Reflecting on Gethsemane Prayer and Spiritual Struggle
Journey through the depths of the soul with an exploration of the poignant events that transpired in Gethsemane. Delve into the emotional turmoil and spiritual conflict experienced, pondering the significance and lessons that resonate through time. Uncover the essence of prayer, resilience, and faith in the midst of adversity, offering insights for personal growth and spiritual reflection. Explore the profound mysteries and sacred moments encapsulated in the legacy of Gethsemane.
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No doctrine in the gospel is more important than the Atonement ofJesus Christ. If the gospel were compared to a wheel, the Atonement would be the hub and all other doctrines would be the spokes emanating from the hub. As the ProphetJoseph Smith declared, The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 121).
Why He Suffered 1 Peter 3:18 John 15:13 1 Nephi 19:9 D&C 19:15-19 What He Suffered 2 Nephi 9:21 Mosiah 3:7 Alma 7:11 Luke 22:39-44
The totality of human suffering and anxiety could be categorized as follows: First, suffering caused by sin; Second, suffering from innocent transgression; Third, suffering related to infirmities that have nothing to do with sin or transgression; Fourth, suffering because of temptations; Fifth, suffering or anxiety necessitated by the exercise of faith. Elder Tad Callister - The Infinite Atonement, Chapter 13
Elder NealA. Maxwell: In Gethsemane, the suffering Jesus began to be sore amazed (Mark 14:33), or, in the Greek, awestruck and astonished. Imagine, Jehovah, the Creator of this and other worlds, astonished ! He had never personally known the exquisite and exacting process of an atonement before. Thus, when the agony came in its fulness, it was so much, much worse than even He with his unique intellect had ever imagined! The cumulative weight of all mortal sins past, present, and future pressed upon that perfect, sinless, and sensitive Soul! All our infirmities and sicknesses were somehow, too, a part of the awful arithmetic of the Atonement. (SeeAlma 7:11 12; Isa. 53:3 5;Matt. 8:17.) ( Willing to Submit, Ensign,May 1985, 72 73) (New Testament Student Manual [Church Educational System manual, 2014], 130).
How have you taught Atonement to others?
Isaiah 53:10-12 668ART_lrg It pleased the Lord to bruise him. When he shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed For he shall bear their iniquities .He bare the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. 7
For many years I thought of the Saviors experience in the garden and on the cross as places where a large mass of sin was heaped upon Him. Through the words of prophets, however, my view has changed. The Atonement was an intimate, personal experience in which Jesus came to know how to help each of us individually The Atonement Moses was shown all the inhabitants of the earth(Moses 1:28). If Moses beheld every soul, then it seems reasonable that the Creator of the universe has the power to become intimately acquainted with each of us. He learned about your weaknesses and mine. He experienced your pains and sufferings. He experienced mine. I testify that He knows us. He understands the way in which we deal with temptations. He knows our weaknesses. But more than just knowing us, He knows how to help us if we come to Him in faith. Merrill J. Bateman, A Pattern for All , Ensign, October 2005
He knows what it felt like when your mother died of cancer--how it was for your mother, how it still is for you. He knows what it felt like to lose the student body election. He knows that moment when the brakes locked and the car started to skid. He experienced the slave ship sailing from Ghana toward Virginia. He experienced the gas chambers at Dachau. He experienced napalm in Vietnam.
He knows what it felt like when your mother died of cancer--how it was for your mother, how it still is for you. He knows what it felt like to lose the student body election. He knows that moment when the brakes locked and the car started to skid. He experienced the slave ship sailing from Ghana toward Virginia. He experienced the gas chambers at Dachau. He experienced napalm in Vietnam. It's our faith that he experienced everything--absolutely everything. Sometimes we don't think through the implications of that belief. We talk in great generalities about the sins of all humankind, about the suffering of the entire human family. But we don't experience pain in generalities. We experience it individually.
year-old leaves for kindergarten, when a bully picks on your fifth-grader, when your daughter calls to say that the new baby has Down syndrome. He understands your mother-pain when your five- He knows your mother-rage when a trusted babysitter sexually abuses your two-year-old, when someone gives your thirteen-year-old drugs, when someone seduces your seventeen-year-old. He knows all that. He's been there. He's been lower than all that.
people don't need a Savior. He came to save his people in their imperfections. He is the Lord of the living, and the living make mistakes. We know that this world is a dark place sometimes, but we need not walk in darkness. He's not waiting for us to be perfect. Perfect (Chieko N. Okazaki, Lighten Up, p. 174)
The Symbolism of Olive Trees What does Gethsemane mean?
File:Capernaum roman olive press by David Shankbone.jpgThe Symbolism of Olive Trees This is a Gethsemane
The Symbolism of Olive Trees Listen to the song, Gethsemane. GETHSEMANE children s song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uSGSvKy6Io
The Symbolism of Olive Trees Listen to the song, Gethsemane.
David and Abigail V 10-14 Eph 4:26, 1 Thes 5:15, 1 Peter 5:7 1 Samuel 25 Cross-reference 1 Samuel 25 V 23-25,28 1 Samuel 25 V 32-33 1 Samuel 25 1. Who could Nabal or David symbolize? 2. Who could the one young man (vs 14) symbolize? 3. Who might Abigail symbolize? (see D&C 45:3-5)
The Atonement Who helped the Savior? Did the Savior ever offer any average prayers? (Luke 22:44)
What parts of the Gethsemane story resonate most with you?
1. Resurrection 2. Forgiveness (Justification) 3. Cleansing (Sanctification) 4. Enabling Power (Grace & Tender Mercies) The Atonement helps in 4 ways:
