Luke 22:43
"And there appeared an angel unto him
from heaven, strengthening him."
From our previous devotion we come to realize that Satan, made an all out attack against our Lord that night in the Garden of Gethsemane prior to His arrest. Our Lord realized this and responded accordingly, as we are told in, (Heb. 5:7) "Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared."
God heard His cry for aid sent angles to strengthen Him, (V-43). Christ wrestled His way through three prayer sessions in the garden and He referred to "the cup" during each prayer. What was this cup His soul so dreaded to drink from? Some say it was the cup of human suffering, but our Lord was no stranger to suffering and pain, because He had known these things throughout His ministry. Others say it was the cup of physical death that our Lord disliked. But anyway, no matter what we think, Jesus was the Prince of life, and death could hold no terror for Him.
My Friends, What then, was the nature of this cursed cup? We are not left in the dark here, for the Scriptures plainly informs us that the Gethsemane cup was filled with the sins of all humanity!! Our Lord looked deeply into the cesspool of human sin that dark night. Was there no other way to redeem man than by drinking this corrupt cup? There was no other way! In a few short hours Jesus would drain that cup of its last bitter drop of corruption of human nature, due to original sin. "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man," (Heb. 2:9).
Amen!
Reading: Luke 2:39-46
Heb. 2:9; 5:7
Ref: HG SB; WTTB
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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