In the sermon on John 11:45–12:11, we examined Martin Luther’s distinction between the theology of glory and the theology of the cross. The theologians of glory seek the glory, power, wisdom, and wealth of this world, while the theologians of the cross recognize that God reveals his wisdom and power not through the structures of this world, but through the weakness, foolishness, and shame of the cross. This theological distinction does not mean that Jesus is without glory, but only that his glory is revealed in a very different way than how worldly people seek to amass their own glory. Jesus is glorified contrary to all expectations—glorified through his earthly fear, failure, his faithfulness to seek the exclusive glory of another, his Father. Everything that should detract from Jesus’ glory not only fails to do so, but all those seeming destractions from his glory actually glorify him in a way that no worldly path to glory possibly could. Therefore, Jesus reveals his glory through the disgrace of the cross.