John 12:31. Now is the judgment of this world:
This is a wonderful sentence, - as if, in Christ’s death, the world was judged, and condemned; and so it was; nothing ever so convicted the world of high treason against God as when men said of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s well-beloved Son, "This is the Heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours." The shedding of the blood of Christ upon the cross is the crimson evidence of the deep transgression of human nature: "Now is the judgment of this world." There is another rendering of this text, retaining the Greek word, "Now is the crisis of this world
John 12:31. Now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Thank God for that! His throne was shaken to its fall when Christ died on Calvary. All the powers of darkness suffered eternal defeat in the hour that men and devils fancied they had gained the victory.
John 12:31. Now is the judgment of this world:
This is a wonderful sentence, - as if, in Christ’s death, the world was judged, and condemned; and so it was; nothing ever so convicted the world of high treason against God as when men said of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s well-beloved Son, "This is the Heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours." The shedding of the blood of Christ upon the cross is the crimson evidence of the deep transgression of human nature: "Now is the judgment of this world." There is another rendering of this text, retaining the Greek word, "Now is the crisis of this world
John 12:31. Now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Thank God for that! His throne was shaken to its fall when Christ died on Calvary. All the powers of darkness suffered eternal defeat in the hour that men and devils fancied they had gained the victory.