Day 321: Jesus' Prayer in the Garden (2024)
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We are reading the last few words of looks gospel, but do not fit, because the actually the bosses is also the extension of looks gospel basically um we're reading look chapter twenty two versus thirty nine three chapter twenty four verse fifty the end of looks gospel we're also reading program chapter twenty six verses twenty three twenty three as always, the video translation on reading from is the revised standard version second category tion, using the great adventure reveal from a sense, if you want to download your own bible in the year reading plane, you going to visit sentient press that comes lash bible in year. You can also subscribe to this broadcasting, receive daily updates and daily episodes. That's that's all I got for you today.

Stay three hundred and twenty one reading look chapter twenty two first thirty nine through chapter twenty four over fifty, and proverb share twenty six versus twenty three, twenty three. The gospel according to look chapter twenty two, first thirty nine jesus, praise on the count of olives. And he came out and went, as was his customer, to the amount of olives. And the disciples followed him.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, pray that you may not enter into temptation and he withdrew from them about a stones throw and net down and prayed, father, if you are willing, remove this chAlice from me nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done and they appeared to him an Angel l from heaven, strengthening him and being in an agony, he prayed more honest, sly. And his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow.

And he said to them, why do you sleep, rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation the betrayal and arrest of jesus while he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to jesus to kiss him, but jesus said to him, juice, would you betrayed the son of man with a kiss? And when those who were about him saw what would follow, they said, lord, shall we strike with the sd? And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right year.

But jesus said no more of this, and he touched his year and healed him. Then jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders who would come out against him, have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs? When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me.

But this is your hour and the power of darkness. Peter denies jesus. Then they seize him and let him away, bringing him into the high priest house.

Peter followed at a distance, and when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the court yard and SAT down together, Peter SAT among them, then he made seeing him as he SAT in the light, engaging at him, said, this man also was with him, but he denied that, saying, woman, I do not know him and a little later, someone else saw him and said, you also are one of them but Peter said, man, I am not and after an innovation of about an hour, still another insisted, saying, certainly this man also was with him, for he is a gAllen but Peter said, man, I do not know what you are saying and immediately, while he was still speaking, the coca crown and the lord turned and looked at Peter and Peter remembered the word of the lord how he had said to him before the cock rows today, you will deny me three times. And he went out and wept bitterly, the marking in beating of jesus. Now, the men who are holding jesus marked him and beat him.

They also blind, folded him and asked him, prophecy, who is that? That struck you? And they spoke many other words against him, revealing him, jesus, before the council.

When they came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered IT together, both chief priests and scribes. And they let him away to their council. And they said, if you are the Christ, tell us.

But he said to them, if I tell you, you will not believe, and if I ask you, you will not answer, but from now on, the son of man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of god. And they all said, are you the son of god then? And he said to them, you say that I am.

And they said, what further testimony do we need? We have heard of ourselves from his own lips. Chapter twenty three, jesus before pilot. Then the whole company of them arose and brighten before pilot.

And they began to accuse him, saying, we found this man perverting our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to seizure, and saying that he himself is Christ a king. And pilot asked him, are you thinking of the juice? And he answered him, you have said so.

And pilot said to the chief priests and the multitudes, I find IT no crime in this man, but they were urgent, saying he stars up the people teaching throughout all judea, from galaxy, even to this place, jesus before herd. When pilot heard this, he asked whether the man was a gallon. And when he learned that he belonged to her, its jurisdiction, he sent him over to heard who was himself in jerusalem.

At that time when herd saw jesus, he was very glad for he had long desired to see him because he had heard about him and he was hoping to see some signs done by him. So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer. The chief priests and the scribes that stood by the amenity, accusing him inherit with his soldiers, treat at him with contempt and marked him then, including him in gorgeous appeal.

He sent him back to pilot and herit, and pilot became friends with each other that very day. For before this, they had been at enmity with each other. Jesus sentenced to death.

Pilot then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them, you brought me this man as one who was perverting the people, and after examining him before you behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. Now they had heard for he sent him back to us. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him.

I will therefore chastise him and release him. But they all cried out together, away with this man and released to us. Barb is a man had been throwing to prison for an insurrection started in the city and for murder.

Pilot addressed them once more desire to release jesus, but they shouted out, crucify, crucify him a third time. He said to them, why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death.

I will therefore chased him and release him. But they were urgent, demanding, with loud cries that he should be crucified and their voices prevailed. So pilot gave sentence that their demand should be granted.

He released the man who had been thrown into prison for interaction and murder, whom they asked for. But jesus, he delivered up to their will the crucial fiction of jesus. And as they let him away, they seized one size of siren, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross to Carry IT behind jesus.

And they are followed him a great multitude of the people, and the women who be wailed and lamented him. But jesus turning to them, said, daughters of ju salem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say blessed or the barren and the woods that never born and the breast that never nursed.

Then they will begin to say, to the mountains fAllen us, and to the hills cover us, for if they do this, when the wood is Green, what will happen when IT is dry? To others also, who are criminals, were LED away to be put to death with him. And when they came to the place, which is called the skull there, they crucified him, and the criminals went on the right and one on the left, and jesus said, father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

And they cast lots to divide his governments. And the people stood by watching, but the rulers scoped at him saying, he said, but others let him save himself if he is, the Christ of god has chosen one. The soldiers also marked him, coming up and offering him vinegar and saying, if you are the king of the jews, save yourself.

There was also an inscription over him. This is the king of the jews. One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us but the other rebuked him, saying, do you not fear god, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the do reward of our needs.

But this man has done nothing wrong. And he said, jesus, remember me when you come in your kingley power and he said to him, truly, I say to you today, you will be with me in paradise. The death of jesus IT was now about the six hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the nine th hour, while the sun's light failed and the curtain of the temple was torn into.

Then jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, father, into your hands, I commit my spirit. And having said this, he breathed his last. Now, when the century saw what had taken place, he praised to god and said, certainly this man was innocent.

And all the multitude to assembled to see the site when they saw what had taken place, returned home, beating their breasts and all his acquittance ces. And the women who had followed him from galilee stood at a distance and saw these things, the burial of jesus. Now there was a man named Joseph from the jewish town of a mattheo.

He was a member of the council, a good and richest man who had not consented to their purpose, indeed. And he was looking for the kingdom of god. This man went to pilot and asked for the body of jesus can.

He took IT down and wrapped IT in a limon crowd and laid him in a rock yung tomb where no one had ever yet been laid. IT was the day of preparation, and the sabz was beginning. The women who had come with him from galaxy followed and saw the tub and how his body was laid.

Then they returned and prepared spaces annointed ments on the saba. They rested, according to the commandment chapter twenty four, the resurrection of jesus. But on the first day of the week, at early done, they went to the tomb of taking the spicy, which they had prepared, and they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

But when they went in, they did not find the body while they were perplexed about this. Behold, two men stood by them in dazzling a peril. And as they were frightened and bow their faces to the ground, the men said to them, why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but as reason.

Remember how he told you, while he was still in gallery, that the son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinfu men and be crucified. And on the third day, rise, and they remembers his words. And returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.

Now, IT was mary magdalen and jji a and mary, the mother of James and the other women with them, who told this to the, but these words seem to them and idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb, stooping and looking in. He saw the linen cloth by themselves, and he went home wondering at what had happened.

The walk to A S that very day, two of them, we're going to a village named email about seven miles from jury em and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. Or they were talking and discussing together jesus himself junior, and went with them, but the rights were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, what is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk? And they stood still, looking sad than one of them name.

Cleopis s answered him, are you the only visitor to jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days? And he said to them what things, and they said to him concerning jesus of nazareth, who was a profit, mighty indeed, and word before god and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem israel.

yes. And besides all this, IT is now the third day since this happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tube early in the morning and did not find his body, and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of Angels who said that he was alive.

Some of those were with us, went to the tube and found IT, just as the women had said, but him, they did not see. And he said to them, o foolish men and slow of heart, to believe all that the profits have spoken was IT not necessary that the chryse should suffer these things and enter into his glory. And beginning with moses and all the profits, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures that things concerning himself, so they do near to the village to which they were going, he appeared to be going further.

But they constrain him, saying, state with for IT is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke and gave IT to them.

And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their site. They said to each other, did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures, and they rose that same hour and returned to jerusalem. And they found the eleven gathered together.

And those who are with them who said, the lord has risen indeed, and has appeared demon. Then they told what had happened on the road, and now he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. Jesus appears to his disciples as they were saying this.

Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, peace to you, but they were startled and frightened and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, why are you troubled and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet that IT is sie myself, handle me, and see for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.

And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy and wondered, he said to them, have you anything here to eat? They gave him a piece of boiled fish, and he took IT and ate before them. Then he said to them, these are my words, which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of moses and the profits and the sons must be fulfilled.

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures and said to them, thus IT is written that the Christ should suffer and on the third day, rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things and behold, I send the promise of my father upon you, but stay in the city until you are closed with power from on high the attention of jesus and he let them out as far as bEthany and lifting ing up his hands, he blest them while he blessed them. He parted from them and was Carried up into heaven. And they worried him and returned to jerusalem with great joy. And we're continually in the temple blessing god.

The book of drivers chapter twenty six versus twenty three twenty three, for lack of wood, the fire goes out and whether there is no whisker, corning ceases as charcoal to hot embers and wit to fire. So is a coral sea man for kindling strife. The words of a whispers, rer are like delicious morsels that go down into the inner parts of the body, like the glass is covering an earth and vessel are smooth the lips with an evil heart.

Father and haven't give you prays. Thank you so much. Thank you for your son. Thank you for the gift of your spirit that you promised. Buy your son to the apostles, into your church, to us.

We asked you, please, in the end of your son, jesus Christ, please send your holy spirit upon us. Now this day, we pray for you, lord. We pray for your spirit to come upon us.

And we pray for your name to be known upon this earth. We pray for your will to be done in our lives and in this your world. May your kingdom come, father, may your kingdom come in our day, in this moment, maybe kingdom come now and forever.

In jesus name, we praying, and the name of the father of the sun and the holy spirit, amen. Okay, gosh. Oh my.

And I want a gift. I mean, we just went through four gospels right over the course of this last three hundred plus days. This is here we are in the final gosplan before we launched into ask the postles and romans tomorrow. The greatest letter of have same problem, maybe one of the greatest works in the new testament. Here we are at the end of looks gospel, the end of Christ life.

And we have had this up close and personal experience of walking with jesus, whose ministry, I mean, we got to hear about his infancy narrative analysis, birth by Gabriel to mary john the baptist in Elizabeth and zakaria, the whole story here, and looks, gospel, Christmas and all of this whole teaching of jesus. And now today we picked up again in the middle of chapter twenty two. And one of the things we begin with is jesus praying amount of us.

Luke reveals jesus praying so often. It's one of the things that that he revealed. Jesus doing may be analytic more than anything else, more than anyone else. But IT is very, very clear that luke is revealing a jesus who praise regularly.

And this is fascinating to to me because why do we pray? Maybe we've talked about this before, but I think a lot of us, we pray because we want an answer. We pray because we want strength, because we pray because we want something.

We pray because it's either god is google or god is the ATM. Right here we go to to get stuff from him. He sana clas kind of a situation. But those are not reasons why jesus would pray, because jesus would need those things from the father.

What he would pray for is he praying to be close to the father, right? He would pray because he wanted to be near the father, because he wanted to have communion with the father. And that's one of the great reasons for us to pray, not just to ask god for stuff, and not just to to to get answers of direction.

Although those are things we need, definitely, but to be close to the father in heaven. And that's my invitation. Here we are, you one day, three hundred and twenty one.

And as we get closer and closer to the last day of the violent year, keep in mind that you can have a plan, that plan being, maybe I start day one again, maybe it's something else, but the idea is, the plan is, i'm gna keep praying, because here is jesus at the end of his life. Here's jesus the middle. His life, here's jesus at all times.

And what is he doing? He is always praying. He's always going back to his father. And here you are as a Christian. You know this as a Christian, you have access, you have access to the father's heart at all times in all places.

And so the question is so often like, why don't we take advantage of that access? Why don't we actually capitalized on the opportunity? We have to come closer to the father.

And so again, we have a few days left in, depending on what your paces is like, if your pace is you don't every single day right in a roll, sometimes your pes, you do you know three episodes every two weeks, whatever that, whatever your faces, just to know that you're on the right pace. What's your plan for prayer? Because it's so clear that jesus is a prayer and he is god.

Here we are who are very not god, very far from god, but he wants us to be close in jesus. Purred today, in chapter twenty two is what it's. I love this because I highly this all of the time in the garden gets semon's.

Jesus, his prayer is honest and it's trusting. He's honest. He tells, got exactly, tells the father, reveals the father exactly where is that? He's his father.

If you are willing, remove this, Charles, from me. That's the honest part. I don't want to do this. But the trusting part is nevertheless not my will, but yours be done even though his sweat became like great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

Gosh, another highlight that we can point to is the fact that here's jesus when he's on the cross. What does he say? He says these three words and looks gospel.

Now total of, I think, get seven words from the cross over the course of the entire all the gospel, but the the three words he has in looks gospel. Our father forgive them, for they know not what they do. Words of mercy, the other, another word is a truly, I say to you today will, you will be with me in paradise, a word of hope and a promise.

And then he says, lastly, father, into your hands, I commit my spirit, this intrust ment, this this gift of faith, and from the cross we have these three words of faith and hope and love, right? This word, love a father, forgive them, you know not what they do. what? What is mercy? Mercy is the love.

We don't deserve that. That's god's word here, jesus is word on the cross. And then truly, I say to you today, you with me, paradise, this word of hope.

And then lastly, father, into your hands, I can make my spirit, this incredible word of trust, this word of faith, or jesus, trust his father. And that's us to, and in all, all, all of our days, we have our prayers, be words of faith and hope and love. Last thing, we have a unique story in this gospel.

It's the story of the road to imaus and the two people on the road to amaze cleopis. And he says his companion, and we don't get the name of his companion. I like to think it's misses cleopis. We know that someone who traveled around with jesus and was one of the disciples was married, the wife of flop s and so I assume maybe this is the same clubs, and so maybe it's clubs and married the wife of clubs who are walking from jersey. m.

Tms, I heard many people make this claim because there's there's a sense of this being the undoing of genocide chapter two and three, where you have the husband, wife in genesis two and three who have this fall, right, and they eat the fruit of the tree that leads them to death. But here and look, chap twenty four, you have this husband, wife that eat what they eat, the fruit of the tree of life that leads them to eternal life. The u.

Crest, there's something really remarkable about about this. I know if you know anything about Christmas trees, but the bulbs right in the bulbs are what color s they're typically Green and red. Now this might be a stretch, but I believe this is accurate, that they have riston as trees that would to have bulbs of Green and read on them and they also would have little weight for us.

You make little sugar cookies and you perham them and you playing those up on the tree as well and over the represent that represent that here's the tree that have the um fruit on IT like so apples right apples are red and Green and so the Green and red a bulbs would be representative of the Green and red apples of the tree of knowledge of good evil. But then these super cookies there were circular hanging from the tree will be an image of the host of the u. quest.

And the idea behind this is that here, from the original al al. Tree in the old testament in in genoese, chapter three, you have this, this fruit of this tree that brings death to the world. But then from this tree, the tree of the cross, we get what we get, the ucar st, which is the fruit that gives life in the whole world. And so that's an incredible thing, I think, just to reflect on and realized that when we put these you Green and red bulbs on trees, okay, that's a represents the tree of life, or the tree of knowledge of good evil.

But when we have the sugar cookies that are circular, that are placed on the tree, that represents the ukridge, the fruit of the new tree from the cross, that's the new tree, that's the new tree of life, the the crucifix is the new tree of life in the fruit of the cruise fix is what is the body blood of jesus, the UK rist. And that's what cleopis and mrs. Cleopis see, that that sense of being able to say that their their eyes were friend that prevented from seeing jesus from recognizing jesus.

I mean, until what? Until the breaking of the bread, which is code in early church for the request, which is code for holy communion. So what caused their blindness and their death in the old tesman adami eve, eating from the fruit of that tree here for mary, the wife of cleopis, and cleopis, that husband, wife eating from the fruit of the tree of life, the cross, the ukraine, their eyes are opened.

And not only to like, just like eamon, their eyes open and they realized, ed, their shame, they're thin. Mary, with globs and co. Locus, their eyes are open. And he recognized jesus that make sense. So it's kind of a nature tradition in the church with a small tea tradition that would be kind of the connection here.

The last thing I want to say is, is incredible that he opens up the scriptures to them, not only to the clip on his companion, but also to the apostles at the end of this chapter. why? Because he says, hid mosses and all the profits in all the song was all the places that talked about him.

And here, here you are having gone through every single word you've LED. You ve read all of the problems because we're still on that slow drip on that one right now. But all of those profits, all of those books of moses, everything in the old testers you have already read, imagine jees opening up your mind to understand every single piece in the old testament that referred to him.

You know, those stories. And that's one of the reasons why maybe it's a really good idea to have that plan. Maybe I go back, maybe go back in and we listen, maybe go back in and review, maybe go back because it's never ending.

The scriptures here are never ending. source. Of joy, of knowledge, of wisdom and a faith, hope and love.

Guys, i'm praying for you. Please pray for me. Money for the mike. I cannot wait to see tomorrow. Get bless.