The Gospel of John - Dying to Live

There's an old story. A Sunday school teacher is explaining to children how they cannot get to heaven through human effort. They can't earn their way. So she begins by asking them some questions. "Can you get to heaven if you go to church often enough?" They said, "No!" "Can you get to heaven if you give enough money?" Again, they all say, "No!" "Can you get to heaven if you obey your parents and teachers enough?" For the third time, they all say, "No!" Then she asked them, "Well then how can you get to heaven?" One of them says, "You have to die first." That is certainly true. That is the way it works! One day Jesus made an observation about the way the world works that is so powerful, it will literally change your life. Here it is: “Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.” (John 12:24, CSB) Notice this isn’t a command. It an observation based on the way of things. And this observation will reveal so much about Jesus and it will also reveal so much about each of us. Join us this weekend as we ask what you may need to die to so that you can begin to really live.