3106.-Dying to Live by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 26, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 16.

3106.—Dying to Live

By Editor

Please explain 2 Cor. 15:36, "That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die." O. R. G.

Our querist evidently means 1 Cor. 15:36. There are but thirteen chapters in 2 Corinthians. The expression is used of the apostle referring to that which was supposed to be known by almost every one, the sowing of grain. If the wheat that is cast into the ground did not die, it would simply remain there as in the granary, bringing forth no fruit whatsoever; but it dies, and the germ within the seed is released. That is true in the Christian life. Our Lord Himself teaches it in John 12:24, 25: "Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit;" and this is the lesson. "He that loveth his life shall lose it." A man that endeavors to gather everything to himself, loses all that he tries to hold; but the man who gives his life for God, shall receive from Him eternal life. The term "quicken" means "live." That which thou sowest is not quickened, does not come to life, except it die. Man's whole life must be given up to God; he must die to sin in order that he may have the life hereafter.