Just before the Last Supper, Jesus spoke to some Greeks who had come to visit Him:
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." But He was saying this
to indicate the kind of death by which He was about to die. (John 12:32-33, LSB)
The figurative meaning of "draw" here is "to attract."
1. Carefully observe the text. What is Jesus referring to when He says, "if I am lifted up from the earth?"
2. How does Jesus draw all men to Himself? What do you see in these verses?
At the Last Supper:
From now on I am telling you before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe that
I am He. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives anyone I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who
sent Me." (John 13:19-20, LSB)
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you
also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:34-35,
LSB)
After His crucifixion / resurrection and just before His ascension to heaven:
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My
witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the end of the earth." (Acts 1:8, LSB)
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