White River Christian Church

Then Jesus went with [the disciples] to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, “Sit here while I go over there to pray.” He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed. He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” ...Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, “My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done.” ...So he went to pray a third time, saying the same things again.
Matthew 26:36-39, 42, 44

If Jesus isn’t obedient in the beginning, He isn’t victorious in the end.

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21

“Jesus didn’t die as a martyr. Jesus went to His death knowing that it was His Father’s will that He face death completely alone as the sacrificial, wrath-averting Passover lamb. As His death was unique, so also His anguish, and our best response is to worship Him.”
D. A. Carson

“Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
Matthew 26:39

# 1: Matthew 26:40-50 recounts Judas’ betrayal of Jesus and His arrest.

#1: Matthew 26:40-50 recounts Judas’ betrayal of Jesus and His arrest.
#2: Matthew 26:73-74 tells the story of Peter denying Jesus three times.

#1: Matthew 26:40-50 recounts Judas’ betrayal of Jesus and His arrest.
#2: Matthew 26:73-74 tells the story of Peter denying Jesus three times.
#3: Matthew 27:24-26 shows us the tension between the crowd and Pilate.

#1: Matthew 26:40-50 recounts Judas’ betrayal of Jesus and His arrest.
#2: Matthew 26:73-74 tells the story of Peter denying Jesus three times.
#3: Matthew 27:24-26 shows us the tension between the crowd and Pilate.
#4: Matthew 27:50-52 details Jesus’ final moments hanging from the cross.

#1: Matthew 26:40-50 recounts Judas’ betrayal of Jesus and His arrest.
#2: Matthew 26:73-74 tells the story of Peter denying Jesus three times.
#3: Matthew 27:24-26 shows us the tension between the crowd and Pilate.
#4: Matthew 27:50-52 details Jesus’ final moments hanging from the cross.
#5: Matthew 27:59-60 Joseph takes Jesus’ body and places Him in the tomb.

#1: Matthew 26:40-50 recounts Judas’ betrayal of Jesus and His arrest.
#2: Matthew 26:73-74 tells the story of Peter denying Jesus three times.
#3: Matthew 27:24-26 shows us the tension between the crowd and Pilate.
#4: Matthew 27:50-52 details Jesus’ final moments hanging from the cross.
#5: Matthew 27:59-60 Joseph takes Jesus’ body and places Him in the tomb.
#6: Matthew 28:1-10 the morning the tomb was found empty.

“Don’t be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying. And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead...”
Matthew 28:5-7

If Jesus isn’t obedient in the beginning, He isn’t victorious in the end.

Kids: “...He isn’t victorious in the end!”

Kids: “...He isn’t victorious in the end!”

Kids: “...He IS victorious in the end!”

Come and See

Go and Tell

I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve. After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles.
1 Corinthians 15:3-7

And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to him, grasped his feet, and worshiped him.
Matthew 28:9