“The Hour Has Come” — Part Two
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“The Hour Has Come” — Part Two

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Nearing the end of His ministry on earth, Jesus spoke of His upcoming death and encouraged the crowd to respond while they still could. Alistair Begg explains what Christ’s death represents and why we should respond to Christ’s call to become sons of light. Jesus’ words challenge us to respond to the Gospel while we yet have the opportunity.


37Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38oso that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

p“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,

and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

39Therefore they qcould not believe. For again Isaiah said,

40r“He has blinded their eyes

and shardened their heart,

lest they see with their eyes,

and understand with their heart, and turn,

and I would heal them.”

41Isaiah said these things because the saw his glory and uspoke of him. 42Nevertheless, vmany even of the authorities believed in him, but wfor fear of the Pharisees they did not xconfess it, so that they would not be xput out of the synagogue; 43yfor they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

Jesus Came to Save the World

44And Jesus cried out and said, z“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ain him who sent me. 45And bwhoever csees me sees him who sent me. 46dI have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47If anyone ehears my words and does not keep them, fI do not judge him; for gI did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48hThe one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ithe word that I have spoken will judge him jon the last day. 49For kI have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father lwho sent me has himself given me ma commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”

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Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.