The Grain of Wheat

The Grain of Wheat

“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” John 12:24.

Jesus was the perfect grain of wheat; this could not be said of the disciples to begin with, and, generally speaking, it can also not be said about Jesus’ disciples in our days. It takes a fair amount to be a grain of wheat. First, we have to put off all the old, which must die, and then we have to put on the new. At that point, we can say that we have become a grain of wheat. The natural man is not a viable grain of wheat; he has to go through death to receive life. Once life has appeared, something can be put into the ground to die for others. A dead body cannot give life when it is laid in the ground; but after the grain of wheat has appeared and is sacrificed and laid into the ground, it bears much fruit. We know that this happened to Jesus Christ and to all the saints who came after Him. It is therefore not just a matter of speaking God’s word. It must be lived, and the life, when it is laid in the ground, produces much fruit; otherwise it will remain just the one grain of wheat.