In His Presence..........

John 12: 24- 25 ‘Listen carefully unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground dead to the world it is never anymore than a grain of wheat, but if it is buried it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. But if you let it go, reckless in your love you’ll have it forever real and eternal.’ MSG He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life John 12: 25 NKJV. In this verse Jesus said he who loves his life will lose it and he who hates his life will keep it forever. How do we hate our lives? Does it mean we should now hate ourselves and not love ourselves any longer? Jesus was talking about his impending crucifixion and letting his disciples understand that just as he is sacrificing his life for the sins of the world, they would also have to go through same. What is a sacrifice? It is an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity.If you sacrifice something

‘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. John 12:24NKJV. When Jesus made this statement he was letting his disciples know that the time for his death had come, and that his death would lead to another chapter, his glorification which will reproduce many others like himself. Jesus did not live a selfish life because he did not refuse to go to the cross but he lived a sacrificial life by going to the cross so that he could achieve his eternal purpose. Jesus bore the cross and died because of you and I and through his death we have been redeemed by his blood. It is by this blood that we now have access to the Father, Jesus rose up on the third day and is alive forever more. When we die to our own will we die with Jesus and resurrect with Jesus Christ a new life that is fully controlled by the Holy Spirit. We become new creatures and only then do we truly became who God has called u