What Was in the Cup Jesus Prayed About?
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- On the night before Jesus was crucified, he said to his disciples, My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.
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- He went into the garden, fell on his face, and prayed, My father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me, not as I will, but as you will.
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- Luke 22 .44 says, And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood.
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- Three times he prayed, My father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.
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- What is this cup that caused Jesus such agony? Many believe it was the way he was about to die.
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- Indeed, crucifixion was such a painful form of punishment, a new word was coined to describe it, excruciating.
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- But many Christians, beginning with the apostles, have rejoiced to suffer for the gospel. Why was
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- Jesus in dread? Because the cup he was to drink from was the cup of God's wrath.
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- Psalm 75 .8 says, For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
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- It's that cup Jesus drank for his own when he died on the cross for our sins.
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- Whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life. Whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
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- In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins, when we understand the text.