We now move to the passion itself, the event to which everything else has been leading. Jesus and His disciples went to the garden (presumably Gethsemane). Interestingly, John does not record Jesus' prayers to His Father in Gethsemane. John's interest seems to be more focused on the significance of Jesus for His followers.
Judas knew the place where Jesus was likely to go, and led the guards and officials there to arrest Jesus. Jesus called out to them. All along it was Jesus who was in charge. The religious leaders may thought they were getting their way, but it was Jesus who knew and understood what was really happening.
The guards fell to the ground, presumably because of the majesty that exuded from Jesus. Jesus called to the guards again, and asked for the disciples to be allowed to go. Jesus was concerned for other people, even at the time He was going to face the most punishing pain imaginable.
Peter was as impetuous as ever and sliced off one of the guard's ears. Jesus was not interested in avoiding the cross, He knew what His purpose in life was.
We will never have to go through what Jesus went through, but there are still pointers that we can take for how to obey God in difficult situations:
Judas knew the place where Jesus was likely to go, and led the guards and officials there to arrest Jesus. Jesus called out to them. All along it was Jesus who was in charge. The religious leaders may thought they were getting their way, but it was Jesus who knew and understood what was really happening.
The guards fell to the ground, presumably because of the majesty that exuded from Jesus. Jesus called to the guards again, and asked for the disciples to be allowed to go. Jesus was concerned for other people, even at the time He was going to face the most punishing pain imaginable.
Peter was as impetuous as ever and sliced off one of the guard's ears. Jesus was not interested in avoiding the cross, He knew what His purpose in life was.
We will never have to go through what Jesus went through, but there are still pointers that we can take for how to obey God in difficult situations:
- We should be utterly committed to God's purpose for our life
- We should be concerned for the needs of others, not allowing the difficulties we are encountering to subsume our life
- We should act with calmness and authority
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