Love One Another
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Key Verse 17: These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
V1-3
Why do you think Jesus calls himself the ‘True’ vine? (1) What is our role in the relationship with Jesus and the Father? What do God and Jesus do to let us bear fruit? (2,3)
V.4-6.
What does Jesus want us to do to bear fruit? (4,5) What will happen to those who do not abide in Jesus?(6) Why do you think it is to remember this truth?
V7-8
What does it mean practically to abide in Jesus?(7a) What privilege is given to those who remain in Jesus (7b)?
What happens when we bear fruit?(8) Why do you think it is important to think in this way when considering what it means to be a disciple of Jesus?
V9-11
How do we abide in Jesus' love?(10a) How was Jesus the example of this?(10b) What will we have to the full when we abide in Jesus’ love?(11)
V12-13
What is Jesus’ commandment?(12) What does it mean to love others as Jesus has loved us?(13)
V14-15
How can we be Jesus’s friends?(14) What is the difference between a servant and a friend?(15) If we want to know all that the Father has made known to Jesus what should we do?
V16-17
What does it mean that Jesus chose us rather than we chose him and why did he choose us?(16) What happens when we bear fruit?Why did Jesus command these things, and what does it show about the kind of fruit He wants us to bear? (17)