Rather than God the Father removing the cup, God the Son drank it, enduring the separation from His Father that our sins deserved, so that we get to drink the cup of salvation. 1. The amazement of Jesus at His required suffering. (v.32-35) 2. The submission of Jesus to His Father. (v.36) 3. The disappointment of Jesus in His companions. (v.37-42) How does obeying help us with our suffering? Why would there be a cup of suffering for anyone? Jer. 25:15,17 What is actually in the cup? Is. 51:17,22, Ps. 116:13, Heb. 12:2 How much suffering would we endure, if called to? 1 Peter 2:21
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The Rev. Benjamin J. Snodgrass has been Pastor at Falls Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, since October, 2004. He graduated from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and previously served at Grace Fellowship OPC in the Germantown area of...
