When he writes a song on the text “My Jesus, what affliction of the soul befell Thee in Gethsemane,” we feel in the plunging tritones the fall of Adam, and in the crushing suspensions, the sighs of Christ as he accepts the sins and sorrows of the world. These were the literal ...
12What she did was to pour this perfume on my body to get me ready for burial. 13Now, I assure you that wherever this gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus (Mk 14.10–11; Lk 22.3–6) 14Then one...
Jesus went to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane, and each time He came back, the disciples were asleep. Jesus asked them to “watch and pray” because temptation is near. Have you ever noticed that when you are tired at night you are tempted to do whatever your flesh or mind is telling...
Secondly, it says that His prayer was heard because of His reverence. In that moment, Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane was sweating like drops of blood, so profusely. He was crying out to His Father to take this cup from Him. The reason God would have heard Him in those moments wou...
After the meal, the disciples accompanied Jesus to the Garden at Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed in agony. “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” An angel came to strengthen Jesus in the garden. There, He taught His disciples, and ...
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in ...
Theological Instincts happen when the paradigms of God’s Revelation are enacted in the ministry of the people of God such that God’s ministry to humanity is more clearly revealed. Jesus knew that “The Sabbath was made for humans, not humans for the S
Theological Instincts happen when the paradigms of God’s Revelation are enacted in the ministry of the people of God such that God’s ministry to humanity is more clearly revealed. Jesus knew that “The Sabbath was made for humans, not humans for the S
For 35 years of my life I was a sermon illustration. Of course, there are things in my life I don’t reveal easily. There is a year that I refer to as “the dark year” when I made consistent bad choices that I’d love to forget ever happened. But, alas… we don’t get to ...
Christ has suffered more than any of us, and He knows the intensity of our afflictions. There is no suffering we have that He did not undergo in Gethsemane and on Calvary. That is why He understands and can help us. Carlos H Amado explains, “We limit our vision to the events th...