"Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor."
During the sermon we had also utilized a clip from the film, "Gladiator." We viewed images of "eternal life" near the end of that film, but we also talked about the quote from Russell Crowe's character: "What we do in life echoes in eternity." Just prior to this video, those gathered discussed the various meaning and purpose of "eternal life" focusing on the key part of that passage about a grain of wheat needing to fall to the earth and die in order to bear fruit.
This video is the last part of the message when I then began to clarify and cast a vision for our community of faith to "bear fruit"...
[I apologize
for the poor sound quality and slightly truncated ending on this video.
After reciting the above quote, I ended with the prayer, "May it be so.
Amen."]
