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.
JOHN 12:24
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The LORD JESUS knew HE+ was the Bread of Life, the true Manna sent down from Heaven.
HE+ knew HE+ was the Living Bread that would sustain us in Life.
Furthermore, HE+ was the ONLY Bread given that COULD nourish the Flock of GOD.
The Straight and Narrow Path
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And JESUS
answered them, saying,
The hour is come,
that the SON+ of Man
should be glorified.
JOHN 12:23
Literal Greek: The hour has come in order that The SON+ of Man should be glorified.
HE+ went not to the left nor to the right.
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
in the sure and certain HOPE
of the RESURRECTION unto ETERNAL LIFE
through JESUS CHRIST our LORD.
at Whose+ Coming in Glorious Majesty will judge the world; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in HIM+ shall be changed, and made like unto His+ Glorious Body; according to the mighty working whereby HE+ is able to subdue all things unto Himself+.
ASH WEDNESDAY is the beginning of the traditional 40-day Lenten Fast in Preparation for the GREAT and FINAL PASSOVER.
It begins today, on the traditional observance of Valentine’s Day.
On Valentine’s Day, it is nice to remember others and express our love for them to them. Who doesn’t like to receive those sweet endearments from others ?
But in our Expressions of Love to our loved ones, let us not neglect to express our Love for JESUS CHRIST Who+ died for us . . . because HE+ loved us.
Let us remember His+ days of heart-preparation HE+ made as HE+ set His+ Face to go to Jerusalem for His+ Crucifixion.
The inner battle HAD to be agonizing, as His+ prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane reveal. For HE+ knew what suffering awaited His+ Flesh.
His+ GREATEST Temptation may have been this:
