No Death, No Life, No Multiplication
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Rev. Tse Amable | April 15 2025 | John 12:23- 26
KEY VERSE: I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” John 12:24 (NIV)
MESSAGE:
Throughout his public ministry of three and a half years, Jesus Christ consistently told his disciples that he would die. In one of his discourses, he told them “the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:28). On another occasion, Jesus Christ predicted his death by saying “he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life” (Matthew 16:21). Every time Jesus Christ spoke about his death, his disciples did not understand him. Apostle Peter even rebuked his Master for speaking about his death.
But Jesus Christ continued to speak about death because he knew that without death, there is no life and no multiplicity. To drive home this truth, Jesus Christ resorted to agriculture—how a grain of corn or wheat must die in the soil before it can bring forth new life and multiply to produce many more seeds.
To grow in the Christian life, something in you – the flesh - must die. For your business or ministry to grow, something must die. The Lord can show you what exactly must die. Go to him in prayer, and he will reveal it to you.
FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:
Have you put to death (mortified) the misdeeds of the body (those things that belong to your earthly nature, such as sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, etc.? Let them die, and you will truly live!
PRAYER:
Father, thank you for allowing me to receive eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Please, help me to completely put to death everything which belongs to my sinful nature. In Jesus Christ's name I pray. Amen!
THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.
SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!
The 365 DAILY BIBLE READING Day 105: Joshua 1-2 — Be Strong and Courageous; Rahab and the Spies
DAILY word study: DIES
The word die stems from the Old English degan, meaning “to lose life.” In John 12:24, the Greek term ἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō) refers to death as an act of release or completion.
Jesus speaks of His own death as a necessary step toward bringing many to salvation. The seed must stop existing in its original form to bring forth new life. Similarly, the believer’s spiritual formation begins when self-interest gives way to God's will. This surrender doesn’t signal loss—it signifies readiness.
Reflection:
There are choices and desires that may no longer fit the journey God is calling us to. When we yield, we create the condition for something greater to take root and flourish.
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