Jan 16
10
Text: John 15:1-17 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
*Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text*
1. What spiritual applications can be made with Christ being the vine, us being the branches, and the Father being the vine dresser? Share and discuss.
2. What does it practically mean to “abide” in Christ? Are you currently abiding in Christ? Share.
3. Some individuals have inappropriately used this passage to support the incorrect teaching that salvation can be lost. Why is this passage not a support text for the teaching that people can lose their salvation. Share, explain, and support.
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: “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.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”
John 15:4, 16 ESV
http://bible.com/59/jhn.15.4,16.esv
