One Seed-Many Seeds

Published: April 21, 2019, 10 a.m.

b'Resurrection Sunday\\nOne Seed-Many Seeds\\nApril 21, 2019\\n\\nPlease turn\\u2026 John 12:23-25\\n\\n\\u201cJesus replied, \\u201cThe hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, 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 12:23-24\\n\\n1: Everything in Jesus life and death lined up with the Father\\u2019s plans \\n\\n\\u201c\\u2026they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on \\nHim, because His hour had not yet come\\u2026\\u201d John 7:30\\n\\n\\u201c\\u2026no one seized Him, because His hour \\nhad not yet come.\\u201d John 8:20b\\n\\nApp: How are you with God\\u2019s plan/timeframe? (ref. V 24)\\n\\n2: Jesus didn\\u2019t just come to die; He came as a seed \\n\\nApp: Everyone who trusts in Jesus is given the seed of new life \\n\\n\\u201cThis is my Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased.\\u201d Matthew 3:17b\\n\\n\\u201cNow we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.\\u201d Romans 3:19\\n\\n3: New Jesus invites us to die that we might live\\n\\n\\u201c\\u2026unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.\\u201d John 12:24-25\\n\\nQuestion: The moment a seed goes into the ground and dies, how much control does it have over it\\u2019s future? \\n\\nWhat is God\\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? \\nHow must you respond?'