THE CALVARY MINISTRY ONLINE The Gospel From Calvary MONDAY 20TH JULY, 2026 THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED ✝️📖🌙 📜```TEXT: MATTHEW 26:36-46```📜 🔑📖```KEY VERSE:``` "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt" (MATTHEW 26:39). Matthew 26 takes us from the upper room to Gethsemane. The same chapter where bread was broken and the cup was shared is the same night He was betrayed with a kiss. Judas sold Him for thirty pieces of silver. Peter swore he would never deny Him. But Jesus pressed into the garden alone. He fell on His face, sweat like blood, and prayed the prayer that saved the world: “Not as I will, but as thou wilt.” Calvary was won first in Gethsemane. Three truths from that night: One, the cup He drank was our cup. “Let this cup pass from me.” What cup? Not just whips and nails, but the cup of God’s wrath against sin. At Calvary, He drank the hell we deserved so we could drink the grace we never deserved. Two, surrender precedes victory. “Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” The battle of the Cross was won by surrender. Adam said “My will” in a garden and lost us. Christ said “Thy will” in a garden and saved us. Three, He watches when we sleep. “What, could ye not watch with me one hour?” The disciples slept, but Jesus prayed. Even now, when your flesh is weak, your Intercessor is awake. He prayed through that night so He could pay for you the next day. Have you ever felt betrayed, abandoned, or alone in prayer? Jesus has been there. The garden reminds you He knows your night. Will you also say today, “Not my will, but Thine”? The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you — Gethsemane proves it leads to Calvary, and Calvary leads to resurrection. ✍🏽```THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:``` Victory at Calvary started with surrender in Gethsemane. 📜```THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:``` PSALMS 22-24