Welcome to Gospel Truth with Andrew Wamman, a teaching ministry emphasizing God's unconditional love and grace.

The special life teaching on the power of the cross is being broadcast

exclusively for our radio listeners. And now here's Andrew. He was able to put those things on the cross and judge sin and I believe that that's the reason he cursed people that hung on the tree.

That's the reason he put such terrible judgments upon people who broke the laws because someday he was going to have his son do that.

In the 12th chapter of John, let's turn over and look at this, John chapter 12. Jesus was prophesying about his death.

Jesus was prophesying about his death and resurrection and in the middle of all of this he said in verse 28,

John 1228, Father glorify thy son.

Then came a voice from heaven saying

I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.

The people therefore that stood by heard it and heard it said that it thundered others said

an angel spake unto him. Jesus answered and said,

this voice came not because of me, but for your sake,

now is the judgment of this world. Now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. You know,'ve heard this quote and I've actually used this

long time ago to believe that if you just present Jesus properly if you lift

him up and glorify the Lord properly he'll draw all men unto him.

And that's the way that this is often quoted and I remember thinking when I first started that

Father I'm preaching your word the best I know how I'm lifting you up and yet people were staying away from my meeting

by the droves.

And I just couldn't understand how this verse fit.

But if you take this in context, look at verse 31, now is the judgment of this world.

God was going to bring judgment on this world, not by punishing us individually, but by having

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