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Jn 12v24 Except a corn ofwheat fall into the ground and die. it abideth alone

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I. Intro

A. The Lord created the natural world with an eye to this day when he would use it to illustrate his person and work

ll. The Grain of Wheat

(; A. Looks small and feeble (l look...)

L 1 . He had to be made lihg unto us in all things (Heb.2:16,17) - Creature, servant, poor

O 2. Only wheat can bring forth wheat (1Cor.15:37) - Partaker of the nature that sinned yet free from all sin

tlw{: s. LooksJllglegs, worthless and powerless (l look...)

H 1. Hidden usefulness, wotth, value, power with great potential for good uwvP?I Z. No beauty in him that we should desire him - Little expected of him by men

lII. The Fall

n A. The backsrounda,

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'- M 1. Multitudes had proclaimed him King, the Romans did not oppose, the Greeks souglrt l-iim

^ /V 2.ffiffiFvictory, power, kingdom or kingship rvas enough for ush-K g. tne reminder

v l.@*rily/solemnly and seriously - Some rveightl truth not finding a ready assent in the mind of his hearers

f 2. Previously "My hour is not yet come" but now the hour is come and now his soul is troubled

P C. The reason

F l. tr.,lan fell into the depths # Christ had to go down into the depths to save him

I- Z. Christ's life was a !& of falling/humiliation/downgrading/demotionD 3. D"r""nded from heaven to earth to the cursed tree - No let up in the acceleration but it is increasing

( 4. The,restraints are about to be removed and he is beginning to freefall (Q1)

lV. The Ground

tt A. Hard Ground - Sinners hands and God's wrath - God treated the sin-bearer as the sinnerrlf, B. The bigger they are the harder they fall - He was treated by God as though he had sinned all the sins of his peopler&

L C._l!!q the ground - Nothing to break his fall but buried and lost

V. The Death

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! 1 . Sowins seems to lead to destruction of the wheat - Days and months pass and no tiuit is seen

V 2.They,is.iblepartsofthegraindecayanddecomposeandthisdeathsetslifefiee(lCor. l5:36)

L :.tne grain of wheat has life in it and carries it with it through death itself

F +. fne germ lives and receives a new form as the direct consequence ofthe decay

5 g. pfgq seed sown is a prediction that the Giver of life must die#

Vl. The Famine

( A. lt remains/abides alone - No sowing/no reaping, no death/no fruit (illus of grain stored for years doing nothing)

{ g.€llgry unit, a single kernel, a sinless, perfect individual - who would have to go to heaven alone

, t4 C. gut there would have been no multitude to follow him - no harvest, no forgiveness, no justification, no Paul, John, etc- & o.The QlgryLwithoutthe u,on"iIffi and sterile

VII. The Harvest

6 A. But as the seed comes up again green and fresh and flourishing, and with great increase

p 1 . So one dying Christ unable to be held by the power of death produced thousands of living Christians

5 2. Some seeds die but do not bring forth fruit - They fail through weakness or imperfection

i{4 B. Much fruit

41-1. The liuit at first is small buLgnvllg - lnouiring Greeks were a loretaste of his larse and great dominion

$V2. His ownghfifiqatjqn, benefits of salvation, multiplication of believers (Pentecost)

a C.'cf.ist's actiifo - It bringeth forth $W-,1y itu .*)4-*ri,^)au**,<d|-fr"yl^r"4,o.$*,*9,",-* , Y"U"VIII. Application

A. "Bore all incarnate God could bear, With strength enough, and none to spare."