Love-Hate Relationships John 15 1 16 4 Enriko

Love-Hate Relationships John 15: 1– 16: 4 Enriko Stigter

How do we live as faithful disciples of Christ?

1 I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. 2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit. 3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.

4 What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad? 5 Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.

6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it. ” 7 The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it. ” 7 The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

I. Be connected to Christ to glorify the Father and love others (1 -17) A. We need to be connected with Christ to glorify God (1 -11)

I. Be connected to Christ to glorify the Father and love others (1 -17) A. We need to be connected with Christ to glorify God (1 -11) B. Christ’s love teaches us to love one another (12 -17)

II. Expect hate from unbelievers because they do not know God (15: 18– 16: 4) A. We will be hated because we are different (18 -20)

II. Expect hate from unbelievers because they do not know God (15: 18– 16: 4) A. We will be hated because we are different (18 -20) B. We will be hated because people do not know God (21 -16: 4)

How do we live as faithful disciples of Christ? Pursue Love, Expect Hate

Extra Slides Not Used in the Sermon. . .

John 15: 1– 16: 4 Jesus Prepares the Disciples for His Absence Last Discourse Part 2

The Branch Metaphor in John 15…

I am the Vine… (15: 1)

What is the “fruit”?

The pruning metaphor is not easy to understand. . .

John 15: 2 “He cuts off (lifts up) every branch in me that bears no fruit while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ”

But what is the branch thrown away and burned in verse 6?

A Closer Look at John 15: 1 -6 Issues Arminian Calvinist Partakers Derickson “The Father ai; rw” (2 a) “branch… that does not bear fruit” (2 b) “in me” (2 c) “cuts off” = loses salvation Christian who stops believing “cuts off” = disciplines Unbeliever who never believed Adjective that modifies the noun: “branch in me” Adverb that modifies the verb: “does not bear fruit in me” “lifts up” = cares for Christian who stops believing Adjective that modifies the noun: “branch in me”

A Closer Look at John 15: 1 -6 Issues “The Father prunes” (2 d) Arminian Discipline of believers in contrast to judgment of former believers in v. 2 a “You are Saved already clean” (3) “thrown Judgment away & by loss of burned” salvation (6) Calvinist Discipline of believers in contrast to judgment of professing believers in v. 2 a Partakers Derickson Discipline of believers in same sense as loving care of believers in v. 2 a Refers only Saved to disciples’ salvation ? Judgment Discipline by never by death having and loss salvation of rewards Discipline of believers in same sense as loving care of believers in v. 2 a Saved Loving care to gain fruitfulness

A Suggested John 15 Sermon Subject: How can you be most effective for Christ? I. Depend on Christ (15: 1 -11) II. Love other believers (15: 12 -17) III. Accept hate from the world (15: 18– 16: 4)

What is your “fruit that will last”?

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