Dont Be DRY CORNJohn 12:23 "And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified."Every other time this hour was presented, when Jesus was confronted with going to Jerusalem, or or the temple; Jesus would say, "It is not My time, this is not the hour." But now the "Passover feast" is approaching, and the time of Jesus appointed time of crucifixion is at hand. Jesus now is saying; "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified." To be glorified is to be glorified by the Father, and that glory by the Father comes when Jesus goes to the cross in obedience to the Father. The Father receives the glory through His Son of God, Jesus. It is very difficult for a nonbeliever to see how being crucified could glorify anyone.John 12:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."Paul spoke of this in I Corinthians 15, when he discussed the flesh body. The point being that within one grain of corn, there is an embryo. As long as that grain stays dry and protected, it will always be one grain of corn, that is all that it will amount to, just one. But when that one grain comes out of that dry place, and inters into the wet moist ground, and the water of life touches it; then God brings about the germination and sprouting of that grain of corn, and from one grain comes the full stock of the corn plant, with several ears of corn, with many rows of grains of corn on each ear of corn.Jesus Christ is stating that in sacrificing Himself, from His death will come much fruit, and that fruit is the salvation of many souls. If Christ did not go to the cross, then there would be no fruit coming forth, and the one grain would remain one protected grain of corn. When those Pharisees and that religious system asked, Where will it end, and how do we stop it? It will never end, and there is no way to stop the workings of our Heavenly Father.John 12:25 "He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."The life that we are talking about here is the "soul". Relate this to the verse above; if you love your life, or soul to the point that you only care about self, then you are that protected grain that will never produce any fruit for the Father, If your flesh body is the only thing that matters, and the life of the souls and your soul's destiny will in the end be destroyed. The lust of your flesh will take priority in all your decisions, and your mind is fixed on the here and now.Those that care about their eternal soul will discipline themselves, and plant themselves in the Word to be watered from the true fountain of living waters [Jesus Christ] that can only come from God. In the phrase, "hateth his life" means to put the physical life secondary to your spiritual life, as to what controls the things that you do, think and react to.John 12:26 "If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honour."
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Dont Be DRY CORNJohn 12:23 "And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified."Every other time this hour was presented, when Jesus was confronted with going to Jerusalem, or or the temple; Jesus would say, "It is not My time, this is not the hour." But now the "Passover feast" is approaching, and the time of Jesus appointed time of crucifixion is at hand. Jesus now is saying; "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified." To be glorified is to be glorified by the Father, and that glory by the Father comes when Jesus goes to the cross in obedience to the Father. The Father receives the glory through His Son of God, Jesus. It is very difficult for a nonbeliever to see how being crucified could glorify anyone.John 12:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."Paul spoke of this in I Corinthians 15, when he discussed the flesh body. The point being that within one grain of corn, there is an embryo. As long as that grain stays dry and protected, it will always be one grain of corn, that is all that it will amount to, just one. But when that one grain comes out of that dry place, and inters into the wet moist ground, and the water of life touches it; then God brings about the germination and sprouting of that grain of corn, and from one grain comes the full stock of the corn plant, with several ears of corn, with many rows of grains of corn on each ear of corn.Jesus Christ is stating that in sacrificing Himself, from His death will come much fruit, and that fruit is the salvation of many souls. If Christ did not go to the cross, then there would be no fruit coming forth, and the one grain would remain one protected grain of corn. When those Pharisees and that religious system asked, Where will it end, and how do we stop it? It will never end, and there is no way to stop the workings of our Heavenly Father.John 12:25 "He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."The life that we are talking about here is the "soul". Relate this to the verse above; if you love your life, or soul to the point that you only care about self, then you are that protected grain that will never produce any fruit for the Father, If your flesh body is the only thing that matters, and the life of the souls and your soul's destiny will in the end be destroyed. The lust of your flesh will take priority in all your decisions, and your mind is fixed on the here and now.Those that care about their eternal soul will discipline themselves, and plant themselves in the Word to be watered from the true fountain of living waters [Jesus Christ] that can only come from God. In the phrase, "hateth his life" means to put the physical life secondary to your spiritual life, as to what controls the things that you do, think and react to.John 12:26 "If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honour."
I like the study alot. I just don't like the explanation of the second to the last paragraph......because I look at the flesh like one person and the soul as another person... so... yea...
Dont Be DRY CORNJohn 12:23 "And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified."Every other time this hour was presented, when Jesus was confronted with going to Jerusalem, or or the temple; Jesus would say, "It is not My time, this is not the hour." But now the "Passover feast" is approaching, and the time of Jesus appointed time of crucifixion is at hand. Jesus now is saying; "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified." To be glorified is to be glorified by the Father, and that glory by the Father comes when Jesus goes to the cross in obedience to the Father. The Father receives the glory through His Son of God, Jesus. It is very difficult for a nonbeliever to see how being crucified could glorify anyone.John 12:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."Paul spoke of this in I Corinthians 15, when he discussed the flesh body. The point being that within one grain of corn, there is an embryo. As long as that grain stays dry and protected, it will always be one grain of corn, that is all that it will amount to, just one. But when that one grain comes out of that dry place, and inters into the wet moist ground, and the water of life touches it; then God brings about the germination and sprouting of that grain of corn, and from one grain comes the full stock of the corn plant, with several ears of corn, with many rows of grains of corn on each ear of corn.Jesus Christ is stating that in sacrificing Himself, from His death will come much fruit, and that fruit is the salvation of many souls. If Christ did not go to the cross, then there would be no fruit coming forth, and the one grain would remain one protected grain of corn. When those Pharisees and that religious system asked, Where will it end, and how do we stop it? It will never end, and there is no way to stop the workings of our Heavenly Father.John 12:25 "He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."The life that we are talking about here is the "soul". Relate this to the verse above; if you love your life, or soul to the point that you only care about self, then you are that protected grain that will never produce any fruit for the Father, If your flesh body is the only thing that matters, and the life of the souls and your soul's destiny will in the end be destroyed. The lust of your flesh will take priority in all your decisions, and your mind is fixed on the here and now.Those that care about their eternal soul will discipline themselves, and plant themselves in the Word to be watered from the true fountain of living waters [Jesus Christ] that can only come from God. In the phrase, "hateth his life" means to put the physical life secondary to your spiritual life, as to what controls the things that you do, think and react to.John 12:26 "If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honour."
I like the study alot. I just don't like the explanation of the second to the last paragraph......because I look at the flesh like one person and the soul as another person... so... yea...
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