>>When He said that, He had not completed His work on the cross yet. Would He say that now? Or change it?
I’m not saying that he would change anything he said. I’m saying that when he said it, the audience’s understanding was quite different than it would have been after the resurrection. Even his disciples could not understand what he was really saying prior to the cross.
To the people who followed him, “the will of my Father” was interpreted quite differently than we would since we know more of the will of the Father. They still expected Jesus to develop into a great and powerful leader who would save the Jewish people from the evils of the world. We know that the will of the Father is actually to have faith in his son that he sent to live perfectly and to die on the cross. You follow the will of the Father just by admitting that you cannot buy, earn, or work your way into salvation.