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Jesus; the Grain of Wheat
20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.
21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
23 But Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.
25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also.
If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
27 “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say?
‘Father, save Me from this hour’?
But for this purpose I came to this hour.
28 Father, glorify Your name.”
Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered.
Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
30 Jesus answered and said, “This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”
33 This He said, signifying by what death He would die.
34 The people answered Him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’?
Who is this Son of Man?”
35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you.
Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”
These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.
The New King James Version.
(1982).
(Jn 12:20–36).
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.
21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
23 But Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.
25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also.
If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
27 "Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say?
'Father, save Me from this hour'?
But for this purpose I came to this hour.
28 Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again."
29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered.
Others said, "An angel has spoken to Him."
30 Jesus answered and said, "This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself."
33 This He said, signifying by what death He would die.
34 The people answered Him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'?
Who is this Son of Man?"
35 Then Jesus said to them, "A little while longer the light is with you.
Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light."
These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.
NKJV
Let's get into the context of this moment in time Jesus has just entered the city of Jerusalem in what we call, "The Triumphal Entry."
This is Palm Sunday, so called because the people waved palm branches and laid them in the streets as He rode in on a donkey, celebrating Him as their King.
Things would take a quick turn later in the week.
There is plenty of talk about this Jesus character going around Jerusalem and Bethany.
We don't have a specific timeline but maybe within a week before His entry, Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead.
(Explain Lazarus) So, many people are coming around this week hoping to see Jesus and maybe even more so, hoping to see this fellow Lazarus that has been raised from the dead.
We see in verse 20, certain Greeks coming and looking for an audience with Jesus.
Some believe that these were Greeks turned Jewish but the indication by the Greek term used is that they were Gentiles, non-Jewish people.
Many foreigners and especially Greek/Roman people would want to come to see the Temple and the feasts that went on.
So when the disciples Philip and Andrew come to tell Jesus that these Greeks, these Gentiles, are looking for Him, Jesus replies in what seems to be a strange way.
He starts talking about wheat and being glorified.
But in reality, this almost appears to be the signal as these Gentiles come in search of Jesus.
Now if we go back to 24 But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
NKJV
Jesus was sent to the nation of Israel to redeem them.
There rejection would usher in the salvation of the world, the Gentiles and the Jews.
These Greeks come and He says, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified."
The hour, the time in this age has arrived for what it is that I came as man to do.
It is for this moment that I was sent and came.
For Him to glorified would be for Him to fulfill His purpose in this human form.
This is a point in Scripture where we see about the humanity of Jesus.
Remember, Jesus is fully God and yet fully man.
He left His godly power to be fully man but He retained His deity.
(Explain a prince leaving the palace with nothing.
He is still prince.)
Jesus was sent to the nation of Israel to redeem them.
There rejection would usher in the salvation of the world, the Gentiles and the Jews.
These Greeks come and He says, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified."
The hour, the time in this age has arrived for what it is that I came as man to do.
It is for this moment that I was sent and came.
For Him to glorified would be for Him to fulfill His purpose in this human form.
This is a point in Scripture where we see about the humanity of Jesus.
Remember, Jesus is fully God and yet fully man.
He left His godly power to be fully man but He retained His deity.
(Explain a prince leaving the palace with nothing.
He is still prince.)
Then Jesus compares Himself to a grain of wheat.
Unless that grain of wheat is planted, it will forever be just a single grain and will eventually decompose to nothing.
But, if that same grain of wheat is planted, it will produce much more grain.
His explanation is that He must die and be planted, buried in order for Himself to bring about more life, everlasting, eternal life.
He also explains that as He lays down His life, so all those who follow Him should be willing to lay down their life also.
So, does that mean we all should look to becomes martyrs or look to be crucified and die for our faith?
Well, if need be, yes we should.
But, the essence of Jesus at this point and we will see it in a minute is His obedience and THAT is what He wants from us.
That we would be willing...if called upon...to do that which is asked of us by the Father.
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