Luke 22:39-46 – “Pray That You May Not Enter Into Temptation”

Jon Beck

My sermon notes for Sunday morning, March 2nd.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. We provide the preaching each week through YouTube by Sunday afternoon. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

INTRO

  • Jesus leaves the upper room
  • The battle is intensifying
  • PRAY. PRAY, PRAY

The Situation at Hand – vv. 39-40

Pray so that you will not fall into temptation

Pray

  • Communion with God.
  • Stay close to the Father
  • Watch yourselves Stay awake. 21:34-36 (physically, Spiritually)

Temptation

  • Satan wants to sift as wheat– vv. 31-32
  • Generally, trial of one’s character (1 Peter 4:12, “to try [or prove] you”). By implication, trial of one’s virtue, temptation, solicitation to sin, especially from Satan[1]

The battle intensified the closer they got to the cross

  • For us. The battle is over truth. The heart of the Gospel
  • Closer to the truth. The battle rages (FRONT LINES)
  • Away from the truth. None

Jesus’ Victory – vv. 41-45

His position

  • He withdrew
  • As usual. Knew what awaited Him
  • The importance. The dependence. The devotion.

His request

  • Jesus as man. His Humanity
  • Representative, Substitution, Example, Mediator (Grudem)
  • The physical, emotional, spiritual agony that awaited.
  • Take this cup Matthew 20:22 Mark 10:38
  • Suffering and Death

His trust

  • God’s Will to be done
  • Prayed more earnestly (Kept praying)
  • Angels ministered to Him (in the wilderness and in the garden)
  • Sweat became like blood. (Could be sweating as if he had been cut or some believe it was actually blood.)

His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. This suggests a rare condition known as hematidrosis, which is characterized by blood oozing from the skin. It is most frequently caused by extreme mental and emotional strain, causing subcutaneous capillaries to dilate and burst, releasing blood to mingle with sweat. That was a graphic confirmation of the Lord’s statement, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death” (Matt. 26:38; Mark 14:34; cf. Heb. 12:3–4).

John MacArthur, Luke 18–24, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2014), 306.

The Disciples’ Defeat – v. 46

Jesus returns and they are sleeping

The battle intensified

  • Their position
  • Their Request
  • Their Trust
  • Doubt, Wilted

Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

  • Romans 8:1-17 (v. 5, 12-17)
  • Galatians 5:16-17
  • 1 Peter 5:6-10

Repent and STAND

  • Overcome, learn from, get going
  • Remember, Jesus told Peter WHEN he turned again v. 32
  • THEIR LIFE AS DISCIPLES FOR CHRIST… WORLD CHANGERS!!!!!

[1] Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2000).

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