MESSAGE FOR REFLECTION
UNLESS A GRAIN OF WHEAT FALLS INTO THE EARTH AND DIES…
We see a distinct compartmentalisation in Jesus Ministry. While He was on earth, He ministered to a particular class of people. After His glorification and surrendering His life to the will of His Father, He could minister to the whole world. His work in the world and with the Father in heaven was entirely different but complementary.What He started on the earth.
Joh 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Joh 12:25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Joh 12:26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Joh 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Let’s see the context in which Jesus said this.
In John 12:19, 20 and 21 the reactions of 3 sets of people to Jesus’ ministry are recorded
Joh 12:19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
Joh 12:20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.
Joh 12:21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
Joh 12:22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
Verse 19- Reaction of the Pharisees
20 & 21- The Greeks – foreigners
22- Andrew and Philip – the disciples
All the three became the signs for Jesus to realize that His time for promotion had come.
For any servant of God, in the worldly perspective, the spreading and branching out of ministry to other countries will be taken as a sign of victory and reward in this world. But for Jesus it was the opposite. From the time of his conception in the womb of his mother Mary, he was in the midst of opposition, “a sign that is opposed” (Lk 2: 34)
First time in his life, his enemies as well as the gentiles and the disciples simultaneously realizes that “the world started following Jesus”.
Look at the word Jesus says,
Joh 12:23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
If you take any business, the first few years are the time of investment. You cannot expect any profit. Sometimes the investment even may go beyond your expectation. You will have to invest everything you have and even may need to get loans to make your business get established. But certainly, a time will come when you start getting the profit.
The time of investment for Jesus was 33 years in this world. He invested everything He had, everything His Father had granted Him. Now the time of collecting the yield has come.
Joh 12:24 ……. Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Jesus all by himself, was a singular person. He remained alone while he was on this earth. He did not get married nor did he have any family or children. He was alone. But He understood that
If he allows himself to die and perish, like a seed sown under the earth,
“When his soul makes an offering for guilt, He shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. (Isa 53:10)
THIS IS THE MEANING OF BEARING MUCH FRUIT.
Jesus wanted to bear much fruit and multiply His offspring. The only way for this was to get removed from this earth (disappear from this earth) and get promoted to glory.This was the next step of further growth in His ministry. i.e. Getting seated at the right hand of the Father and appearing in the Courts of heaven. There He has an important task to do; Appear in the Court every day representing His brethren on the earth (Rev 12:10), work for winning all the cases that come from the earth to the Court of heaven, and see that they all get a favourable judgment from the Father, the Eternal Judge, to the utmost fulfilment of all His passions, i.e. To get His Kingdom established on earth.So now Jesus, after fulfilling His ministry on earth, entered into heaven in order to
“INTERCEDE, BE AN ADVOCATE, BE MEDIATOR AND DO THE PREISTLY MINISTRY” there.
Continuation in the next issue…
Sr.Angelica AJ
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