John 15, Lesson #22
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“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
John 15 (Lesson #22)
Jesus Prepares the Apostles for His Departure
Washes their feet
Reveals the traitor
Prophecy regarding His death and resurrection
Promises His care
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are cl
He is the only vine
We must be connected to Him
God prunes the vine
We produce or are cut away
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Question #1:
What does Jesus mean by "abide in me" (John 15:4-7), and what are practical, everyday ways a Christian can abide in Christ?
By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Vine - Vinedresser - Branch
You become a branch by faith
Fruitfulness produced by faith and obedience
More faith and obedience = more fruitfulness
Less faith and obedience
= less fruitfulness
Faith and Obedience = Power in Prayer
Bearing Fruit Glorifies God
Question #3
How does Christ's sacrificial love set the standard for how members of the church should treat one another? (John 15:12-13)
You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Question #4
In John 15:15, What is the significance of this shift from servant to friend, and how should it shape our relationship with Christ today?
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Question #5
What does it mean that Christians are "chosen" for fruit-bearing, and what fruit is Christ referring to here? (John 15:16).
