Jesus Came for This Moment (John 12) John chapter 12. We finished the last reflection talking about “Hebrews 9:27–28, and now we come back again to Jesus’ own words here in John 12.” Jesus says that He is not going to pray and ask the Father to save Him from this hour, because it was for this very moment that He came. What moment? The hour of judgment. “This is the time of the judgment of the world. The prince and the power of the air are going to be judged. I am going to dra

Jesus Came to Save the World, Not to Judge It A Reflection on John 12 and Hebrews 9 John 12 and the Words of Jesus We’re looking at John chapter 12 in The New Testament for Everyone  by N. T. Wright. Let’s start again at verse 47. Jesus says: “If anyone hears my words and doesn’t keep them, I’m not going to judge him.” Now, Jesus has already said here—and in other places— “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.”  He’s going to say it again in this passage. He also said, “

Light, Belief, and the Judgment That Saves — John 12:37–50 Reading from John chapter 12, beginning in verse 37, from The New Testament for Everyone  by N. T. Wright. John writes: “They didn’t believe in him, even though he had done so many signs in front of their eyes. This was so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: ‘Lord, who has believed the report we told? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?’ That’s why they couldn’t believe, as Isaiah again

“Now Comes the Judgment of This World” — John 12 Continued Jesus says it this way: “Now comes the judgment of this world.” Let that sink in. Where I come from—and I know some folks get tired of me saying that, but it’s all I know—what I grew up with was this idea: Jesus came, died for your sins, and He was judged instead of you . Once you prayed the prayer and got saved, that judgment was passed. But then there was another  judgment coming. A judgment of your life. Depending

Today I want to read from John chapter 12, beginning in verse 27. I’m reading from N. T. Wright’s The New Testament for Everyone . My desire is simply that you hear the Word of God and reflect on it with me. Sometimes we don’t realize just how astonishing it is what happened when Jesus walked among humanity—when the God of heaven entered into our world. “The Hour Has Come” (John 12:27–28) Jesus says: “Now my heart is troubled. What shall I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’

I’ve been reading a remarkable book titled The Mediation of Jesus Christ by Baxter Kruger. I highly recommend it—it’s one of those books that opens your eyes to how vast and intimate the work of Christ truly is. Kruger weaves together the voices of the apostles, early church fathers, and theologians like Athanasius, Calvin, and even Thomas Merton to show how all creation flows from and is sustained in Jesus Christ. Following the apostles and early teachers, Calvin once empha

In John 1, we are introduced to a profound truth about Jesus Christ: He is the source of all life and the light that illuminates every corner of creation. George MacDonald, in his book Unspoken Sermons , unpacks this reality in a way that shows how all things exist in Him and through Him . The life of Christ is not only the power that created the world—it is the sustaining light for humanity. This post reflects on that eternal life and the light that darkness cannot overcome

I want to share a few words from Baxter Kruger’s The Mediation of Jesus Christ , one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read about who Jesus really is. Kruger reminds us that to speak of Jesus is to speak definitively about the being of God, about all creation, and about humanity’s relationship with both. The life of the Triune God and the life of creation are not separate, but bound together in a living union. IN UNION WITH HIM Jesus Himself is that union. In Him was life,

I want to begin by reading John 1:1–5 from Eugene Peterson’s The Message : “The Word was first, the Word present to God,God present to the Word.The Word was God,in readiness for God from day one.Everything was created through him; nothing not one thing came into being without him.What came into existence was life, and the life was light to live by.The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out.” That’s good, isn’t it? Now I want to read the same p