PETER/THE GARDEN OF

GETHSEMANE
LUKE 22:31-45
 I PRAY FOR YOU

• 'And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked
for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for
you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have
returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”' Luke 22:31-32
• Prayer does not necessarily get you out of adversity. It gets
you through the adversity.
• Prayer is dependency on God and intimacy with God.
 I PRAY FOR YOU

• Peter admitted in 1 Peter 5:8, 'Be sober, be vigilant; because

your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour. '
• Christ warns Peter of his betrayal by dissociation.
• 'But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to
prison and to death.” Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the
rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three
times that you know Me.”
• The difference between Peter and Judas is the prayer of Jesus
Christ. He intercedes and mediates on behalf of Peter.
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• Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was

accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. When He
came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not
enter into temptation.” And He was withdrawn from them
about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, ' Luke
22:39-41
• It is difficult to sin when one is communicating with God.
Prayer is a reminder of the presence of God, for when we pray
we are talking to God.
 JESUS’ PRAYER

• 'saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me;
nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel
appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being
in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became
like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.' Luke
22:42-44.
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• Prayer is not demanding that God conforms to our will. It is

conforming to His will.
• Scripture never instructs Christians to:
• Rebuke our disease
• Cast out our problems
• Speak into our trials
• Claim our success
• Demand God to do something.
God is not your genie, and the Holy Spirit is not your puppet.
- Dustin Benge
 JESUS’ AGONY

• It is clear from the OT that the taking of the cup denotes that Jesus
took upon himself the wrath of God (cf. Isa. 51: 17, 22; Jer. 25: 15, 17,
28; 49: 12; Lam. 4: 21; Ezek. 23: 31– 33; Hab. 2: 16; Zech. 12: 2).
• Jesus was in agony (Gk. agōnia) in anticipation of bearing “our sins in
his own body on the tree” (1 Pet. 2: 24), and therefore he prayed more
earnestly. his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to
the ground. 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, mixing sweat and blood. In
either case, Luke’s main purpose is to highlight the intensity of Jesus’
emotional and physical trauma.