“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. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”  John 12:27-33

1. The Proclamation of Satan’s Defeat: John 12:30-31, 1 John 3:8, Genesis 3:15

2. The Affirmation of the Son’s Mission

a. To display drawing love for sinners: John 12:32, Matthew 23:37

b. To distinguish a people for His Son’s possession: John 12:32, Ephesians 1:2-6, 18, 1 Peter 2:9

c. To die a humiliating death for sinners: John 12:23, Luke 9:23