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Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:24

John 12:24 Let us try to grasp this principle in its simplicity and strength. In nature "a corn of wheat" is what it is itself alone. The burial in the ground and death make a wondrous change in the wheat; it is no longer itself alone; it gathers more, it multiplies itself, it comes out, associated with and increased into many things like itself. "It bringeth forth much fruit." Just so with the kingdom of grace. Death is essential to all augmentation; whatever does not undergo death, is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:26

John 12:26 The Ascension, our Glory and Joy I. All the mysteries of the "Word made flesh," have their special comfort for us, and so has the mystery of the Ascension. It were little for us, compared to this, that God the Son had taken our nature, if then (as misbelievers said of old) it had been dissolved into the majesty and glory of God, and had ceased to be, although in God. And so our whole union with God would have been forfeited. Christ would have ceased to be, and the Incarnation of God... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:27

John 12:27 A peculiar interest must ever attach to these words in the record of the events that led up to, and immediately preceded, the passion of our Lord. It is impossible to read this incident in St. John's narrative, without being struck by its intensely graphic features, and its inimitable originality. It has been compared to one of those deep fissures in the crust of the earth's surface, which enable us to fathom the depths below. The Speaker suffers us to look down into the inmost... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:28

John 12:28 The craving of sinfulness is for self-glorification. The thirst of godliness is for the glory of God. He who sees God's Name and comprehends it, hears God's Name and understands it, looks at it and reads it, listens to God's Name and rejoices in it, and sees in his own name part of God's Name, will ever cry "Father, glorify Thy Name." And as those whom Jesus Christ leads and governs are saved from sin, and are taught to live according to godliness, this is the aspiration of their... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:29

John 12:29 Misinterpretation of the Voice of God I. When we read the history of our Blessed Lord's first coming into the world, and thoroughly realise who He was that came, it is almost impossible not at times to feel that it must have been a very severe trial for the men of that generation to believe on Him. It was no advantage, but a stern sifting of soul, to have looked on Christ face to face. Why did God so disguise Himself? Why did He not make it easier to recognise Him? Observe: (1) that... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:32

John 12:32 I. In these words our Lord foretells the gathering out and knitting "together of His mystical body, which is the Church. From the time of His ascension into heaven, and the shedding abroad of the Holy Ghost, He has been working unseen upon the spirits of mankind; He has been drawing together the living stones of His spiritual house. He has been working out this great all-comprehending aim the perfection of His Church. There has been not a change, but a growth; as the springing or... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:32-33

John 12:32-33 The Atonement I. Christ came to remit sin the debt incurred by man to his God. Punishment, as St. Paul speaks of it, is not an arbitrary penalty for sin, having no direct reference to the sin; but it flows directly from the offence, even as a plant from the seed that is sown. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." We suffer for every sin of our own; for every sin of those whose influence has been directly or indirectly upon us. The punishment of sin is not remitted,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:23-24

DISCOURSE: 1671OUR LORD’S VIEWS OF HIS OWN DEATHJohn 12:23-24. Jesus answered them, saying. The hour is come, that the Son of Man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.THE nearer our Lord’s death approached, the more he delighted to speak of it. So far from regarding it as an object of terror, he was longing for its accomplishment. To his Disciples he had frequently... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:26

DISCOURSE: 1672THE BENEFIT OF FOLLOWING CHRISTJohn 12:26. If any man sense me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.THE Christian’s life is certainly a life of difficulty and self-denial, not only as being contrary to our natural inclinations, but as exposing us to the contempt and hatred of an ungodly world. From the very days of Cain to this present moment, the wicked have hated, reviled, and persecuted the just. The... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:27-28

DISCOURSE: 1673CHRIST’S RESIGNATIONJohn 12:27-28. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name.THE sight of one in affliction necessarily produces some emotion of pity in our breasts, if we be not dead to all the feelings of humanity. But if there be majesty in distress, and that majesty be accompanied with consummate goodness, we take a deeper interest in all the circumstances exhibited to our... read more

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:24

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:26

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:27

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:28

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:29

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:32

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:32-33

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:23-24

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:26

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:27-28

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