LESSON 2 The Garden of Gethsemane Living Education Online— THL135d: Unit 4
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“This is eternal life, that they may know You” (John 17:3)
The holy spirit is not a person, rather it is the essence of God, His character and power (John 14:26)
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Christ was the Word, the Creator, glorified with the Father "before the world was" (John 17:5)
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The Father is “the vinedresser”, Christ is the “true vine”, and we are “the branches” (John 15:1,5)
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Christ prayed that we would be “one” with Him and the Father in glory (John 17:22)
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The world hates Christ, since He is not of this world (John 15:18-19)
Christ says that God prunes those who bear fruit (John 15:2). What does He mean by pruning in this context?
Abraham was called a “friend of God” in James 2:23. How can we be called friends of Christ? (John 15:14)
? How do we bear much fruit? (John 15:8)
Why does the world hate Christ and those who follow Him? (John 15:18-25) How can we be sure we are “not of this world”? (John 17:14)
Christ prayed that His disciples would be one, as He and the Father are one. What does this mean in terms of our future? (John 17:11)
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How do we abide in Christ? (John 15:4) How do we allow God’s word to abide in us? (John 15:7) What does that look like in a practical sense?
Living Education Online— THL135d: Unit 4
“Thy Word have I hidden in my heart…” John 15:12-13
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
John 15:1-8 “...I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit…” John 14:15-18 “...I will not leave you orphans…”
John 16:22-24 “...whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you…” Psalm 41:9 “...my own familiar friend...has lifted up his heel against me…” John 17:20-23 “...that they may be one just as We are one…”
*All verses taken from NKJV unless otherwise noted