Why Jesus Prayed in the Garden Script

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Why did Jesus Pray in the Garden of Gethsemane? What Does it have to do with you?

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Today, we are going to share with you 5 facts relating to Jesus praying in the garden and how it relates to your present and future success or failure.

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The Prayer Jesus said 3 times in the garden of Gethsemane is recorded by Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

Let’s read from Mark’s version.

Mark 14:33-36  And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be VERY DISTRESSED and TROUBLED.  (34)  And He *said to them, “My soul is DEEPLY GRIEVED TO THE POINT OF DEATH; remain here and keep watch.”  (35)  And He went a little beyond them, and FELL to the ground and began to PRAY that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by.  (36)  And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.” 

To answer the question, let’s begin by breaking this event into 5 treasured facts.

The First fact. Jesus had been preparing his entire life for the next 3 days, especially the next 12-18 hours. He had been able to NOT commit a single sin for his entire life. Up till now, he had no experience with the consequences of sin. He did not know guilt, shame, remorse from what some people call “bad choices” or “an oops”. Everyone on earth has experienced consequences for sins. But He knew nothing about being betrayed, like you may have experienced. His preparations for this point in his life kept him from sexual immorality, coveting, or deceiving anyone. He had no pride. ALL HIS LIFE he had been successful at living a PERFECTLY SINLESS life.

The Second fact. His living sinlessly made him the perfect sacrifice for ALL MANKIND’S SINS, those “bad choices”, and “oops”. ALL OF THIS was part of God’s grand plan for giving humanity an opportunity to choose to follow God into a rich life now and being with him in eternity later.

The Third fact. At this VERY MOMENT IN TIME, God was allowing Jesus to FEEL ALL mankind’s grief, agony, anguish, distress. ALL those feelings from  EVERYONE who EVER LIVED were placed on his shoulders. It would be more than enough to mentally crush anyone, including Jesus. That is WHY he said he was distressed and troubled. That is WHY he said he was “grieved to the point of death”; It’s WHY he fell flat to the ground to pray.

Fact # 4. Jesus, in this DIRE situation, turned to the only one who COULD POSSIBLY help him. He prayed to God the Father. He was at the breaking point. Maybe you feel like you have been at the breaking point. He APPEALED to God to “remove this cup from me”. Since the divine Jesus knew the future, he knew the physical suffering that lay ahead. But it was SO MUCH MORE right now. Jesus was in MENTAL ANGUISH. He was hurting right then! All because of my sins, and your sins too. Our sins were hurting him!
But He did not break. He prayed.

Fifthly, the humble Jesus submitted to whatever God the Father wanted. This is THE moment in HUMAN HISTORY when Jesus ultimately began his most complete commitment to God’s eternal plan. God’s plan was for Jesus to willingly die for all the sins of mankind. Jesus said, (John 10:17-18)  “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.  (18)  “No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative….”

So, “Why did Jesus Pray in Gethsemane?” is because of your sins. Jesus was carrying ALL your sins. He and his Father loved you enough to create a means to have your sins paid for. Because God’s wrath is aimed at you for your sins, Jesus prayed in the Garden. He suffered MENTALLY and PHYSICALLY for your “bad choices”. He died in your place.

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