Fruit of the Death, That Jesus Christ died

Michael E. Wood
January 31, 2011

John 12:24, 25

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Whereas all true believers and followers of Jesus Christ are the fruit of the death that He died at Calvary, we are likewise partakers of His fullness and of His grace. Though in the midst of our day-to-day lives there are times of which we may lose the “Awe” of our first love for Christ; He is jealous for His glory and stirs our hearts to desire the same, leading us into the heights, depths, and widths of His love which matures us over time as we are enabled by the Holy Spirit to make use of the means of grace in our fight with remaining sin. And though our progress may seem slow, we are nevertheless encouraged as we witness His power to save us, setting free from self and sin, with no power but as He gives us, graciously by His command.

As fruit of the death that Jesus Christ died,
Born to give praise to the One crucified,
Losing our life and now hating our sin;
By Him who with blood did our victory win.

Regain now the ‘Awe’ of which you once had
In Jesus alone, who made our hearts glad
When He came from heaven, took sin in our place,
Revealing the glory of His precious face.

For He now reigns from heaven above
Transcending all trouble with infinite love;
And girds us with strength from grace unto grace
To fight the good fight and to finish our race.

So face now the conflict of sins to subdue
Transforming your mind by the words that are true
Which come by the Spirit of God to delight
In Jesus whose glory alone gives us light;
By which all our darkness of sin is displaced
By faith through the grace of the God of all grace!

As a side note; never underestimate how God may use you even when you are not aware of how He is using you. For in the writing of this poem, parts of it came from reading a recent post by my wife, entitled, “Modesty”, and a post on The Gospel Coalition Blog by Paul Tripp, entitled, “Lost in Awe”.