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John 18:1-11 (ESV)

Intimacy and Treachery

1: When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.

2: Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.

3: So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Surrender and Prophecy

4: Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?”

5: They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

6: When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

7: So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

8: Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.”

9: This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”

Ignorance and Submission

10: Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

11: So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

John 17:13-19 (ESV)

Joy

13: But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

14: I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Identity

15: I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

16: They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Maturity

17: Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

18: As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

19: And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

John 16:16-24 (ESV)

The Thing about Timing

16: “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.”

17: So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?”

18: So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.”

The Thing about Joy

19: Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?

20: Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

21: When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

22: So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

The Thing about Asking

23: In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

24: Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

John 16:5-15 (ESV)

Our Sanctification

5: But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

6: But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

7: Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

The Gospel

8: And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

9: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

10: concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;

11: concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

His Sufficiency

12: I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13: When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

14: He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

15: All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Psalm 23 (ESV)

Rev. Jim Phillis

1: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2: He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
3: He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5: You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

John 15:26-16:4 (ESV)

The Nature of Testimony

26: “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

27: And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

The Power of Knowledge

1: “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.

2: They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

3: And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

4: But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

John 15:1-11 (ESV)

The Vinedresser

1: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

2: Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

3: Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

The Fruit

4: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

5: I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

6: If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

The Glory

7: If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8: By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

9: As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

10: If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

11: These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

John 13:36-38 (ESV)

Demanding Answers and…

36: Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.”

Demanding Explanations

37: Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now?

Demanding a Lesson in Humility

38: I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.”

John 13:31-35 (ESV)

His Glory

31: When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

32: If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.

His Work

33: Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’

His Love

34: A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

35: By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

John 13:21-30 (ESV)

Suffering

21: After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”

22: The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke.

23: One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side,

24: so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking.

Identification

25: So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?”

26: Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

27: Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”

Confirmation

28: Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.

29: Some thought, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

30: So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.”