Week 2 – The Path through the Garden of Gethsemane
Text: Mark 14:32–42
Topic(s): Gethsemane, Jesus’s Prayers, Betrayal, Humility
Big Idea of the Message: Jesus’s prayer in the garden of Gethsemane modeled for his disciples his dependence upon the Father.
Application Point: The garden of Gethsemane was a point of no return for Jesus. In his full commitment to the Father, he reminds us what it looks like to trust God completely.
Big Idea of the Series: The story of Jesus’s path to the cross is important for all people to consider—especially followers of Christ. This series, for use leading up to Easter, is framed around roads Jesus took en route to Calvary. Each road points to the essential purpose of Jesus’s journey and what we must learn from it in order to fully appreciate the significance of the cross and the resurrection.