Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message.

The hour is approaching as we pick up in John chapter 12, verse 26.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck. I read somewhere that if you would take

a kernel of corn and plant and then take all of the, you know, from that one kernel of corn, all of the seeds that

came off of the kernels that grew from the one, plant them,

I think that in 10 years it is you'd have enough corn seed to plant every acre of ground on the

face of the earth with corn. Just each year planting everything that came from the one.

You see, when God created the plants and all, he said, be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.

And surely the potential is there.

And so Jesus is using a neat little illustration here, referring to his death. Look, unless it dies, it stays by itself,

but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit. Talking of his death, through his death,

he was going to bring forth much fruit, you included tonight, part of the fruit. And he that loves his life shall lose it,

but he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. He had said earlier,

he who seeks to save his life will lose it. He will who lose his life for my sake, the same will find it or save it. Much the same, loving life. You're going to lose it anyhow. But if you are looking forward to that new life, life eternal, If any man serve me, let him follow me. And where I am,

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