The Son of Man Must be Lifted Up - John 12:27-36

READ JOHN 12:27-36

You are the only one who, in the face of the most horrible death ever, being judged by God for my sin, continued in love and faith. You love those who hate you. I'm sorry that I don't love like you do. Thank you for loving me even though I'm sinful and often rebellious. Thank you for not turning away. Thank you for pouring your blessing over me over and over and over again. Please, Jesus, I want to see your love for me as I should. Seeing you more clearly will change me. Change me. Amen

O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. - Psalm 88:1–3

Only the death of the Savior could bring an end to death, and it is the same for each of the other sufferings of the flesh too. Unless he had felt dread, human nature could not have become free from dread. Unless he had experienced grief, there could have never been any deliverance from grief. Unless he had been troubled and alarmed, there would have been no escape from these feelings. Every one of the emotions to which human nature is liable can be found in Christ. The emotions of his flesh were aroused, not that they might gain the upper hand, as indeed they do in us, but in order that when aroused they might be thoroughly subdued by the power of the Word dwelling in the flesh, human nature as a whole thus undergoing a change for the better. – Cyril of Alexandria

I'm convinced that the death of Jesus for me was infinitely more painful than I could ever imagine – he paid the price for the sins of the world.