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In John’s gospel, this is the final public statement of Jesus.
In it we see the Son’s glorification, His mission , and his Witness.
The Glorification of The Son, 12:20-26.
Verse 20 is the fulfillment of the Pharisees remarks in verse 19.
The Greeks were God-fearers, probably from Decapolis or Syria, coming to worship at the temple and observing the feast of Passover.
They came to Philip (whose name was Greek) from Bethsaida, in proximity to the Decapolis, a predominantly Greek area.
The Greeks respectfully ask Philip to see Jesus.
At the beginning of Jesus ministry, He invited Andrew and John to John 1:39
Now at the end of His public ministry, the world (represented by the Greeks) seek Him.
The presence and request of the Greeks has reached the ears of Jesus.
Jesus now has one thing left to do as He addresses the “world.”
“The hour has come ...” — This usage of ‘hour’ looks to the very nearness of Jesus’ death, The purpose for this hour is for the Son of Man “to be glorified.”
Son of Man, Daniel 7:13-14
All power, glory, and rule of God in one Person, manifested through one life and ministry.
The glorification of the Son of Man is made manifest on the cross.
Verses 24-26 explain verse 23.
Note verse 24.
A seed must die, if it is to do what it is intended to do; otherwise it remains a seed.
The natural function of a seed is to produce “much fruit.”
To do so, it must do what seems unnatural—it must die.
The Paradox: Jesus must die, so that life through Him springs forth.
This is the mission of God.
Think of a farmer: he does not lose a seed, but he gains fruit.
Just so, The Father through the Son gains many children, John 1:12
Verse 25 gives us the natural purpose for the “fruit” (children of God).
To “hate [our] life” is is to love it rightly—to live according to the sequence of death—life—obedience.
We have been given life through faith in Jesus Christ; the value of our life is now rightly owed to the Son.
We are not our own; we are bought with a price (1 cor.
6:19-20).
It is life eternal that is ours through Christ.
verse 26: “the christian is one who knows his or her true value and purpose and lives accordingly by following and serving beside the Son.” — Hoskyns, Fourth Gospel, 424.
Christian living “cannot be acts of mere self-abnegation.
Self must be displaced by another, the endless shameless focus on self must be displaced by focus on Jesus Christ.”
(Carson, John, 439).
We must follow Jesus to serve Him.
The one who serve Jesus will be where He is.
The one who serves Jesus will be honored by the Father.
The Mission of The Son, 12:27-36.
Verse 27 begins with a prayer-like address to God the Father from the “seed that must die.”
Jesus is the royal Son of Man in the flesh.
He is capable of the full range of human fear and suffering, so the temptation is for Jesus to love His life and not hate it.
That is why He poses the question, and then answers it Himself.
Verse 28 demonstrates Jesus perfect depiction of hating your life in this world and loving your life in eternity.
Jesus uses an imperative of request, highlighting the sovereign control and purposes of the Father.
This glorification is connected to the “hour” of verse 23 and now is connected to the “name” (verse 28).
The work of the Son is a direct reflection on the Father; the work of the “fruit” (that’s us) gives glory to the Seed, just as the Son gives glory to the Father.
The response from heaven is an affirmation that the Father is so confident in the service of the Son that He predicts He will be glorified—and His predictions never fail!
The cross and the resurrection is how the Father will be glorified.
The crowd heard the voice: it was audible but uncomprehending, they could not make sense of it.
To some it had thundered; to others it was an angel that spoke to Jesus.
The Father spoke so all to hear to make clear to the world that the one He addressed was His Son, the Son of God.
Verses 31-32 explains verse 23.
The “hour” of Jesus’ glorification is also the time for the judgment of this world.
This is directly connected to the cross, which is the place of salvation or the place of judgment.
The cross will be a decisive victory over Satan, who will be replaced by the rightful King.
Lifted up — speaks of death, suffering, and defeat, yet cosmologically speaks of exaltation, majesty and glorification.
Positively, Jesus, the agent of salvation, will “draw” all to Himself.
The cross is still in the near future, still needed to be accomplished.
It is here that the crowd begins to challenge Jesus.
Their concept of Messiah and what Jesus has said have collided.
They ask, “Why must Messiah die?
What kind of messianic figure is the Son of Man?
A crucified Messiah?”
This reveals the scandal of the cross---for them it is meaningless, so they are now rejecting the One they have hailed as Messiah
In Verses 35-36 their is one final invitation to the world.
Jesus is the Light, shining in the world.
He is the One who can see their condition (lost in sin) and the one who can save them from their condition (as their Savior).
To reject Him is to reject the Light and all that is left is the darkness.
Believe in the Light while you still can so that you may become sons of Light.
Then Jesus shows by His actions what he had just said through His words: He (the Light of life) went away and hid Himself from them.
What would the crowd do?
How are the people responding?
The Witness of The Son, 12:37-50.
This is John’s commentary on what is taking place as Jesus finishes His public ministry.
He reflects both on what he had seen, contrasting that with the overall response of the people.
Some of “them” had seen the signs Jesus had performed yet “they”responded to Jesus’ ministry with unbelief.
Term “signs” is a technical term in John’s gospel.
Each sign pointed beyond itself to the future, revealing the reality of who Jesus is and the reality of God’s present work in the world.
To not believe in the signs is tantamount to not believing in God Himself.
The divine commentary on the public ministry of Jesus begins with the quote from Isaiah 40:3
This was John the Baptist, the forerunner (see John 1:23).
The end of Jesus ministry is seen here in a quote from Isaiah 53:1
Israel has heard the message, but has refused to believe.
God has promised a restoration that Israel could not bring about by herself; it is accomplished in a shocking, unexpected way
What John emphasizes is that at the end of Jesus’ ministry, He fulfills Isaiah 52-53.
The John shares another fulfilled prophecy, quoting from Isaiah 6:10, to explain why The people could not believe.
There is a fundamental problem with humanity — dead in sin, spiritually dead.
On their own they cannot comprehend the Light John 1 5
They do not know the Light, John 1:10
They did not receive the Light, John 1:11
This response to Jesus is a judgment from God, allowing the darkness to which they belong to impose itself upon them.
Note also that, without denying their failure to believe, their response can be described as an action of God.
SO by rejecting the Light, they face certain judgment.
God “blinded” and “hardened” but this was not fully manifested until Jesus revealed it.
Isaiah had seen God’s glory revealed in Christ and he spoke of Him.
So how did they miss it?
One tool used to to procure “blinding and hardening” was the fear of man (verse 42); the approval of men was “loved” over the approval of God.
These are drawn to their own perverse and disfigured state of being rather than the healing and restorative power of God.
Jesus makes a final appeal to believe.
He cries out; this has the sense of inspired, prophetic speech.
It is the cry of a merciful, gracious God calling the world to repentance.
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