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*Between Two Gardens*
*Luke 22:39-46*
v Scripture, at its basic level, gives us the grand narrative of redemption
Ø In the beginning we are introduced to the narrative in the Garden of Eden
§ Or more appropriately…
· *The Garden of Failure*
¨ Where Adam failed the temptation
¨ Where sin began
Ø At the end of time, the narrative leaves us in Heaven on earth
§ *The Garden city of the New Jerusalem*
· Where the redeemed shall reign
· Where final victory is won
v But between these two Gardens…
Ø Between the Garden of Failure and the Garden of Victory…
§ Is the Garden of Temptation
· The Garden of Gethsemane
¨ And that is where we find Jesus in our text today…
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*READ v. 39-46*
v In The Words and Works of Jesus Christ, J.D. Pentecost writes…
Ø What is temptation?
Seduction to evil, solicitation to wrong.
It stands distinguished from trial in that trials test, (they) seek to discover the man's moral qualities or character;
§ But temptation persuades to evil, deludes, that it may ruin.
Ø The one means to undeceive,
§ The other to deceive.
Ø The one aims at the man's good, making him conscious of his true moral self;
§ But the other at his evil, leading him more or less unconsciously into sin
v God tries
Ø *But Satan tempts*
v And the temptation that Satan was putting before Jesus in Gethsemane was…
Ø Don’t go to the cross
§ You see…
· It is in this Garden that the work of Salvation was begun
¨ It was accomplished on the cross in Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection
Ø But in the Garden of Gethsemane…
§ Jesus walks voluntarily into the valley of the shadow of death…
· And struggles with the temptation *NOT* to go to the cross
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*The Temptation*
v And it was a temptation!
Ø That becomes very clear in what Jesus’ prayer is
§ *V.
42* ~~ /Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done./
· Matthew puts it ~~ “If it be possible…”
¨ Jesus is saying…
Ø If there is another way to expiate the sin of the world
Ø If there is another way that the wrath of God might be satisfied
Ø If there is another way to remove the sin from the world
Ø If there is another way to right all the wrong that has been done in the world….
§ */Please, allow me to go down that path!/*
v In Gethsemane…
Ø Jesus was tempted in his full humanity to not go to the cross
§ And Satan was right there
v It is interesting in *Luke 4:13* after Jesus had overcome temptation 3 times in the desert Scripture tells us…
Ø /When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time/
§ *This was the opportune time!*
· *Illustration*: I really like how “The Passion of the Christ” did this scene
¨ With Satan right there in Gethsemane
Ø Whispering in his ear
Ø Urging Jesus to turn back
Ø Tempting him
§ We are not told what the temptation was in Gethsemane
· But it was probably something similar to the second temptation in the wilderness
Ø You see…
§ The Devil is not very creative in his temptations
· *Q: Have you noticed that in your own life?*
¨ It is the same temptations over and over again
Ø A recent survey of Discipleship Journal readers ranked areas of greatest spiritual challenge:
§ 1.
Materialism
§ 2.
Pride
§ 3.
Self-centeredness
§ 4.
Laziness
§ 5.
(Tie) Anger~/Bitterness
§ 6.
(Tie) Sexual lust
§ 7.
Envy
§ 8.
Greed
§ 9.
Lying
· That pretty much covers it
¨ Oh, there are variations on the same theme
Ø But Satan is not creative
§ He uses the same temptation in our life again and again
· Like drip torture
v And that, I believe, is what Satan does here in Gethsemane
Ø In the wilderness, Remember Satan’s second temptation?...
§ First was food
§ Third was power
§ But 2nd was Sloth
· *Lk 4:5-7*
¨ /The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
So if you worship me, it will all be yours.”/
§ The temptation was…
· *Take the way of the Crown without the Cross*
¨ Take the easy way
Ø This is what Adam took in the first Garden
§ “Eat and you will be like with God”
· The serpent was saying…
¨ /“Have the crown without the cross”/
/ /
Ø And he was repeating this same temptation to Jesus
§ Don’t go to the cross…
§ There is an easier way…
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