TEXT JOHN 12:23-25
THE OVERWHELMING POWER OF SACRIFICE
[23]And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
[24]Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
[25]He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Dearly beloved, our Lord Jesus taught many personal lessons about sacrifice.
In this place, He was teaching that nothing increases unless it is sown in order to take another nature.
Nothing is permitted to multiply until it receives another nature by a process of death.
The Lord gave us example with the corn which is sown a seed but is harvested in multiple of thousands.
Our lives are also exactly like that.
What we will amount to in live is the result of the level of sacrifice we are ready to do.
Anyone who is afraid to lay down his life by sacrifice is someone who will be permanently stunted in this life.
The principles of the scripture cannot be over-written by it's promises.
John 12:25 says
"Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.]"
Where ever you find yourself in this life, begin today to practice the act of laying it down.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
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For further reading,
Nehemiah 7,8.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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