Matthew 26:30–56

I. We are confronted by what Jesus did.

In Gethsemane, Jesus looked full into the cup of God’s wrath, and it overwhelmed him so badly that it almost killed him.

I stand amazed in the presence, of Jesus the Nazarene. And I wonder how he could love me—a sinner condemned unclean! For me it was in the Garden, he prayed not my will but thine. He had no tears for his own griefs, but sweat drops of blood for mine! He took my sin and my sorrow, and made them his very own—he bore my burden to Calvary, and suffered and died alone!

II. We are invited to respond.

The church—the true church—is built not through the power of the sword but the power of the cross.

True salvation is not something we can achieve, but something we must receive.