Where's God? Finding Him in the Small Stuff Greg McCollam

When they came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, there was a huge number of soldiers, priests and other officials that came to do so.  Why were so many needed to confront Jesus and his small band of disciples?  When the crowd arrived, they were led by Judas who betrayed Jesus with a kiss.  Why a kiss?  We discuss these things and more during this episode.

Jesus was tested in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night of His arrest, in many ways that were similar to the ways in which Eve was tested in the Garden of Eden.  Why?  Because Satan did not want Jesus to go to the cross.

The gospel writers focus on Jesus' prayers when they recount His Garden of Gethsemane experience on the night He was arrested.  Jesus asked three times during His prayers that God take away "this cup" if it were possible.  What was that cup?  Was it possible for God to it away?  We discuss these questions and more during this episode.

It is impossible for us to understand the full extent of Jesus' sorrow and grief in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night He was betrayed.  The One without sin was about to die for the sin of the whole world, past, present, and future.  Jesus came to pray and asked three of His disciples to share in those prayers.  Why did Jesus choose those three, in particular?  What would have happened differently if they had not failed in what Jesus asked them to do that night?

When we talk about Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, we need to consider the place itself.  The garden was located on the Mt. of Olives on the eastern side of Jerusalem.  The Mt. of Olives also played a critical role in the life of King David. Actually David's experience there can be compared to Jesus' own in many ways.

As we move into "phase two" of Peter's denial of Jesus, we look not only at the act itself, but the aftermath.  What were the consequences for Peter?  Did he learn a lesson from it?  If so, did he learn?