This sermon explores the reason for Jesus' vehement cries and tears; why He needed angels to revive Him in the Garden and why the intensity of the situation caused His sweat to become like drops of blood. We learn that such anguish was not due to the physical suffering that was about to come upon Him, but due to Him being subjected to the second death in order to fully satisfy the justice of God on behalf of His people.
Derek Carlsen is a native Zimbabwean and was a resident in that country until he was called to be the pastor of the Church of Christian Liberty from April 2003 to September 2005. Following this, he became founding pastor of Covenant Reformed Church of Elk Grove in Elk Grove Village,...