John 12:27-32
Dine with the Victor
It is time for the Lord’s Supper and my goal is only to help us to
prepare ourselves to partake of it. Tonight, the Victor wants to eat
with us. Would like to you to dine with the Victor?
I have mentioned several times in the last few weeks that John is an
unusual gospel. John did not chose to follow the pattern of the other
gospel writer, at least not in the revealing the events of Jesus’
life. Instead, John chose to record more about what Jesus said.
However, John gives us the most detailed record of Jesus last day on
earth. Beginning in \\#John 13:1-19:42\\, I believe John recorded one
twenty-four hour time period. Jesus’ Last Supper, His agony in the
Garden, His betrayal and arrest, His trails, His crucifixion, and the
preparation of His body and burial.
I do not think there is anyone that knows me who does not know that I
think those things happened on the Jewish Thursday. However, we are
reading from John 12. While John had not honed in on the details of
Jesus’ life like he will, I believe the words that we are reading
in this text, probably happened on Wednesday before the Passover day
began.
1.\\#27\\ Already the weight of the cross is hanging on Him.
2. \\#28\\ Jesus reaffirmed His desire to glorify the Father.
3. \\#28\\ In one of the last—and perhaps the very last—time
Jesus will willingly be gathered in a crowd, the Father
glorified the Son by speaking.
And as Jesus explained why God spoke, Jesus revealed something that
was about to happen, not to Him, but to the devil.
John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world:
now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
1. The prince of this world is the devil.
2. The time that Jesus was speaking of was the present or the
very near present.
3. The act that He was speaking of was that the devil would be
cast out of some place or some position.
Most of the time when we think about the death of Jesus, we are
thinking either about what was happening to Jesus or what we are
gaining, but for a few moments tonight, as we prepare ourselves for
the Lord’s Supper, let’s think about what happened to the devil.
I. Satan’s Judgments
A. Satan was the first sinner; and in some ways of looking at it,
Satan was the worst sinner.
1. His rebellion influenced 1/3 of the angels of heaven to
rebel against God and the whole human race.
2. Yet, Satan’s judgment is far from complete.
B. While it is hard to understand the Bible verses related to the
devil, I believe Satan’s judgment comes in parts.
1. \\#Luke 10:18\\ Describes what has happened to Satan.
Luke 10:17 And the seventy returned again with
joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject
unto us through thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as
lightning fall from heaven.
a. This is Jesus speaking.
b. If the verb tenses are to be accepted, Jesus was
describing something that had already occurred.
2. However, John recorded Jesus speaking of another casting
out that was yet to happen and seemed to be happening
soon.
3. And John, in the book of Revelation, described yet another
casting out that was to happen.
Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael
and his angels fought against the dragon; and
the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into
the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
a. While I am confused by all of the times Satan is cast
out, I do not fret over it.
b. I figure one with as many privileges and powers as
Satan, would probably be part of a lot of things that
he could be thrown out of it.
C. But I do leave these passages with two main thoughts:
1. Satan’s judgment comes in parts or stages.
2. According to John 12:31, one part of his judgment was to
occur around the death of Jesus.
II. I think several things happened to Satan at the death and
resurrection of Jesus.
A. At or around the death and resurrection of Jesus, the strong
man got bound.
Matt 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come
unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong
man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he
first bind the strong man? and then he will
spoil his house.
1. The Greek word for "bind" means "bind," to be knit
together, to be held in bonds, to be tied up.
2. Jesus did not just defeat Satan, either literally or
figuratively, Jesus display His power over the devil that
day by binding him!
3. I do not know that God the Son got a spiritual chain and
wrapped Satan up in it, but Jesus did deliberately shame
and put the devil on display.
4. This was actually part of what God had promised to do to
the proud devil when he first rebelled against Him.
a. Notice who God was talking about.
Is 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut
down to the ground, which didst weaken the
nations!
b. Notice Lucifer’s pride.
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above
the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount
of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds; I will be like the most High.
c. Notice God’s judgment. The judgment for pride is
always the same, humiliation.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to
the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon
thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man
that made the earth to tremble, that did shake
kingdoms;
5. At or around the death and resurrection of Jesus, God
bound the strong man.
B. At or around the death and resurrection of Jesus, the strong’s
house got spoiled.
Matt 12:29 Or else how can one enter into a
strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except
he first bind the strong man? and then he will
spoil his house.
1. Spoiled means plundered, robbed, his goods were seized.
2. Isaiah wrote of this same defeat.
Isaiah 49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the
mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives
of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey
of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will
contend with him that contendeth with thee, and
I will save thy children.
3. Jesus did not just tie the devil up. He stripped the
mighty of his prey. He delivered the devil’s captives.
4. Jesus in another placed described the devil and his three
objectives:
Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come
that they might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly.
a. The devil’s first goal is to steal, to take for
himself everything he can.
b. His second goal is to kill.
c. And what he cannot steal and kill, he will destroy.
d. Why would Satan's first goal be to steal?
a. The devil wants to be god.
b. God is the Possessor of all things.
c. So Satan wants to take as much as he can.
(1) Human souls are indestructible.
(2) In the devil’s mind, as long as God doesn’t
have them, he does.
(3) So every soul he can get into hell is a
victory for the devil.
5. At or around the death and resurrection of Jesus, Jesus
looted the devil’s house.
a. Jesus gave to every man the ability to be redeemed,
to have his own soul purchased back.
b. Now we know not every person will be saved, but those
who refuse salvation are now damning themselves.
c. Satan will no longer get credit for stealing them.
C. At or near the resurrection, Jesus spoiled principalities.
Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and
powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing
over them in it.
1. Jesus did more to embarrass the devil.
2. He took his power.
a. Here the world "spoiled" means to remove, to divest
wholly or completely.
b. And the word for "principalities" means rank, rule,
chief, or magistrate.
3. Jesus took the prince’s crown and then showed what He had
done openly, to the public, to every angel that stayed
with God and to every demon that rebelled.
4. You and I have not seen that crown yet, but we will!
D. At or near the resurrection, Jesus bruised the devil’s head.
Ge 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel.
1. We go all the way back to the first promise and prophecy
God made after the fall, "My Seed will bruise your head!"
2. Notice that God never promised He would kill Satan.
a. Satan is eternal like we are eternal, and although I
am not too keen on keeping him around, God is going
to do so.
b. Throughout the endless ages, God will do with the
devil what the Philistines did to Samson, show him
off in his puny weakness!
3. This seems to be the thought of the writer of Hebrew:
Heb 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself
likewise took part of the same; that through
death he might destroy him that had the power
of death, that is, the devil;
a. The word "destroy" can mean to cease, to destroy, to
do away with, but it can also mean to come to no
effect, to fail, to loose, to bring to nothing.
b. God has in part and will in totality bring to
nothing the one who had the power of death.
Tonight, the Victor has invited us to a meal, to fellowship with Him,
to remember His victory. Would you like to dine with the Victor
tonight?
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