Feb. 18, 2024

“Agonizing Obedience”
Mark 14:32-42
Central Idea: In Jesus last hours He teaches us to obey at all costs.
Context (32-33a)
• last 48 hours in Jesus’s life leading to the cross.
• The old passover & new “Lord’s Supper” meal has _________.
• Probably sometime after midnight; very early ________ morning.
• Location: Gethsemane = “______ __________”
I. The battle to obey is seen in Jesus’s _________________ (33b-34)
• “very distressed” - _____________
• “troubled” - depression; a great ____________
• “My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death”
II. The battle to obey is seen in Jesus’s ____________ (35-42)
• #1 - _______________ position of Jesus in prayer (35a)
• Jesus falls to the ground and prays — ________________
• #2 - _____________ of Jesus’ prayers (35b-36)
• “The hour” = Jesus ______________ and __________
• “The cup” = God’s ___________ against sin
• #3 - Length of _________ Jesus spends in prayer (37-41a)
• “Could you not keep watch for one hour?” (37)
Pattern: ________ times Jesus returns from praying. (39-41a)
III. _____________ in the battle to obey (36b, 41b-42)
• What is the struggle Jesus is facing? Take the _______ way out.
• “Yet not what I will, but what You will.” (36b)
• Jesus is __________ to obey! (41b-42)
• The garden of Gethsemane was a ____________!
• Jesus ____________ Himself to obedience.
Application:
• What did Jesus teach us in this night in Gethsemane?
1. You will face times of _____________ obedience.
• This is ____________.
• Your obedience will not all come ________, but it ________ still
come.
• Hebrews 2:18
• Hebrews 4:15
2. You can ______ the battle for obedience through prayer.
• Prayer is the _______ - Jesus obedience was won in prayer.
• Hebrews 4:16
3. The ___________ was the only way for your sins to be forgiven.
• It is the old familiar story -- we ______________ need the cross.