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Sunday sermon October 26 the last sermon before revival
God’s Glory Displayed To Sleeping Eyes
The secret to watching and praying.
Matthew 26: 33-46
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…Dancing David, Sleeping Jonah promising Peter… praying Jesus
*I. **Peter had good intentions …good intentions are not watching and praying*
Mat 26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all /men/ shall be offended because of thee, /yet/ will I never be offended.
Mat 26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Mat 26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
*Likewise also said all the disciples.*
Peter was not the only one that said he would die with Jesus he was just the most vocal.
The most obvious people who need the Lord in our searches for “prospects” are not always the most obvious.
Everybody is not saved on the Eastern Shore!
*The purpose of the Christian faith* is not to learn how to die but to learn how to live!!!
We don’t need to learn how to die with dignity but we need to learn how to live with victory
There was a seminar to let the individual “experience what it is like for people who are terminally ill.
I don’t want to practice that.
I need to learn how to live and move in authority.
Peter’s goal was defending Jesus from the wicked men
Jesus does not need defending
*II.
**People can refuse personal ministry but they cannot refuse intercession…but there are some prayers only Jesus can pray…Father forgive them…groanings*
Mat 26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
Mat 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
Mat 26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Mat 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou /wilt./
Mat 26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and *findeth** them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?*
*Mat 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed /is/ willing, but the flesh /is/ weak.
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Mat 26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Mat 26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
Mat 26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
Did their lack of focus hinder Jesus from praying?
*The holy spirit leads us to worship in the same way a mother leads her child to greet people…come on darling shake hands give them a hug say hello!
This love that is lovingly and gently directed from the father has always been there we just haven’t been aware of it.*
*The Bible calls it steadfast love *
*III.
**Rise let us be going*
*Mat 26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take /your/ rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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*Just like Jonah sleeping in the hold of the ship a couple of weeks ago.*
*Mat 26:46 Rise, let us be going*: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
*Directional love is hard to escape *
*1Jn 4:9 In* this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Who do you want to aim God’s love at today?
*Intentional love is hard to deflect*
Peter’s intentions did’nt last one day
God’s love lasts for a long time
*1Jn 4:10* Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son /to be/ the propitiation for our sins.
The world didn’t ask for it
Romans 5:8 while we were yet sinners Christ died for us
Good intentions are wonderful but to receive Jesus’ intentional transformational love is vision setting and motive shifting
Peter’s goal was defending Jesus from the wicked men
Jesus does not need defending
Is there anyone worth introducing to the love of God?
Who do you want to aim God’s love at today?
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* Genuine~/precise love is hard to counterfeit *
*1Jn 4:17 Herein* is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world
Who do want God to tap on the shoulder and say “wake, arise now!”?
Peter's answer suggested that he did not trust the other disciples either but that the Lord could sure depend upon him!
Peter's problem was that he didn't know himself, and that is the problem many of us have today.
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
Likewise also said all the disciples [Matt.
26:34-35].
It was early in the evening that Peter said he would not deny our Lord.
Yes, he was even ready to die with the Lord.
That same night before the cock crowed Peter denied Him, not once, but three times.
*Gethsemane** (26:36-56)*
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt [Matt.
26:36-39].
We need to pay attention to the prayer that our Lord is praying here.
"This cup" evidently represents His cross and the contents are the sins of the whole world.
More than the death itself and the terrible suffering of crucifixion is something else that we do not seem to realize.
It is this: Jesus, holy, harmless, and separate from sinners, was made sin for us.
There on the Cross the sin of humanity was put on Him -- not in some forensic or academic manner, but in reality.
We cannot even imagine the horror He felt when that sin was placed upon Him.
It was a horrendous experience for this One who was holy.
Notice that He was not asking to escape the Cross, but He was praying that God's will be done.
It is impossible for you and me to enter into the full significance of Gethsemane, but I think it was there that He won the victory of Calvary.
Undoubtedly, He was tempted by Satan in Gethsemane as truly as He was in the wilderness.
Notice verse 42: "He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done."
He was accepting it.
To say that our Lord was trying to avoid going to the Cross is not exactly true.
In His humanity He felt a repugnance and the awful horror of having the sins of the world placed upon Himself, and He recoiled for a moment from it.
But He committed Himself to the Father.
He came to do the Father's will.
Now let's look at the disciples who were in the garden with Him -- Peter, James, and John.
After His first prayer, He came back to them and found them sleeping --
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak [Matt.
26:40-41].
"Watch" -- stay awake, be alert -- "and pray, that ye enter not into temptation."
What was the temptation?
Who was going to tempt them?
Satan was there.
Jesus wrestled with an unseen foe -- that is obvious.
He overcame the enemy there in Gethsemane.
The victory of Calvary was won in Gethsemane.
He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done [Matt.
26:42].
He commits Himself to the Father's will.
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