John 12: 24KJV
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.
John 12:24 New Living Translation(NLT)
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.
When a seed dies it becomes a new thing like unto us when we die a physical death we will than have the chance to cross over into our full salvation because this sinful flesh can't take on glory to come so we then have to cross over. In the meantime God gives us grace and mercy. Jesus bought us with a price! We owe him our lives. So while we are living in this world we need die to it and live life for Christ because he was that corn of wheat that first died for us.
Jesus cursed the fig tree even though it was not in the season to produce as a example that if we don't Bear fruit we will be cut off and become spiritual dead, impotent, powerless, good for nothing. Because the very thing we are purposed to do we didn't bring forth to harvest. Bring forth or be cut off! It's symbolic of how we always ought to be like Jesus. He in his flesh was one man yet, like the kernel of wheat will die and bear much. JESUS DEATH PRODUCED A HARVEST WHICH IS US AS HIS BELIEVERS!!! We now can partake of the fruit of life through the death of Jesus. Likewise we will die like that single kernel of wheat in order to be like Jesus. That's true salvation! We'll only gain our life in Christ if we die to the world!
John 12:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, еxcept a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
John 12:25 KJV
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 12:25 Amplified Bible
The one who loves his life [eventually] loses it [through death], but the one who hates his life in this world [and is concerned with pleasing God] will keep it for life eternal.
Matthew 13:1-23 ;
Mat 13:1-23 KJV 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Folks these days are so woke to self they are spiritual sl