God has a great passion for man (Romans 5:8). Man is in a lost condition. Christ fulfilled God's compassion for man by dying for us.
Christ's death on the cross for the sins of the world was His passion. In the last few hours of his life, we cannot begin to imagine the extent to which Christ suffered. We can only guess at the inward strain that He expreienced. When we consider the things relating to Christ's passion in his last hours on this earth, we are seeing Christ from his human side.
Though Christ was deity, he was also a man.
Hebrews 5:7 - "..the days of his flesh.."
Galatians 4:4 - "..born of woman.."
John 1:14 - "became flesh.."
Hebrews 2:7 - "..lower than the angels.."Jesus grew up from his youth like we all do. He experienced pain and pleasure, joy and sorrow like each of us. He also experienced anxieties like we do. Death held for him what it holds for us - that being fear (Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 5:7).
In the garden of Gethsemane. Jesus showed the emotion of a man facing a horrible death (Matthew 26:38-44; Luke 22:44). Christ endured much mental stress, great emotional strain and intense physical pain.
Gad had tremendous love to give His only Son. How do we return that love to Him? By simply doing what God wants us to do - by doing what He has told us to do through His word. This means that, upon hearing the gospel, we must have the faith to obey that gospel. Doing so involves faith in Christ as God's Son, repenting of our sins, the willingness to confess Christ before others, and being baptized for the remission of our sins. Obeying the gospel puts one into Christ. It adds one to the church for which Christ died.
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Hebrews 2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Matthew 26:38-44
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
