Audio Link Loving Jesus John 21:15-25, Remsen Bible Fellowship, 08-09-2020 Introduction 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. John 12:24 Do you want to live a fruitful life? Do you want your life to count for something, to have not been a waste? Jesus says there is a path to a fruitful and meaningful life, but it’s not the path we’d choose: the path to eternal fruit is the path of death. The German pastor Deitrich Bonhoeffer famously wrote that, “when Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” Is this how you conceive of Christianity? Is this what it means for you to trust in Jesus, to follow him? If not, then to be frank you may need to reconsider whether you have met the Jesus of this book. Such bold calls are laced throughout the gospel narratives. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of