Mark 14:36 Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
This verse was Jesus speaking to the Father on the evening before He went to the Cross of Calvary for the remission of all sin. Jesus acknowledges that through God, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). The cup spoken of here is a cup of divine wrath spoken of in the Old Testament (Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17; Jerimiah 49:12). The cup given to Jesus meant that He would undergo and suffer all the ferocity of God, the power of death, and the guilt of the iniquity of all people (Luke 22:42; John 18:11).
Jesus was, in essence, saying to the Father that if at all possible, take the cup from me, but it is not my will, but your will. Christ Jesus was not requesting that the Father allow all people to perish in Hell. He asked only if there was any other way short of the suffering, shame, and pain he was about to endure. Of course, there was not, and Jesus voluntarily and joyfully went to The Cross (Hebrews 12:2). Jesus’ sacrifice discloses and bears witness to the fact that Jesus resolved Himself to follow the will of God while He was on this earth, which he did in perfect harmony with the Father (John 6:38-40). This prayer of Jesus rules out any other way to salvation. If there had been another way, His suffering and death on the Cross would have been redundant and needless.
There is a cup that all born again, washed in the blood followers and believers must drink from (Matthew 20:22-23). In any event, the cup of Christ Jesus that all the children of God will drink from will be void of certain things that the Cup Jesus had to bear contained. The hostility and sharpness of sin was in Jesus’ cup, but He has taken that away for all who place their faith and trust in Him. The wrath of the Father over sin was there in the cup Jesus drank from on the Cross. However, Jesus drank that and did not leave even a hint of sediment for you and me.
God loves all people of the world, and He does not want any to know an eternity separated from Himself in an awful place called Hell. This salvation is made possible by coming to a knowledge of Him (1 Timothy 2:4). True love is meaningful and open (1 Corinthians 13:4-8). The Love of God for all people is not a give-and-take proposition; it is not founded or centered on our loving Him first or even returning our love to Him. God’s love is just as full for those that hate Him as for those that love Him (John 3:16). That is what sacrificial love is,
This is the blueprint, pattern, and guide by which we can know what true love is; Christ Jesus laid down his life for us. Though He does not expect us to do so, out of our love for Christ Jesus, we should lay down our lives for Him. Not that we will lay down our lives in one single flash of glory, but lay down our lives, one day at a time, in service to God and others. Jesus said He did not come to be served but to serve others (Matthew 20:28). This is the example we should be following every day of our lives, being a servant to God through and in Christ Jesus, and a servant to all that God places in our sphere of influence.
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