Speaker: Pastor Neil Lindwall

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NIV John 12:17-19 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”

1. Jesus Turned Water Into Wine, John 2:2-11. 
2. Jesus Healed the Official's Son, John 4:46-54. 
3. Jesus Healed a Lame Man at the Pool of Bethesda, John 5:1-15.
4. Jesus Fed the 5,000, John 6:1-14.  
5. Jesus Walked on Water, John 6:15-21. 
6. Jesus Healed the Man Born Blind, John 9:1-41.
7. Jesus Raised Lazarus from the Dead, John 11:1-44.

NIV John 12:20-23 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 

John 12:23

Hour = 5610 hōra – properly, an hour; (figuratively) a finite "season"; limited time or opportunity to reach a goal (fulfill a purpose); a divinely pre-set time-period; a limited period to accomplish the Lord's specific purpose, i.e. "the hour" in which specific characteristics prevail (i.e. exactly like that for a limited time). – HELPS Lexicon.

NIV John 2:4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

NIV John 7:30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

NIV John 8:20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

NIV John 11:9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.

John 12:23

Glorified = Cognate: 1392 doksázō (from 1391/dóksa, "glory") – glorify; properly, ascribe weight by recognizing real substance (value). See 1391 (dóksa). "Glorifying (1392/doksázō) God" means valuing Him for who He really is. "Giving (ascribing) glory to God" then is to personally acknowledge God in His true character (essence). – HELPS Lexicon.

δοξάζω doksázō; from 1391; to render or esteem glorious – NASEC dictionary. 

NIV John 12:24-28a Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. 27 “Now my soul 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. 28 Father, glorify your name!”  

“Hate” = 3404 miséō – properly, to detest (on a comparative basis); hence, denounce; to love someone or something less than someone (something) else, i.e. renounce one choice in favor of another. – HELPS Lexicon

What Time Is It?

NIV John 12:28b-29 Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

NIV John 12:30-33 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.

NIV John 12:30-33 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

NIV John 12:34-36 Then 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. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.

Believe = 4100 pisteúō (from 4102/pístis, "faith," derived from 3982/peíthō, "persuade, be persuaded") – believe (affirm, have confidence). 4100/pisteuō ("believe") occurs 248 times in the NT, often of the human choice to believe (apart from God's inworking or revelation).] Reflection: We can believe . . . yet not have faith. We can also have genuine faith . . . yet not believe it enough to act (1 Cor 13:2)! – Excerpts from HELPS Lexicon.

πιστεύω pisteúō, pist-yoo'-o; from G4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ):—believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with. – Strong’s Defintions.

What Road Are You Walking?

John 12:37-43 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.” 41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him. 42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved human praise more than praise from God.

What Do You Love Most?  

John 12:44-50 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. 47 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. 49 For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”

Who Loves You Best?

Walk In The Light.  

It’s Time.

• Believe & Receive
• Acknowledge
• Follow Jesus

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