Jesus on how seeds germinate
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Remember who he was talking to. This was certainly not intended to be understood in the context of modern science, which hadn't been invented yet, but to be understood as his listeners understood it. When the seed is still part of the living plant, it is alive, but when it is detached from the living plant (to fall into the ground) it is no longer connected to the life-giving roots, and therefore is thought of as being without life.
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If we continue reading Jesus says "25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me." (NIV)
Jesus is not asking us to physically die, but to give up life as it currently exists to follow him. In this context, I don't believe he meant the seed physically dies, but it stops being a seed and becomes a plant.
In this way we must stop being what we are, and become a follower and servant of Christ.
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