Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
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… I think the thing he recoiled from, causing him to say, Father, if there's any other way, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will. The thing he was recoiling from was absorbing God's wrath. Of being separated from the Father as he bore the sin of the world. But he did it. He died to absorb the wrath of God. So, and this is because all the good works in the world will not get you to heaven. The story is told of a man who died and went to heaven. Peter met him at the pearly gates. He said, okay, buddy, this is how it works. You need 1,000 points to get into heaven. This is a true story. Guy said, okay, 1,000 points. All right, so if you did good things, you get points for every good thing you did. The guy says, oh, really? Okay, well, I've been married to this same wife for 50 years. Peter said, that's good. …
… But if y'all could just stay here and keep watch with me, if y'all would just pray with me, if y'all would hang with me. Look at Matthew 26, verse 39. So it says, and Jesus, he went a little further and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, My father, if it is possible, please let this cup of suffering be taken from me. Yet. I want your will to be done in my life, not mine. And that's the place you got to get to in your life is that you're saying, you know, I'm going through some crap right now, but I'm not just going to let my gifting keep me. I'm going to answer the call of God on my life and I'm going to say not my will, but yours be done. And Jesus in this moment is crying out and he goes back to check on his boys and make sure they're standing with him. Because sometimes you just need encouragement that somebody standing with you in the situation. …
… and he confides to them he says my soul is exceedingly sorrowful even to death stay here and watch with me then he goes a little further and he fell on his face and he prayed saying oh my father if it is possible let this cup pass from me nevertheless not as I will but as you will Then he goes back to the disciples because he wants to know whether or not they did what he asked them to do. He asked them to stay here and watch with me. And he goes to the disciples and he found them sleeping. Because even the ones he thought could stick with him in a hard season couldn't even keep up with him. And he says to them, what, could you not watch with me one hour? This was just one hour of prayer and you fell asleep. Some of us can't make it in the prayer closet five, ten minutes. Jesus says it was just an hour. Watch and pray. …