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Jesus’s Intimate Prayer to His Father John 17. BSF Lesson 22

If you were about to die, what would be your parting words? Would it be about how to distribute your inheritance, what to do about your possessions, or how to take care of your burial? Today, we read what Jesus said in His prayer before His imminent crucifixion. He prayed for God's glory, for his disciples, and for all His followers who would know Jesus by their testimony. Jesus prayed a triumphant prayer knowing a Kingdom was born by His Atonement on the Cross.

Doctrine: Prayer

Attribute: Accessible

Subject sentence: Jesus prayed for Himself, His disciples, and all future believers.

Aim: Jesus passionately seeks God’s glory and the good of His people

Divisions:

 I. Jesus prayed for Himself and God’s glory. (John 17:1-5)

 II. Jesus prayed for His disciples. (John 17:6-19)

III. Jesus prayed for all future believers. (John 17:20-26)

Principles:

Jesus glorified God by dying for humanity.

Jesus secures and sanctifies those who put their faith in Him.

Jesus unifies all believers to display His glory to the world.

The Holy Spirit's Ministry John 15:26- 16:33.

The work of the Holy Spirit is not often talked about or explained in the modern church. This week, we are looking at Jesus's promise of the Holy Spirit and how the Holy Spirit enables us to move forward in the vibrant discipleship and sanctification in our spiritual maturation that only He can undertake for us.

Look at the five "He will" statements from Jesus as He describes what the Holy Spirit will do in verses 13-15:

1. He will guide you into all truth

2. He will not speak on his own

3. He will speak only what he hears

4. He will tell you what is yet to come

5. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine.

This talk will help us understand the power and gift of the Counselor, the Spirit of Truth, who will testify of Christ to our hearts and minds and lead us into being a People of God's Kingdom.

Lesson Framework:

Doctrine: The Trinity

Attribute: Omnipresent

Big Aim: The Holy Spirit convicts the world and leads believers to triumph.

Subject sentence: Jesus prepares His disciples for coming Spirit and overcoming joy.

Principles:

The Holy Spirit reveals the truth about sin and salvation.

The Holy Spirit gives believers peace while living in a troubled world.

Divisions:

 I. The Holy Spirit convicts about sin and illuminates truth. (John 15:26–16:15)

II. The Holy Spirit comforts believers with overcoming peace. (16:16-33)

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Lesson 20 Scripture: John 15:1-25, Union with Christ

The Doctrine of the Church

Focus Verse

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)

Outline

● The Vine and the Branches – John 15:1-17

● The Hatred of the World – John 15:18-25

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit. John 14:14-31 Lesson 19

Big Idea/ Aim: The Holy Spirit transforms believers from the inside out

How do you understand the role of the Holy Spirit? Who is He and how does He work in our lives as believers? Jesus tells us that He will not leave us as orphans, that He will send the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, and the Spirit of Jesus.

Divisions:

 I. Jesus promised Life Transforming Knowledge (John 14:15-21)

 II. Jesus explained Life Transforming Loving Obedience (John 14:22-26)

III. Jesus promises Life Transforming Peace (John 14:27-31)

Principles:

The indwelling Holy Spirit enables believers to know and love God.

The indwelling Holy Spirit empowers believers to obey God.

The indwelling Holy Spirit fills believers with overcoming peace and praise.

Applications:

1. What is your relationship with the Holy Spirit? Does He live within you? What do you ask of Him in prayer?

2. How has the Holy Spirit illuminated Scripture or revealed truth about God to you? (“He will lead you into all truth, bring to remembrance everything I have taught you…”)

3. For what current struggle are you asking for Holy Spirit’s peace? For what do you ask for wisdom, insight, power to overcome, strength to constantly mobilize, and see things as God sees and not framed by your social media, news outlets, or even your pastor?

Jesus Announces His Departure and Return Lesson 18 John 13:31- 14:14

Doctrine: The second coming of Christ

Attribute: Glorious

Aim: Jesus’s words of truth speak comfort to troubled hearts. Jesus will return to claim His people.

Divisions:

 I. Jesus is glorified by the Love He demonstrates from the Father. (John 13:31-38)

II. Jesus is the hope of a glorious future in God’s Kingdom for every believer. (John 14:1-14)

Subject sentence: Jesus prepares His troubled disciples with comforting truth and promises.

Principles:

Jesus walks with His beloved children through troubling times.

Only Jesus can bring true comfort to troubled hearts.

Christ calls disciples to love one another and to continue His work

Applications:

1. What challenges are you facing this week that invite you to depend on Jesus?

2. In what ways are you questioning Jesus’s purposes in troubling situations you face today? How might the truth about Jesus’s return change your perspective?

Jesus Washes His Disciples Feet - John 13:1-30, Lesson 17

Have you washed someone's feet before? What is Jesus teaching us here through his last teaching meeting with the disciples, around the Lord's Supper before He ascends to the Cross. What did Jesus want us to do as His Kingdom people?

AIM: God is glorified through his servants' sacrificial love for others.

Divisions:

1. God's Glorious Love Revealed 13:1-17

2. God's Glorious Love Rejected 13:18-30

Principle 1: Jesus' sacrificial love reveals God's glory to the world.

Principle 2: Rejecting God's glorious love leads to darkness.

Applications: 

1. What hinders you from following Jesus’s example and humbly serving others? 

2. How do the whispered lies of the enemy distract you from full devotion to Jesus?

Jesus's Anointing and Arrival into Jerusalem John 12 Lesson 16

We read this week about Mary's anointing Jesus's feet with her hair. Her humble and worshipful posture contrasts with Judas's stingy regret and false rationale that the money spent on the perfume could have been used for the poor. Judas cared little for the poor. As a keeper of the moneybag, he was thinking of himself and had little interest in the things of Jesus aside from what he could get out of it. So much of the Church lives these way: one feet wanting to follow Jesus but one feet in the world loving its ways.

Jesus enters Jerusalem at an important feast week of the Passover. But He enters the city in a way that is highly unusual: riding on young donkey. Why does He enter this way? How might this be a picture of Jesus's coming to you?

AIM: Jesus' extravagant forgiveness offered in the cross is worthy of our extravagant sacrifice

I. Jesus is worthy of costly worship (12:1-11)

a. Sacrificial anointing at His feet [1-6]

b. Greedy false objections   [7-11]

II. Jesus is worthy of our praise (12:12-19)

a. Triumphant entry [12-16]

b. Allegiance Clarified [17-19]

III. Jesus is worthy of our faith (12:20-50)

a. Jesus teaches about His hour [20-36]

b. Jesus' final invitation to faith [37-50]

PRINCIPLES:

1.True worship involves devotion and sacrifice

2.Jesus the King deserves our undivided attention and full worship

3. Having genuine faith in Jesus results in dying to self and preparing our lives for bearing Godly fru

Lazarus is Raised from the Death. John 11 Lesson 15

John 11 tells us about the Resurrection power of Jesus over death and His divine ability to give us new life. Jesus is the God we have always read about in the Old Testament who made the world (Heb1) and everything in it. He is the exact representation of the Father, glorious in manifesting to all creation the wondrous nature of God the Father. This is the Trinitarian concept that most Christians have a weak grasp of. In John 1:18, John reminds us as part of his Thesis statement that "No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made Him known." Jesus taught in our lesson last week, that He and the Father are one; if you had seen Jesus, you had seen the Father.

This week, study the 5th "I Am" statement Jesus make about His identity: "I AM the Resurrection and the Life."

Doctrine: Resurrection

Attribute of God: Omnipotent

Big idea: Jesus’s resurrection power over death

Aim: Jesus’s resurrection power overcomes death.

Divisions:

I. Jesus learned of Lazarus’s illness but delayed seeing him. (John 11:1-16) 

II. Jesus challenged Mary and Martha’s faith and raised Lazarus from death. (John 11:17-44) 

III. Caiaphas initiated a plot to murder Jesus. (John 11:45-57)

Principles:

Desperate circumstances provide opportunities to strengthen our faith and reveal God’s glory.

Only Jesus gives new life to dead hearts.

God ultimately overrules everyone and everything opposed to Him

Applications:

1. When has a delayed answer to prayer stretched your faith and proved God’s faithfulness?

2. What evidence do you see of Christ’s resurrection life working within you?

3. How have you seen God accomplish His purposes even when people oppose Him?

Jesus, the Good Shepherd John 10 BSF Lesson 14

Read Psalm chp 23 in conjunction with this important study. Jesus says He is the Good Shepherd. David prophesied about the Messiah, the Son of God and described Him in very unique ways, by terms and analogies like this that the world has never heard of God being described in before. After listening to this lecture, explain for yourself what a Shepherding God means?

AIM: Jesus the perfect shepherd loves, leads, and guards His sheep now and eternally.

I. The True Shepherd John 10:1-10

a.Knows and Calls [v. 1-3]

b.Guides [v.4-6]

c.Protects and Provides [v7-10]

II. The Good Shepherd John 10:11-21

a. Lays down his life [v. 11-13]

b Unites sheep pens [v.14-17]

c. Authority to minister live [v18]

III. The Divine Shepherd John 10:22-42

a. Jesus’ claims as God's Son [v. 22-30]

b. The people’s anger and disbelief of the evidence [v.31-42)

Principles:

Jesus is the Shepherd who knows and loves His own

Jesus is the Shepherd who is good to all His sheep

Jesus is the Shepherd who secures believers forever