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The world has gone after him

There is a phrase that we commonly use. "We have come to a place of no return". Sometimes we come to the end of ourselves and we feel there is no where to turn. Desperate situations cause us to do desperate acts. This was what was happening in this chapter of John with the Jewish leaders that did not know how to control the great movement that was starting to form and today has overtaken many around the world. John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!” They were not only trying to kill Jesus, but also Lazarus who was raised from the dead. Jesus came to Jerusalem riding on a donkey as prophesied by Isaiah about 700 years before this celebrated event.  The people were proclaiming Him king. Here Jesus starts to announce that His hour of death is coming, and that those who believed in Him and followed Him will be children of light. Yes, after all that you know of Jesus, you cannot no...