Was Christ arguing during His prayer about the cup in the Gethsemane?

• The prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane is described by all synoptic evangelists. This is the event after the Last Supper before His detention and convulsions, and then suffering, crucifixion, death, by burial and resurrection. In the Gospels it is verses: Matthew XXVI, 36-46; Mark XIV, 32-42; Luke XXII, 31-34. Many people have a question: what the plea and behavior of Christ means.
• Christ did not doubt in the Gethsemane, nor did He Argued. But it is unusual for a person to desire suffering and death, this is what is clearly manifested in His prayer. However, He knows what will happen, and it strengthens Him as a human being.
• We can also say that Christ was not fanatical.

What is the problem?

• But no matter how much you think about a happy future, about victory, etc., the desire to suffer still does not arise, as well as the desire to die. Therefore, it is wrong to think that Christ, as a person, simply realized what would happen after suffering and death and therefore was able to master his feelings and desires. No, it is not.
• It was the agreement with God's will for His sacrifice that was necessary for the salvation of mankind. Otherwise, the human would remain separated and dissentered with God. Think of the child. The example is taken from the Gavin Kennedy's book Everything Is Negotiable, but it is so vital. So, imagine that your child (if there is, and if not, then imagine that he / she is) does not like cabbage, namely, it needs to be eaten so that the child is healthy. You say, Okay, eat cabbage first, and then your favorite ice cream. The child is ready to eat ice cream… BUT… he / she doesn't want to eat cabbage. And whatever options you come up with if he / she doesn't like cabbage… You probably understood.

How did He do it?

• That's actually about the unwillingness to suffer and die in question. About the desire to live and rejoice.
• The human mind of Christ knew what would happen because it was connected hypostasically with the mind of God. Therefore, Christ suffered wisely, He knew of all the consequences and events in that matter. It was a conscious decision. So, there was no resistance from the mind. And from the side of the will. Christ's human will is obedient to God's will. Notice that God won as a human not just by awareness and knowledge of the coming victory (although it has meaning for this, actually for the mind of Christ), but also by obedience, trust, and communion with the Father and the Spirit.
• Obedience. A human is able to perceive someone's will as his / her own and obey it. This ability to share, to participate in someone's will is called consent, and in other cases obedience, and the like. The ability of someone's will to make their own through obedience, through participation.
• Trust. To prevent this from causing resistance, trust is required. Christ, as a human, trusts Himself entirely as God, as well as to the Father and the Holy Spirit. Therefore, His obedience as a human is free.
• Communion (association). Therefore, Christ prays, for this communion with the Father and the Spirit (as also the association with the sent Angel, as in Luke) strengthens Him. This communion, association, this participation in God's will adores the human will, makes it capable of voluntarily accepting suffering and death. That's actually the meaning of praying. Not in struggle or resistance, but in participation, communion and obedience in trust.

Glory be to You, our God, glory be to You!

Source of the Ukrainian original text: Моління про чашу