Lord, I Surrender
(Matthew 26:36-46)
Sermon Notes
INTRODUCTION
Surrender — to yield to the power and control of another.
There were three defining places:
- Gethsemane
- Gabbatha
- Golgotha
GETHSEMANE – SURRENDER TO GOD’S PLAN
Matthew 26:36–46
Before God uses you publicly, He will press you privately.
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Surrendering to God’s Plan REQUIRES PRAYER
Matthew 26:36 (ESV)
36Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.”
“This kind of surrender is not going to be out your willpower…this kind of surrender requires prayer.” – Pastor Billy Johnson
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Surrendering to God’s Plan Requires That I COUNT THE COST
Matthew 26:37–38 (ESV)
37And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
38Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
Surrendering to God’s Plan Requires That I GO A LITTLE FARTHER
Matthew 26:39 (ESV)
39And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
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Surrendering to God’s Plan Requires That I SURRENDER MY WILL
Matthew 26:39–44 (ESV)
39And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
40And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour?
41Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”
43And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
44So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again.
“This is not about your will.” – Pastor Billy Johnson
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GABBATHA – SURRENDER TO GOD’S PROCESS
John 19:13 (ESV)
13So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha.
God’s plans will sometime take you before flawed people and processes.
Jesus went through the process of being:
Physically Harmed – He Was Beaten
John 19:1–2 (ESV)
1Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.
2And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.
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Publicly Humiliated – He Was Mocked and Rejected
John 19:3–7 (ESV)
3They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands.
While Remaining Privately Humble – He Did Not Retaliate
John 19:8–11 (ESV)
8When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid.
9He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
10So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?”
11Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”
Remain humble when going to through the process no matter how unfair that process may be.
Chiseling a stone will not destroy it.
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GOLGOTHA – SURRENDER TO GOD’S PURPOSE
John 19:17–18 (ESV)
17and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
18There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
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Golgotha – Place of the Skull
- Matthew 20:28 – He came to give His life
- John 12:27 – “For this purpose I came”
- John 3:14 – He must be lifted up
We must surrender TO God’s purpose daily!
“Part of you is still wanting the reigns.” – Pastor Billy Johnson
WHAT DOES SURRENDERING TO GOD’S PURPOSE REQUIRE OF US?
- Denying Yourself
- Taking up your Cross
- Following Him
Matthew 16:24 (ESV)
24Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
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WHY SURRENDER?
Matthew 16:25 (ESV)
25For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
You surrender to find life!
Galatians 2:20 (ESV)
20I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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“Surrender is the doorway to your own personal transformation.” – Pastor Billy Johnson
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CONCLUSION
LORD, I SURRENDER!
- Gethsemane – I surrender to your PLAN
- Gabbatha – I surrender to your PROCESS
- Golgotha – I surrender to your PURPOSE
