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StudyTextJohn 151-17; 17:15-23; 1 John

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To equate holines with Ulrist-likthcss and reflectChrist in ourChristlikeLivingOutllneSpiritual Fnritfuln~sA. Abide in Christ Central Ttuth3, Abide in Christ's Love Genuine idenliflcation with Christ produces hoIy Iiving,2. Spiritual Union with a d s tk In theWorld, but Not of It Key Verse: John 15:5

) 8. Unitedwith Each Other I am he vine, ye are the branches.He hat abideth in me,3. Love for One Another and 1 in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; far without*+ ws lave me ye can do nothing (KJV).B, Loving One AnotherDisplayr Gods Lowe "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remaitss in meand I in him, he will kar much fruit; apart from me you cando nothing" (NIv).

PmparingtoTeach Introducing the Study2 Seltct qwon% kaming atmi- One line from the old hymn WhereHe h a d s I ' l l Follow daysties, and items f fWl heAdult of Christ, "He the great example is, a d attern for me." ThisR ~ ~ u ~ eo&t @aW 6-61) is a good ine to remember as we practiceholy living.We darethat will help flu fulflllyour not separate holy living from liviag like Jesus, from lettingI a o n obiectives, His example be our pattern for the way we live. Apart from

3 Fill out the Planning the S~~ our relationship with Him, humaa effort to live a holy life issheetWMtR ~ ~ u ~ ~n vain.As we reflect Jesus in our daily living, we show the holi-page 5). nevs God requires of us.-:OWhe case study 'Doug'sLJ~J~~~cc , "nd the wrk sheets Learning Ob/cebes"Holin~rsnd theWord,' "Jcsusan Lave," and "For Further At the end of this study, students will be abIe to:Study 13,* and the unit quiz 1. Acknowledge the necessity of abiding in Christ in order toM&/t Resou~emtktt, pages live a holy life.56-61 1. 2.Choose h 1 y o stay in unionwith Christ and live like Him.3. Accept that loving each other is enud to holy living.

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I 15:1. I am the t rue vine. and myFather i~ the husbandman,2. Every bra~~lchn me that bearetk not fruithe taktth away: and every bmnrh that bcarethfruit, ha purgeth it, that it may bring forth morefruit.5 , I am h e vine, ye xte the branches: He thatabideth in me. and I in him, the same bringtthforth much fruit: far without me ye can dnnothing,8. Htrein is my Father gl?rifred, that ye benrmuch fruit; so shall yo he my disciples.16.YE ave not chosen me, but I have chn-sen you, and ordained you. that ye should goand bring forth fruit, and that your fruit shouldremain: that wh;ltsoever ye shall ask of theFahe r in my name, hemay give it you.17. These things I cummund you, thar yelove one another.17:15. I pray not thar thou shouldest lakethem out of th e world, bur thar thou shouldtstkeep tkem from thc evil.16, They m not of the world, even as I amno t of the world.17, Sanctify them th~.ough thy truth: thyw ~ r ds truth.18. As thou hast sent me into the world,even so have I also sent then1 into th e world.19. And ftw their sakes I sanctify rnystrlf>t h x they also might be sanctified through thetruth.20. Neither pray I fur thme done, bur fu rtkem also which shall believe on me throughtheir word;21. That they all may be one; as thou,Father, art in me, nd I in thee, that they alsomay be one in us: thnt the world mny belitvtthat thou hast sent me.1 John 413, Hereby know we [hat wedwel l in him, and h e in us, b ~ c a u s e e hathgiven us of hi s Spirit.14, And we have seen and do testify hatth e Father gent the Son tu be th e Savior of theworld.IS,Whosoever shall confess that Jesus isth e Son of God, God dwelleth in bjm, and he

in God.16 , And we have known and believed thelove that God hath to us. God is love; and hethat dwblleth in love dwelleth in God, andGodin him,

15:1, "I am the true vine, and myFather is the gardener.2 .He cuts off every branch in me that bearsho fruit, while every branch that does be= fruith t prunes so that it will be even more fru;tful."

5 . "I am he vine; you are t h e branches. If aman ren~ainsn me nnd I in him, he will bearmuch fruir, a pw from me you ran do nothing."B. "This i~ tu my Father's glury, that youbear much fruit, showing ynurselves to be mydisciples."16."You did nor choose me. ut I chuse youand appoir~ted ou to go and bear fruit-fruitthat will last. Then the Father will give ywwhatever yw ask in my name.17. This is my command: Love tach othet"17:15. "My rayer i s not that you take themou t of h e wurld but that you prnt te t them fromth e evil one.16,They $t7: not of the world, even as 1 amnot of it .17. Sanctify Lhm by the truth; your wordis truh.18. As ynu sent me into th e world, 1 haveaenr them into the wolald.19.For them I sanctify myself, thar they t ~ omay be truly smctifitd.20. "My prnyer is no t fo r them done , I prayalso for those who will believe in me throughtheir message,21, that all of them may be one, ather, just

as you are in me and I am in you. May theyalsn be in us so h a t the world may believe thatyou have sent me."1 John 413, We know that we live in himnnd h e in us, because he has given us of hisSpirit.14,And we h ~ v eeen aild testify that th eFather has sent his Son n be th e Savior of thewol'ld.15,If anyone acknowledges thnt Jesus i s theSon of God, Gnd lives in him ~ n de in God.16. And so we knnw and rely on th e love

God has for us . Gnd is love. Whn tw r lives inlove lives in God, and God i n h i in

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John 151-8Ask: "Why doe^ holy Hvm'mg depend an our relationshipto Christ?" In John 15, Jesuoshowed dearly how necessaryHis presence is for us to liveholy lives. He did this by usingexamples that were familiar toHis listeners. The first one was

a vine (vcrut I), an exampledrawn from the Old Testament,God often pictured Israel as avine to which He gave greatcare.;- - . . -' - 3,:i\y,%T.: ~b -write 1

? the fallowing n f emc~ s.;: on he chalkboard or m s - Iparenq~~sk v o l u n ~o5 road these passages aloudto the class: Isaiah 5 :1-7

2 and Jmrninh 2:21.e;+zi.2;, ,Jesus showed the differencebetween himself and these OldTestament pictures by callin$himself '*the tfue vine" (John15:1, KJV). Unlike Israel-theOld Testament vine that failedGod-Jesus fulfilled Qod's plan.Jesus described the HeavenlyFather as the "husbarldman"

(verse 1, KJV; "gardener," Nrv),Like any good gardener, Heprunes some branches on thevine and cuts others from it irlorder to make the vine producemore fruit (verse 2).Jesus was talking about Hisfollowers' lives. He had alreadycleansed them (verse 3). Now Hema& it clear to them the n d o"abide" (verse 4, KJV; "remain,"NIV) n Hirn so they could pro-duce spiritual h i t in their lives.Bearing fruit without abiding in

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Him Is as impossible as a branchbearing fruit without being con-nected to the vine (verse 5 ) . Itis impossible to bear the fruitof holiness in our lives withoutremaining in Christ and follow-ing His txmpIe.

.. >'Y-,-s..,&r-.Tuching Tip 1: Hand 't the case study " IXQ ' s~lstance."Allow time furthe class to read the studyand re8pOnd to the ques-tions u he end.Then dis-&cum their answers. ,::,: 2:,s-:.*: