What It’s All About
[John 13:31-38]
John 13:31-32 31
When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified 32 in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once."
John 13:33-35 33
”Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you 34 cannot come.’ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:36-38 36
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow 37 afterward." Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for 38 you." Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.�
What It’s All About Announcement Command Rebuke
What It’s All About Announcement – It’s All About God’s Glory
John 13:31-33 31
When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified 32 in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.“ 33 ”Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.’
John 7:39 For as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 12:16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.
John 12:23 And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.�
John 13:31-32 31
When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified 32 in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.“
â–Ş Jesus is glorified in the cross
John 12:32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
▪ Jesus is glorified in the cross ▪ The Father is glorified in Jesus’ death
John 7:18 “The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.�
John 17:4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
John 12:28 “Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."
1 John 4:14 The Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
▪ Jesus is glorified in the cross ▪ The Father is glorified in Jesus’ death ▪ Jesus will be glorified by the Father
John 8:54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me�
John 17:1,5 Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you. Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
Philippians 2:9-11 9
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above 10 every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on 11 earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
What It’s All About Announcement – It’s All About God’s Glory Command – It’s All About Loving Others
John 13:34-35 34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved 35 you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.�
Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
1 John 2:7-8 7
Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old 8 commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
What It’s All About Command – It’s All About Loving Others
▪ New Standard – Jesus is our Pattern
1 John 3:16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
John 15:12-13 12
"This is my commandment, that you love 13 one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.�
Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
The new command is simple enough for a toddler to memorize and appreciate, and profound enough that the most mature believers are repeatedly embarrassed at how poorly they comprehend it and put it into practice. D. A. Carson
What It’s All About Command – It’s All About Loving Others
▪ New Standard – Jesus is our Pattern ▪ New Ability – Jesus gives the Power
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us.
What It’s All About Command – It’s All About Loving Others
▪ New Standard – Jesus is our Pattern ▪ New Ability – Jesus gives the Power ▪ New Purpose – Identifies Jesus’ Family
John 13:34-35 34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved 35 you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.�
What It’s All About Announcement – It’s All About God’s Glory Command – It’s All About Loving Others Rebuke – It’s Not All About Me
John 13:36-38 36
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow 37 afterward." Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for 38 you." Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.�