JOHN 12:32 --- FBC, ADA

I. IF I BE LIFTED UP. JOHN 12:32

    A. WE ARE TO LIFT UP JESUS IN PRAISE AND GREAT ADMIRATION.

II. I WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO ME. JOHN 12:32

    A. WHEN WE HONOR CHRIST PEOPLE WILL COME TO HIM.

III. THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT INTERPRETATION.

    A. HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT INTERPRETATION IS?

        1. LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE. JOHN 12:33

IV. WHEN JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS, LIFTED UP. JOHN 3:14

    A. THIS WILL DRAW PEOPLE TO HIM. JOHN 12:32

    B. THE CROSS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO COME. JOHN 12:33

V. BECAUSE OF THE CROSS (JESUS LIFTED UP) WE CAN BE DRAWN.

    A. WHEN JESUS WAS LIFTED UP WE WERE RECONCILED. EPH. 2:16

        1. THE MIDDLE WALL OF PARTITION WAS BROKEN DOWN. EPH 2:14

        2. THE CEREMONIAL LAW IS ABOLISHED. EPH. 2:15

        3. WE ARE PRESENTED HOLY BEFORE GOD. COL. 1:20-22

    B. WHEN JESUS WAS LIFTED UP ALL OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. COL. 2:13-14

        1. I AM JUSTIFIED. RO. 5:9

    C. WHEN JESUS WAS LIFTED MY SALVATION WAS FINISHED. JOHN 19:30

        1. I AM SAVED BY GRACE. EPH. 2:8-9

VI. NOW I CAN LIFT UP CHRIST. JOHN 12:32-33

    A. BY PREACHING THE CROSS. 1 COR. 1:23-24

    B. THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING THE CROSS. 1 COR 1:18

    C. THE POWER OF GOD TO SAVE. 1 COR. 1:21

VII. WHEN WE GLORY IN THE CROSS WE LIFT HIM UP. GA. 6:14

    A. THEN PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT HE IS GOD. JOHN 8:28

VIII. WILL YOU BELIEVE? 1 COR. 1:21

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