Grace and Truth, Jesus' Steadiness, John 12:12-36

Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem is sad to me. So much joy and belief, and yet we know what would soon follow.

 

Verses 12-13,17-18:

 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna!”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

“Blessed is the king of Israel!”

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. Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him.

 

Jesus knew his crucifixion was near, and he was troubled, yet he continued his ministry and preached God’s salvation to the end.

 

Verses 26-28:

“Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. 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. Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

Verse 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.

 

Thank you, Jesus, for sticking with what you’d always planned to do.