*The Grain of Wheat*
`“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, itbeareth much fruit.” John 12:24`
How could God’s only begotten Son become His first begotten? The method is explained in the above verse. Who was that grain? It was the Lord Jesus. In the whole universe God put His one grain of wheat into the ground and it died, and in resurrection the only begotten grain became the first begotten grain, and from the one grain there have sprung many grains.
In respect of His divinity, the Lord Jesus remains uniquely _“the only begotten Son of God.”_ Yet there is a sense in which, from the resurrection onward through all eternity, He is also the first begotten; and His life from that time is found in many brethren. _For we who are born of the Spirit are madethereby “partakers of the divine nature”_ (2 Peter 1:4)
_We have “received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God” (Romans 8:15–16)_. It was by the way of the cross that the Lord Jesus made it possible. Therein was the heart of God satisfied; for in the Son’s obedience unto death, the Father has secured His many sons. It is the eldest Son, the first begotten who by His death and resurrection, has wrought into God’s family so many of us, and so in the same verse He uses this very name for them, calling them _“my brethren.”_ By doing this He affirms that He _“is not ashamed to call them brethren”(Hebrews 2:11)._
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin