The Blood that Ran…
Part 2- The Blood in the garden
Text Luke 22:44
Luke 22:44 (KJV) And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Recap part 1.
Intro: We now find ourselves in this story in a place where we see Jesus in a garden. Just hours from Death just hours from his blood shedding experience.
We find Jesus in turmoil in a place of utter agony the bible says.
Now the reason that Jesus was in the garden to pray on the night before his crucifixion was not coincident it was mandated by GOD.
The reason was that in the garden is where man lost his salvation and was sentenced in Gen. 3:19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; …” to the punishment of working for a living if you will. God made him work by the sweat of his brow.
So in turn Jesus in the garden shed his blood by the sweat of his brow to win back man’s favor for God.
I. The work of Jesus.
Mat 4:24 (KJV) And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
a. We often think of the works that Jesus did
b. We know that through the study of scripture (mark 6:3) and through the study of history (jewish tradition that the son followed his fathers occupation) that Jesus was a carpenter.
c. So we know that he had to live by sweat of his brow (before he went into the ministry)
d. We know of the miracles that he did. (to name a few)
1. water to wine – John 2:9
2. Draught of fishes – Luke 5:6
3. Peters mother-in-law healed – Luke 4:38
4. Cleansing the leper – Matthew 8:3
5. The centurion’s servant – Matthew 8:5
6. Raising Jairus daughter – Matthew 9:18
7. Tribute money – Matthew 17:24
8. Feeding the 5000 – Matthew 14:15
9. Feeding the 4000 – Matthew 15:32
e. But what about the time he prayed for you and I?
f. John 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
g. That would be you and I today
h. His work was not limited to what some want to preach but his work was only limited to the words the he spoke in John 3:16-17
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
i. The work of Jesus was for no other reason but to save the lost in a dying world.
j. “you must serve a living savior to save a dying world.”
The second time that Jesus bleed for us was in the Garden of Gethsemane
II. Jesus’ prayer time
a. (vs. 41) Jesus went as the bible says “…about a stone’s cast…”
b. Jesus was removing all obstacles from his NATURAL life in order to walk into the presence of GOD almighty
c. We too should remove all obstacles that hinder us.
1. We can’t pray while watching tv.
2. We can’t pray while reading a book.
3. We can’t pray while visiting with our spouse or kids
4. We must steal away a time to pray find a place where just and God are and there you can pray have supplication with GOD.
d. This was a special time for Jesus, for he knew the hours to come.
e. He did not want to go to the end that he went to.
f. He would have rather had Adam not ever sin.
g. “Not my will but thine be done”
h. The flesh said no but the spirit said yes.
i. In the message part 1 of this series I made mention to the fact that Jesus while on the cross hanging suspended between earth and heaven said the words “IT IS FINISHED”. Well that had to do with what he was battling here in the garden as well.
j. He was battling a battle of the flesh in the garden.
k. He was working hard not to go.
l. Three times he went to God and in prayer and agony he cried to ABBA FATHER. “IF IT BE POSSIBLE LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME”
m. He was saying on the cross my work is done.
n. I lived without sin I DID NOT GIVE INTO THE FLESH.
III. The Third time that Jesus bleed for you and I was when the arrested him and plucked out his beard
Isa 50:6 (KJV) I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
The significance of the pulling of the hair was because when man sinned our face was hid from God.
Jesus’ beard was plucked out for the purpose that blood man run done his cheeks so as to cleanse our faces from all unrighteousness.
1. Throughout the Bible we find several instances where mans face and God’s face where hid from each other.
Gen 3:8 (KJV) And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Gen 4:14 (KJV) Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Exo 3:6 (KJV) Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
2. So we see that see that man and God could never again look face to face.
3. However, when Jesus stood up in heaven and said I am worthy and I will go.
4. The blood the was shed for the remission of sins was shed first
1. from Circumcision – to say the old covenant required a blood sacrifice and so does the new
2. From his Brow – for the work of God could not be performed by a mortal man without first the spilling of blood
3. From his face- so that man and God could once again be reunited face to face.
