Title: Words of wheat/John 12:36-30
Content Words of wheat
Holy Scripture: John 12:36-30 [September 17, 1997 (Wednesday)]
As we continued to talk, Jesus Himself said that He had to become a grain of wheat.
You did.
And now the grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die.
This is because it bears many fruits of new life.
But it's not that easy.
So, the Lord was also worried.
What can I say! You can't say anything.
So the Lord began to pray.
"Father! Save me from this hour!"
Even though he knew he had to become a grain of wheat and die, he asked for forgiveness from that death.
It is to offer a weak but sincere supplication to God.
Being honest with God is the best. If I can't, I won't
If you have sinned, you have sinned,
If it's painful, it's painful, if a child goes to a good father and says
To be is prayer.
However, as you pray, the content of your prayer changes.
“But for this I have come at this hour.”
"Father, glorify your name!"
Therefore, prayer first changes the one who prays.
Makes you courageous and mature to discover God's will
give. So, it is necessary to pray unconditionally.
You learn while praying, and you feel fun and joy while praying.
is that
(John 12:36) Believe in the light while you still have the light.
Then you will become sons of light. When Jesus said these words,
He left us and hid.
Come on! The moment Jesus died.
Last minute. Now, quietly, Jesus not only organizes his heart,
It was important to make sure that his final death could be used only as a motive to really save people's lives.
When we always do something, we reiterate the purity of our motives and
It is recommended to do The church must always remain pure.
The church must only maintain purity in its relationship with God.
Coming to church for one's position and coming to church for business
can't be pure. The church is the only thing that needs to be the most pure in relation to the relationship between God and me.
Your words must be pure.
Displaying excessive pride, speculation, philosophy, knowledge, etc. of one's own
It's not a sermon. Only to explain this word well
These are the things you should be careful about using.
The saints, too, for a moment, for a moment, leaving everything, fleeing and alone,
We need time to truly examine ourselves purely before God.
Why did you avoid and hide?
It seems to be because he thinks he has done what he wants to say.
So now, after believing the word and not believing it, he left it to God and left for a while.
In verse 37,
“He performed so many signs before them, but they did not believe him.”
It was. Again, by the way, in verse 42,
"But many of the rulers believed in me---" He said.
In short, those who believe will believe, and those who do not believe will see the sign
Even if the living Jesus said it himself, he did not believe it.
There are people who believe, and there are people who will not believe no matter what.
Miraculous miracles happen, but those who do not believe do not believe.
Jesus knew this.
So he never stuck around and tried to persuade him.
You have taken a step back, waiting for the next time.
(Yes)
Consider the parable of Jesus.
In Matthew 13, we find the parable of the sower.
(Matthew 13:3) Jesus told them many things in parables,
He said, The sower goes out to sow
(Mat 13:4) As they sown, some fell along the roadside.
Birds came and ate
(Mt 13:5) Some fell on rocky ground with thin soil and sprouted immediately because the soil was not deep (Mt 13:6).
It has no roots and is dry
(Matthew 13:7) And others fell upon thorns.
The thorns grew and blocked the energy.
(Matthew 13:8) And some fell on good soil.
Some have yielded a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirtyfold.
The important thing is that the preacher only needs to preach the word.
You just have to declare it.
History is what God does.
Like the soil, those who receive it will receive, and those who do not receive it will receive.
you will not receive it.
We leave it to God and sow the seed.
If you look briefly at the text, John, who was writing this Gospel of John, briefly
I have an interpretation.
Verse 37 says, “He performed so many signs before them,
You do not believe in me." It was a sad and strange thought.
It was so strange that John could not believe when he saw so many signs.
It is said that 500 people personally saw the resurrection of Jesus at one time.
There were only 120 people who gathered in Mark's upper room to pray.
John again finds a conclusion on this issue in the Old Testament.
From Isaiah 53:1 and Isaiah 6:10, it is natural.
See verse 38. "This was to fulfill the words of Isaiah the prophet. "Lord, who has believed what we have heard, and to whom has your arm been revealed?"
Even if we preach hard, those whom God has prepared will receive them,
Also, many people don't believe it.
The important thing is that no matter what we do, no matter what questions we have,
It is very necessary to draw final and definite conclusions from the Bible.
Since God created the world with the word and put the principles and ways of all things in the word, it is natural for us to find the conclusion of all things in the word. If we always return to the Word, it is important to gain strength through the Word.
(Yes)
When General MacArthur visited a member of the American Bible Society, he confessed, "No matter how tired I was, there was never a day I did not read the Bible before going to bed."
Organize all the problems, questions, and lives that occurred in your daily life with the word
And sleeping in the bed with peace of mind in the Word promises a strong day the next day when the dawn rises.
Also, the more important thing is to accept the word of the Lord as it is.
Because there is eternal life.
See verse 50. "I know that his command is eternal life."
His command is to speak the word of God.
The Word of God is not only a lesson and wisdom for all life, but
That in itself is called eternal life.
(Yes) I will release you to the death row inmate! This is the word of life.
John 6:63/"The words I have spoken to you are spirit and are life!"
The word is life, and it is eternal life.
But also, the Word is judgment on those who do not believe.
See verse 48.
“He who judges those who forsake me and do not listen to my words.
for the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day."
The word of the Lord judges.
(Example) Even in a court of law, the judge does not actually judge, but the law judges.
will be That's why I say--- according to several articles of the Criminal Code.
Judgment is made by the Word of God.
However, those who have already believed the Word will not be judged at all.
Let's look at John 5:24.
“Truly, truly, (twice) I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in him who sent me has eternal life,
does not come, but has passed from death to life."
Those who keep the law do not need the trial itself.
Judgment does not apply to those who believed and accepted God's Word.
is to do
It is clearly said here that those who keep all the Word will not be judged
It didn't. When I heard the word and believed in the Lord in the word, it was---it was.
That is why it is important to listen to the Word deeply and deeply into your heart and receive it by faith.
Required. These are the words of wheat.
<Prayer>
Lord, even in a life where we have to live in constant turmoil and busy adapting
Please give me the wisdom to maintain the purity of the believer.
Help us to escape for a while and hide from the world.
The various problems and questions of life that are springing up with the lessons of the word of the Lord
Let us solve the problem, and the solid lives in which the conclusion of life is always made by the word of the Lord
please make it happen
In addition, we have received this word of eternal life deeply in our hearts, and given
Not only do you receive the way of salvation by faith, but whether you hear this way of life or not, whether you believe it or not,
Guide us to become evangelists in our lives!
Those who have faith do not believe in me,
Thank you for allowing me to believe, and the word has not yet come in,
For those who do not believe, Lord grant us the grace to believe!
I pray in the name of Jesus. - Amen -