This message on Matthew 26 was preached by Tom Sorensen in continuation of David Anderson's Matthew series at Littleton Bible Chapel on April 13, 2014.
Outline:
1. Gethsemane marks the next step in the three year drift towards the abandonment of Christ.
2. Gethsemane marks a shift in Jesus from controlling his emotions about the horror of the cross to being overwhelmed by them.
3. Gethsemane marks a shift from inner uncertainty to renewed confidence in Jesus’ destiny.
a) The futility of Jesus’ ministry without a cross
b) The promise in Scripture of the joys set before Christ Jesus
4. In what sense Jesus desired a way that avoided the cross and in what sense he knew there was no way apart from the cross.