And You Also Will Bear Witness
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Key Verse 15:27: And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
V18-21
Why will the world hate us?(18-21) What does it mean to be of the world and be chosen out of the world by Jesus? (19) What is “the world”? What will those of the world do because they do not know Father?
v22-25
Why are those of the world guilty of their sin and have no excuse for their sin?(22,24) Why do those who hate Jesus also hate the Father? (23,24b) What does it mean ‘They hated me without a cause.’? (25)
V26-27
Even though the world may hate us and persecute us, what should we do(27)? Why? How will we be able to do these things?(26)
V16:1-4
Why is Jesus teaching us these things?(1&4) What will people think they are doing when they kill followers of Jesus?(2) Why do they think this way?(3)
In the previous passage (John 15:1-17), Jesus gave us the command to love one another. In today’s passage we learn that the world, and even those in the synagogue or church may hate us. Why do you think Jesus gave these two teachings together?