Grace Community Church of Caroline

This morning at the Chick-fil-A bible study, we talked about the passage in John 14:28-31, and were particularly struck by 30-31: (NASB)

30“I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me Get up, let us go from here.”

The question raised was: “Why does it say the Ruler of this world is coming?”, and there were several ideas shared that were very helpful, but, of course, it still is very thought provoking. To me, a plausible answer is:

Satan came at different times to tempt Jesus - remember in the wilderness, the scripture says that he left Him for a while. And now he was coming back to bring the tremendous temptation upon Jesus to abandon the endurance of the cross.

Even though there was no sin in Jesus, and therefore, Satan had no claim on Him, why should He bear all the sins of the world for all time, and have to face the forsaking of the Father which had never occurred before in all eternity, just to save a despicable bunch of folks like you and me?

What do you think?

Boyd