Keystone Nazarene Church
Making Christlike Disciples in Okinawa
Today’s Message: Death Leads to Life
John 12:20-33 When we are willing to give up our lives to Jesus, to die, we really start living.
Lent
- 40 days of reflection, repentance and fasting leading to Easter
- to remember Jesus' death and resurrection
- and let God make us more like him
Really living
People want to know how to live and go to great lengths to avoid death
Really Living
Jesus says, that to cling to life is to lose it, but to lose life is to find it
John 12:20-33 NIV
Metaphor of Wheat
We associate 'live' with bigger, more, better, easier
Metaphor of Wheat
Kernel of wheat must die to multiply
Metaphor of Wheat
Abundance is because of sacrifice(death) to others
Hoarding Life
We have a tendency to cling to life
John 12:25 NIV
Hoarding Life
Hoarding things ironically leads tolosing, death
John 12:25-26 NIV
Losing Life
Like Jesus, giving up life frees us to love with abandon
Finding Life
Dying is never easy, not even for Jesus
John 12:27-28 NIV
Finding Life
This kind of trust makes God proud, and is the kind of life that makes a difference
John 12:31-33 NIV
Today's Message: Death Leads to Life
John 12:20-33
When we are willing to give up our lives to Jesus, to die, that we really start living
This Week's Memory Verse:
John 12:26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.