The Hour Has Come (Part 3 of 4)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 8 June 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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When Jesus said, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified,” no one expected glory to come through crucifixion. Doesn’t it seem more like humiliation? On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg explains how the Son’s death served the Father’s purpose.
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| 0:00.0 | When Jesus said the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified, |
| 0:28.9 | no one expected his glory would come by way of his crucifixion. |
| 0:32.9 | That seems more humiliating than glorifying. |
| 0:36.1 | But today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg |
| 0:38.2 | helps us understand the purpose of Jesus' death on the cross. |
| 0:48.2 | I invite you to turn to John, Chapter 12. And let me read again the verses that we read this morning without ever really getting to them. |
| 1:01.8 | John chapter 12 and verse 20. |
| 1:05.6 | Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks, so these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida |
| 1:12.8 | in Galilee, and asked him, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. Philip went and told Andrew. Andrew and |
| 1:21.0 | Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. |
| 1:30.3 | Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains |
| 1:37.3 | alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life will lose it, and whoever hates his life in this world |
| 1:47.8 | will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and where I am, |
| 1:56.1 | there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. Amen. Father, we thank you that, |
| 2:08.2 | as we gather together tonight and sing these songs, the table that is spread before us is containing |
| 2:17.0 | the very emblems of the reality about which we sing. |
| 2:20.3 | How can we possibly know that our sins have been forgiven, except that Christ has done exactly |
| 2:28.3 | what He says he was going to do in the passage that we've just read? |
| 2:33.3 | And so we pray that as we work our way |
| 2:36.7 | through these verses, that we will be helped, that you will grant to me clarity and brevity, |
| 2:44.3 | and that you will give to us a spirit of humility together as we sit underneath the instruction of the Bible. |
| 2:53.6 | And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. |
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