The Gospel Gardens

Genesis 3:15

Matthew 26:36

John 19:41-42

 

INTRODUCTION:

 

Gardens reveal the love of God.

  1. The beauty of a garden reveals a loving Designer.
  2. The bounty of a garden reveals a loving Provider.

 

Gardens play a role in the Gospel

  1. The Garden of Eden was the first.
  2. Jesus was betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane
  3. Jesus was buried in the garden of the tomb.

 

The Gospel can be found in the Gardens of God.

 

  1. THE SAVIOR WAS PROMISED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN (GEN. 3:15)
    1. After Creation, God planted a garden (2:8)

1.      It was a garden of beauty (pleasant to the eyes)

2.      It was a garden of bounty (good for food).

    1. The Garden became home for Adam and Eve.

1.      All their needs were supplied from the Garden.

2.      God met them in the Garden for fellowship.

    1. There was but one restriction in the Garden:  the forbidden tree  (v. 3)
    2. Disobedience led to temptation and the Fall  (vv. 4-13)
    3. God made the promise of redemption  (v. 15)
    4. Christ, the promised One, would bruise the Serpent’s head.

 

  1. THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE SHELTERED THE PRAYING SAVIOR  (Matt. 26:36)
    1. The time to bruise the Serpent’s head drew near (v. 1)
    2. Jesus entered the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.

1.      Peter, James, and John accompanied Him.

2.      The Savior’s sorrow was poured out in the Garden.

3.      Angels came to strengthen Him (Luke 22:43)

4.      Great drops of His blood fell to the ground during His intense praying

5.      How puny our prayers seem in comparison to His that day!

    1. The most difficult prayer to pray is “Thy will be done”
    2. Have we been willing to make that our prayer?

 

  1. THE GARDEN OF THE TOMB WAS THE PLACE OF THE POWERFUL SAVIOR  (John 19:41-42)
    1. Here the Crucifixion is past.

1.      Christ has died for sinners—for you and me.

2.      Jesus is placed in Joseph’s tomb in a garden.

3.      The Scriptures have been fulfilled (Isa. 53)

    1. The garden tomb became the scene of the Resurrection.

1.      The stone closing the tomb was rolled away.  (John 20:1)

2.      The linen clothes were there but not Jesus.

    1. Death could not hold our powerful Savior.

 

CONCLUSION:

God’s Gardens reveal our promised, prayerful, and powerful Savior.

 

Will you trust Him to save you today?

 

Will you allow His love to bloom in the garden of your heart?