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John\u00a0 12:27-36\u00a0 \u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 12:27-36.\u00a0 I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help, then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

John 12:27 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 27:\u00a0 Jesus was troubled by the prospect of dying, showing his real humanity (v27a).\u00a0 Yet rather than asking the Father to rescue him from having to die, Jesus reminds himself that that is why he came (v27b).<\/p>\n

Taking a hint from Jesus, when I go through trouble or hardship, sometimes it helps to remind myself, \u201cJB, it\u2019s part of the calling.\u00a0 This is just part of living out the life God called you to live on this earth, so don\u2019t cry and complain as if something strange were happening to you.\u00a0 This is what you were made for.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s learn to boldly take on trouble Jesus\u2019 way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Knowing that God allows trouble to strengthen us in the end, may you cower at the sight of trouble but stand your ground and welcome it much like a championship fighter welcomes the fight.\u00a0 As Charles Spurgeon once said,\u00a0 \u201cYou who are God’s favourites must not marvel at trials, but rather keep your door wide open for them, and when they come in, say, \u2018Hail, messenger of the King! the sound of thy Master’s feet is behind thee; thou art welcome here, for thy Master sent thee.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

John 12:28-30 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n28\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
\n29\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
\n30\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 28-30:\u00a0 Here God audibly answers Jesus from heaven when Jesus says, \u201cFather, glorify your name\u201d (v28).\u00a0 What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0When your heart is truly set on glorifying God with your life, you will experience a bit of heaven on earth and others will experience it through you too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

John 12:31-33 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n31\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.
\n32\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”
\n33\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 31-33:\u00a0 Jesus, pointing to his soon coming death, says that with his death \u201cnow is time for judgment on this world<\/em>\u201d (v31a).\u00a0 In other words,\u00a0Jesus\u2019 death would be God\u2019s way of judging the world in that all of the wrath and judgment we deserved for our sin would be placed on Jesus.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Also, in future people would be judged based on how they respond to Jesus\u2019 death on the cross.<\/p>\n

Jesus also says that with his death \u201cnow the prince of this world will be driven out\u201d (v31b).\u00a0 In other words,\u00a0with Jesus\u2019 death on the cross, Jesus will defeat Satan, the prince of this world (see John 14:30 and 16:11), driving him out of his seat of authority.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lastly, Jesus says that when he is \u201clifted up from the earth\u201d, he \u201cwill draw all men to\u201d himself (v32).\u00a0 In other words,\u00a0when Jesus is lifted up on the cross, he will capture the world\u2019s attention and through his death on the cross people all over the world will come to Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

John 12:34-36 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n34\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
\n35\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
\n36\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 34-36:\u00a0 To describe Himself, Jesus used the title \u201cSon of Man\u201d more than any other title (over 80 times in the four Gospels and 13 times in John).\u00a0 The term \u201cSon of Man\u201d comes from Daniel 7 in the Old Testament and has overtones of divinity as well as humanity.\u00a0 Unlike politically charged terms like \u201cking of Israel\u201d or \u201cking of the Jews\u201d, Jesus could use a title like \u201cSon of Man\u201d without being misunderstood as trying to start some political revolution.\u00a0 It is no wonder Jesus referred to himself using this term more than any other title.<\/p>\n

Still the crowd was confused as to who this \u201cSon of Man\u201d is (v34) that Jesus is referring to.\u00a0 Jesus doesn\u2019t answer their question directly.\u00a0 Instead, Jesus speaks of how he, the light of the world, would only be with them for \u201cjust a little while longer\u201d (v35).\u00a0 Repeating an idea that Jesus raised in John 11:9-10, Jesus encourages the people to \u201cwalk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you\u201d (v35).\u00a0 He also encourages the crowd to \u201cput your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light\u201d (v36).<\/p>\n

In speaking this way, Jesus was countering a traditional belief that some Jews had that upon his arrival the Messiah would never die, that he \u201cwill remain forever\u201d (v34) and establish his kingdom for all time.\u00a0 I guess they never focused too much on the prophesies in Scripture which foretell that the Messiah would suffer and die for the sins of the people, but then be raised again to life (see, for example, Isaiah 53).\u00a0 Jesus counters their mistaken belief, saying that he \u2013 the light \u2013 will only be with them for a little while more (v35) and that they should make the most of this time while the light is still with them (v35b-36).<\/p>\n

It is true that Jesus is the Messiah and that one day his kingdom will never end, but before he would establish his kingdom for all time Jesus would first need to do the thing that Scripture prophesied and that the Father required: Jesus would need to die on the cross for our sins.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus, thank You for not running away from death, but going through death out of obedience to Your Father and out of love for me.\u00a0 Thank You that by Your death on the cross changes everything.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2022 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 12:27-36.\u00a0 I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help, then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!
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\nJohn 12:27 (NIV)
\n27\u00a0\u00a0“Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.<\/p>\n

On verse 27:\u00a0 Jesus was troubled by the prospect of dying, showing his real humanity (v27a).\u00a0 Yet rather than asking the Father to rescue him from having to die, Jesus reminds himself that that is why he came (v27b).\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\nTaking a hint from Jesus, when I go through trouble or hardship, sometimes it helps to remind myself, \u201cJB, it\u2019s part of the calling.\u00a0 This is just part of living out the life God called you to live on this earth, so don\u2019t cry and complain as if something strange were happening to you.\u00a0 This is what you were made for.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s learn to boldly take on trouble Jesus\u2019 way.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31321,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31318\/revisions\/31321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}