Saturday, March 08, 2014

Full Outline of John 13-17

The main outline is in black and the outlines of the sections are in red. Note how so many of the sections center on the intimate relationship of the Christian to God flowing from the relationships within the Trinity and then flowing out in love of “one another.”

  • Example of Service – Love! 13
    • Father < Leave < Jesus > Love > Disciples 1
      • Example of Love (Master Serves by Washing Feet) 2-17
        • Betrayal by Judas 18-30
          • Glory through connection to Father 31-32
            • Going away 3
            •             Command to Love 34-35
            • Going Away 36
        • Denial By Peter 37-38
  • Loneliness/Trouble/Belief 14.1-14
    • Troubled because Jesus is going away 1-3
      • Thomas: How can we know the way? 5
        • Jesus is the Way to the Father 6-7
      • Philip: Show us the Father 8
        • The Father is in me and I in the Father 9-11
    • Because I go away you will be able to do great things 12-14
  • Holy Spirit – Sent for Truth 14.15-31
    • Command to love and obey 15
      • Promise of Jesus “return” through indwelling Spirit of Truth 16-19
        • Connection and love with Jesus and Father 20-21
        • Disciples identified by love and obedience 22-24
      • Result of Spirit’ Teaching: PEACE 25-27
    • Jesus’ going shows His love and obedience 28-31
  • Relationship 15.1-17
    • Vine and Branches (Remain) 1-10
      • Branches in Jesus’s vine must bear fruit 1-2
        • Cleaned by the Word 3
        • Branches Must Remain in Vine 4-7
      • Father’s glory to bear fruit 8
      • Jesus’command to love as He does 9-10
        • Jesus loves as the Father loves 9
          • Obey my commands
            • Remain in Love 10a
          • Jesus Obeyed
        • Jesus Remains in Love
        • Goal – Complete Joy – Connection 11
      • Love One Another as I have Loved You 12-17
        • Command to Love as Jesus loved 12
          • Description of Service love 13-15
          • Chosen and Appointed to Bear Fruit 16-17
        • Jesus commands to love 18
  • Holy Spirit - Sent 15.18-16.15
    • Hatred and persecution of the disciples by the world 18-19
      • Hatred and Persecution of Jesus 20-21
        • Jesus’ Witness 15.22-25
        • Disciples’ Witness through the Spirit 15.26-27
      • •Hatred and persecution of the disciples 16.1-4
    • Holy Spirit’s conviction of the world through the disciples 5-15
  • Loneliness Temporary 16.16-33
    • Concern: What is a “little while” 16-18
      • Temporary grief will lead to great joy 19-22
        • Command to ask with resulting joy 23-24
        • Prediction of asking & experience of Father’s love 25-28
      • Jesus temporary grief 29-32
    • Promise peace through overcoming the world 33
  • Prayer for Unity 17
    • Jesus prays for himself 1-5
      • Request “glorify your son” to glorify Father 1
        • You granted him authority for eternal life 2
          • Eternal life to know God through Christ 3
        • Jesus completed the work for eternal life 4
      • Request to glorify Son in the presence of the Father 5
    • Jesus Prays For the Disciples 6-19
      • Jesus Revealed the Father to the Disciples 6-8
        • They belong to the Father 9-10
          • Prayer for Protection 11
            • So they may be one as Jesus and the Father are One 11b
          • Continued Protection 12-14
        • They are not of the world 15-16
      • Request for Sanctification 17-19
    • Jesus Prays For all Believers 20-26
      • Request: That they may be one so the world will believe 20-21
        • Glory of complete unity in relationship with God 22-23
        • Glory of a love relationship with the Father 24
      • Request: Relationship and Love through intimate connection with God 25-26

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