But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.Jesus answered them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
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First, the cross is imminent. The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Now turn, verse 27. Now my soul has become troubled Look at that I have the word now Circle 27 Look at verse 31 Twice it appears Now judgment has come Now the ruler of this world is cast out The cross is imminent When those Greeks came They had no idea They were coming upon one Who faced imminent death The second theme is the pain is great. Verse 27. What shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. No, for this purpose I came to this hour. I think in our familiarity with the cross, we have a tendency to forget and overlook and forfeit the time spent in the moving passion surrounding the cross. That's why we have the Lord's table, by the way. Not only to remember our Savior's death, but the anguish. This is the body. This is the blood. This is my body. This is my blood. …
… That's the cross. The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. and in this hour not only will the father lift him up rather than Jesus lifting himself up he doesn't lift himself up the father lifts him up but this first lifting up will be a lifting up of all places to the odium of the cross the first lifting up is not the resurrection the first lifting up strangely wonderfully is the lifting up on the cross to die for sinners and even though at this key juncture in his life as he draws near to the cross Jesus first rehearses that goal of glorifying his father he now acknowledges here in John 12 and he reveals that he desires his own exaltation seeing that his hour has come and that he will soon move beyond this earthly life and enter into glory with this great final act of self-humbling, Jesus says in John chapter 13, verses 31 to 32, here's another now. Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. …
… Look at this verse. John chapter 12, verse 23. And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Verily, verily, or truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, But if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life, self-centered, self-seeking, selfish, loses it in essence. And he who hates or is willing to abandon his own self-will in this world shall keep it to life in eternal. If anyone serves me, let him follow me. And where I am, there shall my servant also be. If anyone serves me, listen to this. The Father will do what? Honor Him. Do you understand that the God the Father says, when you and I are serving Him, He honors us. Now watch this. Here's the barn. It is perfectly clean. I mean, the floor is spotless. There's not a thing on it. It's warm in the winter. It's a little cool in the summer. …