Abiding in Christ ~ Pastor Solomon Liu
Dec 25, 2015
John 15:9 – 17 (NIV)
9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
John 15:9 – 17 (NIV)
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
John 15:9 – 17 (NIV)
15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15:9 – 17 (NIV)
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
17 This is my command: Love each other.
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“By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.”
~ John 15:8 (NASB)
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happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too
“A priest
a Levite
~ Luke 10:31-32
when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side…”
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1. Loving is our _____________ .primary calling2. Loving is the __________
___________.essence of
discipleship
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“Greater love has no one than this that He lay down his life for His friends.”
~ John 15:13
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1. Loving is our _____________ .primary calling2. Loving is the __________
___________.essence of
discipleship
3. Loving is an _______________________ .
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“Greater love has no one than this that He lay down his life for His friends.”
~ John 15:13
Abiding in Christ
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.”
~ John 15:9-10
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If he remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” ~ John 15:5
that runs from the Vine into the branch. The branch lives, grows, and bears fruit not by ________ and effort but simply by _______.”
~ Charles Stanely
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“The Vine is Christ, I am the branch. The Holy Spirit is the ___
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