Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Roy Askins, managing editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Matthew 26:36-56. Jesus continues to fulfill the Scriptures and His own Words as He goes willingly into His Passion. As Jesus revealed Himself as God to Peter, James, and John in the glory of His transfiguration, now Jesus reveals Himself as God to the same three in the weakness of Gethsemane. Jesus’ prayer to the Father in both trembling and resolution brings us to marvel and rejoice at the mystery of the personal union of the divine and human natures in Christ. His three closest disciples fail to stay awake and pray, even as Jesus continues to fulfill the will of God for the salvation of sinners. Judas transforms the sign of friendship as the sign of betrayal, which Jesus receives willingly. He will not have His disciples prevent this with the sword, for His kingdom must come through the Word, not with force or violence. As Jesus continues forward in fulfillment of God’s Word, He does so deserted by His discipl