The Key to Fighting Temptation (Luke 22:39-46)
Click Here for Audio John Owen once wrote, “He who would spend little time in temptation must spend much in prayer.” This is nowhere exampled more clearly than in this text before us. This whole chapter, so far, has detailed what happened in the Upper Room. 39 Leaving [the Upper Room] , He went to the Mount of Olives (as was His custom) . Though He knew that Judas was gathering the Jewish leaders together to arrest Him, Jesus intentionally went to His customary spot. The hour of His death had come.