Today, we will look ahead to this coming Sunday's sermon. The message comes from Mark 14:32-42 (provided below). In this passage, Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane before His arrest. Read the passage below and then look at the sermon outline for Sunday that is provided. How did Jesus change the world through His time of prayer in the Garden?
Mark 14:32-42 - New International Version
14:32
They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."
14:33
He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
14:34
"My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death," he said to them. "Stay here and keep watch."
14:35
Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him.
14:36
"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
14:37
Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?
14:38
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
14:39
Once more he went away and prayed the same thing.
14:40
When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.
14:41
Returning the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
14:42
Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!"
24 Hours That Changed The World
Part 2: The Prayer In Gethsemane
Mark 14:32-42 (pg. 49)
I. When do people see “the real” you?
A. We often want to hide the fact that we are human.
B. We realize that we all deal with the same emotions.
II. In Gethsemane, we see the humanity of Jesus.
A. Jesus was distressed. vs. 33
B. Jesus was agitated. vs. 33
C. Jesus was deeply grieved. vs. 34
1. Jesus knew the prophecies of what was to come.
2. Jesus saw no way out – “a sink hole of dreadful agony.”
III. How does Jesus react to these emotions?
A. Jesus surrounds Himself with His closest friends. vs. 33
B. Jesus prays for deliverance. vs. 36a (response was “no”)
C. Jesus rebukes His friends for their lack of attentiveness.
1. vs. 37 – “Could you not keep awake one hour?”
2. vs. 41 – “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?”
IV. How did Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane change the world?
A. Jesus chose God’s plan. vs. 36b
B. Jesus reversed the selfishness of humanity since the Garden
of Eden. (Genesis 3:6 pg. 2).
C. Jesus gave Himself in love instead of “bending” to His
emotions.
Responding to God’s Word: Choose to meet the Lord on the path of self-giving love. Find a way this week to give to another in love.
