THE TRUE VINE

LESSON NINE

Student Instructions:

1. Read the Gospel of John, chapters 15 and 16.
2. Read the lesson on this page.
3. Answer the questions in Exam 9.

Lesson 9

HOW TO BE CLEAN, chapter 15

Jesus is like a vine or tree trunk that gives life to the branches. However, in order to be close to Christ, it is necessary to be clean. Sin contaminates and defiles our heart, and God hates sin. How then can we be close to Christ?

In verse 3, we read that we can be made clean through the Word. Christ teaches many things about God in the Gospel of John. Remember that he is called the Word of God in chapter 1. These lessons and the Gospel of John will help you to know that the Word of God makes you clean.

In verse 18, we find that no one has greater love than he who gives his life for his friends. There are not many people who would be willing to give their lives for a friend. And an even more rare thing, Christ gave His life for His enemies. The love of Christ is greater than the love of any human.

In spite of all this, many people hate God and are against His Son. He that is against God is against Christ. Christ is the only begotten Son of God and the only way to God the Father.

CHRIST TEACHES THE DISCIPLES, chapter 16

The work of the Holy Spirit is to comfort or console those who believe in Christ (v. 7). The work of the Holy Spirit is also to make the world recognize sin (v. 8). If you realize that you are a sinner, believe in Christ now.

The Father has given all things to the Son (v. 15). For this reason, we know that God loves the Son. As a result, to receive Christ is to receive God, to reject Christ, is to reject God.

Again in verse 28, the Lord says clearly that He has come from the Father and would return to the Father. Christ is the only Son of God, and He is the only Savior of the world. The disciples believed that Christ knew all things and had come from God (v. 30). Do you believe this?

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