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Sweetened With Three Ingredients

Thomas Brooks

Jesus' attitude towards suffering was one of cheerfulness and trust in God's sovereignty, as He saw the bitter cup as a gift and an opportunity to fulfill His Father's will.
Thomas Brooks emphasizes that Jesus approached His crucifixion with joy, likening it to a bridegroom's delight on his wedding day. Despite the extreme bitterness of the cup He was given, Jesus found sweetness in it through three key aspects: it was merely a cup and not an overwhelming sea, it was His Father's hand that prepared it rather than Satan's, and it was a divine gift rather than a curse. This perspective encourages believers to view their own trials through the lens of God's purpose and love.

Text

"The cup which My Father has given Me--shall I not

drink it?" John 18:11

Never did bridegroom go with more cheerfulness to be

married to his bride--than our Lord Jesus went to His

cross! Though the cup which the Father put into Christ's

hand was bitter, very bitter--yes, the bitterest which ever

was put into any hand--yet He found it sweetened with

three ingredients:

1. It was but a cup; it was not a sea.

2. It was His Father, and not Satan, who mingled

it, and who put in all the bitter ingredients in it.

3. It was a gift, not a curse, as to Himself.

"The cup which my Father gives me."

Sermon Outline

  1. The Bitter Cup
  2. The Cup Was Not a Sea
  3. The Father Mingles the Cup
  4. The Cup Was a Gift
  5. Not a curse
  6. A means to an end

Key Quotes

“Never did bridegroom go with more cheerfulness to be married to his bride--than our Lord Jesus went to His cross!” — Thomas Brooks
“It was but a cup; it was not a sea.” — Thomas Brooks
“The cup which my Father gives me.” — Thomas Brooks

Application Points

  • We can trust in God's sovereignty and see our trials and challenges as opportunities to grow and bring glory to God.
  • We should have a cheerful attitude towards suffering, just like Jesus, and see it as a means to an end.
  • We should focus on fulfilling God's will and bringing glory to God, rather than seeing our challenges as a curse or a burden.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did Jesus have to drink the bitter cup?
Jesus drank the bitter cup to fulfill His Father's will and to provide salvation for humanity.
What made the bitter cup sweet for Jesus?
The three ingredients that made the bitter cup sweet for Jesus were that it was a finite task, that His Father mingled it, and that it was a gift to Himself.
What does it mean that the cup was a gift to Jesus?
It means that Jesus saw the cup as an opportunity to fulfill His Father's will and to bring glory to God, rather than as a curse or a burden.
How can we apply this to our own lives?
We can apply this by trusting in God's sovereignty and seeing our trials and challenges as opportunities to grow and bring glory to God.

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