ABIDING DISCIPLESHIP 101

John 15:8

“By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; showing yourselves to be My disciples.”

PREACHERS’ CHECKLIST

                  1.                Don't mention hell

                  2.                Don't challenge their sin

                  3.                Don't offend them

                  4.                Don't go too deep

                  5.                Get them to come back

ABIDING: to remain steadfast

Resting in him, depending on him, drawing life from him

John 15:1-2 NKJV

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.”

John 14:31 NKJV

“…Arise, let us go from here.”

Isaiah 5:1-2

“I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. 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.”

John 15:2 NKJV

“Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away...”

TAKE AWAYS: ARIO

1. lifting up

2. raising up

3. pulling up

4. take away

John 15:2b

“…and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”

John 13:34-35 NKJV

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

PRUNE: to cleanse Kathario (catharsis)

To cleanse

John 15:3 NKJV

“You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.”

John 13:7-11 NKJV

Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.” Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.” Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.” For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”

ABIDING DISCIPLES

1. READ & FEED

2. GO & GROW

3. LOVE UNTIL THE END

John 13:1 NKJV

“…Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.”

John 15:4-5 NKJV

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”

John 15:6 NKJV

“If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.”

Matthew 5:13-16 NKJV

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Galatians 5:18-23

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control

John 15:7-8 NKJV

“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.”

Colossians 3:16-17 NKJV

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

John 8:31-32 NKJV

“Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”