On May 24th, God opened a door that was glorious.
!
God is interested in His glory today.
And He's interested in every one of us this morning bowing the knee before His glory.
And He will do whatever is necessary to lead us into the greatness of Himself.
To help us to see what is truly good.
What is truly worthwhile.
What is truly glorious.
And it can only be found in Him.
Oh, may God help us today.
To rediscover the wonder of His glory.
To come to the point where we say,
God, You are truly glorious.
There is nothing that I desire besides You.
Heaven and earth may pass away.
But if I have You, I have enough.
I have everything.
I have what truly satisfies.
I have what is truly glorious.
And Jessica, in this video that we just watched,
talks about the door that God opened into her life
to reveal the glory of Himself to her.
And to help her manifest God's glory to her stepdad.
And to anyone in the watching world who would take notice.
What Jessica did
was not a testimony to the value of her stepdad.
Her stepdad was a wicked man.
It's not even a testimony to the goodness of Jessica,
but a testament to the glory of God.
And what God can accomplish in every life.
Every life that submits to Him.
Every life that would bow the knee to the wonder of our God.
might God open up a window into glory
so that we can behold Him this morning
and just stand back
and just enjoy the wonder of our God today
as we look into the Word.
John chapter 12
in our continuing study through this Gospel
pinpoints the significance of glory
and connects glory of Christ with the cross.
It's almost paradoxical.
How is it possible for something
that brought the most shame
to evidence the most glory?
How can that be true?
We'll look at that this morning
as we evaluate this passage.
John chapter 12
beginning in verse 27.
We're going to look at this continuing narrative.
And a couple of weeks ago
as Pastor Kenoyer shared with us
we saw this small group of individuals
we don't know how many there were
this group of Gentiles or Greeks
that came
and they asked Philip
they said,
Hey Philip!
We want a private meeting with Jesus.
Can you arrange that for us?
And Philip goes to Andrew
as you remember
and Philip and Andrew together
go to Jesus
and they say,
Hey Jesus!
There's this group of Greeks
that wants to spend some time with you.
They want some personal
intimate interaction with you.
And Jesus responds
not in the way we'd expect
but Jesus responds here
in verse 23 of chapter 12
and he says,
The hour has come
for the Son of Man
to be glorified.
Jesus had glory on his mind.
Jesus had the cross in view.
In just a few short days
the cross,
the brutality
and the terror
and the horror of the cross
would come crashing down
on the shoulders of Jesus Christ.
And yet Jesus
understood
that through the cross
glory would come.
The glory of Christ
and the glory of the Father
would be made manifest
through the cross.
So I want to ask this question
this morning.
As I have wrestled this week
with this question
about glory in the cross.
and that is
how does the cross
lead to glory?
How does the cross
lead to glory?
In what way
does the cross
play a factor
in exalting Christ
and leading
to the glory of God?
What does the cross
do
to help us
see the glory
of Christ
and the glory
of the Father?
And as we walk
through this passage
I want us
to behold again
the glory of God.
To understand
the significance
of this central theme
that was foundational
in the life
and ministry
of Jesus.
We'll see
that it was
the motivation
for His coming
to earth.
It was the foundational
purpose
for Him
becoming a man
and going
to the cross.
Glory
was in view.
Let me read
the first
verse
just for our
instruction
and some context
so you can see.
We'll be working
through verses
27 to 36
and I'll be
I know there's
four points
in your outline
today.
I'm going to spend
the bulk of our time
probably 80%
of the morning
on point number one.
So don't
stress out
about the fact
that we still
have three points
to go
and the time
is almost up.
Okay?
I know if I were
there I would
feel the same way.
So I think
it's really
significant for us
to really
soak
and to bask
in the
important
and crucial
truth
of the glory
of God.
We have got
to understand
this as a people
and if we begin
to understand
the cross
and how it
relates to glory
it will shape
us as people.
It will not only
shape the lives
that we live
it will shape
the way we
present Jesus
to others.
So let me read
this first verse
and we'll get
started.
It says now
Jesus says
in verse 27
if you're
visiting with us
and you're using
a pew Bible
it's on page
899.
Now is my soul
troubled
Jesus says
and what shall
I say?
Father save me
from this hour
but for this
purpose I have
come to this hour
Father glorify
your name.
Then a voice
came from heaven
I have glorified
it
and I
will glorify
it
again.
First we see
in these first
few verses
I want to draw
our attention
to the fact
that the cross
reveals
the preeminence
of God.
The cross
reveals
the preeminence
of God.
He is supreme
He is ultimate
He is the only
one that matters
in your life.
He is central
He is foundational
He is everything
preeminent
and I want us
to see
the significance
of what Christ
has accomplished
for us
in leading
to glory.
Now just by way
of context
and helping
to develop
this theme
and helping
you see
how important
it is
for the gospel
writer
for John
himself
I want to
give us
some background
information
so bear with
me here.
I want us
to see
that God's
glory
is the main
theme
of John
and his
writings.
God's glory
is a theme
throughout
the gospel
of John.
We find
here
even in
John chapter
12
that glory
comes up
in every
section
of this
chapter.
In the
first few
verses
from verses
1 through
8
what is
taking place
there?
Jesus
shows up
in Bethany
and Mary
comes and
worships
Christ.
He is
preeminent
for her
and she
pours out
this costly
ointment
on his
feet.
She anoints
his body
for burial
without even
knowing that
she was
preparing him
for that
time.
She humbles
herself
and worships
her God.
He is
preeminent.
He is
worthy of
worship.
He is
worthy to
be adored
in glory
although it's
not mentioned
here in this
first few
verses
certainly is
the heartbeat
of Mary.
She recognizes
the glory
of Christ
and she
worships
him.
And then
in the
next several
verses
from verse
9
through
11
we find
this man
Lazarus
who had been
raised from
the dead.
And if you
remember from
our study
in chapter
11
you remember
that the
reason why
Lazarus was
raised from
the dead
was for
the glory
of Christ.
Flip back
just briefly
to chapter
11
and looking
at verse
4 it
says but
when Jesus
heard it
meaning he
heard about
the fact
that Lazarus
was ill
it says
this illness
does not
lead to
death
it is
for
the
what?
The glory
of God
so that
the son
of God
may be
glorified
through it.
I would
just encourage
you
underline
that word
the word
for glory
the glory
of God
and that
the son
of God
might be
glorified
through it.
And then
in verse
40 of
chapter 11
notice
what Jesus
says to
Mary
he says
did I
not tell
you
that if
you
believed
you would
see
the
what?
The
glory
of God
Lazarus
was a
living
testimony
to the
glory
of Christ
only
Christ
as the
resurrection
and the
life
could
raise
Lazarus
from
the
dead.
And
as we
go back
to chapter
12
verse 11
we see
because
on account
of him
on account
of Lazarus
many
of the
Jews
were going
away
and believing
in Jesus.
The glory
of Christ
the glory
of the
Father
was in
full view
through
the
resurrection
of
Lazarus.
And then
moving to
the next
little section
from verse
12
to 19
pastor
referred to
it as
the
tragic
entry
and
some
of
your
Bibles
has it
listed
as a
heading
the
triumphal
entry.
Again
if you
notice
and I
would
encourage
you
to
underline
the
word
in
verse
16
John
is caught
up
is caught
up
with the
glory
of
Christ
and not
only
the glory
that he
would
experience
as
Jesus
rode
into
Jerusalem
and the
crowd
shouted
Hosanna
blessed is
he who
comes in
the name
of the
Lord
Jesus
was
definitively
stating
in full
public
view
who he
was
identifying
himself
as
savior
as
Messiah
as
future
king
and the
people
would
recognize
that
in a
moment
and would
bless
him
and glorify
him
shouting
praises
and
Hosanna
to him
moving
to
verses
20
to
26
I
just
read
for you
verse
23
as
the
Greeks
came
Jesus
says
the
hour
has
come
for
the
son
of
man
to
be
glorified
underline
glorified
and now
here
in
this
section
of
verses
from
27
to
36
Jesus
says
father
glorify
your
name
then
a
voice
came
from
heaven
I
have
glorified
it
and
I
will
glorify
it
again
in
the
sections
that
we'll
be
looking
at
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks
from
verse
36
halfway
through
to
verse
41
we
see
in
verse
41
Isaiah
said
these
things
because
he
saw
the
glory
and
he
spoke
of
him
and
then
in
our
final
section
that
we'll
deal
with
the
first
week
of
October
in
verse
43
it
says
for
they
loved
the
glory
that
comes
from
man
more
than
the
glory
that
comes
from
God
do
you
think
that
the
apostle
John
is
interested
in
the
glory
of
Christ
I
mean
if
we
can't
begin
to
see
that
from
this
chapter
we're
not
going
to
see
it
anywhere
in
John
chapter
12
there
are
eight
references
to
the
glory
of
Christ
the
glory
of
God
and
throughout
the
gospel
of
John
more
than
any
other
gospel
twice
as
many
is
found
in
Luke
three
and a
half
times
as
many
as
found
in
Matthew
and
six
times
as
many
times
as
found
in
the
gospel
of
Mark
speaks
about
the
glory
of
Christ
the
glory
of
God
it
is
significant
for
John
so
not
only
in
John
chapter
12
but
throughout
the
gospel
of
John
we
see
this
continuing
theme
right
at the
outset
in
John
chapter
1
we
see
that
John
is
looking
at
the
glory
of
Christ
and
he's
magnifying
him
for
who
he
is
In
verse
14
of
chapter
1
he says
the
word
became
flesh
and
dwelled
among
us
and
we
beheld
his
glory
the
glory
as of
the
only
begotten
of
the
father
full
of
grace
and
truth
in
chapter
2
verse
11
John
says
this
beginning
of
signs
Jesus
did
in
Cana
of
Galilee
and
he
manifested
his
glory
and
his
disciples
believed
in
him
in
chapter
8
verse
50
he
says
I
don't
seek
my
own
glory
there
is
one
who
seeks
and
justifies
and
then
in
chapter
17
this
prayer
of
Jesus
to
the
father
in
the
moments
leading
up
to
his
crucifixion
Jesus
is
praying
to
the
father
he
says
glorify
your
son
that
your
son
also
may
glorify
you
I
have
glorified
you
on
earth
I
have
finished
the
work
which
you
have
given
me
to
do
so
glory
stands
at the
outset
of
all
that
Christ
has
accomplished
and
the
purpose
for
which
he
came
we
see
that
here
in
verse
27
Jesus
says
now
is
my
soul
troubled
and
what
shall
I
say
father
save
me
from
this
hour
but
for
this
purpose
I
have
come
to
this
hour
we
find
many
different
purposes
in
the
gospels
of
why
Jesus
came
but
we
see
that
this
is
the
central
purpose
and
this
would
be
the
next
point
that
I
want
to
make
God's
glory
is
the
central
purpose
of
Christ's
coming
his
purpose
is
the
central
purpose
of
his
coming
we
know
that
Jesus
came
to
seek
and
save
the
lost
we
know
he
came
to
serve
and
not
to
be
served
!
to
give
his
life
a
ransom
for
many
we
know
that
from
Mark
chapter
1
verse
38
Jesus
says
let us
go
to
his
disciples
let us
go
into
the next
town
that
I
may
preach
there
because
for
this
purpose
I
have
come
in
Luke
chapter
4
he
says
I
must
preach
the
kingdom
of
God
to
other
cities
also
because
for
this
purpose
I
have
been
sent
in
John
chapter
18
in
speaking
with
Pilate
we
find
Jesus
says
for
this
purpose
I
was
born
and
for
this
purpose
I
have
come
into
the
world
to
bear
witness
to
the
truth
so
we
know
that
Jesus
has
come
!
for
many
purposes
but
the
central
purpose
the
purpose
that
brings
it
all
together
the
purpose
that
unifies
all
the
others
is
the
purpose
of
glorifying
God
and
in
these
verses
we
see
this
central
purpose
coming
into
view
the
purpose
that
Christ
has
for
coming
to
earth
is
to
glorify
himself
and
to
glorify
the
father
it's
unmistakable
through
this
text
as
we
look
at
Jesus
his
own
statement
about
his
purpose
to
glorify
himself
but
in
what
way
in
what
way
would
Jesus
and
the
father
be
glorified
through
the
cross
I
wrestled
with
this
week
and
as
I
looked
through
the
I
think
there's
33
or
39
different
accounts
of
the
glory
of
Christ
being
recounted
in
the
gospel
of
John
and
throughout
Matthew
and
Mark
what
is
the
point
of
glory
what
was
it
about
the
cross
that
led
to
glory
was
Jesus
glorified
because
of
obedience
to
the
father
was
he
glorified
because
he
conquered
sin
and
death
was
he
glorified
in
calling
people
to
repentance
was
he
glorified
because
he
accomplished
all
that
God
had
called
him
to
do
was
he
glorified
in
setting
all
things
right
all
things
back
to
normal
the
things
that
had
been
broken
in
the
fall
when
Adam
and
Eve
had
sinned
now
in
restoring
creation
back
to
its
original
sense
in
fellowship
with
the
father
was
he
glorified
through
being
the
supreme
example
of
humility
glory
was
he
glorified
in
becoming
the
supreme
savior
and
king
would
he
be
glorified
as
a
reward
for
the
cross
why
does
the
cross
point
to
glory
certainly
as we
look
through
the
gospel
we
see
evidence
of
the
glory
of
Christ
showing
up
in
so
many
different
ways
we
see
that
God
was
glorified
through
the
works
of
Jesus
as
Jesus
performed
miracles
and
disciples
and
followers
believed
it says
the
glory
of
God
was
placed
into
view
and
as
Jesus
is
speaking
the
words
of
the
father
certainly
there
was
a
sense
in
which
the
glory
of
God
came
to
bear
in
the
hearts
of
people
that's
why
Jesus
talks
about
by
testifying
to
the
words
of
the
father
as
people
got
to
witness
his
life
and
to
see
the
character
compassion
his
tenderness
his
grace
and
mercy
his
forgiveness
his
power
God
was
certainly
glorified
all
throughout
the
ministry
of
Jesus
beautiful
paint
strokes
were
being
added
to
the
canvas
the
portrait
of
God
was
being
revealed
in
all
its
splendor
to
anyone
who
would
notice
the
image
of
God
was
breaking
through
with
clarity
and dimension and depth and wonder and fullness and balance and in beauty.
All of these glimmers of God coming through the portrait of Jesus
as he worked out and played out the life of God in the presence of others.
And throughout the scripture, the glory of God is always connected to the person of God.
It's always connected to the presence of God.
It's his expression of his quality and character.
Some examples might be Moses who in Exodus 33 says,
Show me your glory.
And God said, I will make all my goodness pass before you
and will proclaim before you my name, the Lord.
And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious
and I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
And as we remember, God put Moses in the cleft of the rock
and let his presence pass before Moses and the glory of God was there.
Also in the construction of the tabernacle in Exodus chapter 40,
it says,
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it
and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
In Isaiah 6 verses 1 to 4, Isaiah is having this vision of God and he's standing there.
He says,
I saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Above him stood the seraphim.
Each had six wings.
With two he covered his face.
With two he covered his feet.
And with two he flew.
And one called to the other and said,
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.
The whole earth is full of his glory.
And the foundations of the threshold shook at the voice of him who called.
And the house was filled with smoke.
The glory of God.
His presence that was manifest in the Old Testament.
And the presence of God that showed up through Christ in demonstration of his works and his words and his life
was manifest through Jesus.
So that God showed through his life.
And so the cross brings God glory by showing himself to the full.
The cross is the fullest expression of who God is.
The portrait is complete through the cross and through his resurrection.
It is through the cross that we get the clearest picture and the fullest picture of who God is.
His justice and forgiveness.
His power and his humility.
His hatred of sin.
And yet forgiving and forgiveness in Christ.
His sovereignty over all.
And yet his submission to authority.
His righteousness.
And yet his mercy.
His wrath.
And yet his patience.
His purity.
And yet his willingness to endure the shame of sin.
And taking it on himself.
His eternality.
And yet his willingness to be subjected to frailty.
We see in the cross.
We see in the cross the fullest portrait of who God is.
Showing up in full view.
And calling us to the glory of God.
Calling us to understand who he is in his mercy and goodness.
So that Christ could show forth God in every way.
Jesus put God on display through the cross.
In all his splendor.
The portrait of God was seen in his fullest expression through the cross.
So that one commentator writes,
God receives glory when his attributes are manifested.
And nowhere was his magnanimous love for helpless sinners.
His holy wrath against sin.
His perfect justice.
His redeeming grace.
His forgiving mercy.
Or his infinite wisdom was more clearly seen than in the substitutionary,
propitiatory death of Jesus Christ.
It is in the cross that we behold God.
And it should call us to marvel at who he is.
Christ's death was preeminently for God's glory.
And so as we look at the cross, we remember that the cross was for God.
The cross was to show the wonder of God.
To call attention to the love of Christ.
To the justice of Christ.
To the truth of Christ.
To the forgiveness of Christ.
This picture of the glory of God culminates on the cross.
So this truth should lead us to delight in the glory of him.
And God's glory, point number three, God's glory needs to be the supreme affection of the saints.
Since God's ultimate goal was in the cross was to glorify himself.
To make much of himself.
To show the fullest portrait of himself to the world.
In the same way that purpose of Christ in the cross must drive us as individuals.
It must drive our hearts to bow in worship to the glory of God through the cross.
To see him is truly glorious.
To glorify him means it relentlessly destroys glory in me.
Let me say that again.
The cross removes any perspective that would raise my value in the image of this world.
And exalts the portrait of Christ in the portrait of God as being all glorious.
There is a movement today.
There is an undercurrent today.
In our music.
In our media.
In the books and literature that are being produced.
That would seek to convey that the cross proves that I can make much of myself.
They would say that Christ's priceless sacrifice shows how much he values me.
They would say that Christ's love on the cross demonstrates the length to which he will go.
To show that I am the object of his love.
And how much I mean to him.
But the cross was never intended to convey the greatness of me.
But the greatness of him.
And I gave this video as an illustration.
The practical outworking of what that looks like.
No one would watch this video and say that Jessica's stepdad was worthy of forgiveness.
Because he added some value to the table.
He would say he deserves to be locked away.
He deserves to be forgotten.
He deserves maybe even to die for what he did.
It doesn't even exalt Jessica.
Jessica deflects all the glory to Christ.
In working through her heart.
To help her to do what she could not do on her own.
And that is to operate in the strength of the Holy Spirit.
And to convey the love of Christ.
The love that was empowered by the Holy Spirit.
To convey forgiveness.
To someone who is truly unworthy.
In every way.
And through that example.
God receives glory.
Because through that example.
Only God can accomplish that kind of forgiveness.
I appreciate what one commentator says.
And I've actually provided several of these in the foyer out there.
It's chapter 10 of John Piper's book, Don't Waste Your Life.
It's a free resource online.
But I printed several of these.
And they're on the table out there.
Let me read for you just a couple of snippets of this.
To help reinforce this in your mind.
John Piper puts it this way.
He says,
Oh God.
You know I tremble now for fear.
That many of the ones who call you Lord have made themselves the prize and glory of your grace.
How many Lord have made your love a witness to their worth.
There was a time.
Love felt like this.
When I could not conceive of any greater joy than the honor of my name.
When I was so absorbed in me that it was inconceivable for joy to rise by admiring rather than being admired.
But now, thanks to your mighty grace, I see it as an invitation.
And so it came into the world.
This great inversion we call sin.
And love was made to stand now on its head.
I grieve Lord.
Just to put it into words.
But here it is with the shame.
Your love no longer means that you do what you must to make yourself our joy.
It has come to mean that you do what you must so that we can feel our worth.
It was a sad exchange.
And doubly so.
Not only did it rob our souls of that one joy that you designed to satisfy us for eternity.
But worse.
It robbed you of your honored place as treasure of our lives.
How could I, Lord, have ever been so blind?
To think that being loved by you means making much of me and not yourself.
How could I put my eye to some great telescope designed to make me glad with visions of the galaxies?
And notice in the glass a dim reflection of my face and say,
Now I am happy.
I am loved.
How could I stand before the setting sun?
Between the mountain range and the vastness of the sea
and think that the everlasting joy should come from making much of me.
The glory of the cross.
The purpose of the cross was so that we would make much of him.
And as the object of his love.
The objects who were unworthy.
Objects who were enemies and rebels.
Hostile against our God.
Should elevate our view of him.
Not our view of us.
Oh, the goodness and grace of our God.
Now, running through the next three points.
But that is a background.
Most of the work has been done.
Because what we see as playing out in the rest of this passage
is we see the evidence of what the cross did.
What it accomplished in showing the glory of Christ.
First, we see in verse 31 that the cross reveals the purity and the power of God.
Reveals the purity and the power of God.
Notice in verse 31, Jesus says,
This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.
Now is the judgment of this world.
Now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
There should be nothing that should delight our heart more.
For those who are persecuted.
For those, excuse me, who feel like you're unjustly treated.
To know that the judgment has come.
That Christ on the cross declared that justice would happen.
Sin would be dealt with.
It would not go unpunished.
It was punished in Christ.
And it was a declarative statement that the sentence had been passed.
That God would judge sin.
It would not go forgotten.
So that Paul, in encouraging and commending the church of Philippi,
says this in Philippians 1, 27 and 28.
He says this,
Only let your life be worthy of the gospel.
So that whether I come and see you or I'm absent,
I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit,
with one mind, striving side by side,
and not frightened in anything by your opponents.
This is a clear sign to them of their destruction,
but of your salvation and that from God.
In enduring hardship,
we are acting with Christ to declare that God will take care of sin one day.
He's taken care of sin for us who are in Christ,
who have been forgiven.
And because He is holy,
because He is pure,
He will judge sin.
And we can rest in the fact that Christ,
in being punished on the cross,
in carrying the penalty for sin on Himself that led to death,
helps us to believe,
to be convinced,
to be assured,
that He will continue to be faithful,
to judge sin in the future.
He is judge and justifier.
We can trust Him.
But also the power of God that was displayed to the cross.
Satan was defeated.
His schemes were dismantled.
His desires were destroyed.
His plan to disrupt the purpose of creation,
Christ demolished through the cross.
In Colossians chapter 2,
Paul brings this into perspective.
He says,
Jesus set all of these legal demands aside.
He nailed them to the cross.
He disarmed the rulers and authorities
and put them to open shame
by triumphing over them in Him,
in Christ.
Jesus states categorically
that He is authority.
He is ruler.
He is king over the visible and invisible parts of this world.
Christ triumphed through the cross,
destroying death and sin
and all the enemies that we would be confronted with.
Jesus was victorious.
Next week we're going to deal more with this third point.
The cross reveals the plan of God.
We find in verse 32 and 33,
Jesus says,
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all people to myself.
That plan involved Jesus' death.
He alludes to it several times
through His ministry to the disciples.
He knows exactly what's coming.
He's told them definitively what to expect.
He knows that it will include several aspects.
It will include Him being handed over to the Gentiles,
being mocked,
being shamefully treated,
being spit upon,
being flogged,
being killed,
and then rising again the third day.
He was not ignorant about the horror of the cross.
And we find here even in verse 27
that His soul was troubled because of it.
But because of courage and obedience
and abounding love and forgiveness,
Jesus moved to the cross.
It was part of the plan.
He was willing to die.
But as we'll look at more next week,
the point of His dying was so that
He could draw all men to Himself.
Draw all men to Himself.
Jesus came to seek and to save the lost.
What does this mean?
Who is the all that Jesus is referring to?
Who is the all that Jesus will draw to Himself?
Come back next week.
We'll talk about that some more.
Is it all men universally?
Is it all men symbolically?
Is it all men exclusively?
We can see here in verse 37
a hint of the answer.
It says,
Though He had done so many signs before them,
they still did not believe in Him.
So we know that this drawing of all men
is not drawing of all men universally.
So come back next week
and we'll talk about that some more.
What is that about?
And finally,
the cross reveals the patience of God.
And Jesus concludes this passage
by calling His hearers to repentance.
By calling His hearers to confess who He is
and to believe in Him.
The light is among you, He says in verse 35.
For a little while longer,
walk while you have the light,
lest darkness overtake you.
The one who walks in darkness
does not know where He is going.
While you have the light,
believe in the light
that you may become sons of light.
As we draw this service to a close,
I'll ask the praise team to come up.
And this morning,
as we wrap up our service,
my call to you,
to you who are here and listening
to this message this morning,
the call is,
Jesus is near.
Jesus has revealed His truth to you.
Today is the day of salvation.
Will you respond
while the light is near?
We find in this next passage,
Jesus probably having been teaching
every day in the temple.
We find at the end of verse 36,
when Jesus had said these things,
He departed and hid Himself from them.
Jesus is giving us an opportunity
to respond to the message of the gospel.
Will you respond today,
if you haven't already,
and come to faith in Him,
to make Him glorious in your life,
to make Him Lord and Savior.
We would love to introduce you
to that friend,
to that deliverer,
to that rescuer of the soul.
We would love to introduce you
to Jesus this morning.
So let's stand as we sing
and let's praise.