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Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46)
by Dr. Ralph F. WilsonOther online lessons from Luke | Lessons in book format
Faith of Abraham (Genesis 11-25)| READER 1 | Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, |
| READER 2 | and his disciples followed him. |
| READER 3 | and his disciples followed him. |
| READER 1 | On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." |
| READER 2 | Pray |
| READER 3 | Pray |
| READER 2 | Pray |
| READER 1 | That you will not enter into temptation." |
| READER 2 | That temptation will not sway you, |
| READER 3 | That temptation will not entice you, |
| READER 2 | That you will not enter into it. |
| READER 1 | Jesus withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, |
| READER 2 | He knelt down. |
| READER 3 | He prayed. |
| READER 1 | "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." |
| READER 2 | Father |
| READER 3 | My Father |
| READER 2 | Father, how comforting it is to call you "Father" when all is crashing down around me. |
| READER 1 | Take this cup from me. |
| READER 2 | Take this mission, this task, from me. |
| READER 3 | Take the specter of the cross from me. |
| READER 1 | The pain |
| READER 2 | The loneliness |
| READER 3 | The spiritual burden |
| READER 2 | The desolation |
| READER 3 | Take this cup from me. |
| READER 1 | If it's possible |
| READER 2 | If you can find it in your plan |
| READER 3 | If you're willing |
| READER 1 | Not my will |
| READER 2 | But yours |
| READER 1 | Not my revulsion from what I see before me |
| READER 3 | But your will for my life |
| READER 1 | Not my will |
| READER 2 | But yours be done |
| READER 1 | An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. |
| READER 2 | An angel |
| READER 3 | An angel from heaven |
| READER 1 | Appeared to him |
| READER 2 | Strengthened him in his intense spiritual struggle. |
| READER 1 | And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, |
| READER 2 | Anguish! |
| READER 3 | Prayer! |
| READER 1 | And his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. |
| READER 2 | Sweat poured off him as he labored in prayer. |
| READER 3 | Anguish. |
| READER 2 | Prayer. |
| READER 1 | When he rose from prayer |
| READER 2 | And went back to the disciples, |
| READER 3 | He found them asleep, |
| READER 1 | Exhausted from sorrow. |
| READER 2 | Worn down by sorrow. |
| READER 3 | Wiped out. |
| READER 1 | "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. |
| READER 2 | Don't sleep! |
| READER 3 | "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation." |
| READER 1 | Arise |
| READER 2 | Pray |
| READER 3 | That you will not enter into temptation. |
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