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January 13, 2013
Jesus’ prayer that the cup of God’s wrath would be removed from Him was a real request prompted by the horror of what was to come. We can’t come to grips with it, or with Jesus’ submission to the will of the Father, if we only think of it as His reaction to physical suffering. The agony He faced was the reality that He would soon identify with sinners by drinking the cup of God’s wrath against sin. Alistair Begg explains that Christ’s obedience to fulfill His Father’s will ultimately triumphed over His natural sense to recoil from the task.
32sAnd they went kto a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33And he took with him tPeter and James and John, and began uto be greatly distressed and troubled. 34And he said to them, v“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and wwatch.”4 35And going a little farther, he fell on the ground xand prayed that, if it were possible, ythe hour might pass from him. 36And he said, z“Abba, Father, aall things are possible for you. Remove bthis cup from me. cYet not what I will, but what you will.” 37And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? 38wWatch and dpray that you may not eenter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39And again he went away and prayed, fsaying the same words. 40And again he came and found them sleeping, for gtheir eyes were very heavy, and hthey did not know what to answer him. 41And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? iIt is enough; jthe hour has come. kThe Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
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