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It may not be a literal cross such as Yahshua and Peter faced, but there is a Gethsemane
appointed to every disciple where the desire of their soul must die in order that we might
live only for the will of the Father.

Matthew 26:39-40
"My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as
You will."

Gethsemane is where the initiative of man dies. It is where we trade our will, for the
will of God. It is the place where every longing, desire, thought, ambition, and will arising
from the soul of man is crucified until only the will of the Father remains.
This is an exceedingly difficult matter to bring the saints to understand. We will never
be fitted to receive the power and authority of the ages to come until we humble ourselves
and become as little children before our Father in heaven. Little children expect their father
to instruct them in all things. Little children are taught to obey without argument, and we
must become as little children before our Father. We must hear from Him and do as He
instructs us in all things. As we grow older we must never abandon the attitude of seeking
to do exactly those things that are pleasing to our Father. He has given to us His Spirit to
indwell us that we might know His will in every instance.
How did Yahshua know what to do, and what not to do, in each circumstance? He was
led of the Spirit in all things. He observed what His Father was doing, and He did precisely
what He saw.

John 5:19-20
Yahshua therefore answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the
Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father
doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in
like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things
that He Himself is doing; and greater works than these will He show
Him, that you may marvel.”

My heart is grieved as I observe among Christians an independence from the Spirit of
God. I deplore the church’s doctrines which suggest the saints need not be led of the Spirit
in the particular circumstances of their lives. Our training as sons after the image of Christ
mandates that it is the Spirit that lead us in all things.

Romans 8:14
For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

Yahweh has not called His sons in training to be led of their own intellect. He has not
told them to develop a code of Scriptural precepts and principles which they can use to
evaluate all of life’s decisions. He wants His sons to be children of the Spirit.

II Corinthians 3:6
It is He Who has qualified us, making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient as
ministers and dispensers of a new covenant of salvation through Christ, not
ministers of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the