John 15:5: This lesson reminds us that because we are each branches in Christ, we ought to love each other. There is more to being a church than just worshiping together and we need to grow in our love and consider one another. https://youtu.be/lvzcKNGWCWY

1. The Vine
and
The Branches

2. Yet I planted you a
choice vine, wholly
of pure seed.
Jeremiah 2:21
Israel is a luxuriant
vine that yields its
fruit.
Hosea 10:1

3. Yet I planted you a
choice vine, wholly
of pure seed.
Jeremiah 2:21
Israel is a luxuriant
vine that yields its
fruit.
Hosea 10:1
How then have you
turned degenerate and
become a wild vine?
The more his fruit
increased, the more
altars he built; as his
country improved, he
improved his pillars.

5. Our Common Savior

6. Our Common Savior
God shows his love for us in
that while we we still sinners,
Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8

7. Our Common Savior
More than that, we also
rejoice in God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, through
whom we have now received
reconciliation.
Romans 5:11

8. Our Common Savior
You have been
baptized into Christ
Romans 6:3

9. Our Common Love

10. Our Common Love
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the
truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another
earnestly from a pure heart.
1 Peter 1:22

11. Our Common Love
Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also ought to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22

12. Our Common Love
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.
John 15:5

13. All relationships within the church are
founded in our relationship with God.

14. If my relationship with God is not right, then my
relationships with brethren will not be right.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another
1 John 1:7

15. If my relationship a brother is not right,
then my relationship with God cannot be right.
Whoever says he is in the light and
hates his brother is still in darkness.
1 John 2:9

16. If my relationship with God is right, the
chances of my relationship with my brother
being right is better, but not guaranteed.
By this we know that we love the children of God,
when we love God and obey his commandments.
1 John 5:2

17. What Ought I to Do?

18. What Ought I to Do?
Increase & Abound in Love
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13; 4:9-10

19. What Ought I to Do?
Consider One Another
Hebrews 10:24-25

20. 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.
John 15:5

21. We implore you on
behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20

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Synopsis: This lesson reminds us that because we are each branches in Christ, we ought to love each
other. There is more to being a church than just worshiping together and we need to grow in our love and
consider one another.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
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