THE GLORY OF THE CROSS (43 OF 75)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: John 12:27-34
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The Glory of the Cross (43 of 75)
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 12:27-34
To remind you of where we are in the timeline, John 12 in many ways begins the countdown of the final week before the cross. Having recently raised Lazarus from the dead, the Jewish leaders have hatched a murderous conspiracy plot to execute Jesus.
Little do they know that the Sovereignty OF Christ is moving their hands even though their hatred FOR Christ is motivating their hearts.
Mary of Bethany has taken a box of expensive perfume and anointed
the body of the Savior for burial. The Master has ridden into Jerusalem amidst the shouts of praise and cries of supposed worship. His long-awaited donkey ride ended at the steps of the temple, ascending the same mountain range where centuries earlier, Father Abraham had seen a ram caught in the thicket and prophesied that God would provide Himself a Lamb.
Before that week had ended, God would have done just that. Steeped in agony, soaked in blood, and bathed in the wrath of the Father, the cross of Jesus is ultimately about the glory of God. It's through the cross that God is, in Christ, reconciling sinners to Himself.
It's in the cross...by the cross...and through the cross that our heavenly Father is graphically and graciously displayed as a God who is filled with mercy, overflowing with forgiveness, and abounding in grace. Here on this skull-shaped mountain we see a clear image of our God who is eternally and unchangeably quick to forgive, willing to cleanse, and able to take a sinner and save His soul.
Although it will take us 7 more chapters to get to the crucifixion, we see the gracious foreshadowing of redemption. And along with the beloved Apostle, today in John 12 we can behold His glory, the glory as of the only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
1. There's glory in the readiness of the Son (27-28a)
As the sand slips through the hourglass of the Savior's life He is not primarily concer ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 12:27-34
To remind you of where we are in the timeline, John 12 in many ways begins the countdown of the final week before the cross. Having recently raised Lazarus from the dead, the Jewish leaders have hatched a murderous conspiracy plot to execute Jesus.
Little do they know that the Sovereignty OF Christ is moving their hands even though their hatred FOR Christ is motivating their hearts.
Mary of Bethany has taken a box of expensive perfume and anointed
the body of the Savior for burial. The Master has ridden into Jerusalem amidst the shouts of praise and cries of supposed worship. His long-awaited donkey ride ended at the steps of the temple, ascending the same mountain range where centuries earlier, Father Abraham had seen a ram caught in the thicket and prophesied that God would provide Himself a Lamb.
Before that week had ended, God would have done just that. Steeped in agony, soaked in blood, and bathed in the wrath of the Father, the cross of Jesus is ultimately about the glory of God. It's through the cross that God is, in Christ, reconciling sinners to Himself.
It's in the cross...by the cross...and through the cross that our heavenly Father is graphically and graciously displayed as a God who is filled with mercy, overflowing with forgiveness, and abounding in grace. Here on this skull-shaped mountain we see a clear image of our God who is eternally and unchangeably quick to forgive, willing to cleanse, and able to take a sinner and save His soul.
Although it will take us 7 more chapters to get to the crucifixion, we see the gracious foreshadowing of redemption. And along with the beloved Apostle, today in John 12 we can behold His glory, the glory as of the only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
1. There's glory in the readiness of the Son (27-28a)
As the sand slips through the hourglass of the Savior's life He is not primarily concer ...
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