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produces many seed. Anyone who loves their life
will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this
world will keep it for eternal life” (Jn 12:24,25).
Jesus compared Himself to a seed. It was hard for
Him to fall to the ground and die. He wanted the
cup of suffering to be taken away from Him.
Nevertheless, He submitted Himself to the
Father's will. From His Father's hand He fell to
the ground. Rather, His Father dropped His
darling Child to the ground, to the dirty slushy
soil where He was mistreated, spit upon and
abused. He died a cruel death. He cried, “Father,
why have you forsaken Me?” But the miracle
started after His death. He put out root and
shoots and started bearing fruit by the millions.
Oh, how we love our lives! We are one with
the world. Jesus also lived on this world and ate
and drank. But He never once allowed the world
to master Him. Let us follow His lifestyle. “Love
not the world or anything in the world,” says John
(1 Jn 2:15). How we have fallen in love with the
things of the world our jobs, our salary, our
qualification, our clothes, our jewels, our houses,
our cars, our lovers! The list is endless. Why
should we not love the world? “The world and its
desires pass away, but whoever does the will of
God lives forever” (v17). So what is the will of God
for us? He wants us to fall to the ground and die
so that we may die and live forever. But we refuse.
Those who let themselves fall to the ground will
grow root. Jesus humbled Himself, took the form
of a bonded labourer and became obedient to the
point of death (Phil 2 : 5-8).
Now let's see the journey of the Seed.
Genesis 3:15, “I will put enmity between your seed
and her Seed.” When Jesus the Seed, fell to the
ground from heaven, satan was horrified because
he knew when the Seed died, He would produce
many seeds. He tried to kill Baby Jesus through
Herod's wicked scheme. It is this terror that
brought satan to the wilderness to tempt Jesus
and thwart His plans for the redemption of the
world. He came as an angel of light offering
glamorous things to Jesus. He was offering Jesus
a shortcut to achieve His Messianic goal. Through
Peter He was discouraged from death on the
cross. He was rebuked. Jesus immediately
recognized it as a ploy of satan and scolded Peter.
Probably in the Garden of Gethsemane too He
told Jesus that there was still hope of escaping
the cross by asking the Father to remove the cup.
But Jesus was firm on executing the Father's will.
The devil made one last attempt when Jesus was
convulsing in agony on the cross, asking Him to
come down and make a display of His power so
that all those who were there could believe that
He was the Son of God. Was it not a temptation to
a man writhing in pain? But Jesus denied Himself
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