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The Investment of Your Life

John 12:20-36

– A Study on Spiritual Life –

See the article on John12:20-36 for answers.

Bible Study Questions

  1. 1.     What does the grain of wheat stand for?

    2.     What are the four characteristics of God that we must carefully remember to live rightly?

    3.     Describe the illustration of nature in your own words found in John 12:24.

    4.     What are the two applications of this verse?

    5.     Why did Jesus answer Andrew and Philip the way He did? (Look through 12:20-36).

    6.     How did Jesus follow this principle of the grain in the ground?

    7.     Did Jesus die by accident? How do we know?

    8.     Name two principles that we can draw from John 12:27-36.

    9.     How do Christians follow this principle of the grain in the ground?

    10.  What does it mean to ‘hate his life in this world?”

    11.  How can one gain more by releasing his life than holding onto it?

    12.  How many kernels of grain do you have if you invest it after one generation? Explain.

    13.  How do we practically allow our seed to fall into the ground?

    14.  Release your ‘seed’ into the ground right now.

    15.  How does love characterize the invested seed?

    16.  How can we trust God with something so precious as our life?

    17.  What is the best investment you can make for life? Since this investment is so important, how can you help others make this investment too?

See the message on John 12:20-36 for answers.


Other Gospel of John articles:

Introduction to Gospel of John: Purpose, Power (7 signs, miracles), Penetration (I Am), Plan (Outlines)
John 1:1-13 The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ *Bible Study Questions
John 2:1-11 The Great Transformation: Biblical Perspective on Drinking and Drugs *Bible Study Questions
John 2:12-25 Opening Up Our Lives: Intimacy with God * Bible Study Questions
John 5:18-23 Affirming Christ's Deity
John 5:19-20 Christian Living by Understanding Christ's Mind * Bible Study Questions
John 7:37-39 Rivers of Living Waters * Bible Study Questions
John 8:32 Finding Life in God's Word
John 10:30 I and Father are One
John 12:20-36 The Investment of Your Life * Bible Study Questions
John 14:6 Jesus is the Way, Truth and Life
John 15:1-2 A Word on Christian Suffering
John 15:1-17 Abiding in Him * Bible Study Questions
John 15:15-16 Genuine Friendship
John 19:17-30 Bible Study Questions


Biblical Foundations for Freedom

By Paul J. Bucknell


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