The Savior Worth Trusting

St. Charles | Scott Grossenbacher
November 23, 2025

John 12:27-36

“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” John 12:27-36 (ESV)

* You Can Trust Jesus Because:

1. He Came to Reveal the FATHER’S HEART.

“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” John 12:27-28 (ESV)

“God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood, to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished, he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time…” Romans 3:25-26 (NIV)

“And the Lord said, ‘I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim before you my name, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” Exodus 33:19 (ESV)

“He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all - how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32 (NIV)

2. He Came to Rescue a FALLEN WORLD.

“The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.” John 12:29-33 (ESV)

“God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” Hebrews 2:14-15 (NIV)

“And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” Colossians 2:15 (NIV)

3. He Came to Redeem us FROM DARKNESS.

“So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”” John 12:34-36 (ESV)

“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:4-5 (ESV)

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 (ESV)

• This Light Calls us

vs. 35 “The light is among you for a little while longer…lest darkness overtake you.”

“Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 (ESV)

• This Light Changes us

vs. 36 “While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”

“For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8 (ESV)

• This Light Counsels us

vs. 35 “Walk while you have the light…The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.”

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105 (ESV)