John 12:31-33 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.… "You have," said the Hon. and Rev. W.B. Cadogan, to a young clergyman, "but one thing to do; exalt Jesus, and the promise is, 'I will draw all men unto Him.'" The Moravians laboured in Greenland for a number of years with no apparent fruit. When they spoke to the savages of the being and attributes of God — of the sin of man — of the necessity of an atonement — of the evil of sin — of the excellence of holiness — of the glories of heaven, or of the horrors of hell — their hearers talked of soul catching, and said they did not understand these things. But, on one of the missionaries one day describing to them, with unusual minuteness, the sufferings and death of Christ, one of the savages suddenly stepped forward, and said, "How was that? Tell me it once more. I also would fain be saved." This amazed and delighted the missionaries, and led them to adopt a new method with their pagan disciples. They preached the Cross. They held up Jesus, lifted up from the earth, and virtue came forth from Him. The poor brutalized Greenlanders were interested; their dark understandings were enlightened; their stubborn hearts melted; in a word, they were drawn to Christ; the Spirit wielded resistlessly His favourite instrument — the Cross. (J. Brown, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.WEB: Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. |
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