The agony and prayer of Jesus in the Garden of the Mount of Olives expressed His desire to do His Father’s will at all costs. “Yet not what I will, but what thou wilt” (Mark 14:36). It also expressed all the spiritual torment Jesus experienced for our sake, as He placed Himself fully in the Father’s hands. The torment He …

The sufferings Christ bore for us were extremely severe, in large measure, because of our rejection of His infinite love for us.