Exalting Jesus

I am continually amazed at the transparency of God and His Word.

In John 12:27 Jesus says, “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.”

Jesus is troubled about the cross. He knows that is the purpose for which He has come into the world.

If the Bible was not truly the Word of God it would paint another picture of Jesus. It would not show His troubled soul here in this passage.

Jesus then in John 12:28 says, “Father, glorify Your name.”

Jesus wanted to glorify the Father in every circumstance of His earthly life.

Then God the Father does an awesome thing. He answers Jesus. The crowd hears something but is not quite sure what it was, and Jesus tells them that the voice had been for their benefit, not His.

Then in John 12:32 Jesus says, “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself.”

John 12:33 tells us this is a reference to how Jesus would die.

This verse also shares with us a very important truth.

When we exalt Jesus in our lives, He will use us to draw people to Himself.

What does it mean for Jesus to be exalted in our lives?

It means that we live based on who the Word of God says that God is.

God is Infinite.

Colossians 1:17
And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Infinite means limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure or calculate.

God cannot be measured or calculated or compared to anything.

God is Good.

Psalm 119:68
You are good and do good; teach me your statues.

God being good means He is morally perfect. There is no sin, no sin at all, in God.

God is Just.

Psalm 111:7
The works of His hands are faithful and just; all His precepts are trustworthy.

God never acts in an unjust or unfaithful manner.

God is Mercy.

2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.

God always shows mercy before any judgment is dispensed.

God is Grace.

Romans 3:24
And are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Grace is God’s undeserved love for us. We cannot do anything to make God love us more or love us less. He loves us to the max all the time.

God is Holy.

Leviticus11:44
For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.

God is separate and above His creation. He is pure and undefiled.

God is Perfect.

Psalm 50:2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

There is nothing about God that is not perfect.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls means living based on who God is.

Exalting Jesus in our lives means that we live based on what God Word’s says about what God can do.

Psalm 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He also hears their cry and saves them.

God saves us from the penalty and power of sin

Psalm 103:3
Who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases.

God forgives and heals.

Psalm 23:3
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.

God restores.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls means living based on what God can do.

Exalting Jesus in your life means living based on who God’ s Word says we are.

Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved.

We are Saved and Alive.

Galatians 3:3
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us - for it written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.”

We are Redeemed.

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

We are Forgiven and Cleansed.

Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us.

We are Loved.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls means we live based on who God says we are.

There are mnay more things that God is and does and many more things that God says we are and exalting Jesus means living based on all those truths.

It is time that the church, all followers of Jesus, live not based on what the enemy is telling us about God and ourselves, but on what God says about Himself and us.

The world does not need to see what we can do.
The world does not need to see us exalted.
The world does not need a human-based solution to our problems.

The world needs to see what Jesus can do.
The world needs to see Jesus exalted.
The world needs to see a Jesus-based solution to our problems.

Exalting Jesus in Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls
                                            Joe