45 Days To Read The Gospel Challenge: The Gospel of John Chapter 15 – No Greater Love
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Transcript: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CHALLENGE
Step One. Start in the order of: the Gospel of John, Luke, Mark and Matthew for understanding.
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Step Two. Each lesson takes about 35 minutes to complete: 20 min to study the lesson and take the quiz. 15 minutes to read the Bible resource
It is recommended to read the entire post and then take the quiz before reading or listening to the bible resources. Each lesson is self-contained and includes all resources needed.
Step 3: You should complete two lessons a day. 5 Days a week in order to complete the “45 Days to Read The Gospel Challenge in 45 days”.
There is no law that says you have to complete these lessons in 45 days. You are free to work at your own pace. Study the lesson and take the quiz in the morning, and later listen to or read the bible resources.
Step 4: Get organize with pen and paper. Take notes. Each lesson contains: Header Sections (Table of Contents): (1) chapter summary, (2) objectives, (3) outline, (4) reflection question, (5) chapter highlights, (6) resources, (7) interactive quiz, and (8) a call to salvation.
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Isaiah 9:6 KJV“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son, is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
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Overview of The Gospel of John:
The Gospel of John is written by one of Jesus Christ’s disciples, John, the son of Zebedee. This Gospel is 21 Chapters long. John is described as the “Disciple of Whom Jesus loved”. It has been determined by biblical scholars that John wrote The Gospel of John (also known as “According to John”).
It was written around A.D. 80-90, about 50 years after he witnesses Jesus’ earthly ministry under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and as an eyewitness in composing the gospel. He is not John the Baptist. However, in this book, John the Baptist is discussed.
The Gospel of John explains who Jesus Christ is before creation. It establishes his deity as Creator of the World, The Father (I AM), and is the long-awaited Messiah, the Son of God in the flesh.
Its purpose is to explain that even though Jesus is the Creator and God (I AM), believers are to understand that Jesus is the Son of God that came in the flesh and yet while we were sinners, died for our sins and rose again to become Savior of the World-reconnecting us to God. That is why we pray to the father in Jesus Christ’s name.
Defeating death and sin by the shedding of his blood and life, Jesus gives the gift of everlasting life with repentance. That by believing you may have life in his name (20:31) John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
God is omnipresent meaning he can be in more than one place at the same time. He can be on earth (flesh) and in heaven (spirit) at the same time.
Revelation 19:6 “And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thundering, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.”
Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son, is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Gospel of John Chapter 15 – No Greater Love
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45 Days To Read The Gospel Challenge: Gospel of John Chapter 15 – No Greater Love
Time: 35 minutes to complete lesson: 20 minutes to read the entire post and take the interactive quiz, additional 15 minutes to review video resources and comment on social media.
Overview of Chapter Fifteen
In this lesson on John Chapter 15, students will explore Jesus’ words of comfort and instruction to His disciples as He prepares for His approaching death. This chapter emphasizes the importance of remaining connected to Jesus, who is the source of life, and highlights His unparalleled love for His followers. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the themes of faithfulness, love, and spiritual connection to Christ.
In John Chapter 15, Jesus continues to prepare His disciples for His departure, urging them to remain faithful and to stay on the path He has set. He describes Himself as the true vine, with His followers as the branches, emphasizing that they must stay connected to Him to bear fruit. Jesus also teaches that there is no greater love than His, as He is willing to lay down His life for His friends.
Through these words, Jesus reassures His disciples of His love and life-giving power, encouraging them to remain rooted in Him and to love one another as He has loved them.
Objectives Chapter Fifteen (You will learn…)
A. Explain why Jesus warns the disciples to bear fruit, noting that those who do will be pruned to bear even more.
B. Understand the requirements Jesus sets for His disciples to have their requests fulfilled.
C. Recognize why Jesus calls believers His friends and the depth of His love for them.
Outline for Chapter Fifteen
A. Jesus continues to talk with the disciples with wisdom and about prophecy to be fulfilled: He is the true vine.
B. The mutual love of Christ and his members. They may pray in his name and expect answers and kept promises.
C. He comforts them in view of persecution.
D. The office of the Holy Spirit, and of the apostles.
Reflection
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FREE Resources For This Lesson
Click here for the text (pdf), mobile reading on the web King James Bible Online (KJV), and You Tube audio and video of Gospel of John Chapter 15. (7 min) Part One and Part Two.
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Highlights of The Gospel of John- Chapter Fifteen (KJV)
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Chapter Fifteen (KJV) Answers to Objectives and Activity-Questions.
A. Jesus warns the disciples to bear fruit or they are not profitable. The ones that bear fruit will be purgeth to bear more fruit. John 15:1-6
1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2Every branch in me that bear not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that bearh fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abide in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
B. Jesus requirements of the disciples in order for him to fulfil their requests, when they pray in his name? Jesus is the Creator. John 15-5-8,10 The world was made by him and the world knew him not.
5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideh in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
C. Jesus has called us his friends. Friends whom he loves. No greater love than his because he lay down his life for his friends. He commands that we love each other. John 15:11-17
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17These things I command you, that ye love one another.
D. Jesus states that the world will hate you as it hated him. he will send the comforter to believers. He is the spirit of truth. The Holy Spirit will testify of Jesus. Believers are to testify of Jesus as well. The servant is not greater than his lord.
18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Interactive Quiz
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#1. Given this scripture John 15:2 KJV, Complete the following question by selecting the BEST answer from the list below. Jesus meant that he was the vine that produced fruit (the disciples). Therefore, what type of fruit did he want the disciples to produce?
#2. Is the following scripture true or false? Select your answer below. John 15:16 (KJV) 16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
#3. Given this scripture John 15:14 KJV, Complete the following question by selecting the BEST answer from the list below. Jesus called us friends if we do what ? Hint: Jesus is the sacrifice, there is no need for another sacrifice.
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#1. Given this scripture John 15:2 KJV, Complete the following question by selecting the BEST answer from the list below. Jesus meant that he was the vine that produced fruit (the disciples). Therefore, what type of fruit did he want the disciples to produce?
#2. Is the following scripture true or false? Select your answer below. John 15:16 (KJV) 16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
#3. Given this scripture John 15:14 KJV, Complete the following question by selecting the BEST answer from the list below. Jesus called us friends if we do what ? Hint: Jesus is the sacrifice, there is no need for another sacrifice.
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Call to salvation:
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Romans 10:9-10 9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
John 3:5-6 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.
