Study
42 From the Book of Matthew is: Matthew
26: 30 -56
1.
How do these verses indicate the strength to do God’s will that
Christ found through His knowledge of Scriptures? Consider how frequently
during these last hours our Lord quoted the Old Testament. What ought we to learn
from this concerning the way to face the demands of Christ’s service?
2.
Wherein lay the particular agony to Jesus of the experience in
the garden? Why did He shrink so much from the cross? Consider this section in
the light of Heb. 5:7-9; 10:1; 1 Pet. 2:24.
3.
What does our Lord pinpoint as the reason for the disciples’
failure in the garden? Consider in how many ways they did fail that night, and
how relevant this is to our situation. Cf. What Peter wrote in 1Pet. 5:8-9.
