{"id":1493,"date":"2010-04-05T06:39:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T14:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2010-04-05T07:54:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T15:54:35","slug":"his-agony-and-our-access-4-5-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=1493","title":{"rendered":"His Agony and Our Access 4-5-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

His Agony and Our Access<\/h2>\n
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Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples . . . . \u2019Stay here and watch with Me\u2019 \u2014Matthew 26:36<\/a>, 38<\/a><\/div>\n
Music and video:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dd4inM0Dnr0&feature=related<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"HisWe can never fully comprehend Christ\u2019s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don\u2019t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and man in one Person, coming face to face with sin. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique\u2014 they are the gateway into life for us.<\/p>\n

It was not death on the cross that Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. \"\"<\/a>In fact, He stated very emphatically that He came with the purpose of dying. His concern here was that He might not get through this struggle as the Son of Man. He was confident of getting through it as the Son of God\u2014 Satan could not touch Him there. But Satan\u2019s assault was that our Lord would come through for us on His own solely as the Son of Man. If Jesus had done that, He could not have been our Savior (see\u00a0Hebrews 9:11-15<\/a> ). Read the record of His agony in Gethsemane in light of His earlier wilderness temptation\u2014 \u201c. . . the devil . . . departed from Him until an opportune time\u201d (\u00a0Luke 4:13<\/a> ). In Gethsemane, Satan came back and was overthrown again. Satan\u2019s final assault against our Lord as the Son of Man<\/em> was in Gethsemane.<\/p>\n

The victory for all mankind was and is based on elements that are historically not associated with victory: humble acceptance of false accusations, surrender to unjust authority, and He\u00a0was beaten and crucified without complaint as He already knew the outcome. Just as we can already know the outcome as we go through trials…..we simply focus and stay connected to Jesus and experience His understanding supernaturally….\u00a0”\u00a0 for the joy set before Him He endured the cross”. JDV\/DJR<\/em><\/p>\n

Hbrrews 12:2 (MSG) Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed\u2014that exhilarating finish in and with God\u2014he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!<\/em><\/p>\n

Perhaps it would be well to consider that Jesus looked for His friends for help and found none, He asked the Father to take the cup away but in the end, Jesus simply trusted the Father’s will. Just as we can do when (and if)\u00a0we come to the end of ourselves……… even as we\u00a0live and act as if there is no end to ourselves and our focus on\u00a0alternate plans. JDV\/DJR<\/em><\/p>\n

The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ was a triumph for the Son of Man<\/em>. \"\"<\/a>It was not only a sign that our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

His Agony and Our Access Apr 05 2010 Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples . . . . \u2019Stay here and watch with Me\u2019 \u2014Matthew 26:36, 38 Music and video:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dd4inM0Dnr0&feature=related We can never fully comprehend Christ\u2019s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1515,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions\/1515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}