The Glorious Light Revealed in Christ’s Death // John 12:27-36

Good morning, brothers and sisters, it is such a joy to be with you here this morning.

I have the privilege of having come to know, actually quite a few of you here through

North Point and their children that go there, but also the joy of having met your pastor,

pastors and elders and your former pastor, Doug Crawford.

And it's been such a joy and blessing to come to know these dear brothers, and above

and beyond that, I have the incredible privilege of opening with you the word of God.

And so if you have a copy of the Scriptures, please open to John chapter 12 verses 20 to

36.

The Gospel of John is one of my favorite books, it's a glorious book, and the passage we're

about to read is filled with life.

I'll read to you from verse 27 and John 12.

Jesus says, now is my soul troubled.

Now what shall I say?

Father, save me from this hour, but for this purpose I have come to this hour.

Father, glorify your name.

And a voice came from heaven, I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.

The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered.

Others said, an angel has spoken to him.

Jesus answered, this voice has come for your sake, not mine.

Now is the judgment of this world.

Now will the ruler of this world be cast out?

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

So the crowd answered him, we have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever.

How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up?

Who is this Son of Man?

So Jesus said to them, the light is among you a little while longer, walk while you have

the light.

Let's darkness overtake you.

The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going while you have the

light, believe in the light that you may become sons of light.

Let's pray.

The Heavenly Father, we come before you.

In the name of your Son, our precious Lord Jesus Christ, and Father, we pray that as we

have read the Word, that you would now plant it into our heart, that it may give us life

and joy, and above all a sight of Christ, the work that it had come to do in this final

hour, of how do we pray that your Holy Spirit would lead us and strengthen us that we might

know you in the midst of a world of confusion, that your Word would shine light on who we

are and why Christ came to this world.

So we pray this in Jesus' name, amen.

One of the great joys of reading the book of John is the reason why the Apostle John wrote

this book.

In John chapter 20 verse 31, he said that the purpose of this book was so that you may

believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have

life in his name.

In other words, the gospel of John was written so that we might see Christ trusting him

and that that trust and that faith would transform our hearts so that we would receive

eternal life from God.

It's a life-transformin book when read with faith and with an eye upon seeing Christ himself.

I love it this text that we're reading this morning is one of those specifically life-giving

text, eternal life-giving text.

And this text Jesus explains why he came to the earth and what he came to accomplish on

the cross.

I think we have often heard about the cross of Christ, but in this text Jesus compacted

all together and explained what was accomplished on the cross, why did Jesus die on that cross?

Now last week Pastor Zach preached about Jesus' remarkable statement in John 12, 23 and

24 and 23.

We read and Jesus answered them, the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

Pastor Zach showed us that this is the first time that Jesus referring to the hour has

come.

It is now.

It is upon us at that time the Son of Man is about to be glorified in this hour.

The ultimate purpose for Jesus coming was near.

Oh, that mighty work that Jesus was going to do.

What was that?

And then he gave this picture.

You may remember in verse 24, truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls

into the earth and dies, it remains alone.

But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Jesus said, what I am coming to do in this most important hour of the history of the world

can be compared to a grain of wheat, to a wheat stock with its head that contains many

spikelets that have grains of wheat in them.

And as long as that grain of wheat is there on the stock, it remains alone.

It doesn't multiply.

It doesn't do anything.

But when it falls into the earth and dies, something marvelous happens.

It begins to multiply out of that death of that grain of wheat.

Life begins to spring forth and begins to spread and multiply out of that death, new

life, springs forth.

Then he comes to our text this morning.

In this text, Jesus reveals why he had to die.

And as he ponders this, he begins to explain the things that were accomplished in his

death upon the cross.

You might think, well, I've heard that many times before.

He died upon the cross to give us life, to give us an entry into heaven.

And that's true.

But in this text, he packs it all together.

And if we read this with faith, dearly beloved, we begin to see the weight, the power,

and the purpose of the cross in his death.

This is holy ground.

In our text this morning, we see the power, the wisdom, and the love of God revealed.

So let's sit at the feet of Christ and hear him explain in his words why he came to die.

We'll begin verse 27 and 28.

Jesus said, 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, Father,

glorify your name, that a voice came from heaven, I have glorified it, and I will glorify

it again.

And Jesus is speaking to a mixed crowd of disciples and these Greeks that had come with

that question, we wish to see Jesus.

And he's been speaking about this metaphor of the grain and of wheat that falls into

the ground and dies and the call for them to become like that death that multiplies

and then suddenly his face changes.

And he is deeply troubled.

His eyebrows fall, maybe wrinkles in his forehead appeared.

And he said that the hour had come.

And he says, now is my soul troubled.

The love of brothers and sisters, these words are incredibly difficult to understand if

not impossible to understand.

Not the meaning of the English words, they're simple and plain, but it's impossible for

us to fully grasp the weight of what Christ felt when he pondered what was lying ahead

of him.

When he anticipated the hour that was about to come, what trouble Jesus saw, what could

possibly trouble the mightiest man that ever walked the earth, the very Son of God?

What could trouble this might he lie in of Judah?

What's trouble Jesus saw was seeing what lied ahead of him.

The sacrifice he was about to make for his people.

The sacrifice he was about to suffer, he could see of course the terrible physical suffering

upon the cross which was dreadful in its own right, a pain so awful that it would drive

a man insane.

But I think more than that, Jesus saw the cup that he was about to drink, the cup of

the wrath of God that he was about to drink to its last drop upon that terrible hour on

the cross, an eternity of judgment poured into a cup that he was to bear and drink and

to the very last drop for his sheep, for his bride.

The judgment for all his people mixed into one terrible death that he was about to suffer

in their place.

O dear people, we will never fully grasp what Jesus really suffered in that hour upon

that cross, a sight so awful that it caused the Lord to be troubled.

He who knows all things from all eternity, troubled at the sight of the sacrifice he was

about to offer.

And listen to what Jesus said, as he's troubled, what shall I say, Father, save me from

this hour?

But for this purpose, I have come to this hour, Father, glorify your name, what an amazing

example to us, isn't it?

The example of obedience, he sees the terrible suffering he fully anticipates and understands

the weight of what he's about to do.

And when he is troubled, he doesn't say, oh, pour me.

He looks to the Father and says, Father, glorify your name.

Not minimize my suffering, don't do anything more that is absolutely necessary.

No, he goes the opposite and he says, glorify your name, bring the fullest of what is

necessary for this hour, and I will drink it all, I will pay it all, I will do it all.

Glorify your name.

And immediately we hear the Father response, his heart overflowing with love and care for

his Son, and the Father says, I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.

In other words, if the Father says to the Son, he is encouraging him, he's responding,

and he says, I have glorified it.

In other words, what you've done to this moment has glorified my name, everything my

Son that you have done to this moment, everything you've said has glorified my name.

And in this final hour, I will glorify it again.

The Father confirms that this hour will bring glory to the Father, and as we read last

week to the Son, the Father confirms that the purpose of his sending to the earth would

now be fully seen.

It was the moment which all creation would finally see the fullness of the glory of God,

God's display of His love, but also justice and righteousness would now be seen in a moment

unrivaled in all eternity.

The weight of Christ's suffering would reap a weight of eternal glory.

It brings us to the power.

In verse 29, we read the crowd that stood there, heard it, and said that it had thundered.

Others said, an angel has spoken to him, Jesus answered, the voice has come for your sake,

not mine.

The words of the Father clearly understood by Jesus were not understood by the people.

They were spiritually deaf at this point.

They could not hear the voice of God with clarity, but Jesus explains that it was not thundered

as not an angel.

It was for your sake, not at strange, isn't it?

If you think about it, if it was for them, why is Jesus the only one who could understand

the voice of God?

And clearly the Father was speaking to the Son.

I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.

He's responding to Christ.

But why was this voice for them if they couldn't understand it?

But I think it is a sign of confirmation from heaven that they couldn't understand fully

yet at that point, but it's for them to see what Christ is saying here.

God is responding to, and Jesus is going to explain it to them why he had to die before

he died, so that when he died, the people would understand and believe in the Son of God.

He was given them the privilege to know that Jesus' death was not an accident, as his enemies

wanted the people to believe that his death was the very purpose and plan of God for

the salvation of mankind.

It was not going to be the defeat of Jesus, but the glorification of God upon that cross.

In other words, the voice came for them so that I would later recognize that Jesus' death

was the plan of God from before the creation of the world to glorify the Father and the

Son.

Now, what does all of this mean?

What would be accomplished in this hour?

And now, if I don't know if this is a proper English expression, and it's not my first language,

but put on your thinking caps because Jesus is about to go in deep.

In the next few verses, if you have your Bibles, read in verse 31 to 33, or it might be up on the screen.

Now is the judgment of this world.

Now will the ruler of this world be cast out?

And when I am lifted up from the earth, we'll draw all people to myself.

Jesus commands, he said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

Jesus uses this word now, twice.

It's an important word, it's a powerful word because it shows that there was a momentous change coming.

Something radical was about to happen.

And then Jesus explains that this death upon the cross would accomplish three things that you notice that.

Two times now and then something else that is attached to that.

Now, Jesus said as the judgment of the world.

Jesus wasn't saying now I'm going to judge the world from the cross, but the cross would become the judgment of the world.

Now that would have been strange if you would have seen a person dying upon the cross and to think that that is the judgment of the world.

The world seemed to be judging Christ.

If you read the gospels, Jesus appears before the judgment, the world doesn't appear before the judgment of Christ.

So what is Jesus saying?

He's saying this.

His death upon the cross was the judgment of the world because it would create the great divide by which the world would be judged.

The nations of the world would be divided into two kinds of people.

Those who repent and come to the light of God by faith in this one who would die upon the cross leading to eternal life.

And those who would reject would Christ that come to do upon the cross and they would go to eternal damnation.

They would remain in darkness on the cross.

Jesus the light of the world with set in motion the end of the world, the judgment of nations, the a Carson writes it this way.

Since Jesus was sent as his father's representative, his agent and the supreme divine revelation rejection of the son is the rejection of God himself.

The rejection of Jesus Christ, not believing in Christ is the rejection of God himself.

Beloved the world will be judged based upon their response to God and what Christ did upon the cross for the way in which we respond to Jesus is the way in which we respond to God himself.

In Psalm 2, Jesus declares that Jesus is the son of God who came to gather his people who take refuge in him and judge the nations, the rulers of the world, the systems of this world for those who reject his sacrifice will be judged by the sun.

Now the hour that is coming I think is not so much only the hour there that Jesus died upon the cross.

I think he is speaking about the final hour of human history that started there upon the cross and that will end when Christ returns and will judge all the nations and that hour is about to come in.

And when Christ died upon the cross it is a call to all the nations everywhere to repent and to believe in him.

And when he returns again he will hear and see and judge the responses of all humanity.

How have you responded to Jesus' death upon the cross?

How have you responded to the great sacrifice of Christ? To those who have come by faith in Christ eternal life?

To those who rejected eternal damnation. The cross becomes the judgment of the world.

Secondly, the hour has come Jesus says for the ruler of this world to be cast out.

Jesus uses the word again in verse 31. Now will the ruler of the world be cast out?

That's another strange statement when you think about the cross. It looks like Satan is one. Jesus dying upon the cross.

And yet Jesus says the hour has come for the devil Satan to be cast out.

The idea is the devil will be cast out of power dismantled and judged.

Jesus is declaring in other words that his death will fulfill Genesis 3 verse 15.

Where he the offspring of Adam Jesus shall bruise the head of the serpent and you the serpent will bruise his heel.

In comparison the cross is the bruising of the heel but that heel will crush the head of the serpent upon that cross.

Now think about this carefully. How would Satan be cast out through Jesus' death?

How does that work? What's going on here?

I think it's down back. Think about the message that Jesus came to preach.

He came to the earth and all the gospels declared this that he preached repent for the kingdom of God.

The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Turn around for a new kingdom is coming into the world.

Come out of the kingdom in which you're now the kingdom of darkness and repent and enter the kingdom of God.

Jesus had been preaching that a new kingdom was coming to the world that would push out the kingdom of darkness.

You may remember Daniel and you have this vision of these different kingdoms and then a rock not cut by human hands is coming and will expand and across and be bigger and fulfill all over all the other kingdoms.

Jesus said now is that time I have come to bring in a new kingdom.

The light of the world has come to into this world to cast out the darkness and to bring people into the light of God.

In order to do that he has to defeat the ruler of darkness.

If you're going to take over a kingdom you've got to take out the ruler of darkness.

And first John 519 tells us that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

So the whole world is covered under the rule, the demonic rule of Satan.

But Jesus comes and brings in a kingdom and calls people to come out of this kingdom of darkness and enter into the kingdom of God and be with God as God's people.

Now how can that happen?

What can Jesus do to liberate a people who willfully chose to be in darkness in Adam and Eve and confirm by every generation sins by us walk in according to our sins according to the way of this world?

How can he save a people so solidified in his kingdom of darkness and bring them into light?

How can he do that?

Oh God has two options to dismantle the power of Satan.

He could judge the creation in its entirety.

He could clean out the world, destroy all of humanity.

And that way Satan would lose all its power and he would be judged with the kingdom.

He could judge Satan and his entire kingdom and destroy every last one.

But since all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, that would mean that all humanity would have to perish, die with Satan.

Because we're all in the kingdom of darkness as children of Adam and Eve, who chose willfully to obey the serpent rather than God and by that submitted entered into the rule of this world, the prince of this world.

And so if he would judge the whole world, we would all die.

We see a picture of this in the time of Noah.

But then we also see there that Noah found favor, grace and the ice of God.

And so there was another option to dismantle the power of Satan.

But it was an infinitely more difficult option that required a sacrifice.

The option was this, God could save his people first, liberating them out of this power of darkness.

And by doing that, he would rescue them out of darkness, bring them into a new creation.

And then finally judge the power of darkness and Satan.

But in order to do that, in order to rescue the people out of darkness and bring them into the light of God's kingdom, to make that transfer, to liberate the people, he would have to go into the kingdom of darkness and find a way to bring them out of darkness into light.

Now the problem was that Adam and Eve had sinned voluntarily.

They had obeyed him and that darkness of sin had penetrated, not just over them, but in them hearts, all mind, body.

And through this sin, we had become so permeated with sin that the only way to be separated from darkness was death.

So how can you do that? How can you save a people that can only be separated from their current kingdom by dying?

Well, there's only one way. They need to die and be resurrected.

They need to die to darkness so that they're separated from all their darkness and be brought to life in a new creation.

In other words, God had to provide a death that wouldn't kill his people.

He had to pay the price of death that would not ultimately be part of the judgment of the kingdom of darkness.

This, beloved, is what Christ did upon that cross.

In order to save his sheep, God had to provide a death through which his people could be freed from sin and the dominion of Satan and be brought into the kingdom of God.

But this death had to be provided by somebody who was not in the kingdom of darkness, but somebody that was of God that would come into the kingdom of darkness into this world and die there to raise his people into the light.

It had to be somebody of equal value and glory to the kingdom he was to bring them in.

It had to be the Son of God.

So that through his death we could die with him to darkness and be raised with him to God.

Now, fix your minds upon the cross for a moment and see what Jesus is laying out here.

Because I know when we read the text, it's fairly simple.

He has to overcome the kingdom of darkness, but when you think about it, there's a lot more going on here, isn't it?

Look at the amazing love and wisdom and power of God seen upon the cross.

Jesus is dying upon the cross, the death of his sheep.

He's dying for us so that we can die with him, that his death can be counted to us and that we can die with him to our sin, to our dominion of Satan, to ourself and be brought to a new life in Christ.

Now, see him die upon that cross.

And as the New Testament declares, see yourself die with him on that cross.

Because that's what Jesus is laying out. Now, keep looking. He's taken off the cross. He is dead.

Physically died. And his people are physically died with him by faith.

You're dead. Separated from the ruler of this world at that point.

Separated from sin, separated from guilt, you can't punish a dead man. He's dead.

Separated from the corruption of this world, laid in the tomb, dead.

But keep looking.

The day passes in another day. I'm a third day. Something marvelous happens.

Christ is rising up.

Life comes into Christ and he rises up, stands up and walks out of the tomb.

Where are you?

You're alive with him, raised with him, and go out of the tomb, entering into a new kingdom.

No longer the darkness is gone. You know the corrupted by the flesh,

but you're raised to a new life, a new creation, a new Adam has arisen, a new nation has come up.

You're alive with Christ. No longer stuck to the rule of Satan, no longer under his dominion, no longer a slave of sin.

But raised the newness of life.

You're born again into a new kingdom.

As Paul declares in Romans 6, verse 4,

we were buried therefor with him by baptism into death in order just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,

a word, glory of the Father.

We too might walk in newness of life when you see Christ walking out of that tomb in the joy, in the light, in the power of the resurrection.

We walk with him. You see this.

Through his death, his people will be released from darkness. They're no longer part of the darkness.

They're no longer part of Satan. They're no Satanist, no authority over them.

How then am I being their enemy? Being our enemy.

But he has no more rule and dominion over God's people, because we died.

The one he had authority over, if we're believes in Christ, has died. The old man has died.

The new one is ruled by Christ, an eternal life.

Now, at this point, we can see the ultimate and final dismantling and destruction of the power of the ruler of this world.

You remember that we spoke earlier about the hour? It's not just describing the cross, but it's really describing the last hour of humanity, of the history of this world.

In the beginning, he saves his people. When he comes back, he will bring a final end to the kingdom of darkness and destroy and cast the devil, the demons, and everyone who has not been willing to come to Christ by faith

and judges them all together. And so Christ can say to his disciples, I have come.

The hour has come for the ruler of this world to be cast out.

The reason why he had to die was to save you and me.

That's the price. That's the option number two.

It was salvation. That he died for.

And then he comes to the third one when this is established and it's just amazing to think if the Jesus summarizes this in two verses.

But now we come to the third one. The third thing that Jesus death will accomplish and the drawing of all people to himself.

He says in verse 32, verse 12, 32 and 33.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

He said this by to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

Now remember, we've talked about the judgment of the world.

And we said the cross is the judgment of the world because at the cross humanity is divided.

Those who come to Him by faith and those who reject Him and stay in their sin.

Now this word draw Jesus is used before.

In John 6 verse 44, no one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws him.

And I will raise him up on the last day.

Here's the message of Jesus. His death upon the cross is not a defeat.

But a drawing of all people to come and see God in his love and his care and his call to come enter into the kingdom of God by faith and be saved.

As the bronze serpent was raised in the wilderness, John 3 declared,

so the son of man will be lifted up on the cross and die there so that everyone who looks on him will not perish but have eternal life.

He will draw all men to himself.

But those who look to Him by faith, the sheep will be saved.

They will live in the kingdom of God forever.

This is the last part of Jesus' explanation and immediately a question comes from the crowd.

Which brings us to the purpose of Jesus' death. First 34 to 36 we read.

So the crowd answered him.

We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever.

How can you say that the son of man must be lifted up?

Who is this son of man?

The crowd is confused.

The son of man raised up, moved out of our way.

We thought he would stay with us forever.

We thought the kingdom was coming now and we would have a new David upon the earth and his role would rule over the nations.

What do you mean, raised up?

Are you saying the son of man is removed from us again?

Jesus doesn't really answer that question the way they want to have clarification as he often does.

Like with Nicodemus and as we heard last week.

It's not because Jesus doesn't want to answer questions.

It's because Jesus needs to answer more important questions that we often don't ask.

This is what Jesus answers.

First 35 so Jesus said to them the light is among you a little while longer.

At this very moment Jesus says you're in the right place rather than figuring out questions to your interest.

Look and believe.

The son of man the Christ you are seeking is the light you're now seeing here.

He's going to be with you a little while longer.

And while you see him while you hear.

Look and understand.

The words that I'm saying for their eternal life stop distracting your mind with all kinds of other questions but fix your ears upon Christ and hear him.

And he says this walk while you have the light less darkness overtake you.

The one who walks the darkness does not know where he is going.

Let me give a practical application.

This is an insert into this here walk while you have the light less darkness overtake you.

I've had the privilege of speaking to many people who had an interest in Christ.

And I always emphasize this point.

And you might be at that point some of you might be there maybe you're you're thinking about the gospel maybe you're thinking about Christ maybe you're trying to understand who Christ was and if what he says is true.

Jesus tells these people that at an interest we wish to see Jesus we want to know more about Jesus.

He tells them this is the only thing you need to focus on.

Walk while you have the light press on understand more of Christ open your heart and hear every word of Christ because if you don't darkness will overtake you and will sleep you away.

The amazing thing is that those who seek Christ everyone who seeks Christ with perseverance will find him.

Amen because Christ promised it.

Those who ask will receive those who seek will find those who knock it will be open to them.

But Jesus also places the warning don't be a casual.

Seeker kind of seeking for a little while and then just kind of walk away maybe ponder about your idea of life and what you might think of it and what you might want to do with it.

No walk while you have the light keep pursuing Christ and you will find him and be saved.

That's the idea.

So you might have many questions keep listening to Christ because he is the light and he will help you understand the most important questions and in that you will begin to understand all else.

Jesus in other words says do not turn away from me but listen and believe and then he says this final word and I wish I had another hour but I realized according to the order about done.

So I don't do 20 minutes like your pastor does for 36 while you have the light that's Christ believe in the light that you may become sons of light.

Now do you remember the grain of wheat that fell into the ground and died?

That death transformed into a multiplication of life.

Now Jesus is explaining how that's going to happen.

Christ is going to die upon the cross and if people look at Christ believe in him they are going to come to life.

There's going to be an actual transformation and infusion of eternal life to those who look upon the cross with faith.

Those who trust in Christ when you see Christ dying upon the cross and raising to life they will be new creations.

We will come to a new life and become sons of light.

Children of God.

This is the crucial part.

The faith in Jesus would cause them to be born again.

It's the same message as John 3 in the conversation with Nicodemus.

It's the same passage, the same meaning of those who believe rivers of living water will flow out of them.

Something transformative will happen within them.

Mainly the Spirit of God will raise them from the dead and they will become a new creation,

raised in a new kingdom with a new heart and a new life.

So how do we apply this?

The application is simple.

Believe in the light to become children of light, sons of light.

We should recognize the incredible gift of living after the death and resurrection of Christ.

I can stand before in and expound all of this because I know how the book ends.

And even if I didn't understand at that point I have a multitude of letters to explain and help us understand what all of this meant.

You see the privilege of reading the Word of God in its fullness.

We know why Jesus died.

He died for the sins of the world and rose to bring life, those who believe in Him.

But it also puts an incredible responsibility upon us this morning.

Doesn't it?

Those who know more are required to respond completely.

We have a great responsibility to listen to Jesus' words when He says,

while you have the light, believe in the light that you may become sons of light.

The question we should ask ourselves is this,

have we come to believe in Jesus Christ and come to life?

That's the purpose of the gospel of John.

That by believing you may have life, eternal life.

Have you been born again into this new creation?

Become Christ like in your heart as your desires have your hearts changed.

Have you been starting to walk in the law of Christ, the law of love that has set you free from the power of sin?

Not that you're perfect, but that you're definitely changed by Christ living inside of you.

As Romans 8, 14 declares, for all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

So we should ask ourselves this question honestly.

Have I truly come to faith in Jesus Christ and become a son or daughter if I may take that freedom of the light?

Of knowing and walking with Christ evidenced by a life that reveals the new birth, Christ living in and through me.

If you have, praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord for all eternity.

The only thing that separates you from the moment of seeing God in glory is a few short days and a moment of death.

And you will see Him forever and live in His glory.

Or perhaps He will come before that and return and will see and welcome Him in His glory as His people.

If not, look to Him this morning.

Look to Him now while there's still time while there's still cold today.

When the gospel still goes forth and out and say, anyone who is burdened and heavy laden, come to me and I will give you rest.

Christ still calls, the call still goes forth, whatever you've done, Christ's death will seal it all, destroy it all and separate it all from you and give you new life.

Come today.

Don't wait till tomorrow, as Jesus says, we're living in the final hour.

Don't wait another minute.

Don't wait another second.

Repent from your sin.

Turn away from your old life and cling to the cross.

And you will be saved.

Don't wait for Jesus has paid the price that you might become sons and daughters of the living God.

Amen. Let's pray.

You have only Father we come before you and the name of your son, our precious Lord Jesus Christ.

Father, what a glorious, glorious text.

For what a glorious Savior.

And what a glorious work.

Father, help us to see the glory of the triune God.

You pray in Jesus name.

Amen.