For This Cause
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The Garden of Gethsemane
It was here in the beauty and quietness of the garden that Jesus came with his disciples to
pray and meditate. He went on alone to pray, he knew he would soon die, and his heart
was heavy lest he had failed to do perfectly everything required of him under the Law.
The burden of this was so great he said, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death.” (Matthew 26:38)
He realized that if he had failed, the cause for which he desired to give his life would be
lost.
As he prayed earnestly, he was heard, and God sent an angel to comfort him. Being
assured he had obeyed perfectly to that time, he had peace of heart. He returned to his
disciples and found them sleeping. As he spoke to them, a multitude came into the
Garden led by Judas.
Some of the knarled olive trees in the garden are the very ones that echoed the words of
Judas, when he betrayed Jesus with a kiss…betrayed him for 30 pieces of silver!