Jesus continues teaching and encouraging His disciples before He is betrayed by Judas. View presentation: http://bibletalk.tv/jesus-final-teaching-part-2

1. Gospel of John
Jesus the God/Man
#24
Jesus' Final Teaching
Part 2
Mike Mazzalongo
BibleTalk.tv

2. Jesus prepares the Apostles for His departure…
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Washes their feet
Reveals the traitor
Prophecy about His death & resurrection
Promises His care

3. 1.
They should bear fruit.
15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the
2 Every branch in Me that does not
vinedresser.
bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch
that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may
bear more fruit.
- John 15:1-2

4. Jesus explains that…
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He is the only vine
We must be connected to Him
God prunes the vine
We produce or are cut away

5. 3 You
are already clean because of the word
4 Abide in Me, and I in
which I have spoken to you.
you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself
unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you
unless you abide in Me.
- John 15:3-4

6. 5 I
am the vine, you are the branches; he who
abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for
6 If anyone
apart from Me you can do nothing.
does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a
branch and dries up; and they gather them, and
cast them into the fire and they are burned.
- John 15:5-6

7. 7 If
you abide in Me, and My words abide in
you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done
8 My Father is glorified by this, that you
for you.
bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.
9 Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also
loved you; abide in My love.
- John 15:7-9

8. 10 If
you keep My commandments, you will abide
in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s
11 These
commandments and abide in His love.
things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be
12 “This
in you, and that your joy may be made full.
is My commandment, that you love one another,
just as I have loved you.
- John 15:10-12

9. Vine – Vinedresser - Branch
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You become a branch by faith.

10. Vine – Vinedresser - Branch
1. You become a branch by faith.
2.
Fruitfulness produced by faith and
obedience

11. Vine – Vinedresser - Branch
1. You become a branch by faith.
2. Fruitfulness produced by faith and obedience
3.
More faith & Obedience = More
fruitfulness

12. Vine – Vinedresser - Branch
1. You become a branch by faith.
2. Fruitfulness produced by faith and obedience
3. More faith & Obedience = More fruitfulness
4.
Less faith & Obedience = Less
fruitfulness

13. Vine – Vinedresser - Branch
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You become a branch by faith.
Fruitfulness produced by faith and obedience
More faith & Obedience = More fruitfulness
Less faith & Obedience = Less fruitfulness
5.
Faith & Obedience = Power in prayer

14. Vine – Vinedresser - Branch
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5.
You become a branch by faith.
Fruitfulness produced by faith and obedience
More faith & Obedience = More fruitfulness
Less faith & Obedience = Less fruitfulness
Faith & Obedience = Power in prayer
6.
Bearing fruit glorifies God

15. Vine – Vinedresser - Branch
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6.
You become a branch by faith.
Fruitfulness produced by faith and obedience
More faith & Obedience = More fruitfulness
Less faith & Obedience = Less fruitfulness
Faith & Obedience = Power in prayer
Bearing fruit glorifies God
7.
Joy + Love = Son + Father

16. 1. They should bear fruit.
2.
They should love each other.
12 “This
is My commandment, that you love one
13 Greater
another, just as I have loved you.
love has no one than this, that one lay down
his life for his friends.
- John 15:12-13

17. 14 You
are My friends if you do what I command
15 No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave
you.
does not know what his master is doing; but I have
called you friends, for all things that I have heard
from My Father I have made known to you.
- John 15:14-15

18. 16 You
did not choose Me but I chose you, and
appointed you that you would go and bear fruit,
and that your fruit would remain, so that
whatever you ask of the Father in My name He
17 This I command you, that you
may give to you.
love one another.
- John 15:16-17

19. 1. They should bear fruit.
2. They should love each other.
3.
They should persevere in ministry

20. 18 “If
the world hates you, you know that it has hated
19 If you were of the
Me before it hated you.
world, the world would love its own; but because
you are not of the world, but I chose you out of
the world, because of this the world hates you.
- John 15:18-19

21. 20 Remember
the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is
not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted
Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My
word, they will keep yours also.
- John 15:20

22. Jesus Warns of 5 Things
1.
The world will hate them.

23. Jesus Warns of 5 Things
1. The world will hate them.
2.
The world will reject them.

24. Jesus Warns of 5 Things
1. The world will hate them.
2. The world will reject them.
3.
The world will not recognize them.

25. Jesus Warns of 5 Things
1. The world will hate them.
2. The world will reject them.
3. The world will not recognize them.
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The world will persecute them.

26. Jesus Warns of 5 Things
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The world will hate them.
The world will reject them.
The world will not recognize them.
The world will persecute them.
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The world will not obey the Word.

27. 21 But
all these things they will do to you for My
name’s sake, because they do not know the One
who sent Me.
- John 15:21

28. 22 If
I had not come and spoken to them, they
would not have sin, but now they have no excuse
23 He who hates Me hates My Father
for their sin.
24 If I had not done among them the works
also.
which no one else did, they would not have sin; but
now they have both seen and hated Me and My
Father as well.
- John 15:22-24

29. 25 But they
have done this to fulfill the word that
is written in their Law, ‘THEY HATED ME
WITHOUT A CAUSE.’
- John 15:25

30. 26 “When
the Helper comes, whom I will send to
you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who
proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,
27 and you will testify also, because you have been
with Me from the beginning.
- John 15:26-27

31. Summary
Jesus prepares them for His departure by
encouraging them to:
1.Continue bearing fruit.
2.Continue loving each other.
3.Continue serving in ministry.