“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
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… take this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. that prayer did not change the cross that he was about to take, the brutality and the violence of the suffering and the pain that he picked up that day. But what it did change was his perspective. It then became for the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, the crushing, the breaking, the pain, the suffering. And he did all of it so that you and I would never have to walk through one moment alone. When he died on that cross, he did not die once. He died a billion different times, picking up the weight of all of our sin, carrying it. And he loved us so much. Why? Because he saw you coming. because he knew that life was going to be painful, but he needed you to have hope. He needed you to have salvation. He needed you to have atonement. maybe today what you really need is a change of perspective. …
Father, this is for 42. If you're willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will but yours be done. And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. I wonder what he prayed. And his sweat became like great drops of blood falling to the ground. The human nature of Jesus recoiled from the prospect of having nails through his hands, wouldn't you? Recoiled from thorns piercing into his head, recoiled from a whip lashing his back recoiled from a spear entering his side, recoiled from the horror of bearing the sins of his people and the wrath of God. It was incomprehensible. It was incomprehensible what Jesus suffered then and in the morning. There is nothing sinful in expressing his horror at this prospect to his father. Nothing is sinful in expressing his unimaginable horror at what was coming upon him to the Father and then totally submitting to the Father's will. It was a horrible and beautiful moment in the life of Jesus. So he submitted. Verse 43, he submitted. …
… we're saying no the highway yeah i won't do it i won't do it my way we we we have frank sinatra spirits you understand and and and and and in luke chapter 22 verse 42 jesus in his humanity as he approaches the cross the scripture says the scripture says that as jesus approaches the cross he says in his will Lord if you're willing let this cup pass from me in his humanity as he approaches the cup he's asking God to consider something different but while he's in prayer his will as he expresses it verbally is broken and he says what nevertheless never mind when is the last time you told god never mind i was praying i was praying to go another direction but i'm gonna go never mind forget what i just said i'm gonna roll with your i'm gonna roll with your plan they've got to break their will because here it is if my will is not broken on the inside I will not pursue his will on the outside. …