Jesus Came To Glorify The Father

Jesus came to glorify the Father.

“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

As children, we are taught to obey, respect, and honor our parents. We know that our parents have our best interest in mind and would never do anything to put us in harm’s way.

In light of this familial value, it is troubling for many to believe that a loving God would send His only Son to knowingly come and die for a wretched people. The unbelieving world would like us to think that Jesus came into the world to be a good man, a teacher, or a healer, unaware of how His life would end on a cross. This incorrect view pins God as inhumane and does not consider His eternal, sovereign plan of redemption from the beginning of time.

By God’s grace, His Word teaches us that Jesus came with the ultimate purpose of glorifying His Father. We must hold fast to the true belief that Jesus was one with the Father (John 17:11), knowing God’s grand plan to redeem a sinful people by way of His substitutionary death (Isaiah 53:3-12), and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross (Philippians 2:8). This Advent season, as we remember and celebrate Christ’s incarnation, may we look to His crucifixion and resurrection. May we rejoice that we have a Savior who humbly came, submitting to His Father’s will, glorifying His Father with one purpose from the cradle to the cross, “Not my will, but yours, be done“ (Luke 22:42).