:38.579 And so here in just the first couple verses, we are seeing the humanity of Jesus Christ. 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:40.299 Oh yeah. 00:09:40.939 --> 00:09:41.759 Fully God. 00:09:42.719 --> 00:09:43.399 Emmanuel. 00:09:44.139 --> 00:09:45.159 God with us. 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:46.899 Matthew chapter 1. 00:09:46.899 --> 00:09:47.899 God with us. 00:09:47.899 --> 00:09:51.360 And here in the garden, we are seeing his humanity. 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:56.519 He experienced the full range of emotions. 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:04.699 He knows when you feel anxious and a depth of anguish, he's been there. 00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:10.820 You have a high priest who can identify and sympathize with you in every way. 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:16.740 Why is he so upset? 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:21.520 Why is he in such anguish? 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:26.259 Look at verse 38. 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:31.400 He says to these three, my soul is very sorrowful even to death. 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:34.720 We use the expressions like, I'm scared to death. 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:35.559 My kids scare me. 00:10:35.620 --> 00:10:37.799 I'm like, I'm scared to death. 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:44.939 Or maybe your mom has told you, you haven't called her and you get back home and she says, 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:46.259 you worried me to death. 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:53.419 These are expressions that we try to use to get at the importance and significance, 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.500 the depth with which we are feeling about something. 00:10:56.500 --> 00:11:05.519 But Jesus, when he says, I'm sorrowful even to death, he's got his death on his mind. 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:08.840 He knows what's coming. 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:11.980 And it's no longer years away. 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.240 It's no longer months away. 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:18.159 It's no longer weeks away or days away. 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:20.799 It's hours away. 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:23.299 It's minutes away. 00:11:23.299 --> 00:11:26.240 He feels that. 00:11:30.439 --> 00:11:34.859 He's feeling the profound significance of what's about to take place. 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:37.799 And he tells his disciples, watch with me. 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:40.819 Remain here. 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:44.219 He's going to go a little bit further and pray to his father alone, 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:49.359 but within earshot, within a stone's throw, according to Luke. 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:53.480 What are they to be watching? 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:56.259 Watch with me. 00:11:56.580 --> 00:11:56.899 What? 00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:58.440 Watch for what? 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.039 Watch what? 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:02.259 Are they to watch Jesus? 00:12:02.700 --> 00:12:03.740 What are they watching for? 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:06.840 That word watch shows up in verse 40. 00:12:07.300 --> 00:12:09.320 So could you not watch with me with one hour? 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:09.759 41. 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:10.820 Watch and pray. 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:13.920 Look down to verse 45. 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:18.139 Jesus says, sleep and take your rest later on. 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:22.500 So, so far in this section, watch, watch, watch. 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:26.360 See, the hour is at hand. 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:28.259 Verse 46. 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:31.399 See, my betrayer is at hand. 00:12:32.079 --> 00:12:33.500 What are they to be watching for? 00:12:34.339 --> 00:12:36.240 It's what Jesus has already warned them about. 00:12:37.099 --> 00:12:39.240 It's what he's already told them that's going to happen. 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:43.159 They're going to be tempted to desert him. 00:12:44.139 --> 00:12:46.519 They're going to be tempted to deny him. 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.740 They're going to be tempted to disregard him. 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:53.720 To not associate with him. 00:12:57.860 --> 00:12:59.680 Why is Jesus so upset? 00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:03.639 He knows what's about to happen. 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:05.940 And it's just minutes away. 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:09.180 He's about to be crucified. 00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:14.320 He's about to experience the wrath of his father. 00:13:14.780 --> 00:13:18.680 The full cup of the wrath of God poured out on him. 00:13:19.160 --> 00:13:27.180 Has the eternal son of God ever experienced any hostility from the father up to this point? 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:29.440 No. 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:29.500 No. 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:35.560 He's not looking forward to this moment. 00:13:35.940 --> 00:13:43.840 And so this depth of emotion that Jesus is experiencing, 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:47.560 it's not like he's turned off his divinity. 00:13:48.180 --> 00:13:49.120 Not in the least. 00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:51.880 What we see here is his humanity. 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:58.500 And him coming to terms with this moment that he was sent for. 00:13:58.500 --> 00:14:12.120 The watching has everything to do with this cup that he references that he must drink. 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:18.860 And so let's now look at these prayers that Jesus prays. 00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:20.399 Verses 39 through 45. 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:28.459 First, I just want you to notice that in verse 39, he fell on his face and prayed. 00:14:30.699 --> 00:14:33.480 He fell on his face and prayed. 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.779 He's desperate. 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:41.879 That might make you uncomfortable a little bit. 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:46.100 He knows what's about to happen. 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:50.879 In this sequence, Jesus prays three prayers. 00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:54.040 And there's a bit of a progression in them. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:55.320 I'll try to point that out to you. 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:59.700 But what I want you to see is that after each prayer, he checks on his disciples. 00:15:01.060 --> 00:15:02.379 And is met with disappointment. 00:15:04.060 --> 00:15:05.440 It's quite a contrast. 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:12.200 Here we have this impending betrayal, desertion, denial by the disciples. 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:18.320 And it's going to start his passion, start his suffering, which will lead to him being crucified 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:23.620 and having to cry out, my father, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 00:15:23.680 --> 00:15:25.420 It's all going to happen in hours. 00:15:26.420 --> 00:15:28.000 Jesus is obediently praying. 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:30.540 What are his disciples doing? 00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:33.340 Sleeping. 00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:33.420 Sleeping. 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.340 They're clueless. 00:15:38.660 --> 00:15:41.020 Jesus begins his first prayer with my father. 00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:43.000 My father. 00:15:45.900 --> 00:15:48.680 Jesus revolutionized the way we pray. 00:15:50.780 --> 00:15:52.820 Remember the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6. 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.980 Our father who art in heaven. 00:15:55.140 --> 00:15:56.940 Jesus taught us to pray that. 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:59.780 And he practiced what he preached. 00:15:59.780 --> 00:16:05.120 What's interesting about Gethsemane is that there's a number of echoes of the Lord's Prayer 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.980 in Gethsemane. 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.000 This is one of them. 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:08.220 My father. 00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:10.139 He starts every prayer. 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:11.120 My father. 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.259 My father. 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:13.159 My father. 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.240 It's intimate. 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:16.279 It's submissive. 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.980 He recognizes this. 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:19.340 He's crying out. 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:26.980 By the end of his praying in verse 46. 00:16:28.660 --> 00:16:30.600 Jesus is no longer distraught. 00:16:32.660 --> 00:16:34.000 He's no longer upset. 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:37.000 He has stepped into the pocket. 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:41.100 He's fully resolved to do the will of his father. 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:42.100 He's no longer distraught. 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:43.100 He's no longer distraught. 00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:44.100 He's no longer distraught. 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:45.100 He's no longer distraught. 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:45.340 He's no longer distraught. 00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:48.860 What we see happening here is that Jesus is coming to terms. 00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:53.779 If it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.480 In verse 39. 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:57.960 That sounds kind of weird to our ears. 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:00.840 It makes us, is Jesus wavering here? 00:17:01.060 --> 00:17:02.800 Is there unbelief in him? 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:04.319 What's going on here? 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:11.639 Well, the most obvious thing to say is this. 00:17:12.939 --> 00:17:16.019 This is not Jesus refusing to do the will of his father. 00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:16.980 Not in the least. 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:20.379 It's Jesus coming to terms with it. 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:26.200 It's him coming to emotional terms with what he knows he must do. 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:29.720 And it's going to take a little bit of a process. 00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:32.000 And that's what we see these prayers. 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:38.240 So Jesus is coming to terms with what is about to happen. 00:17:38.679 --> 00:17:41.179 And we hear him reference this cup. 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.099 If it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:46.700 What's this cup? 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:52.399 Throughout the Old Testament, there are all sorts of references to various kinds of cups. 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.399 There are real cups. 00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.720 And then there are symbolic cups. 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:57.899 And of the symbolic cups, there are cups of blessing. 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:00.099 Psalm 16, 5. 00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:03.980 The Lord is my choice, blessing, and cup. 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:09.380 But by and large, when the cup is used symbolically in the Old Testament, it's not used for blessing. 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:12.960 It's primarily used to talk about God's judgment. 00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:15.059 And suffering. 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.539 And wrath. 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:21.400 We see that in Psalm 75, 6 through 8. 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:24.160 Jeremiah 25, 15 through 29. 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.259 Ezekiel 23, 32 through 34. 00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:31.220 And in the New Testament, in Revelation chapter 16, verse 19, we read, 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:42.539 And God remembered Babylon the great to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of God's wrath. 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:44.539 The cup. 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:58.019 When Jesus is speaking about this cup, if it be possible, may this cup pass from me. 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:07.940 He's talking about having to drink down the dregs of God's wrath for all who would believe for him. 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:16.539 He's talking about being crushed by God for our sin. 00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:19.500 Under God's wrath. 00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:23.120 And he's been talking about it for months. 00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:27.700 Chapter 16, 21, 17, 22, and 23. 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:29.920 Chapter 20, chapter 26, 2. 00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:34.400 He's been telling his disciples, I'm going to be delivered over and crucified. 00:19:35.080 --> 00:19:35.960 It's the cup. 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:37.640 He's going to drink the cup. 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:52.019 God's wrath must be quenched for sinners to be saved from their sin. 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.019 And that's why Jesus came. 00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.980 It's in his name. 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.799 The Lord saves. 00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:04.120 God the Father sent God the Son. 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:12.220 To save his people from their sins by having to drink down the cup of the fury of God's wrath in full. 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:21.600 Now, if you knew that you were going to have to endure the full wrath of God for all who would one day believe, 00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:24.000 do you think that would give you a little pause? 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:34.380 So what we see happening is Jesus coming to terms emotionally with what about to happen. 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:38.440 In hours, he's going to cry, Eli, Eli, lay me sebectani. 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:40.599 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:42.779 He knows he's going to have to cry that. 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:47.059 He's going to feel forsaken by his Father. 00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:55.259 And so he's like, is there any other way? 00:20:55.980 --> 00:21:04.559 And then he immediately goes to, not as I will, but your will be done. 00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:07.619 Do you know how you have to understand that? 00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:11.799 Not as my will, but your will. 00:21:12.419 --> 00:21:15.299 Daddy, not what I want to do, but what you want to do. 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:16.000 Do you know what he's doing? 00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.519 There's one word for it. 00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.079 Obedience. 00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:22.679 He's obeying his Father. 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.899 He's coming under the will of God. 00:21:26.899 --> 00:21:30.359 He is stepping up into the pocket. 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:40.419 He's stepping into the pocket of God's will, and it will crush him. 00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:42.519 And he knows it. 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:50.679 In verses 40 and 41, contrast with the disciples, Jesus comes back. 00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:52.139 He finds them sleeping. 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:55.899 So could you not watch with me one hour? 00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:59.240 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:01.359 The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.779 They don't get it. 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:05.299 They don't understand what's going on. 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:08.720 They don't understand what is about to happen. 00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:13.359 Jesus just wants them to watch with him. 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.940 And they're sleeping. 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.680 How would that make you feel? 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.759 Alone? 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:34.319 The temptation that Jesus is talking about is another echo of the Lord's Prayer. 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:37.379 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:44.599 And the temptation, of course, is the temptation these disciples are about to face. 00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:50.119 They're in it right now to desert, to deny. 00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:52.799 They don't see it. 00:22:53.459 --> 00:22:56.799 And Jesus sees they're not seeing it. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.279 And he knows what is about to happen. 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:05.819 So here it is, verse 43. 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:08.480 We go into verse, the second prayer. 00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.779 Excuse me, 42. 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.920 And for the second time, he went away and prayed, 00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:16.660 My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done. 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:20.519 There seems to be some progression between the first prayer and the second prayer. 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:23.359 First prayer, Jesus was like, is there any other way? 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:25.399 And then the second prayer, he is just, okay. 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:29.480 If there's no plan B, I'll do it. 00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.900 I'll do it. 00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:42.120 My Father, if this cannot pass, he's talking about the cup again. 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:46.780 There's no other way to satisfy your wrath. 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:52.399 Unless I drink it, your will be done. 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.680 Obedience. 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.220 He's coming under the will of his Father. 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:02.160 He's stepping into the pocket of God's will. 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.279 He's putting himself in danger. 00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.279 No plan B. 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.779 Verse 43. 00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:14.559 Again he came and found his disciples sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:17.359 The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.139 44. 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:23.879 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for them a third time, 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.319 saying the same words. 00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:28.399 Presumably the same words of the second prayer. 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:32.139 My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done. 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:33.839 So he's addressing his Father. 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:40.439 He's talking about the cup that he knows the horror of. 00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.740 Your will be done. 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.000 Your will be done. 00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.939 Your will be done. 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.199 You see what's happening here? 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:54.679 Jesus is praying himself into the will of his Father. 00:24:55.879 --> 00:25:00.099 He's submitting himself to his Father's will. 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.240 Would you flip back into your Bible to the book of Hebrews? 00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:10.159 Hebrews chapter 5. 00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.980 I love it. 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:19.379 I love it when my, one area of my Bible explains another area of my Bible. 00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:25.879 And here you're going to see Hebrews 5 explaining what's happening in Gethsemane. 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:29.220 Hebrews chapter 5, it's towards the back of your Bible. 00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:33.240 Start in Revelation and start going left if you haven't found it. 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:38.579 Hebrews 5, 7. 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:48.159 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death. 00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:53.039 Absolutely, that's speaking of Gethsemane. 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.039 Gethsemane. 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.039 Listen. 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:59.059 And he was heard because of his reverence. 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:08.759 Although he was a son, listen, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:14.180 If he made perfect, he became the source of eternal life to all who would obey. 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.119 Do you know what's going on in Gethsemane? 00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.199 See? 00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:22.119 This is, this is, this is God the Father's classroom for God the Son. 00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:24.459 He's teaching him obedience. 00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:31.139 He comes out of the Passover feast and the God the Father, there's more, son, before you can give yourself. 00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:34.019 You've got to learn to trust me more. 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:37.359 You need to step into my will. 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.180 And Jesus does. 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:54.460 In Gethsemane, we see God the Son, fully God, fully man, learning obedience in his suffering in order to accomplish the will of his Father. 00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:57.460 And do you know what the will of his Father is? 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:01.059 To crush him for you. 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:04.480 To crush him for me. 00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:10.799 Jesus' resolve resulted in our salvation. 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:15.519 He had to go through Gethsemane to get to Calvary. 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:26.000 And so by the end of his praying, Jesus is of a different state of mind, it seems. 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.059 He's resolved. 00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.460 He's courageous. 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.279 Look at verse 6. 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.180 46. 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.900 He comes back to his disciples who are still sleeping. 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.460 And he says, sleep and take your rest. 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.900 Later on, this is verse 45. 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.039 See the hours at hand. 00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:49.200 The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:54.160 He's talking about Caiaphas and the elders of Jerusalem. 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:59.180 And then he says to his disciples, rise, let us be going. 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.259 See my betrayers at hand. 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:06.620 Now when you read those words, rise, let us be going. 00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.420 What do you think? 00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.620 Here's what I think. 00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.340 I first read that. 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.299 I'm like, we're out of here. 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.980 See you later. 00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.140 Where's the next bus? 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.860 I'm gone. 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:18.240 That's not what Jesus is saying. 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.059 You know what Jesus is saying? 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.940 Always wake up. 00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.840 We're going to meet my betrayer. 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:31.439 We're going to meet him. 00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:35.159 We're not running from him. 00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.959 We're going to him. 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:46.559 And so what we see happen in Gethsemane through these three prayers is Jesus stepping into the pocket of God's will. 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:53.839 And by the time he finishes praying, he is resolved to do the will of his father. 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:58.059 And it shows up and saying, we're going to go meet Judas. 00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.659 He's here. 00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:59.659 He's here. 00:28:59.659 --> 00:28:59.700 He's here. 00:28:59.700 --> 00:28:59.759 He's here. 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:02.879 That's your savior. 00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:05.399 That's your king. 00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:10.200 He's the one who loves you. 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:14.379 He did it for you out of obedience to his father. 00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:18.260 We see some wonderful things here. 00:29:18.260 --> 00:29:21.400 Jesus fully God in his full humanity. 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:24.300 We see an emotional depth to Jesus. 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:27.580 He can identify with every aspect of our lives. 00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:30.580 He knows what it's like to be in emotional despair. 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:34.319 Anybody know what emotional despair is like? 00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:37.339 Your savior knows it. 00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:47.679 He learned obedience through suffering and praying and coming under the will of his father. 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:52.759 Oh, I am so grateful for the obedience of my Lord Jesus. 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:59.679 And we see him resolved to meet his betrayer. 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:02.139 What a savior. 00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:06.759 And I can live for him. 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:09.299 I can give everything I got for him. 00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:11.319 Everything I got. 00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:19.059 Moving from the first section of his actual praying in the garden. 00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.480 Moving to the next part. 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:24.500 I'm just going to breeze through this so you can see what happens. 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:31.000 In verses 47 through 56, Jesus is now resolved. 00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:38.779 Judas shows up in verse 47 while he's telling his disciples, guys, get up. 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.500 We're going to meet him. 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:42.980 While he's saying that, Judas shows up, verse 47. 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.720 Matthew's very clear. 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:48.960 We already know Judas is a betrayer. 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:51.339 But Matthew wants to make it clear. 00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:54.160 Judas came one of the 12. 00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.140 It's crazy. 00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:04.539 What we see happening in verses 47 through 56 is that Jesus steps into the pocket of God's will. 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:08.539 And he stands. 00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.379 Resolute. 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.639 The betrayer comes. 00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:15.259 In verses 47 through 50. 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.720 Judas. 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:20.399 He greets him as, greetings, rabbi. 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:22.180 Literally, grace to you, teacher. 00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:33.320 And he tells this crowd, armed crowd with him, hey, the one you're looking for, I'm going to kiss him. 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.140 Seize him. 00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:37.420 They didn't have smartphones. 00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:44.039 Judas didn't send his crowd a picture of Jesus' face so that they knew what he looked like. 00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:46.220 It was dark in Gethsemane. 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:48.200 They needed a sign, verse 48. 00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.820 And so he gives them the sign. 00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.620 He says, I'm going to kiss him. 00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:54.840 So he comes up, greets Jesus. 00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.480 Greetings, rabbi. 00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:58.060 Notice, it's not lord. 00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.180 It's rabbi. 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:01.920 We saw that happen right before the Passover. 00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.860 Jesus is talking about the betrayer. 00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:07.519 Disciples, the 11 say, is it I, lord? 00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:11.380 And at the end of that, Judas says, is it I, rabbi? 00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:16.360 Jesus is not the lord of Judas. 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:18.359 Judas comes. 00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:23.879 Judas comes, kisses him. 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:31.399 If you look at verse 50, Jesus responds, friend. 00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.179 Friend? 00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:34.299 Friend? 00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:38.939 You're my friend. 00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.019 Friend. 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.059 Friend. 00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.119 Friend. 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.139 Friend. 00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.179 Friend. 00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:41.119 Friend. 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:43.119 Friend. 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:44.119 Friend. 00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:45.119 Friend. 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.119 Friend. 00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.119 Friend. 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.659 Did you know what? 00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:50.719 You kiss somebody when there's peace. 00:32:52.719 --> 00:32:55.500 You greet someone with a kiss when there's peace. 00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.959 There's a kiss of betrayal. 00:32:58.959 --> 00:33:00.059 It's deeply ironic. 00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:02.500 And Jesus greets him as friend. 00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.759 It's full of irony. 00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.919 It's a subtle rebuke. 00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.259 Do what you came to do. 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:09.559 Jesus is standing in the pocket. 00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.519 I know why you're here. 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:13.519 Do what you need to do. 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.980 You know what Jesus is doing? 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.940 He's letting him do it. 00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.900 He's letting him do it. 00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:27.339 He's resigned himself to be crushed by the father. 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:35.460 And he knows that this man, his friend, is going to be used in God's sovereign plan to bring about his arrest, 00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:42.000 which will lead to his trial before Caiaphas, before Pilate, and then he's going to be thrown on a cross. 00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.559 Nailed to a cross. 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:53.559 Jesus stands in the pocket with Jesus. 00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.200 Do what you came to do. 00:33:55.200 --> 00:34:00.900 And he does what he came to do. 00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:09.260 After Jesus says that, there's this smaller group of this armed crowd. 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:11.019 They lay hands on Jesus. 00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:14.440 If you were one of the twelve, it would have been a little striking. 00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:16.119 It would have been difficult to watch. 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.079 They're manhandling Jesus. 00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.880 They're taking no precautions. 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:22.920 And so do you know what happens? 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:27.180 One of the disciples does something very impulsive. 00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:40.140 And behold, 51, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. 00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:43.800 Matthew doesn't tell us, but John does. 00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:48.960 This is Peter, our good friend, our impulsive, passionate Peter. 00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:53.720 He sees his Savior, his King, his Lord. 00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:58.160 Jesus has just told him, you're going to deny me three times. 00:34:58.780 --> 00:35:00.560 Peter is on alert. 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.980 I'm not going to deny you, Jesus. 00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:03.380 I'm going to die with you. 00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:05.120 I'm going to die with you. 00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:08.060 He sees Jesus manhandled. 00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:10.320 He's like, oh, I'm not going to deny him. 00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:13.580 Reaches for his swords, pulls it back, and swings. 00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.420 He's a fisherman. 00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.980 He doesn't know how to handle a sword. 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:22.539 He takes a swing in the dark of whoever's closest to him, and that happens to be Malchus. 00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:24.779 John tells us the name of the servant of the high priest. 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:31.119 And so Peter must be a right-hander, so he takes a swing at Malchus. 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:36.079 Malchus takes a dodge to the left, and we learn from Luke, he slices off his right ear. 00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:39.799 So here we are in the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:43.019 This great crowd comes out to arrest Jesus. 00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:44.640 They seize him. 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:49.280 Peter flips, cuts off the guy's ear, and all of a sudden, could you imagine this? 00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:55.019 On the ground in the Garden of Gethsemane is the right ear of Malchus. 00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.539 You're looking down at it. 00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:01.500 If you're part of the crowd, what would your reaction be? 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:04.559 The reaction, oh, you want to fight? 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:08.239 You want blood? 00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:11.960 That's why I brought my club. 00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:16.199 Jesus is in control. 00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.219 Your will be done. 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.300 He steps right into it. 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:23.800 Luke tells us he heals Malchus' ear. 00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:25.579 He must have reattached it. 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:29.519 I mean, he bends down, grabs the ear, reattaches it to his head. 00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.340 In the garden. 00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.460 Surrounded by a crowd. 00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:42.880 So you tell me, if you're Malchus, you show up to seize Jesus, you get your ear chopped off, 00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:47.679 trying to arrest this guy that's supposed to be bad news, and then he heals you? 00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.960 What would you think? 00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.599 What would you think? 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:54.519 What would you think if you're there, part of this crowd, and you're watching this happen, 00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:56.240 and he just healed him? 00:36:58.179 --> 00:37:01.420 I'm letting go of any kind of violent... 00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:03.480 Jesus has just pacified the moment. 00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:07.920 He's not going to let this thing get carried away into something else. 00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:10.099 He's not going to let this become a bloodbath. 00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:12.079 He's not going to let Peter get arrested. 00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.980 He's got to deny him three times. 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.780 Jesus is in control. 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:19.059 Your will be done. 00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:21.960 Jesus is in control. 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:33.360 In 52 through 54, not only does... 00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:37.559 Have we seen Jesus stand in the pocket with Judas, and now stand in the pocket with Peter? 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.699 Peter, come on, man. 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:42.260 He rebukes the crowds. 00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:46.559 He says, what are you coming out to find? 00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.980 A robber? 00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.079 A robber? 00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:52.360 Now that should strike something in you. 00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:56.179 Do you remember who Jesus was crucified with on either side? 00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:59.179 Two robbers? 00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:03.240 He was numbered with the transgressors. 00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.880 Isaiah 53. 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:11.440 Them coming out to treat him as a robber, as a criminal, 00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:14.320 is the fulfillment of the scriptures. 00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:19.659 All throughout this section on the... 00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:25.599 In 47 through 56, we see fulfillment after fulfillment after fulfillment after fulfillment. 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:28.240 With Judas, he's the betrayer. 00:38:28.720 --> 00:38:29.240 Fulfillment. 00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:34.519 With Simon in this impulsiveness. 00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.440 54. 00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:37.700 But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled? 00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:39.699 I've got... 00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:41.519 I've got to be arrested, Peter. 00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:45.759 It's not about me being able to defend myself. 00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:47.419 I'm giving myself. 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.519 It's not about force. 00:38:52.339 --> 00:39:00.659 And here with these crowds, he's saying, hey, you guys come out to arrest me like I'm a robber. 00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:01.339 I'm not. 00:39:01.379 --> 00:39:02.679 I've been in the temple preaching. 00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:04.539 You could have come there in public. 00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:06.219 But they don't. 00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:11.099 This, too, was to fulfill the scriptures. 00:39:15.919 --> 00:39:17.919 Fulfillment, fulfillment, fulfillment, fulfillment. 00:39:18.279 --> 00:39:19.819 Jesus is standing in the pocket. 00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.839 I hope you see this. 00:39:21.799 --> 00:39:23.019 He's doing the will of the Father. 00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.819 He's resolved. 00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:30.619 And then finally, at the end of verse 56, then all the disciples left him and fled. 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:34.900 I mean, it's in verse 35. 00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:38.599 Peter says, even if I must die with you, I will not deny you. 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:40.199 And all the disciples said the same. 00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:43.099 In just a matter of hours, they're gone. 00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.900 Fulfillment. 00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:48.819 They've done what Jesus has said they would do. 00:39:50.839 --> 00:39:52.299 They gave in in their temptation. 00:39:52.300 --> 00:40:06.880 So what we see here, 47 through 56, is Jesus standing in the pocket, resolved to do the will of his Father that's going to crush him. 00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:15.580 And he fulfills after incident after incident, Judas, Peter, the crowds. 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:19.640 And now what he said about the disciples has come true. 00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:25.859 Here's why all this matters. 00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:38.699 Jesus steps into the pocket of God's will in order to accomplish your salvation. 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:41.239 It had to happen. 00:40:42.319 --> 00:40:45.960 He had to go through Gethsemane in order to get to Calvary. 00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:50.019 And so here's how I want to apply it. 00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:51.300 I want to apply this in two ways. 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.500 Just give me a couple minutes here. 00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:00.980 The first way to apply this is with gratitude. 00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:06.240 Here's the risk we run. 00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:09.000 It's a very familiar story, right? 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:13.739 It happened hundreds upon hundreds of years ago, right? 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:16.599 And what you can start thinking is this. 00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:18.619 Well, that's nice that that happened. 00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:21.360 I'm really happy that Jesus, you know, kind of followed through. 00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:21.960 That's great. 00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:24.900 This is incredibly personal. 00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:28.039 It's incredibly personal for you. 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:38.880 Did you know that Jesus, the second person of the Trinity, the Son of God, oh, he knew before he became a man, he knew all those he would shed his blood for. 00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.980 He knew it. 00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:41.599 He knew it already. 00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:56.460 Is it possible, even likely, that when Jesus is in the garden, travailing in prayer before the Father, he's crying out to him, not my will be done, but your will be done. 00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:58.139 Crush me. 00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:00.319 Crush me. 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:06.199 Could it possibly be that you crossed his mind? 00:42:08.339 --> 00:42:09.940 Crush me for Mike. 00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.980 Crush me for Jenny. 00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:13.760 Crush me for Mikey. 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.320 Dave. 00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:18.460 In the garden. 00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.480 Crush me. 00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:21.820 Not my will be done, your will be done. 00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:23.260 Crush me, God. 00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.800 I'll see it all the way through. 00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:27.159 For Billy. 00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.920 For Lou and Bev. 00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.159 For Jess. 00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.840 Crush me for him. 00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:34.539 Crush me for her. 00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.539 He's being obedient. 00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:41.599 To the Father for you. 00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.659 He was crushed. 00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:46.039 For you. 00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:49.460 It's very personal. 00:42:50.720 --> 00:42:54.599 And the response to something like this is to express gratitude. 00:42:54.599 --> 00:43:03.159 Oh, Lord Jesus, thank you so much for going through that kind of travail for me, for my wife, for my kids, for this church. 00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:04.960 Thank you so much for doing that. 00:43:05.319 --> 00:43:07.619 See how gratitude blossoms from that? 00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:09.039 The second thing. 00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:11.940 The second thing. 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:15.019 It's not just gratitude, but courage. 00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:18.920 Jesus was courageous here. 00:43:19.319 --> 00:43:21.679 His resolve is impressive. 00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:28.139 He steps into the pocket and he stands there amidst betrayal, desertion, eventually denial. 00:43:28.839 --> 00:43:29.819 He gets beat up. 00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:31.179 Nailed to a cross. 00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:36.559 Do you need to step into the pocket? 00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:45.839 Are you aware of something that you need to take a step in trusting God with? 00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:52.220 Not only is what Jesus is doing here accomplishes our salvation. 00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:55.180 It's an example for us. 00:43:56.519 --> 00:44:00.320 That we must learn obedience to. 00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:04.320 We're more like those clueless disciples. 00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:08.960 I don't know what you're facing. 00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:11.600 I don't know what you've got to step into. 00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:16.059 But I'm guessing you know you need to take a step. 00:44:17.600 --> 00:44:19.740 But you need resolve to get there. 00:44:21.120 --> 00:44:25.420 And the way to take that step is take the similar step of Jesus. 00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:27.980 Your will be done. 00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:30.539 Lord, your will be done. 00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:33.260 Lord, your will be done. 00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:36.260 I don't want to confront this person. 00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:36.860 It's scary. 00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:38.440 Your will be done. 00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:40.740 I don't want to confess this sin. 00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:42.280 It's going to be embarrassing. 00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.659 It's humiliating. 00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:44.800 But your will be done. 00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:46.260 I'm going to step into that pocket. 00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:56.599 You see, Jesus' death and resurrection now is able to work in you. 00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:59.420 So that you would do that. 00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:05.099 What step do you need to take? 00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:10.920 This morning we have seen Jesus in Gethsemane. 00:45:12.099 --> 00:45:13.079 And he's our hero. 00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:14.079 He's our king. 00:45:14.279 --> 00:45:18.559 And his resolve resulted in our salvation. 00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:23.679 And our stepping into scary situations. 00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:27.639 Gratitude. 00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:29.519 Courage. 00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:31.539 What a savior. 00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:34.039 God, your will be done. 00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:35.840 Let's pray. 00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:53.280 God, you say that your word does not return void. 00:45:56.780 --> 00:45:59.180 You say that your word is living and active. 00:46:01.120 --> 00:46:02.559 It accomplishes much. 00:46:02.640 --> 00:46:03.400 It's profitable. 00:46:03.400 --> 00:46:13.440 And so, God, I am trusting you to take this word and to apply it to the hearts of these people by your spirit. 00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:17.680 That they would be enamored with their savior. 00:46:20.260 --> 00:46:20.780 Grateful. 00:46:22.139 --> 00:46:23.180 Even courageous. 00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:28.739 God, would you make us a people. 00:46:31.339 --> 00:46:33.119 Oh, who just delight in our savior. 00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:36.559 In the name of Jesus we pray. 00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:37.980 Amen. 00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.119 Amen. 00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:38.139 Amen. 00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.159 Amen. 00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:38.179 Amen. 00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:38.199 Amen. 00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:38.219 Amen. 00:46:38.219 --> 00:46:40.199 Amen. 00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:40.219 Amen. 00:46:40.219 --> 00:46:40.259 Amen. 00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.319 Amen. 00:46:40.319 --> 00:46:40.359 Amen. 00:46:40.359 --> 00:46:40.419 Amen. 00:46:40.419 --> 00:46:40.480 Amen. 00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:40.500 Amen. 00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:40.559 Amen. 00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:40.579 Amen. 00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:40.639 Amen. 00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:40.719 Amen. 00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:40.739 Amen. 00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:40.799 Amen. 00:46:40.799 --> 00:46:40.819 Amen.