First Wednesday with Steve Robinson.

John 12:17-19 NLT

17 Those in the crowd who had seen Jesus call Lazarus back to life were telling others about it. 18 That was the main reason so many went out to meet Him — because they had heard about this mighty miracle. 19 Then the Pharisees said to each other, "We've lost. Look, the whole world has gone after Him!"

John 12:20-22 NLT

20 Some Greeks who had come to Jerusalem to attend the Passover paid a visit to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee. 21 They said, "Sir, we want to meet Jesus." 22 Philip told Andrew about it, and they went together to ask Jesus.

John 12:23 NLT

Jesus replied, "The time has come for the Son of Man to enter into His glory."

John 12:24 NLT

"The truth is, a kernel of wheat must be planted in the soil. Unless it dies it will be alone — a single seed."

The world sees death as an end. Jesus taught that death was a beginning.

Why would any farmer want to put good seed in the dirt if he thought that he would never see it again?

John 12:24 NLT

"... but its death will produce many new kernels — a plentiful harvest of new lives."

John 2:18-19 NLT

18 "If You have this authority from God, show us a miraculous sign to prove it." 19 "All right," Jesus replied. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

Matthew 27:62-66 NLT

62 The next day — on the first day of the Passover ceremonies- the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate. 63 They told him, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while He was alive: 'After three days I will be raised from the dead.' 64 So we request that you seal the tomb until the third day. This will prevent His disciples from coming and stealing His body and then telling everyone He came back to life! 65 If that happens, we'll be worse off than we were at the first." 66 Pilate replied, "Take guards and secure it the best you can." So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it.

John 12:24 NLT

"The truth is, a kernel of wheat must be planted in the soil. Unless it dies it will be alone — a single seed. But its death will produce many new kernels — a plentiful harvest of new lives."

Romans 5:12 NLT

When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.

Romans 5:19 NLT

Because one person disobeyed God, many people

Romans 5:17 NLT

The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us, but all who receive God's wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph over sin and death through this one Man, Jesus Christ.

My future can be your future!

Whose life is it anyway?

Is it your own life?

John 12:25-26 NLT

25 "Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who despise their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 All those who want to be My disciples must come and follow me."

1 Corinthians 15:22 KJV

For as in Adam, all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

If there is no justice, there is no love.

Proverbs 24:24 NLT

A judge who says to the wicked, 
“You are innocent,” will be cursed by many people and denounced by the nations.

It takes the quiet of a suburb for the birth of the thesis that human nonviolence is a result of a God who refuses to judge. In a scorched land– soaked in the blood of the innocent, the idea will invariably die, like other pleasant captivities of the liberal mind… if God were NOT angry at injustice and deception and did NOT make a final end of violence, that God would not be worthy of our worship.- Miroslav Volf

The depths of His love

The Judge

The Father

“For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be. Man claims prerogatives which belong to God alone; God accepts penalties which belong to man alone.”- John Stott