Love-Hate Relationships

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Love-Hate Relationships John 151164 Enriko
Stigter
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How do we live as faithful disciples of Christ?
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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. 
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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. 
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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.
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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.
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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)
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• I. Be connected to Christ to glorify the Father
  and love others (1-17)
• We need to be connected with Christ to glorify
  God (1-11)
• Christs love teaches us to love one another
  (12-17)

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• II. Expect hate from unbelievers because they do
  not know God (1518164)
• We will be hated because we are different (18-20)

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• II. Expect hate from unbelievers because they do
  not know God (1518164)
• We will be hated because we are different (18-20)
• We will be hated because people do not know God
  (21-164)

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How do we live as faithful disciples of
Christ? Pursue Love, Expect Hate
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Extra Slides Not Used in the Sermon...
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John 151164
Jesus Prepares the Disciples for His
Absence Last Discourse Part 2
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The Branch Metaphor in John 15
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I am the Vine (151)
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What is the fruit?
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The pruning metaphor is not easy to understand...
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John 152

• 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.
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But what is the branch thrown away and burned in
verse 6?
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A Closer Look at John 151-6
Issues Arminian Calvinist Partakers Derickson
The Father airw (2a) cuts off loses salvation cuts off disciplines lifts up cares for lifts up cares for
branch that does not bear fruit (2b) Christian who stops believing Unbeliever who never believed Christian who stops believing Christian who stops believing
in me (2c) Adjective that modifies the noun branch in me Adverb that modifies the verb does not bear fruit in me Adjective that modifies the noun branch in me Adjective that modifies the noun branch in me
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A Closer Look at John 151-6
Issues Arminian Calvinist Partakers Derickson
The Father prunes (2d) Discipline of believers in contrast to judgment of former believers in v. 2a Discipline of believers in contrast to judgment of professing believers in v. 2a Discipline of believers in same sense as loving care of believers in v. 2a Discipline of believers in same sense as loving care of believers in v. 2a
You are already clean (3) Saved Refers only to disciples salvation ? Saved Saved
thrown away burned (6) Judgment by loss of salvation Judgment by never having salvation Discipline by death and loss of rewards Loving care to gain fruitful-ness
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A Suggested John 15 Sermon

• Subject How can you be most effective for Christ?

1. Depend on Christ (151-11)
2. Love other believers (1512-17)
3. Accept hate from the world (1518164)

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What is your fruit that will last?
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