Title: grain of wheat/John 12:20-26
Contents
Subject: grain of wheat
Scripture: John 12:20-26
I've seen examples like this.
When Napoleon invaded Russia, even women were searched.
yes. A Napoleonic soldier threatened a woman with "Raise your hands!"
I did. At first I didn't raise it, but I said, "If you don't raise your hand, fire!" threat to
When I raise my hand, the front is convex. tell me not to put my hand down
I saw my heart. The woman weeps and trembles
There was a lump of young blood on her chest. Baby
It was full of blood. While retreating from the bombardment, the baby
As the horse does not receive hydration, there is no milk and the only liquid is blood.
Oh, I was cutting off the nipples and feeding the dying baby blood.
is. The soldier was so startled that he looked at him, but the woman fell.
is. The soldier runs to the unit and calls an ambulance to save the baby and mother.
They say they saved everything.
I think again about the love of my parents who are absent on this Mother's Day
see. As long as you give it endlessly, until our growth and today
Thinking of being the foundation for the sacrifice, I should give thanks.
All.
Those of you who have become parents here will think in common, but almost
Even through our sacrifices, if our children do well, we will
You will think of it as light.
In today's text verse 23, our Lord said, 'The glory of the Son of Man.
The time has come to get it!'
What do we mean when we get the glory of the Lord here? cross soon
It is talking about the sacrifice of death in the house.
This is also the heart of the Lord with love. The cross of sacrifice and death
It is said that autumn is an honor.
To explain this better, we know that the grain of wheat
You are talking about parables.
Verse 24, “If a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it bears much fruit.
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The grain of wheat is compared to the Lord Himself.
To fall to the ground means to come to this world in the flesh.
To die means to die on the cross.
Bearing much fruit means the resurrection and the resurrection of many people.
is to be saved.
The Lord is pleased with the fruits of this death and
You came into the world for the sake of it, so consider it an honor to be that way.
is.
Therefore, without the sacrifice and death of the cross, the love of the Lord for us
Unspeakable, unthinkable of our salvation, beautiful glory
It is also impossible to exist.
There was sacrifice, there was love, and there was a mother who had hardships and pain.
The hand is like a cross. and it is the Lord
Glory, it is our glory.
"Cross, cross
Infinite glory! Infinite glory after crossing the Jordan River!"
Also, the grain of wheat not only represents the Lord, but we also live that way.
This is a lesson that teaches you what you should know.
You will receive three lessons and applications.
1. To die to the flesh and to the world is to die for the spiritual life
It is what makes it beautiful.
Let's focus more deeply on the grain of wheat.
It is a very small, insignificant seed.
But what is precious is that it contains the potential of life.
that is all.
If you leave it alone, it will stay as a single grain and rot.
But when it is sown in the ground and decays, the abundant life that grows
that it will appear.
(Ex.) From a botanical point of view, when a grain of wheat falls to the ground, the outer part rots.
It sprouts from the center.
In any case, the life that decays is the one that blooms into eternal life as it decays.
I need it.
Paul distinguishes between the outer man and the inner man in the Bible. world and flesh
When the outer man belonging to God is dying day by day, the life of the inner man is
It will grow and grow.
Romans 8:13, "If you live according to the flesh, you must die,
As a spirit, if you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live!"
It will kill the fleshly deeds that run too far toward the world.
time,
The spiritual aspect grows and bears fruit.
Everyone!
What must we do to grow spiritually and bear fruit?
According to the Bible, it is God who makes a tree grow and bear fruit.
you said you were doing it.
But what are we to do?
it will die
When it falls to the ground and the flesh dies, the fruit naturally
will appear.
I don't die, I keep trying to come out, I keep trying to reveal it,
Because I think it's worth it,
Spiritual things will not grow and will not bear fruit.
(Yes) If you look at people who really live deep in their faith and add beautiful fruit,
These are people who one day deeply experienced the experience of their own death.
To the George Muller you know, some people tell you how
Such a beautiful, vivid life of faith in which you receive answers to every prayer you pray.
Can you do it?" he asked. To answer briefly,
"There was a day when George Muller died!"
(Example) Augustine was also walking down the street after believing in the Lord and being converted.
A frequent prostitute sees Augustine passing by and calls her name.
If you keep passing by without answering, I follow you and call your name.
Later Augustine turns around and says:
"Augustine of old is already dead."
We take an extreme example and say that we live according to the desires of the flesh.
think twice.
Sleeping all the way the body wants to sleep,
I eat everything I want to eat,
Rest completely because you want to rest,
Imagine living a life that fulfills every desire that arises.
How do you think it will be?
It will be a shortcut to the destruction of the soul.
(Example) A shortcut to ruin a child is to do everything you ask for.
don't you say
From a physical point of view, there are times when you want to oversleep and rest on Sundays.
will be Does not go every week make it difficult for me to go to heaven?
Stand up and pray!
Why go to the Wednesday worship service, what is late-night prayer, and why is the Tuesday Bible Study?
If you keep bothering me, and if you live according to the flesh, you will hear the spiritual word.
will miss,
The spiritual life is far from growing and bearing fruit.
that is to say
The zeal to kill the deeds of the body and live for the spiritual is renewed day by day.
must be low. That is how we live and that is how we bear fruit.
2. The parable of the grain of wheat is that there is fruit when there is a sacrifice of love.
tells
The text says that unless you die, you have a single egg.
This means that there is no fruit without sacrifice.
When a person says that he is successful, it is not his sacrifice or anyone else's.
You need to know the fact that even the sacrifice is behind it.
What kind of organization and society are maintained only when there are sacrifices of some people.
It will be on the door.
It is not just that a church is established and there is only an organization.
It is bearing fruit because many people are sacrificing in many corners.
It must not be forgotten that
<Example> Forests in Malaysia - There are some living, dead and decaying trees
If we really follow the Lord, the Lord wants and pleases us the most.
It is imperative that we bring ourselves to a place where we may bear fruit by sacrificing ourselves.
I need it.
A few years ago, a young doctor went to China as a medical missionary. medium
Not long after I went to the country, a lot of people fell ill with a terrible disease.
It took his life, but he could not cure it.
The disease has not been published in medical literature, nor can it be studied.
had no laboratory. So the young doctor risked his life
did a sloppy job. First, record the patient's symptoms in a notebook,
A ship returning to the United States with bottled germs in several test tubes
rode And just before arriving in New York, this young doctor
Inject this bacterium into the body of God, and rush to the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He ran and presented his body to doctors and professors of medicine as experimental materials.
I made a ball. Doctors in the United States have researched the disease and then came up with a cure.
By God's grace, the young doctor's life was saved,
He took the cure to China and saved many lives.
<If I live in sacrifice for many people, I must be able to sacrifice.
My temper is dead, my interests are dead, the home is at peace and my beauty is
If so, you should.
The church is beautiful and peaceful in the way I sacrifice with love.
If the crabs grow, you should do so.>
In particular, May is Family Month.
The same is true when our parents raise their children.
In order to grow up right into God's children, children need to learn from the tears of their parents.
Sleep really well and soundly in the image of prayer and sacrificial faith
that is.
(Yes)
When Rome ruled the world, she could represent the mother of the world.
had two women. One left the famous penitentiary for posterity.
Augustine's mother 'Monica' and the other is Nero Hwang.
Jess' mother, Agrippina.
Agrippina assassinated her husband, Emperor Claudio.
Kigo and her son 'Nero' were promptly crowned on the throne. That
In the end, however, she was murdered by her son Nero. That
However, Monica said that her son Augustine was suffering from his inner conflicts and mental distress.
I can't get out of my brain and I'm falling into a life of extreme debauchery and self-indulgence
Child of debauchery in weeping prayers for Augustine when lost
Augustine became Saint Augustine. Augustine is an apostle
systematically and theologically correct Christian doctrine after Paul
Leehan's greatest theologian.
There must be a great mother behind a great person.
Behind a great mother, there must have been great faith.
Do not try to make your child a king hastily. for that desire
A false sacrifice of sacrifice will only make your children and your life miserable.
All. By giving various lessons, it is really throwing your children away.
A sacrifice of prayer, a sacrifice of tears, and living by faith like Monica.
There must be sacrifices to show.
3. In other words, this is called serving.
In the second half of verse 26,
'If a man serves me, my Father will honor him'
It is what makes you honorable.
We do not serve the things that perish in the world, but we serve the Lord.
Being born is very beautiful and enhances the quality of life.
But, what does it mean to serve the Lord?
Verse 26 says, "If anyone wants to serve me, follow me!"
It is to follow the way of the cross that I am going.
This means sharing in my suffering.
When we suffer with Christ, we receive the glory of Christ
that is all.
When we can receive Christian sacrifice, we will receive Christian glory.
That is, it leads to the honour.
(Yes)
In this fierce battle, when a certain innocent and ruthless soldier goes to war
My corpse in the ground, maybe no one to bury
When my unknown corpse rots and only bones remain, there
I thought that the scent of a beautiful flower would flow. That
So he went to war with a handful of cosmos seeds in his body.
I did. And in the place where the terrible war swept away,
The bare corpse of an innocent and unknown soldier rots and wears on his body.
The gone cosmos seeds bloom in the fall, and the wind blows the course.
The scent of moss wafted.
Wherever we are, wherever we are, Jesus
This is where Lee was sent to rot and bear fruit like a grain of wheat.
Whether thrown in the government office or entrusted to the rural church, in the soil of the military
Whatever it is, unless I rot, it cannot germinate.
That is the fate of the grain of wheat. Unknown grains of wheat are in the forefront
It will rot and sprout. At a national public school or middle school
Or at home, or in workers, or in business.
Elijah in the marketplace or among the pastors or among the lay people
Seeing the rotting of unnamed grains of wheat like the 7,000 of
we can see