SERMONS ON GETHSEMANE
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The Mystery of Gethsemane
by Jerry Vines
We come this morning to one of the most sacred scenes in all of the Bible. We come to the place which is called Gethsemane. Gethsemane was located just outside Jerusalem, across from a little brook named Kidron. At this particular time of the year the brook Kidron was a very full stream. There was a channel that was used to flow all of the excess and all of the things that had been offered at the temple down to the brook Kidron. So all of the blood of the sacrificial animals was poured into that channel and it came down into the brook Kidron. This night, when Jesus and His disciples cross over that stream was...
Full Court Press (2 of 5)
by Jeff Strite
Up on the screen you're going to see a few basketball diagrams. Does anybody know what basketball strategy these diagrams are illustrating? (full court press) According to ''Maven's Word Of The Day'' (www.Randomhouse.com) The usual practice in a game is to allow the offensive team to get halfway down the court (which is called a half-court press) or wait til the other team is near the basket before applying strong defensive pressure. But THIS tactic (the ''full court press'') involves ''pressing'' the other team ''the entire length of the court.'' Now… I've watched basketball games where teams would use...
Christ in Gethsemane
by Charles H. Spurgeon
Our Lord had been sitting at the table of happy fellowship with His disciples, talking to them in a very solemn and impressive manner; He then delivered those choice discourses which are recorded by John, and offered that wonderful prayer which deserves ever to be called "The Lord's prayer." Knowing all that was to befall Him, He left the Upper Room with His disciples, and started to go to His usual place of quiet retreat, "a place which was named Gethsemane." You can easily picture their descent into the street. The moon was at the full on the paschal night, and it was very cold, for we read that the high priest's servants'...
Gethsemane
by Daniel Rodgers
In a sense, the two greatest battles of history were both fought in gardens. You will remember, in the Garden of Eden, Adam chose to disobey God, bringing sin to the human race. He failed to resist temptation; instead, he chose his will over the will of God. In the Garden of Gethsemane, the Second Adam, Jesus, chose God's will over His own (human) will. Although the pain and spiritual misery of the cross awaited Him, it seems as though the internal battle was fought in the Garden. Just as Adam's decision in the Garden of Eden affected all who are related to him (Romans 5:12), so Christ's decision in Gethsemane...
Have You Had a Gethsemane?
by J. Gerald Harris
If I were to ask you to name the top five spiritual experiences that you have had since your salvation, what would those experiences be? One of those memorial spiritual experiences was that December Sunday night in 1958 when I surrendered to God's call to preach the gospel. It was almost 40 years ago, but I can remember it as if it were yesterday. Another spiritual experience which I will never forget was on February 6, 1970. That was the day the twins were born. There were complications and the doctors did not give Jerry a lot of hope for making it through the crisis. During that period of time, Martha Jean and I found out...
The Cup
by Jonathan McLeod
'My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will'' (Matt. 26:39). In Gethsemane, Jesus was ''sorrowful and troubled'' (v. 37). Luke writes, ''And begin in an agony he prayed more earnestly; his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground'' (Luke 22:44). ''Though the word 'like' may indicate that this is to be understood metaphorically, there are both ancient and modern accounts on record of people sweating blood-a condition known as hematidrosis, where extreme anguish or physical strain causes one's capillary blood vessels to dilate and burst...
Be Courageous (3 of 4)
by Miles McPherson
Is accepting Jesus's sacrifice for me really the only way to heaven? Well, there's one other way to enjoy that perfect relationship with the Father in heaven: to be born sinless and go your whole life without ever sinning! But since everyone is born of fallen parents and experiences an imperfect human life in a fallen world, we all need Jesus! Jesus lived his life as an example to us of how to live as a human walking with God. Everything He did, we can do. Jesus lived his life as an example to us of how to live as a human walking with God. Everything He did, we can do. Though He could have crushed the devil in the desert, He instead...
Gethsemane: Battleground of Flesh and Blood
by Nelson Price
JESUS CHRIST on the eve of His crucifixion, sought to console His followers. As they walked from Jerusalem late at night to cross the Kidron Valley and enter the Garden of Gethsemane, He urged them, ''Let not your hearts be troubled...'' Gethsemane means oil or olive press. It was located at the base of the Mount of Olives and served as an olive processing point. Today there are 8 old olive trees on the sight that date back to the time of Christ. This tranquil garden was evidently owned by a friend of Jesus who let Him use it at various times. In the last days of Christ's life there were several friends who came...
The Man Who Kissed the Door to Heaven and Then Went to Hell
by Adrian Rogers
I want you to take God's word and I want you to turn with me please this morning to John chapter 6 and we're going to look in verses 70 and 71. I suppose almost as beautiful as the music we've heard from the choirs and the soloists is the turning of those pages as you're finding God's word. You'll always get so much more from any message If you keep your Bible open there in your hand. John chapter 6 verse 70. ''Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve and one of you is a devil? He spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he it was that should betray him being one of the twelve.'' Many years ago a woman...
The Prayer of Gethsemane
by Richard Bradley
Jesus and His disciples had come to the end of a very long road they'd been travelling for three years. Events were rapidly transpiring that would bring Jesus to the cross. As they say, things were coming to a head: Judas had agreed to betray Jesus; The Passover had been celebrated; Judas had been revealed as the betrayer; Jesus had predicted Peter's denial; The Savior and the twelve had retired for the night to the Garden of Gethsemane. It was in the garden, just across the Kedron Valley from the Herod's Temple, that Jesus prayed basically the same prayer three times. This prayer prepared His heart for the most...
Gethsemane
by Jerry Vines
By the light of a full moon, the Lord Jesus led His disciples thorough the narrow streets of Jerusalem, out the gate and down to the brook Kidron. At this time of the year, the brook Kidron was choked with water. Temple sacrifices had been made of literally thousands of lambs, and the drainage had brought the blood of those lambs down to the brook Kidron. That night as Jesus crossed the brook with His disciples, it was filled with blood from the sacrificial lambs. Just across brook Kidron, there was a garden place known as Gethsemane. Jerusalem was a very crowded city and property was at a premium. Many of the...
Jesus and the Battle in the Garden of Gethsemane (11 of 13)
by Donald Cantrell
The Hatfield-McCoy feud, or the McCoy-Hatfield feud or the Hatfield-McCoy war as some papers at the time called it, involved two rural families of the West Virginia-Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River in the years 1863-1891. The Hatfield's of West Virginia were led by William Anderson ''Devil Anse'' Hatfield while the McCoy's of Kentucky were under the leadership of Randolph ''Ole Ran'l'' McCoy. Those involved in the feud were descended from Ephraim Hatfield (born c. 1765) and William McCoy (born c. 1750). The feud has entered the American folklore lexicon as a metonym for any...
