OUR FATHER WHO GAVE HIS ONLY SON TO SAVE THE WORLD

 Matthew chapter 26 verses 36 - 46 says this;

36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”

The Lord Jesus, knowing the difficulty of what was to come, was in distress and He asked His three close disciples to be with Him while He prayed.

He fell on His face before the Father and asked Him, if it were possible, to let the cup of intense suffering to pass from Him but He said to the Father that He would submit to the Fatherˋs will.

Jesus travailed for an hour and when He checked His three disciples, they were asleep. He advised them to pray so that they could avoid entering temptation for the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

The Lord prayed in sorrow for three hours but at each hour, He returned to find His disciples sleeping. 

On the third hour, Jesus returned and announced to them that the time had come for Him to be betrayed into the hands of sinners and they should get going for the betrayer was getting close.

The Lord Jesus, set His face to flint and with resolve, went to surrender Himself into the hands of the authorities who were seeking to kill Him.

And so the passion of the Christ began.

Amen.

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