8-29-10 AM The Fathers Gethsemane

Text:    John 3:16 (a) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son…

I.          Jesus and His Father

A.        Long History

            John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

B.        Went through many things together

1.         Cain and Abel

2.         Death – Killing the animal to make skins

3.         The Flood

C.        Finished many projects together

Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

Colossians 1:14-17 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: ¹⁵Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: ¹⁶For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: ¹⁷And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

D.        In Constant Communication

John 11:41-42 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. ⁴²And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

E.         Always in one accord

John 10:30 ³⁰I and my Father are one.

F.         Father Publicly Announced His pleasure in the Son

Matthew 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

G.        They love each other other

John 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

II.        Shame – A boxer whose Dad with above relationship is looking on.  Last thing he sees before going down is dad walking out on him.

III.       Forsaken -

IV.       This happened to Jesus – Matthew 26-27

V.        Look from the Father’s perspective – how it must have affected Him to walk out on the Son when the Son needed Him most.

VI.       Why would He do this?  Why would He cause His Son such pain?  Why would He cause Himself such Pain?  He did it for me.  God loves us that much.

2 Corinthians 5:18&21 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation

²¹For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Isaiah 53:4-10 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. ⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. ⁶All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. ⁷He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. ⁸He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. ⁹And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.  ¹⁰Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.