Greatest Life Investment Ever | RIOT Podcast Ep 102 | Christian Discipleship Podcast

Greatest Life Investment Ever is the topic that will be discussed today on RIOT Podcast, a Christian Discipleship Podcast.

In Episode 101 we unpacked John 12:1-19, we called that show Worship, Triumph, and Tears. In verses, 1-8 we saw Jesus visiting with Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, the highlight of those verses was when Mary anointed Jesus with costly perfume as an act of worship.

Then in vs 12, we went to the Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem where the people cried out Hosanna Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. We cross-referenced a verse and learned in Luke that Jesus was weeping for His people during this time. He loved them so much and yet they were still going to reject Him.

This week we are going to be back in John 12 with our reading of verses 20-36. We will see Jesus talking about His certain death to come. We will uncover some nugget verses like vs 25, He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Many people are greatly concerned about success but understand so little of its true nature. We want bigger, better, and longer lasting, but many times end up with what is smaller, worse, and short-lived.

It is much like running around doing everything you can do to catch your dream. You grab your piece of the dream and once you grab it you hold on to that dream, but life happens and it crumbles into small pieces of dust in your hands, like sand it runs through your fingers to the ground. The circle of life is hard and you wonder if there is more to this life.

Today, we are going to unpack Jesus teaching the people about how to invest in their life properly. He will teach us how to make the greatest investment in our life and why trusting Him with our dreams will always end better than them ending up crumbling in the end.

Read John 12:20-36

These Gentiles visitors either did not know of the danger surrounding Jesus or didn’t care. We have to commend them for wanting to see Jesus. The Jews would say they want to see a sign but, these men said we would see Jesus. The funny thing is there is no record that Jesus did talk with these men, but the message that He gave in the response contains the truth that all of us need.

A seed is weak and useless, but when it is planted, it dies and becomes fruitful. God’s children are like seeds. They are small and insignificant, but they have life in them, God’s life. However, that life can never be fulfilled unless we yield ourselves to God and permit Him to plant us.

Jesus knew that He was facing suffering and death, and His humanity responded to this ordeal. No doubt vs 27 says “His soul was troubled, not because He was questioning the Father's will, but because He was fully conscious of all that the cross involved.” Note after Jesus said His soul is troubled He did not say “What shall I do” but He said, “what shall I say.”

The Term Father glorify your name, got an audible reply from God. The Son's past life and ministry had glorified the Father, and Son's future suffering and death would glorify the Father. It is significant that the Father spoke to the Son at the beginning of Son’s ministry Matt 3:17 as the Son began his ministry and now as the son entered the last days before the cross.

Notice the people heard the sound but did not know the message that had been conveyed. Yet, if the voice was for their sakes and they could not understand it, what good was it? In that the voice assured Jesus, who was to die for their sakes, the voice was for their good. They heard him pray and a sound from heaven in response to that prayer.

As usual, the people did not understand what Jesus was teaching. They knew that Son of Man was a title for the Messiah, but they could not understand why the Messiah would be crucified. So they asked Jesus who is this Son of Man you are talking about. They understood Psalm 72:17, 89:36, 110:4, and Isa 9:7 all talk about the Messiah living forever. So in their minds, if He was the son of the man he could not be crucified.

In vs 35 Jesus brings up the “light is shining”, and they had better take advantage of this opportunity now and be saved. We met this image of light and darkness before John 1:4-9, 3:17-20; 8:12. By the simple step of Faith, these people could have passed out of spiritual darkness and into the light of salvation.

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