A Tour Through John, Lesson 36

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/tour-john-lesson-36/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><ul><li><strong>12:24</strong> -- <i>Jesus to Andrew, Philip, and the Greeks:</i> "Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." <i>Importance</i>: Key to effectiveness. Corresponds to the self-denial passages in Mark 8; Matt 16; Luke 9.</li><li><strong>13:34-35</strong> -- <i>Jesus to the Eleven: </i> "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”  <i>Importance</i>: The New Commandment. One of three <i>explicit</i> discipleship passages.</li><li><strong>14:6</strong> -- <i>Jesus to Thomas:</i> Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."  <i>Importance</i>: The sixth of seven "I am" sayings. The path is a person, not a religion; the truth is a person, not a list of doctrines; the life is found in Jesus (10:10), not an institution.</li><li><strong>15:1</strong> -- <i>Jesus to the Eleven:  </i>"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower."  <i>Importance</i>: The final "I am" saying. Our productivity depends on staying tied in to Jesus.</li><li><strong>16:33</strong> -- <i>Jesus to the Eleven: </i> "I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!”  <i>Importance</i>: The key to overcoming fear, anxiety, and compromise.</li><li><strong>17:17</strong> -- <i>Jesus in prayer:  </i>"Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth."  <i>Importance</i>: The more we follow the Word, the holier we become. Becoming Christ-like is directly linked to obeying his Word.</li><li><strong>18:36</strong> -- <i>Jesus to Pontius Pilate:</i>  Jesus an