Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 22nd April 2025
Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 22nd April 2025 4/22 John 12:23-24 23 And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." When the Greeks who had come to worship at Passover asked to see Jesus, He knew His time had come. For the gospel to go into all the world, Jesus knew He would first have to be rejected by the Jews, die for the sins of the world, and be raised again. Jesus' vision was much bigger than being the king of the nation of Israel. He could see that He would reign in the hearts of people around the world. But He also knew it would not be all people. It would be a select group, those that would follow Him even when it meant to a cross (John 12:25-26). Jesus could see that the product of His sacrifice would be others who were willing to sacrifice this life and all its pleasures. They would follo...