Obedience: Jesus

“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.

I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.