176. Christ\u2019s Prayer in Gethsemane<\/p>\n
The prayer of Christ was the greatest that was ever uttered.<\/p>\n
1. It was a lonely prayer. He withdrew Himself from the disciples in the garden\u2014Luk_22:41; and we are told He \u201cwent forward,\u201d and again \u201cHe went away\u201d\u2014Mar_14:35, Mar_14:39. His very action of withdrawing is suggestive of the fact there are some places to which He alone could go.<\/p>\n
2. It was a humble prayer. \u201cHe fell on the ground and prayed\u201d (Mar_14:35). The posture of His body indicated the attitude of His spirit. Matthew tells us He fell on His face\u2014Mat_27:39, and Luke says that He \u201ckneeled down\u201d\u2014Mat_22:41.<\/p>\n
3. It was a filial prayer\u2014Mar_14:36. He said, \u201cAbba, Father.\u201d The intimacy of His relation to the Father is at once suggested. His heart of obedience beats in unison with the heart of the Father\u2019s love.<\/p>\n
4. It was an earnest prayer\u2014Luk_22:42; Heb_5:7. The pressure upon Him caused the blood to ooze from His body, but instead of discouraging Him, \u201cHe prayed the more earnestly,\u201d yea, with \u201cstrong crying and tears.\u201d<\/p>\n
5. It was a persevering prayer, for He not only went away and prayed the same words, but He did it three times\u2014Mar_14:39. Is there not a suggested association with Christ\u2019s own teaching about prayer in the words, \u201cAsk, seek, knock\u201d (Mat_7:7), and there certainly is a suggested connection with Paul when he asked thrice for the thorn to be removed\u20142Co_12:8.<\/p>\n
6. It was a resigned prayer. At first Christ asked for the cup to be removed, but puts in the proviso, \u201cNevertheless not what I will, but what Thou wilt\u201d (Mar_14:36). Matthew gives an added touch in Christ\u2019s second praying when Christ says, \u201cO My Father, if this cup may not pass away except I drink it, Thy will be done\u201d (Mat_26:42). In the first prayer we see the two wills, \u201cMy will\u201d and \u201cThy will,\u201d but in the second prayer the Father\u2019s will alone is mentioned; but afterwards He evidently got beyond this, and said, \u201cThe cup which My Father giveth Me, shall I not drink it?\u201d (Joh_18:11).<\/p>\n
7. It was an answered prayer\u2014Luk_22:43.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Father heard, and angels there<\/p>\n
Sustained the Son of God in prayer,<\/p>\n
In sad Gethsemane;<\/p>\n
He drank the dreadful cup of pain,<\/p>\n
Then rose to life and joy again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen storms of sorrow round us sweep,<\/p>\n
And scenes of anguish make us weep,<\/p>\n
To sad Gethsemane<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll look, and see the Saviour there,<\/p>\n
And humbly bow, like Him, in prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
176. Christ\u2019s Prayer in Gethsemane The prayer of Christ was the greatest that was ever uttered. 1. It was a lonely prayer. He withdrew Himself from the disciples in the garden\u2014Luk_22:41; and we are told He \u201cwent forward,\u201d and again \u201cHe went away\u201d\u2014Mar_14:35, Mar_14:39. His very action of withdrawing is suggestive of the fact there … Continue reading “0179. 176. Christ\u2019s Prayer in Gethsemane”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}