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John 15:18-16:33
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15:18“If the world hates you,
keep in mind that it hated me first.
15:19If you belonged to the
world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world,
but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
15:20Remember what I told
you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
15:21They will treat you this
way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
15:22If I had not come and
spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse
for their sin.
15:23Whoever hates me hates
my Father as well.
15:24If I had not done among
them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they
have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
15:25But this is to fulfill
what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
15:26“When the Advocate
comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out
from the Father—he will testify about me.
15:27And you also must
testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
16:1“All this I have told you
so that you will not fall away.
16:2They will put you out of
the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think
they are offering a service to God.
16:3They will do such things
because they have not known the Father or me.
16:4I have told you this, so
that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I
did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,
16:5but now I am going to him
who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
16:6Rather, you are filled
with grief because I have said these things.
16:7But very truly I tell
you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate
will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
16:8When he comes, he will
prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:
16:9about sin, because people
do not believe in me;
16:10about righteousness,
because I am going to the Father, where you can see me
no longer;
16:11and about judgment,
because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
16:12“I have much more to say
to you, more than you can now bear.
16:13But when he, the Spirit
of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his
own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to
come.
16:14He will glorify me
because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.
16:15All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive
from me what he will make known to you.”
16:16Jesus went on to say, “In
a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will
see me.”
16:17At this, some of his
disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while
you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and
‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
16:18They kept asking, “What
does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
16:19Jesus saw that they
wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another
what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then
after a little while you will see me’?
16:20Very truly I tell you,
you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your
grief will turn to joy.
16:21A woman giving birth to
a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child
is born into the world.
16:22So with you: Now is your
time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will
take away your joy.
16:23In that day you will no
longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father
will give you whatever you ask in my name.
16:24Until now you have not
asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be
complete.
16:25“Though I have been
speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of
language but will tell you plainly about my Father.
16:26In that day you will ask
in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father
on your behalf.
16:27No, the Father himself
loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
16:28I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and
going back to the Father.”
16:29Then Jesus’ disciples
said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.
16:30Now we can see that you
know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions.
This makes us believe that you came from God.”
16:31“Do you now believe?”
Jesus replied.
16:32“A time is coming and in
fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave
me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is
with me.
16:33“I have told you these
things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
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1)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:18 what does the
world hating the disciples indicate?
o It indicates that the world hated Jesus first.
2)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:19 what would the world do if the disciples belonged to
the world?
o It would love them as its own.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:19 why does the world hate the disciples?
o It is because
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Jesus has chosen the
disciples out of the world.
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And they do not
belong to the world.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:20 what did he remind the disciples of?
o Jesus reminded the disciples that a servant is not
greater than his master.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:20 what could the disciples conclude about how the world
would deal with them, judging from the way it dealt with Jesus?
o They can conclude that
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The world would persecute
them.
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If
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It persecuted Jesus.
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And the world would
obey their teaching.
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If
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It obeyed Jesus’ teaching.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:21 why does the world treat the disciples that way?
o They treat the disciples that way because of Jesus’ name.
o For
o They do not know the Father who sent Jesus.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:22 why is the sin of
the world inexcusable?
o The world would not be guilty of sin.
o If
o Jesus had not
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Come.
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And spoken to
them.
o But now they have no excuse for their sin.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:23 whom do those who hate
him end up hating?
o They end up hating the
Father as well.
9)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:24 why is the sin of
the world again inexcusable?
o The world would not be guilty of sin.
o If
o Jesus had not done among them the works.
o That
o No one else did.
o As it is, they have seen.
o And yet they have hated both
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Jesus.
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And the Father.
10)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:25 what did the fact that the world hated both him and the Father fulfill?
o It is to fulfill what is written in the Law: ‘They
hated me without reason.’
11)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:26 what is the Advocate known as?
o The Advocate is known as the Spirit of truth.
12)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:26 where would the Advocate come from?
o The Advocate would come from the Father.
13)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:26 who would send the
Advocate from the Father?
o Jesus would.
14)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:26 what would the
Advocate do for him?
o The Advocate would testify
about Jesus.
15)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15:27 why must the disciples also testify about him?
o It is because they had been with Jesus from the
beginning.
16)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:1 why had he told the
disciples about the persecution they would face?
o Jesus had.
o So that
o They would not fall away.
17)
Why would the disciples
not fall away when Jesus had told them about the coming persecution?
o They would not fall away.
o Since
o They would be mentally prepared for it.
18)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:2 what would the Jews do to the disciples?
o They would put the disciples out of the synagogue.
19)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:2 what would anyone
who killed the disciples think they were doing in the time to come?
o They would think that they were offering a service to
God.
20)
What is an
example of the disciples experiencing persecution from those who thought that
by persecuting the disciples they were offering a service to God, given Acts
22:2-5?
o The apostle Paul furnished such an example.
o Before
o He got to know Jesus.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Acts 22:2-5 that says,
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2When they heard him speak to
them in Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul
said:
3“I am a Jew, born in
4I persecuted the followers
of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into
prison,
5as the high priest and all
the Council can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their
associates in Damascus, and went there to bring these
people as prisoners to
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21)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:3 why would the Jews do such things to the disciples?
o They would do such
things.
o Because
o They had not known
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The Father.
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Or Jesus.
22)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:4 why had he told the
disciples about the persecution?
o Jesus had.
o So that
o The disciples would remember that he warned them about
the persecution.
o When
o The time came.
23)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:4 why did he not
tell the disciples about the persecution from the beginning, given John
17:11-12?
o It is because Jesus
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Was with them.
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And was protecting
them.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 17:11-12 that says,
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11I will remain in the world
no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy
Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that
they may be one as we are one.
12While I was with them, I
protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost
except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
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24)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 16:4 and 16:5 why did he tell the disciples about the persecution at that juncture?
o It is because Jesus would remain in the world no
longer.
o But the disciples would still be in the world to face persecution.
25)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:5 what did none of the disciples ask him about?
o None of the disciples asked Jesus where he was going.
26)
Did the disciples
ask Jesus where he was going and what was his answer, given John 13:36-38 and John
14:1-7?
o The disciples did ask Jesus where he was going.
o But he did not directly answer them the question.
o He was dodging the question.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 13:36-38 that says,
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36Simon Peter asked him,
“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot
follow now, but you will follow later.”
37Peter asked, “Lord, why
can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
38Then Jesus answered, “Will
you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster
crows, you will disown me three times!
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· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:1-7 that says,
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1“Do not let your hearts be
troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
2My Father’s house has many
rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to
prepare a place for you?
3And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be
where I am.
4You know the way to the
place where I am going.”
5Thomas said to him, “Lord,
we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6Jesus answered, “I am the
way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me.
7If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do
know him and have seen him.”
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27)
Did Jesus not tell
the disciples where he was going and why, given John 14:1-3, John 14:12-14 and John
14:28-29?
o Jesus did tell the disciples that he was going to the Father
but only indirectly.
o He was letting them know that he was going to the Father
in the context of telling them some other things such as
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Preparing a place
for them in his Father’s house per John 14:1-3.
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Doing whatever they
asked in his name per John 14:12-14.
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And per John 14:28-29
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His Father being greater
than he.
Ø
And his foretelling
them things.
Ø
So that
Ø
They would believe.
Ø
When
Ø
Things happened.
o He had so far prioritized telling them other things rather
than
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Looking them in
the eyes.
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Telling them that
he was going to the Father.
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And waiting for
their response.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:1-3 that says,
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1“Do not let your hearts be
troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
2My Father’s house has many
rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to
prepare a place for you?
3And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be
where I am.
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· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:12-14 that says,
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12Very truly I tell you,
whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do
even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
13And I will do whatever you
ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14You may ask me for anything
in my name, and I will do it.
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· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:28-29 that says,
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28“You heard me say, ‘I am
going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved
me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,
for the Father is greater than I.
29I have told you now before
it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.
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28)
Why then did Jesus
say to the disciples at that juncture that they were not asking him where he was
going?
o It is because it was time for Jesus to
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Look them in the
eyes.
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Tell them that he
was going to the Father.
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And have a discussion
with them.
o Just before wrapping up his dialog with them at the
Passover supper.
29)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:6 why were the disciples filled with grief?
o It is because of what Jesus had said to them.
30)
With what level
of certainty did Jesus speak in verse 16:7?
o With the certainty of truth.
31)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:7 how did he characterize the nature of the consequence
for the disciples of his going away?
o It was for their good.
o That
o Jesus was going away.
32)
What had the disciples
thought would be the nature of the consequence for them of Jesus’ going away?
o They had thought that it would be bad for them.
33)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:7 why was it good for the disciples that he was going
away?
o The Advocate would not come to them.
o Unless
o Jesus went away.
o And he would send the Advocate to them.
o If
o He went.
34)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:8 what would the Advocate do about sin and righteousness
and judgment when he came?
o The Advocate would prove the world to be in the wrong
about
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Sin.
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And righteousness.
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And judgment.
35)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 16:9 what does it mean for the Advocate to prove the
world to be in the wrong about sin?
o It means that the Advocate would convict the unbelieving
world of sin prompting them to
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Repent.
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And believe in Jesus.
36)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 16:10 what does it mean for the Advocate to prove
the world to be in the wrong about righteousness?
o It means that the Advocate would take over from Jesus
the task of convicting the world of their dire need for righteousness.
o Now that
o Jesus was going to the Father.
37)
What did Jesus mean
in verse 16:11 that the prince of this world now stands condemned, given Hebrews
2:14-15?
o Jesus meant that his impending death on the cross was
going to
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Break the power
of the devil.
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And put him under
condemnation.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Hebrews 2:14-15 that says,
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14Since the children have
flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might
break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—
15and free those who all
their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
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38)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 16:11 what does it mean for the Advocate to prove
the world to be in the wrong about judgment?
o It means that the Advocate would convict the world of
the certainty of their eventual judgment.
o Given that
o The prince of this world would soon be condemned.
39)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:12 how much more did he have to say to the disciples?
o Jesus had much more to say to the disciples.
o Than
o They could bear at the time.
40)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:13 what would the Spirit of truth do for the disciples
when he came?
o The Spirit of truth would
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Guide the disciples
into all the truth.
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And tell them what
was yet to come.
41)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:13 how would the Spirit of truth operate when he speaks in regard to what to say and what not to say?
o The Spirit of truth would
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Not speak on his
own.
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And only speak what
he heard.
42)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:14 who is the source of that which the Spirit of truth would
make known to the disciples?
o Jesus is the source.
43)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:14 whom would the Spirit of truth glorify in making
known to the disciples what he would receive from Jesus?
o The Spirit of truth would glorify Jesus.
44)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:14 why would the Spirit of truth glorify him in speaking
to the disciples?
o It is because it is from Jesus that the Spirit of
truth would receive what he would make known to the disciples.
45)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 12 to 14 who would eventually tell the disciples
the much more that he needed to tell them but did not and why?
o The Spirit of truth would.
o Because
o He would
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Guide the disciples
into all the truth.
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And make known to
them what he would
receive from Jesus.
46)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:15 who has co-ownership of all that belongs to the Father?
o Jesus does.
47)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:15 what is the reason he said the Spirit would receive
from him what the Spirit would make known to the disciples?
o It is because Jesus has co-ownership of all that
belongs to the Father.
48)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 16:7-15 why was his going away not a loss for the
disciples with the coming of the Advocate?
o It is because the Advocate would take over the role.
o That
o Jesus had been playing to
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The world.
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And the disciples.
o In fact the Advocate will
make known to the disciples what he receives
from Jesus.
49)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:16 what would be his tenure with the disciples?
o In a little while they would see Jesus no more.
o And then after a little while they would see him.
50)
According to
verse 16:17 what did some of the disciples
not understand about what Jesus said?
o What does Jesus mean by saying,
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‘In a little
while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.’
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And ‘Because I am
going to the Father? ’
51)
According to
verse 16:18 what did some of the disciples
keep asking among themselves?
o What does he mean by ‘a little while’?
o We don’t understand what he
is saying.
52)
According to
verse 16:19 how did Jesus let the disciples know that he knew what they wanted
to ask him about?
o Jesus echoed back to them what they
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Did not
understand about what he said.
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And were asking
one another.
53)
With what level
of certainty did Jesus speak in verse 16:20?
o With the certainty of truth.
54)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:20 what is the contrast between the disciples and
the world in terms of emotional state?
o The disciples would weep and mourn.
o While
o The world would rejoice.
55)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:20 how would the disciples change in their emotional state?
o Their grief would turn to joy.
56)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:21 what is the pain of a woman that he referred to?
o The pain of child birth upon delivery.
57)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:21 what is the contrast in a woman’s emotional state before
and after child birth
and why?
o She would change from anguish to joy.
o Because
o A child is born into the world.
58)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 16:21 and 16:22 what did he use the analogy of the
change in a woman’s emotional state before and after child birth for?
o Jesus applied the analogy to the change in the disciples’
emotional state
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When they saw him
no more.
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And when they saw
him again.
59)
What transpired
when the disciples saw Jesus no more and when they saw him again?
o They saw Jesus no more.
o When
o He was crucified.
o They saw Jesus again.
o After
o He rose from the dead.
60)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:22 what would other people do to the disciples’ joy when
the disciples saw him again?
o No one would take it away.
61)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 16:22 and 16:23 what did he mean by ‘In that day’?
o Jesus meant the time.
o Ever since
o He rose from the dead.
62)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:23 why would the disciples no longer ask him anything after
he rose from the dead?
o It is because the Father would give them whatever they
asked in Jesus’ name.
63)
Why would the Father
give the disciples whatever they ask in Jesus’ name, given Philippians 2:8-11?
o It is because the Father would give Jesus the name
that is above every name.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Philippians 2:8-11 that says,
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8And being found in
appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even
death on a cross!
9Therefore God exalted him to
the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue
acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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64)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:24 what was his instruction for the disciples concerning
asking for anything in his name?
o Until then they had not asked for anything in Jesus’ name.
o They could ask.
o And they would receive.
65)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:24 what happened to the disciples’ joy when they asked in
his name and received?
o Their joy would be complete.
66)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:25 how would he change the way he spoke about the Father?
o Jesus had been speaking figuratively.
o A time was coming.
o When
o He
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Would no longer
use that kind of language.
§
But would tell the
disciples plainly about the Father.
67)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:26 how would the disciples receive what they asked?
o Jesus would not be asking the Father on their behalf.
o They themselves would ask the Father in Jesus’ name.
68)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 16:26 and 16:27 why would the Father give the disciples
what they asked in Jesus’ name?
o The Father himself loves the disciples.
o Because
o They
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Have loved Jesus.
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And have believed
that Jesus came from God.
69)
How did the
Father know that the disciples loved Jesus, given John 14:21?
o The Father knew that they loved Jesus.
o Because
o They obeyed Jesus’ commands.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:21 that says,
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21Whoever has my commands and
keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
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70)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:28 what was his itinerary?
o Jesus
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Came from the Father.
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And entered the
world.
o He was
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leaving the world.
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And going back to
the Father.
71)
In accordance
with verses 16:28 and 16:29 why did the disciples say that Jesus was speaking
clearly and without figures of speech, given verses 16:17 and 16:18?
o It is because Jesus clearly told them his itinerary.
o That
o They were most concerned about.
72)
According to
verse 16:30 what made the disciples believe that Jesus came from God?
o They could see
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That Jesus knew
all things.
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And that he did not
even need to have anyone ask him questions.
73)
Had the disciples
been asking Jesus where he was going?
o Yes.
74)
Did Jesus simply
give the disciples the answer in verse 16:28 to the question they had been
asking?
o Yes.
75)
Why then did the disciples
say that they believed that Jesus came from God because he did not even need to
have anyone ask him questions?
o That Jesus had not directly addressed their question was
tripping them up.
o And they were filled with doubt.
o The moment he directly addressed their question, even
contrary to their wish that he was leaving them, they believed that he came
from God.
o As
o They had been already.
o Since
o Otherwise they would not have been following him.
76)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 16:31 and 16:32 how did he caution the disciples
concerning their light-hearted statement of belief?
o A time
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Is coming.
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And in fact has come.
o When
o They would be scattered, each to their own home.
o And they would leave Jesus all alone.
77)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:32 was he completely alone when the disciples left him all
alone and why?
o No, because the Father was still
with him.
78)
But was Jesus’
statement completely true that the Father was with him when the disciples had
left him all alone and why, given Mark 15:34?
o No, because even the Father eventually forsook Jesus.
o While
o He was hanging on the cross.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Mark 15:34 that says,
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34And at three in the
afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema
sabachthani?” (which means
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
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79)
What was Jesus’
promise for his disciples regardless of their leaving him all alone and his
Father’s forsaking him, given John 14:18?
o Jesus promised his disciples that he would not leave them
as orphans.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:18 that says,
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18I will not leave you as
orphans; I will come to you.
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80)
Didn’t the Father’s
forsaking Jesus on the cross break the oneness of the Father and Jesus and why?
o No, because the Father and Jesus were still one in will,
both denying self to the utmost to bring salvation to you and me.
o Even though
o They were
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No longer one in action.
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When
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The Father laid
the sins of the world upon Jesus on the cross.
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Nor one in being.
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When
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The Father forsook
Jesus for the sins Jesus was bearing.
o For what transpired on the cross the oneness of the Father
and Jesus was
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Stretched thin.
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But never broken.
o The oneness of the Father and Jesus is resilient.
81)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:33 why had he told the disciples those things?
o Jesus had.
o So that
o In him they might have peace.
82)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:33 what was the inevitable fate for the disciples of
their being in the world?
o They would have trouble.
83)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16:33 what was the consolation for the disciples regardless
of their trouble in the world?
o Jesus has overcome the world.
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John 15:18-16:33
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