John 12:24
Truly, truly, I tell you, if a grain of wheat does not fall into the ground and die, it stays just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Treated in 42 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit cites John 12:24
…falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit” (John 12:24, ESV). Jesus must die to give life to others. Many people misunderstand death, confusing…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
Jim Elliot — The Martyr Who Gained What He Could Not Lose cites John 12:24
…it good.” Jesus’ promise had been fulfilled: “But if it dies, it produces many seeds” (John 12:24, NIV). It had produced many seeds. It is still producing them. The story of his death —…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites John 12:24
…and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” John 12:24 — “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
C.T. Studd — The Cricket Star Who Gave His Fortune Away cites John 12:24
…of the grain of wheat was the controlling image of his missionary career. He had heard John 12:24 so many times that it had become not a familiar verse but a personal vocation: “Very…
- Communion with God ·
Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites John xii. 24
…is hid only in Jesus Christ. Hence, when he desired his Father to glorify his name, John xii. 24, — to make in him his name (that is, his nature, his properties, his will) all glorious…
- The God of All Comfort ·
The Lord is Good cites John 12:24
…falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12:24. The whole explanation of the apparent wreckage of the world at large, or of our own…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Lottie Moon — The Woman Who Gave Everything to China cites John 12:24
…ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds” (John 12:24, NIV). She was that grain of wheat. She understood that going into the ground was not the…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites John 12:24
…few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” John 12:24 — “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it…
- The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis ·
The Grand Miracle cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made…
- David Livingstone (For Teens) ·
Faithful Hands cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.” — John 12:24 (ASV) His last company numbered over sixty people. At its heart were Susi and Chuma. With…
- Amy Carmichael (For Teens) ·
Amma cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.” — John 12:24 (ASV) In the autumn of 1931, her biographers record, Amy prayed, as she often had, that…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24, ASV). In context, Jesus speaks first of His own death. The Son's path to fruitfulness…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
A Life Given to Christ cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24, ASV). Fruitfulness, in this vision, comes through death. The grain does not fulfill its…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Learning to Walk by Faith cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24, ASV). Nee extended the principle to Christian service. The indwelling life of Christ is…
- Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot ·
Palm Beach cites John 12:24
…the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” — John 12:24, KJV The Gift Drops Five men took part in the attempt to reach the Waorani. Jim Elliot…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24, ASV). Nee used the grain as an image of the cross releasing life. The outer shell…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites John 12:24
…was whether Christ would become personally Lord. Scriptures to revisit Galatians 2:20; John 12:24; Colossians 3:3-4; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Matthew 16:24. Reflection 1. Which parts of your…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
God’s Garden cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.” — John 12:24, ASV 18 January 1951 Amy Carmichael died at Dohnavur on 18 January 1951. She was…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Only One Life cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.” — John 12:24, ASV After the Funeral When Studd died in July 1931, the mission he had founded seemed…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
A Grain of Wheat cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.” — John 12:24, ASV The Market Closed On 5 June 1873, about a month after Livingstone’s death at…
- The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot ·
Suffering Is Never for Nothing cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 Her point was that in God’s world death is the way to life, and loss the way to…
- The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot ·
A Chance to Die cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 Of all the Christians who shaped Elisabeth Elliot, none mattered more to her than Amy…
- The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch ·
God’s Wheat cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 The letter Ignatius sent ahead of him to Rome is unlike the other six. It says almost…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of David Livingstone cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24, ASV). 24. We Are Unprofitable Servants At sixty, in the swamps, he gave himself to…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of Amy Carmichael cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24, ASV). 24. Be Remembered as Love Over her grave there is no name, only the word the…
- Elisabeth Elliot (For Teens) ·
Palm Beach cites John 12:24
…the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” — John 12:24 (KJV) Five men took part. Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming worked among the Quichua. Ed…
- Watchman Nee (For Teens) ·
A Grain of Wheat cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.” — John 12:24 (ASV) In 1948, with Witness Lee and others playing a big part, Nee came back to public…
- Talks to the Farmer (For Teens) ·
The Grain That Dies cites John 12:24–25
…life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” — John 12:24–25 (ESV) Some outsiders show up wanting to meet Jesus, and instead of a nice speech he says…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
The All and the Nothing cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 The death of self-will In her chapter on abandonment she gives self-denial its practical…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
The God of All Comfort cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 Looking away from self One reason Christians are uncomfortable, she believed, is that…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
Vanity Fair and Faithful cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Walk through a street, a shopping centre or across a screen…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
Introduction cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 There is a kind of Christian teaching that adds information to the mind. There is another…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites JOHN 12:24
…into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. JOHN 12:24 If there is one book of Watchman Nee’s that his own generation of workers found most…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Essentially African, Essentially Missionary cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24, ASV). Crowther’s work seemed to fall into the earth and die in 1891. The fruit came…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Samuel Ajayi Crowther cites John 12:24
…the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24, ASV).
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites John 12:24
…him, but it bore fruit in the churches of Africa. Scriptures to revisit Revelation 7:9; John 12:24; Psalm 68:31. Reflection 1. What does Archbishop Welby’s apology teach about…
- They Were Young – Book 4: Sent ·
Jim Elliot: The Man Who Would Not Keep His Life cites John 12:24
…to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit” (John 12:24). On the evening of 8 January 1956, by the silent radio at the mission base, nobody could…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
May cites John xii. 24
…lived it, had He been here. May 8 “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die” (John xii. 24). Death and resurrection are the central ideas of nature and Christianity. We see them in…
- Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites John 12:24-25
…to use their guns against them, and were killed on 8 January 1956. Scriptures to revisit John 12:24-25; John 15:13; Revelation 12:11. Reflection 1. What would you refuse to do even to save…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites John 12:24-26
…and the churches of Central Africa, and in the shadow of empire. Scriptures to revisit John 12:24-26; Luke 17:10. Reflection 1. What in his life would you imitate, and what would you avoid?…
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