My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour? but for this cause, I came unto this hour. Father, glorify Your name. Then there came a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to Jesus. Jesus answered and said, This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all unto Me. This, Jesus said, signifying what death He should die. John 12 : 27-33.

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You: As You have given Him to have power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. I have glorified You on the earth: I have finished the work which You gave me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me with Your own self with the glory which I had with You before the world was. John 17 : 1-5.

This is really important, you have to know this:

  • Jesus did not shrink back from the hour of His suffering.

  • Though His soul was troubled, He chose obedience so that the Father’s name would be glorified.

  • From heaven came the confirming voice—not for His sake, but for ours—declaring that the glory of God would shine brightest through the cross.

  • In being “lifted up,” Jesus would judge the world, overthrow its prince, and draw all to Himself.

  • And having finished the work He was sent to do, He looked to the Father to restore the glory He had before the world began.

Jesus’s death was no accident—it was the plan from the beginning. To know Jesus and acknowledge His Lordship is to acknowledge the Father who sent Him, is life eternal. Let every soul hear Him and come.