JESUS –

AWESOME POWER

AWESOME LOVE

JOHN 11-16

KAY ARTHUR

WITH LISA GUEST,

JANNA ARNDT, AND CYNDY SHEARER

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS

Eugene, Oregon 97402

Scripture quotations in this book are taken from the New American Standard Bible, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Illustrations by Steve Bjorkman

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JESUS—AWESOME POWER, AWESOME LOVE

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CONTENTS

Coming to a Theater Near You!

A Bible Study You Can Do!

1. Not Just Special Effects!

2. A Grand Entrance

3. Come! Celebrate the Feasts!

4. Love in Action

5. A Movie with a Message

6. The Vine and the Branches

7. The Closing Scene

Puzzle Answers

Observation Worksheets

Discover 4 Yourself!

The Updated New Inductive Study Bible

About the Author

COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU!

A BIBLE STUDY YOU CAN DO!

Hey! Did you know that a blockbuster movie is in production right in your own neighborhood? We need all kinds of help! There’s definitely a place for you on the set.

We know you may have experience as a director from Jesus in the Spotlight, a film that featured the early part of Jesus’ life and ministry. Now, due to popular demand, we’re filming the sequel, Jesus—Awesome Power, Awesome Love, the second part of this exciting story. Even if this is your first time on a movie set, we know you’ve got what it takes. In fact, each week we’ll find a different place for you on the film crew.

The book you’re holding is designed to help you capture on film the heart of the story—and understand what it means for you! It’s called an inductive Bible study. That word inductive means that this Bible study is set up to help you discover what the book of John means. Instead of reading what someone else says the story means, you’ll look at the Bible passages and figure it out for yourself.

Let’s get those cameras rolling!

The Producers

THINGS YOU’LL NEED

NEW AMERICAN STANDARD

BIBLE (UPDATED EDITION)

PEN OR PENCIL

COLORED PENCILS FOR

OBSERVATION WORKSHEETS

INDEX CARDS

A DICTIONARY

THIS WORKBOOK

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NOT JUST SPECIAL EFFECTS!

JOHN 11

Many actors think no one on the set is as important as their makeup artist. That just may be true this week as we film a very spectacular scene. Are you up for the challenge? We know you’ll do a great job! Now, quiet on the set, and let’s get started….

PASS THE POPCORN!

Praying is a great way to start a day on the set. Take a minute to ask God to help you understand His Word—and try to do that every time you open your Bible. In a few weeks, praying before you read the Bible just may become a wonderful habit. Now why did John write about Jesus’ life—and why is it worth our effort to make it into a movie? John himself tells us.

Read John 20:30-31:

30 Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

31 but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

According to John 20:30, has John recorded all the signs or miracles that Jesus performed? Yes or No (circle one)

What part of the verse tells you? Underline it.

WHAT did John want his readers to believe after reading his book?

John 20:31 WHAT happens when a person believes this? Circle the answer in the verse or write it out below.

When a director plans a movie, he first creates storyboards. A storyboard is a rough sketch of each main scene, and today those sketches will help you know what kind of makeup you’ll need. Read John 11. In the spaces below, draw a picture or write a short description of each of the following scenes from John 11. Then, below the box, give each scene a title that focuses on the main event (we’ve done the first as an example).

JOHN 11:1-37:

Jesus’ Friend Lazarus Dies

JOHN 11:38-44:

__________________________

JOHN 11:45-57:

__________________________

We’re going to memorize important verses like the one that follows. It’s important to remember the storyline of your script (and Gods Word)!

NOW SHOWING!

I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.

—John 11:25-26

Write this verse on an index card and read it aloud three times a day. Then try to say it without looking. Have it memorized by the end of the week. This week your verse is John 11:25-26. So grab an index card and get started. Memorizing verses will help you keep in mind the awesome power and awesome love you can have in your life.

SCAN THE SCRIPT!

With your sense of color and style, a creative makeup artist like you will be great at today’s project. Grab your colored pencils. You’ll need them as you find key words.

What are key words? They are words that unlock the meaning of Scripture by showing what is most important. Marking key words will help you figure out what the Bible is teaching. (Daily prayer helps, too!)

Key words are usually used over and over again.

Key words are important.

Key words are used by the writer for a reason.

Now turn to pages 123-138. We call those pages “Observation Worksheets,” and that’s where you’ll study the script and mark each key word in a special way.

Today you’ll read John 11:1-16 and look for the key words listed below.

Every time you find a key word, mark or color it in a special way. Use different colors (they’re easier to spot) or different symbols. You can use our colors and symbols or make up your own (keep them simple!). Once you’ve decided how to mark a key word, use that same mark every time you find the word in the book of John. Get an index card or a piece of paper and write each key word below on it. This will be your bookmark.

Later on we’ll ask you to mark these words (the ones on your bookmark) again.

deathdies (you could draw a black tombstone)

believe/believes (you could color it blue)

(color it blue and box it in green)

(red heart)

(s)

(Feast) (This tells us WHEN something was happening in the same way that we know Christmas is on the same day and month every year.)

By the way, if you see any time words that tell you WHEN, mark them with a green clock like this: . Look at John 11:6 and mark “two days” like this: two .

If you see any words that tell you WHERE, double underline them in green. Then look at the map on page 15 and see if you can find that place. For example, “Bethany” in John 11:1.

This week’s memory verse contains some key words, doesn’t it? Marking them on your index card may help you learn the verses. Now before you clear the set for the day, read John 11:25-26 three times aloud.

SAY “WHAT?”—AND WHO, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, AND HOW

The Gospel of John is a biography. That’s a book written by one person about another person’s life. You would be surprised by how much you can learn when you read a biography by asking the 5 W’s and an H questions: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, and HOW.

Asking WHO helps you find out who the characters—the people—are in a story.

WHAT helps you understand what the characters are like and what they do.

WHERE lets you learn where something happened, where people went, and where things were said.

WHEN asks questions like “When did this event happen?” When tells us about time. Therefore it’s very important. So watch for days, months, years, or yearly events (like you watch for Christmas every year!).

WHY questions are ones like “Why did he say that?” and “Why did this happen?”

HOW lets you figure out things like how something was done and how people knew something had happened.

And the answers to all these questions are right in God’s Word! When you study the Bible, you want to look for the most obvious things first. In a biography that’s people, isn’t it?

Let’s see how some of these six questions help us understand the beginning of John 11. Read John 11:1-16. We’ll begin with WHO.

John 11:1 WHO is introduced in this verse? What’s his name?

WHERE does he live? (Remember, when you find something that tells you double underline it in green like this.

John 11:3 WHAT news does Jesus receive?

WHO sent the message?

John 11:6 WHAT does Jesus do when He hears the news?

How long does He stay there? ___________days

John 11:8 WHY don’t the disciples want Jesus to go to Judea where Bethany is?

John 11:15 WHY is Jesus glad that He wasn’t with Lazarus when he died?

Let’s get this straight. Jesus’ good friend Lazarus was seriously ill—and He didn’t hurry to help? And after Lazarus died, Jesus even said He was glad He hadn’t been with His friend? And then Jesus headed to Bethany even though the Jews were trying to kill Him. Do you think Jesus is up to something big?

PICTURE THIS!

When a person died in Jesus’ day, the body was washed and then wrapped in a linen cloth. A linen square was wrapped around the head. Aloes (juice from a plant used for medicine) and myrrh (an expensive and fragrant perfume) were often placed between the folds of the linen. The two men who prepared Jesus’ body for burial had about a hundred pounds of a myrrh and aloe mixture (John 19:39). Wow! Imagine trying to stand up and walk with all this wrapped around you!

Good work! Now take a minute or two to read your memory verse aloud before you call it a day.

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’?

The plot thickens as Jesus heads to the home of His friends Mary and Martha whose brother Lazarus has just died. These actresses will need your makeup expertise! We need swollen, puffy eyes for the grieving sisters. More important, we need answers to questions like “What kind of welcome could Jesus expect from them?” and “What kind of help could He offer at this point?” We’ll learn the answers to these questions—and more!—by answering other 5W’s-and-an-H questions.

First, pray and ask God to be with you as you study the Bible. Then open your Bible to John 11:17-44 or turn to pages 124-125 of your Observation Worksheets. Read the passage and mark the key words from your key-word bookmark. Don’t forget to mark time with a green clock, and double underline in green villages, cities, or important places.

John 11:17 HOW LONG has Lazarus been dead when Jesus gets to Bethany?

John 11:21,32,37 WHAT do Mary, Martha, and some of the Jews say to Jesus?

John 11:27 WHAT does Martha believe about Jesus?

John 11:25-26 WHAT promise does Jesus make to those who believe in Him?

John 11:43-44 WHAT miracle does Jesus perform? (Now this is quite the makeup challenge! What will Lazarus, dead for four days, look like as the linen cloths fall?)

Draw a picture or write a poem about this event below.

MAKING TRACKS

Jesus did a lot of traveling in this chapter—on foot! Trace His route on the map below with a red or green pencil. Begin with John 10:40 and then go to John 11:7,17,54 to help you track His steps. Noting where Jesus was can help you see that He was a real person who stayed in different places. (What kind of makeup will you use for this dusty Traveler?)

IT’S A MIRACLE!

Strange as it may seem, miracles don’t always make people believe. Read John 11:45-57 and mark any key words you see that are on your bookmark.

John 11:45 WHO saw Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead?

John 11:45 HOW did some of those people react?

John 11:46 WHAT did others do?

John 11:47 WHO heard about—rather than saw—Lazarus being raised from the dead?

John 11:53 HOW did those people react?

We’ll spend one more day with John 11 and the amazing event recorded there. Lazarus is alive again! See you on the set tomorrow!

LET’S DO LUNCH

“Let’s do lunch!” It’s what showbiz people say to each other when they want to do a little business and have fun at the same time. Our business will be to look back at the week’s filming to be sure we’re focusing on the awesome power and awesome love of God as it is revealed in the life of Jesus. Then we’ll have some fun with what we’ve learned! So…let’s do lunch!

GETTING INTO MISCHIEF

As chapter 11 closes, the chief priests and Pharisees have some business of their own to address.

John 11:48 WHY didn’t the chief priests and Pharisees want Jesus performing miracles?

John 11:53 Worried about losing their position of honor, WHAT did the chief priests and Pharisees decide to do about Jesus?

John 11:54 WHAT did Jesus stop doing because of the threat? WHERE did He go?

John 11:55 WHEN were the priests and Pharisees plotting against Jesus?

John 11:57 WHAT order did the chief priests and Pharisees give—and WHY?

JESUS—AWESOME POWER, AWESOME LOVE

WHAT is the most awesome thing that Jesus does in John 11 that shows His awesome power?

WHAT does Jesus mean by His statement in John 11:25-26 that if you believe in Him you will live even if you die? And that if you believe in Him you will never die?

IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE

Jesus is talking about eternal death, not physical death, when He says, “Everyone who...believes in Me will never die.”

Everyone will die physically unless they are alive when Jesus comes. But a person who believes in Jesus will not die eternally (see Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:22).

When Jesus died, He conquered the hold that death has over us by being resurrected. And one day, in a twinkling of an eye, Christians who have died will be resurrected and given new bodies that will never die (see 1 Corinthians 15:51–57).

Now, do you see any mention of love—Jesus’ love—in this chapter? Of course. Look at where you marked love. List the verse where love is mentioned and what you learn about love from that verse. (When you come to verse 36, read verse 35 to see why they say Jesus “loved him.”)

WORDS OF LIFE

Start at the arrow and follow the trail of letters. Move from letter to letter to find something Jesus said about Himself in John 11. You will use some letters more than once.

In what verses do you find these statements? ___________ (Answers are on page 117.)

IT’S A WRAP!

Nice work this week! We’ve filmed the first part of Jesus—Awesome Power, Awesome Love—and the film sure started with a big scene. Jesus helped out His friends in a surprising way and at a surprising time. But it was a happy ending as He raised Lazarus from the dead. Great job with the makeup.

Wasn’t it exciting to learn that if you believe in Jesus when you die, you will not stay dead? The minute a Christian dies, he or she wakes up in the presence of Jesus. Then someday when Jesus comes, the body you left behind will be raised from the dead and changed into a body that will never die. That’s called an immortal, incorruptible body! But remember, the only way to have eternal life is to believe in Jesus, according to John 20:30-31. Do you remember that verse? Try saying it to someone you know.

There’s a lot more excitement to come as the script unfolds! But let’s pause to consider the events of John 11. Have you ever wondered if God heard your prayers or cared enough to answer because you didn’t get an answer right away? Well, Martha and Mary may have had similar thoughts and feelings when Jesus didn’t come immediately. But if God doesn’t answer our prayers our way, when and how we want, we know it’s because God has a better plan, a better way, or a better time. We just need to keep praying and we will see God’s awesome power and love.

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A GRAND ENTRANCE

JOHN 12

Have you ever watched a movie and heard music in the background? That’s what they call the musical score. Not all movies have music in the background, but if they do you’ll notice how it changes when the movie gets a little scary or sad or when the main character is in danger. Well, this week you’ll be deciding the music for Jesus—Awesome Power, Awesome Love. The music in a movie helps create the atmosphere. (When you study the Bible, one of the things you look for is the atmosphere—the mood, the feeling.) After all, in John 12, Jesus is only six days away from the Passover celebration and His death—and He knows it! Pray now. Ask God to help you learn more about Jesus, and then read John 12.

PASS THE POPCORN!

You may already know how Jesus’ life on earth ends. But as you write the music for these next several scenes, imagine that your audience doesn’t. Use the music to build up the suspense. Put viewers on the edge of their seats as they stuff popcorn into their mouths and wonder what will happen to Jesus. Today’s storyboards will help you start thinking about how to do that.

Create a storyboard for the main events of John 12. Read the passage. Picture what is happening in your mind, and then write a short description or draw a picture for each section listed below. Don’t forget titles!

JOHN 12:1-11:

__________________________

JOHN 12:12-19:

__________________________

JOHN 12:20-36:

__________________________

JOHN 12:37-50:

__________________________

Write the following on an index card and work on memorizing it this week. As you do, think about what it means.

NOW SHOWING!

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

—John 12:24

The makeup girl just loves plants. She has a special project for you that shows the truth of John 12:24. Get two seeds. Lay one on the table and leave it there. Take the other seed and plant it in a pot by covering the seed with dirt and watering it a little bit every day. Watch these seeds as you continue to film Jesus—Awesome Power, Awesome Love. Does anything happen to the first seed in the coming weeks? How about the second seed that has fallen into the earth and died? Does it grow? Think about what this means. Jesus died that we might live. Do we need to lay down our lives (quit doing what we want and do what God tells us) in order to bear fruit?

Great start to our second week on the set! See you tomorrow! That’s when you’ll start putting background music to the events of John 12.

MOOD MUSIC

Read John 12:1-11. Don’t forget to mark your key words.

It’s a scene of love and a scene of evil. It’s a scene of one person’s sacrifice for Jesus and another person’s disapproval. Your music can help the audience recognize both the good and the bad.

John 12:1 WHEN this scene take place?

WHERE?

John 12:3 WHAT does Jesus’ friend Mary do for Him?

What kind of mood do you want the music to help set?

joyful

mysterious

worshipful

exciting

calm

other: _____________

What kind of music would you have here?

loud or soft

fast or slow

simple or complicated

other: ___________

What kinds of instruments would you want playing?

drums

strings

trumpets

other: ___________

John 12:4 WHO objects to Mary’s act of love?

John 12:5 WHAT does he say?

John 12:4,6 List WHAT John tells us about Judas.

What kind of mood do you want the music to help set?

joyful

mysterious

worshipful

exciting

calm

other: ________

What kind of music would you have here?

loud or soft

fast or slow

simple or complicated

other: ___________

What kinds of instruments would you want playing?

drums

strings

trumpets

other: ___________

SACRIFICIAL LOVE

Did you know that 300 denarii was worth about 11 months of wages? That means the perfume that Mary anointed Jesus’ feet with would take almost a year of hard work to pay for. Can you imagine working really hard for a year to buy something that you really wanted or needed and then to give it away? Now that’s sacrificial love! It’s love that causes someone to give up something that is of great value in order to give it to someone else.

Jesus knew that Judas didn’t approve of Mary’s act of love (verses 7 and 8). And Jesus certainly knew—as John tells us—that Judas was stealing money that was for the whole group. But even though Judas didn’t love Jesus as Mary showed she did, Jesus still kept him as a disciple! Amazing, isn’t it? And your music helped capture the drama of the scene! Super work!

(Don’t forget to run through that memory verse before tomorrow’s shoot!)

SCAN THE SCRIPT!

It’s a parade! Jesus is entering Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. A great crowd has gathered and is hailing Him as king!

CREATING THE MOOD!

Read John 12:12-19.

What kind of mood do you want the music to help set?

joyful

mysterious

worshipful

exciting

calm

other: _______

What kind of music would you have here?

loud or soft

fast or slow

simple or complicated

other: ___________

What kinds of instruments would you want playing?

drums

strings

trumpets

other: ___________

EVERYONE LOVES A PARADE

Let’s see who’s watching this parade! Turn to page 127 of your Observation Worksheets and read John 12:12-19. Mark any key words that are on your key-word bookmark. Also mark every reference to including pronouns and synonyms. (with a purple cross and color the word yellow). Remember, we learned how to do this in Jesus in the Spotlight. We don’t always mark Jesus when we mark our key words because it would mark up our Bible too much, but in this scene we need to see what the multitude is saying about Jesus. Also be sure to mark time with a green clock.

SHORTCUTS

We bet you know that a noun is a person, place, or thing. But do you know what a pronoun is?

Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns so you don’t have to repeat words over and over again. Here’s a sentence without pronouns: “I have a friend named Bob. Bob likes people to call Bob and tell Bob that Bob is a nice guy.” Sounds funny, doesn’t it?

Now read the sentence with pronouns: “I have a friend named Bob. He likes people to call him and tell him that he is a nice guy.” You can see that the “hes” and “hims” all mean “Bob.”

Here are some more pronouns:

I

you

he

she

we

it

me

yours

him

her

our

its

mine

his

hers

ours

them

Watch for these when you mark key words so you stay on top of what’s going on.

A technical director has to make sure all the facts in a movie are accurate. That’s your job today. So first you need to make sure you are showing this scene at the right time of the year.

WHEN did the Passover happen every year? Look up and read Exodus 12:1-3.

WHAT month and day did the Jews celebrate Passover on?

In John 11, WHAT verse did you mark the key word sign?

John 12:17-18 WHY had the multitude gathered? WHAT had they seen and “heard” that is a key word that you marked?

Do you remember the reason the Gospel of John was written? Read John 20:30-31. WHAT was the reason for the signs?

WHAT was the sign that caused the multitudes to come?

Make a list below of everything that you learned from marking Jesus.

MESSIAH

The Jews should have recognized Jesus as the Messiah (the Christ) when He came the first time because God had given them prophecies so that they would know who Messiah was when He came. Let’s look at those prophecies.

Zechariah 9:9—”Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Psalm 118:26—”Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD; we have blessed you from the house of the LORD.”

Isn’t that amazing? Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey just like it was prophesied! You did a great job today as our technical director laying out all the facts for our scene.

BACK ON THE SET!

It’s great to have you back on the set. Let’s read John 12:20-33 on pages 127-128, and mark all our key words on our bookmark. Also mark the word hour like this:

WHAT do we learn from marking die(s) and death in verse 24 and verses 32-33?

WHO was going to die?

HOW was He going to die? Let verses 32 and 33 explain each other. Draw a symbol of what Jesus would die on.

Look at lifted up in verses 32 and 34 and put this symbol over lifted up:

Now let’s look at the hour that has come. Did Jesus know WHEN He was going to die? At WHAT feast? Write out the name of the feast.

Let’s do a little cross-referencing. That’s when you go to other Scriptures in the Bible to see what they have to say about the same subject. Let’s see what these other passages have to say about your key word hour. Write out what you see about hour beside each reference.

John 2:4

John 7:30

John 8:20

John 12:23

WHAT do you see by looking at all these references to hour? Was God in control of Jesus’ life and death?

That’s another example of God’s awesome power. No one could seize Jesus or lay a hand on Him until it was God’s perfect time. God was in control even in Jesus’ death. There was a reason and a way for Jesus to lay down His life.

Unscramble the following message to help you see the answer.

“And I, if I am D F I E L T up from the T R A E H, will W R D A all men to E Y S M F L.”

—Jesus in John 12:32

“He was saying this to E C D I I T A N the kind of H A T D E by which He was to die.”

—John in 12:33

Write the answers to this message on the line below.

“And I, if I am ______________up from the ___________, will ______________all men to __________________.”

“He was saying this to ___________________ the kind of _______________ by which He was to die.”

(Answers are on page 117.)

PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM!

Good to have you back! Today we need music that emphasizes the difference between light and dark. Seeing how things are alike and how they are different (“comparing” and “contrasting,” as those who study the Bible inductively say) is one more tool for both moviemakers and students of Scripture.

WALKING IN THE LIGHT

Light suggests a happy tune played by a flute; dark suggests eerie music in a minor key. Mark those contrasting key words in John 12:35-50.

John 12 is not the first time light and dark appear in this Gospel. In the chart below, write one thing you learn about light and darkness in each of the passages listed. The differences teach us about both.

John 12:35 Will you know WHERE you’re going? Yes or No (circle one)

John 12:36 WHAT happens if you believe? WHAT will you be a son of?

WHO’s the Light?

John 12:37 Did everyone believe in Jesus’ signs? Yes or No (circle one)

WHAT happens to those who do not believe?

WHAT will happen to you if you don’t believe?

WHAT way will you walk in?

WHO will you belong to?

Let’s try an experiment. Tonight get a flashlight and ask your family to help you by getting together in a room. Close the curtains and turn out all the lights until the room is in total darkness. Have each person take turns closing his or her eyes and trying to walk to a certain object in the room. How quickly does he or she get there? Try counting 1001, 1002, 1003, etc. until that person reaches the object. After everyone has tried it in the dark, try it again—this time with the flashlight. Don’t forget to count. Which is easier, to walk in the light or to walk in darkness? Even a little bit of light can destroy a whole lot of darkness. That’s good news for you and me since Jesus calls us to be His lights in this very dark world. We can make a difference!

Now before we do lunch, let’s review our lines for the week. Say John 12:24 aloud three times.

LET’S DO LUNCH!

We’ve needed lots of different moods in the powerful scenes of John 12, with its moments of worship and triumph and its talk of betrayal and death. Your music has added much to the power of the film. Let’s review the scenes you’ve filmed!

SQUARING OFF

The answers to the following questions about John 12 are hidden in the word squares. Solve each word square by finding the first letter and reading clockwise around the square. We’ve given you an example. Start with the letter A and read around in a clockwise direction. It’s part of the movie’s title!

Awesome Power

Now it’s your turn.

Write your solutions to the puzzles next to the question each one answers.

John 12:3 What did Mary use to anoint Jesus’ feet?

John 12:6 What does John tell us about the disciple who betrayed Jesus?

John 12:13 What did the crowd wave as Jesus entered Jerusalem?

John 12:13 What did the multitude yell as Jesus rode by?

John 12:46 What does Jesus say about Himself?

(Answers are on page 117.)

JESUS—AWESOME POWER, AWESOME LOVE

WHAT references to Jesus’ awesome power do you find in John 12?

verse 17 __________________________________________

verse 32 __________________________________________

WHAT evidence of His awesome love do you find in John 12?

verse 7 ____________________________________________

verse 24 __________________________________________

IT’S A WRAP!

Jesus knows His death is approaching. He knows the cross awaits, but He is willing to obey God and walk the path to the cross.

Awesome and amazing love, isn’t it? Your music has added to the drama and suspense. Great work! See you on the set next week!

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COME! CELEBRATE THE FEASTS!

LEARN ABOUT THE FEASTS

Last week in John 12 we saw that Jesus was six days away from the Passover celebration. In making our movie Jesus—Awesome Power, Awesome Love, we need to move to a new location this week and learn about the feasts.

WHAT ARE THE FEASTS?

1. Feasts (or holy days) are holidays that are celebrated by the people of Israel every year at the same time.

2. Each feast reminded the Jewish people of something God had done for them, such as showing His mercy, protection, or deliverance.

3. These feasts were also a preview or a picture of something that was going to happen in the future (like when you go to a movie you watch the previews for movies that will be coming soon). Did you know that the future events shown in some of these biblical previews have already happened and are recorded in the New Testament as history? The rest will happen in the more-distant future because God’s Word tells us they will, and we know God’s Word is true! Isn’t that exciting! You may get to see God bring these events about!

We will be studying seven feasts this week. Wow, it’s going to be exciting! You’re going to learn things that a lot of adults don’t know!

Why don’t you learn all the different names of the feasts this week. Practice saying them three times a day just like you would your memory verse. I know you can do it!

A CHANGE OF LOCATION

Are you ready? If so, let’s move to our new location for the Feast of Passover. Before we begin filming we need to do a background check. Do you remember when Moses went to Pharaoh in Exodus 5 and asked him to let God’s people go so that they could celebrate a feast to Him in the wilderness? What did Pharaoh say? “No!” He would not let the Israelites go! So what did God do next? He sent ten plagues of judgment on all the Egyptians. Do you remember those plagues?

1. the water in the Nile being turned into blood

2. the frogs

3. the gnats

4. the swarms of insects

5. the pestilence He sent on all the Egyptian livestock so that they died

6. boils and sores on both man and beast

7. hail and fire

8. locusts

9. complete darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days

10. the plague of death where every firstborn male of human families and cattle would die

Only the children of Israel would escape this final plague by obeying what God would tell them to do. If they obeyed God then He would not take their child. He would pass over their house and let their child live. That is why this feast is called the Feast of Passover. It’s a reminder of God’s rescue of His people Israel when He passed over their houses and let their children live. It’s also a reminder of how God delivered His people from Pharaoh and their slavery. Now that we have some background on the feast, let’s go to Exodus 12 and read verses 1-14.

In verses 2-3 WHAT month and day are they to celebrate Passover on?

List everything you learn about the lamb.

Verse 6 HOW many days were they to keep the lamb?

WHEN were they to kill it?

Verse 7 WHAT were they to do with the blood?

Verse 8 HOW were they to prepare the lamb?

WHAT did they eat with the lamb?

Verse 10 WHAT did they do with the leftovers?

Verse 11 In WHAT manner were they to eat the lamb?

Verse 13 WHAT was the blood a sign for?

Now that we have learned what the Feast of Passover is about, let’s read 1 Corinthians 5:7 and see if the picture or preview of the Passover has already taken place.

WHO has been sacrificed? _________________________

Read John 1:29. WHAT did John say when He saw Jesus coming? “Behold, the ___________ of __________ who takes away the __________ of the world!”

Did you know that Jesus is our Passover Lamb and that the Bible says He will be killed for the sins of the world? __________________________

Has this event already taken place? __________________ (We’re going to study all about it in Jesus—To Eternity and Beyond.)

When God gave the Israelites the Feast of Passover, He was showing them a picture of Jesus, who was slain for their sins.

Did you know that Jesus was crucified on the very day of Passover at twilight when all the Passover lambs were being slain for the feast? Jesus is the perfect, unblemished Lamb of God sacrificed so that we can have life. Only the shedding of His blood can wash away our sins. Isn’t that awesome? That Jesus, God’s only Son, would choose to die for us! Now that’s awesome love!

Why don’t you draw a picture of our Passover Lamb and a picture of the door of the house with the blood of the lamb on the doorposts to help you remember this very important feast?

SCAN THE SCRIPT

Yesterday we saw that Jesus is our Passover Lamb. Today let’s scan the script and see what we can learn about the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of First Fruits.

Do you know what unleavened bread is? It’s bread that is baked without any leavening in it. Leaven is yeast. When you make bread you have to put yeast in the dough to make it rise. The yeast spreads throughout the bread dough and makes it rise bigger and bigger. It makes the bread fat, soft, and good! If the bread didn’t have any leaven (yeast) in it, it would be flat like a cracker when it was baked.

Read Exodus 13:3-10 to learn about this Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Verse 3 WHAT could not be eaten?

WHAT event did God want the children of Israel to remember?

Verse 7 HOW many days were they to eat the unleavened bread?

Could they have leaven anywhere around them? Yes or No (circle one)

Did you know that when the Bible talks about sin it sometimes uses leaven as a picture of sin? So when you see leaven in the Bible, you know that God is in some way talking about sin.

WHAT do you think God was telling the children of Israel when He told them there should be no leaven in their houses or among them? (Remember what leaven is a picture of.)

Read 1 Corinthians 5:6-8. WHAT do you think God means when He says to “clean out the old leaven”?

Has the future event that this feast is a preview of taken place? Yes! When Jesus died for us, His death was a sign of sin being put to death. The Feast of Unleavened Bread is calling us to live a holy life. God wants us to be clean. He wants us to get rid of the sin in our lives. Jesus calls us to keep the feast by living a life that puts away sin. We can only do that if we rely on His awesome power, not ours!

Is there any “leaven” in your life? ____________________

WHAT are the things you are doing that you shouldn’t be doing? List them below.

________________________    ________________________

________________________    ________________________

________________________    ________________________

Now, WHAT do you need to do? Clean it out—stop doing those things. Ask God to help you, and your family to pray for you.

FIRST FRUITS

The director is calling us to the next scene in our script. We need to get ready to shoot the scene on the Feast of First Fruits. A “first fruit” is the first piece of fruit that ripens and is picked out of the garden. Have your mom or dad ever had a garden and grown tomatoes? Well, the first fruit of their garden would be the first ripe tomato that they picked. This tomato is called the first fruit because, even though it is the first tomato to ripen, we know there will be a lot more tomatoes to come out of the garden when all the tomato plants are harvested.

Read Leviticus 23:9-14 to see what God says about this feast.

Verse 10 WHAT were the sons of Israel to do WHEN they reaped the harvest?

Verse 11 WHAT will the priest do?

WHY was the priest to do this?

Now let’s look at the future event previewed by this feast.

Read 1 Corinthians 15:20-23.

Verse 20 WHO has been raised from the dead?

WHO is the “first fruits” of those who are asleep (the people who have died)?

Remember John 11 and Lazarus? Read John 11:25-26.

WHO is the resurrection and the life?

When Jesus died, He conquered death that came through Adam (sin) by being resurrected. He broke the power that death has over us. If we belong to Jesus, then we know that we no longer have to be afraid to die. Death cannot hold us in its power because Jesus has conquered death. He was resurrected! Do you know WHAT day He was resurrected on? That’s right! The very day the Jews were celebrating the Feast of First Fruits! Jesus is the first to be raised from the dead, but is He the last? WHAT have we learned about “first fruits”?

After the first fruit is picked, WHAT comes next? That’s right—a harvest. So if Jesus is the “first fruits” of being resurrected. WHO is the “harvest” that will be resurrected? Read 1 Corinthians 15:22-23:

“So also in __________________ will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the ___________ __________, after that those who are ______________ at ___________ ___________________.”

Verse 23 WHO will be resurrected with Christ when He comes again?

When you accept Christ as your God, your Savior, and turn your life over to Him, then you are His. You belong to Him and will be resurrected. Death has no hold over you because Jesus our “first fruits” of the resurrection has set us free from death. When you die you will wake up immediately in God’s presence. The Bible says “absent from the body, present with the Lord”! Now that’s awesome power! One day soon the complete harvest (resurrection) will come, and if we belong to Christ we will be part of that harvest! Why don’t you draw a storyboard of Jesus resurrecting those who belong to Him to remind you of His awesome power to conquer death before we wrap up for the day.

Don’t forget to learn all seven feasts this week!

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

We’re about ready to move to our next feast. Now, everyone quiet on the set. We need to pray first to make sure that we’re ready to capture this next feast on film. It’s a mystery, you know! Ready? Lights, camera, action!

THE FEAST OF PENTECOST

That seems like a funny name, doesn’t it? Let’s see what pente means. Pente is a Greek word that means “50.” Let’s see if we can find out today why the number 50 is in the name of this feast.

Remember yesterday when we learned about the Feast of First Fruits, where the first fruit of the harvest, the sheaf, was waved by the priest? After the waving of the sheaf came the general harvest, which was a very busy time for the Israelites because there was so much work to do during the harvest. This harvesttime lasted seven weeks. After the harvest was finished, all the men would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the next feast, the Feast of Pentecost. It was a wonderful time.

Read Leviticus 23:15–21.

Verse 16 HOW many days were they to count after the seventh Sabbath (the seven weeks)? _________ days.

Verse 17 WHAT were the people to bring before the Lord as an offering?

WHAT were these two loaves of bread for the wave offering to be baked with?

Let’s go to Acts in the New Testament and see what future event God was previewing when He gave the Jews the Feast of Pentecost.

Read Acts 2:1-4.

Verse 1 WHAT day had come? The day of ____________

Verses 2-4 WHAT happens on this day?

There came from WHERE? __________________________

“A _______________ like a violent rushing ____________, and it __________________the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them _____________as of _____________distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.” And they were all filled with WHAT? The ___________ ________________

The Feast of Pentecost is all about a promise to come, a promise that is fulfilled in Acts. The promise is the giving of the Holy Spirit. In John 7:37-39 we see Jesus speaking about the giving of the Holy Spirit to us. Jesus could not give us His Holy Spirit until He died, rose again, and went up to heaven. Do you know how many days it was from the time Jesus went to heaven until the Holy Spirit came? Fifty days! Just like the time between the Feast of First Fruits and the Feast of Pentecost! The Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost.

Let’s read 1 Corinthians 12:13 to see if we can find out WHY in the Feast of Pentecost the Jews were to wave two loaves.

WHAT were the two groups of people to be baptized by the Spirit in one body? _______________ and ________________

The waving of the two loaves of bread in the Feast of Pentecost is a picture of the church where two different groups of people are brought together in one body. We are joined together by the Holy Spirit. Remember, these loaves are baked with WHAT? That’s right—leaven, and leaven is a picture of sin. The church is to put away sin and be like Jesus, but we still sin sometimes because we live in fleshly bodies. This mystery of the two loaves is a picture of the church of Jesus Christ, Jew and Gentile in one body. God takes those who are different and brings them together in one body—if they believe in Jesus.

Read John 1:12. If we accept Jesus as our Savior, we are united together as His children and are given His precious promise, the Holy Spirit. Why don’t you make a storyboard showing different people united together in one body. Draw a picture of the church of Jesus Christ.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Have you noticed in filming the last four feasts that the future events they preview have already taken place? The next three feasts in our movie are like a coming attraction in a movie theater. You’ll get to see the preview of what’s to come, but these events have not taken place yet. You will have to wait until Jesus comes again to actually see the premiere showing of these feasts. Isn’t that awesome? We will get to see the premieres of these feasts as they happen! So quiet on the set. Let’s begin our next shoot.

TAKE ONE: THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS

Read Leviticus 23:23-25.

Verse 24 In WHAT month and on WHAT day does the next feast take place?

WHAT were the sons of Israel to have? A   r ___ ___ ___Some Bibles translate it a “Sabbath.”

WHAT was to be a reminder of this rest?

Verse 25 WHAT were the people not to do?

WHAT were they to bring to the Lord?

The Lord had the sons of Israel blow the trumpets to gather all the people together so that they could prepare for the Day of Atonement.

This feast is a preview of the future regathering of Israel. Did you know the Jews are scattered all over the world? God has already started bringing many back home to Israel. One day all the Jews will be gathered back to Israel.

Read Jeremiah 32:37-41.

Verse 37 WHO drove the Jews away from their home?

WHY? ____________________________________________

Verse 38 WHAT does God say about the Jews when He brings them back to safety? “They shall be ____________ ______________, and I will be their _________________.”

Read Isaiah 11:11-12. WHO will God assemble?

Read Matthew 24:31. WHAT happens WHEN the angels sound the trumpet?

Remember, the gathering of Israel is to prepare for the Day of Atonement.

TAKE TWO: THE DAY OF ATONEMENT

Read Leviticus 23:26-32.

Verse 27 On WHAT day and in WHAT month were they to celebrate the Day of Atonement?

WHAT two things were the people told to do?

WHAT were they not to do?

Verse 28 WHAT is the purpose of this feast?

Did you to know that to atone means to cover? Once a year on the Day of Atonement the people would take two male goats to the temple. They would cast lots. One goat would be chosen as a sin offering. That goat would be sacrificed for the Lord. The high priest would take the goat’s blood into the Holy of Holies inside the temple and sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat. The reason the priest made this sacrifice was to atone for (to cover) the sins of the children of Israel. There is no forgiveness of sins without the shedding of blood (Hebrews 9:22).

The second goat was called the scapegoat. The people would tie a scarlet thread on one of its horns. The priest would place his hand on the goat’s head and the people would confess their sins. Then they would drive this goat into the wilderness, showing that God had removed their sins as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12). This was the highest holy day for the Jews—the day of having their sins covered.

HOW are our sins forgiven? Read Hebrews 9:11-12.

HOW did Christ take away our sins?

When Jesus died He totally cleansed us from sin once and for all! The Jews as a nation do not understand this, but on the final Day of Atonement God will take away Israel’s sin in one day. That will be the day of salvation for Israel as a nation.

Read Zechariah 12:10. This is the day when the Jews will recognize Jesus whom they pierced and accept His atonement for their sins. This will happen at Jesus’ second coming.

Before we wrap up today’s shoot, why don’t you write a prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord for sending His Son Jesus to atone for our sins.

Have you learned all the names of the feasts this week? Write the name of each feast below from memory under the picture that shows that feast.

TENTS, TENTS, AND MORE TENTS!

Today will be our last day to film at this location. The prop department is hard at work setting up all the tents we’ll need for our final shoot. WHY don’t you help them out by drawing some tents in the box on the next page?

Today we will film our last feast, the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths. It looks like the tents are all in place and we’re ready to roll.

TAKE THREE: THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES OR BOOTHS

Read Leviticus 23:33-44.

Verse 34 On WHAT day and in WHAT month was this feast celebrated?

HOW many days was this feast to last?

Verse 42 WHAT were the people to live in?

Verse 43 WHY were they to do this?

The feast of Booths was to be a great celebration reminding the Israelites of how God delivered them out of Egypt and how they lived in tents on their journey from Egypt through the wilderness. They would celebrate this feast each year by once again living in tents for a week, worshiping the Lord. Do you have a Jewish friend? If you do, ask him to take you to the synagogue or to let you see his booth.

This feast is also a preview of an event that will take place in the future. Read Zechariah 14:9,16.

When Jesus comes to the earth the next time, He will set up a 1000-year reign on this earth as King of kings and Lord of lords, and all the nations will go to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Booths and worship Him. This will be a time of great celebration and a time of complete rest for Israel. Did you know that Christians will rule with Christ when He comes again? Isn’t that exciting! We will get to be with Jesus and celebrate this wonderful feast!

IT’S A WRAP!

We’ve had an awesome time on our location shoot. Aren’t you excited about all that you’ve seen by filming the feasts? Did you notice how Jesus, our precious Savior, is the fulfillment of every feast? Our God is an awesome God who shows Himself and His Son to us over and over again. That’s how much He loves us and wants us to know Him! Now it’s time to head back to our set in John. Remember, it’s right before the Passover and Jesus’ last days are near. One last thing before we load up the cameras. Our director has had a little mix-up with our film. See if you can give him a hand by matching up film labels of the feasts with the right event. Draw a line to the right description.

Feast of Passover

The regathering of Israel

Feast of Unleavened Bread

Israel’s sin is forgiven

Feast of First Fruits

The Lamb of God is slain

Feast of Pentecost

All the nations will worship Jesus as King of kings

Feast of Trumpets

Put away sin

Day of Atonement

Jesus rises from the dead

Feast of Booths

The Holy Spirit comes

Great work! We’ve loaded up the Jeep and we’re ready to head back to the set of John, but we have one more problem to solve. Our director has misplaced our map. Let’s help him out. By following the maze below we can put him on the right road to our set. The maze has pictures of all the feasts. In order to find our way back, we have to go to each feast in the order that they are celebrated. There’s only one way out, and you can’t backtrack.

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LOVE IN ACTION

JOHN 13

Props are key in the moviemaking business, and we have some important props for you to take care of this week. The visual images you create will help the audience remember the important things our Hero says and does as He “sets His face toward Jerusalem” where crucifixon awaits Him. Remember, Jesus is the Passover Lamb of God who will die for your sins and the sins of the whole world. So let’s get to it!

PASS THE POPCORN!

Working on storyboards for John 13 will help you get a handle on the props we need. Read John 13, then unscramble the titles we’ve given each scene. Draw a picture or briefly describe the scene. (Don’t forget to pray first!)

JOHN 13:1-12:

GHIWSAN ETH SLIPDCISE ETEF

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JOHN 13:13-17:

NA LAXPEEM OT WOLOLF

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JOHN 13:18-30:

ENO ILWL TRYABE

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JOHN 13:31-35:

EWN NDEMCAMOMNT

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JOHN 13:36-38:

TREEP LIWL YEND

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NOW SHOWING!

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

—John 13:34-35

Got some ideas for props? Great! We’ll need those ideas as we work on John 13. And you’ll need an index card as you work on John 13:34-35. See you tomorrow!

SCAN THE SCRIPT!

This week’s key word is probably no surprise to our props manager! Read through John 13 on pages 129-132, and mark both forms of the word.

Now do the crossword below and look closely at one thing Jesus did to show His love.

GETTING THE DUST OFF

(Answer on page 119.)

ACROSS

1. WHAT is one prop we need in this scene? (Hint: Jesus wrapped it around His waist—John 13:4.)

5. WHAT important Jewish holiday is approaching? (John 13:1)

6. WHAT will you be if you follow Jesus’ example and serve people? (John 13:17)

8. WHO objected to Jesus’ attempts to wash his feet? (John 13:8)

9. WHAT is one title by which the disciples called Jesus? (John 13:13)

10. WHAT is one prop we need in this scene? (Hint: It held the water—John 13:5.)

DOWN

2.WHAT was Jesus being when He washed His disciples’ feet? (John 13:15)

3.WHO had given Judas his bad idea? (John 13:2)

4.WHAT is one title by which the disciples called Jesus? (John 13:13)

6.WHAT was Judas going to do to Jesus? (John 13:2)

7.WHAT did Jesus wash after the meal? (John 13:5)

You’ve set the stage for an amazing scene! Keep the action in mind as you practice your memory verse.

HE DID WHAT?

Jesus washed His disciples’ feet! Without your help, our twenty-first-century audience might not realize how wild that was. We need to help them step back into Jesus’ day and consider the context of the action. Context (another Bible-study tool) includes:

—where a passage fits in the big picture of the whole Bible

—the place where something happens (Jerusalem, rather than Los Angeles)

—the time of day an event occurs (morning, noon, or night)

—the time in history (before Jesus or after His life and death)

—the customs of a group of people (girls in Bible times wouldn’t have been allowed to wear jeans)

The context clues of “time in history” and “customs of a group of people” is called the cultural context. By culture we mean what people did in those days. How they lived will help us understand the significance of the scene that opens John 13.

MANNERS THAT MATTER

In Jesus’ day, most people walked to get where they wanted to go. They wore sandals on their feet as they walked across the dusty, dry desert of Israel. Of course their feet got very dirty. So when guests entered a house, a good host would give them not only food to eat and a place to sleep, but would also see that their feet were washed before the meal was served. The host himself would never do the washing. That was a job for the lowliest of servants. By the way, in Jesus’ time when they ate they lay on their side on a cushion at a table called a triclinium so their feet were up where everyone could see them.

Why did Peter object to Jesus washing his feet? Notice the title for Jesus that Peter used in John 13:6.

You’ve read both “Manners That Matter” and John 13. Why was it odd for Jesus to wash His disciples’ feet? Unscramble the answer.

TI AWS A TSSVREAN OJB—NAD SSUEJ AWS ERIHT CEETRHA

(Answer on page 119.)

IF…, THEN…

Now consider who this Foot Washer is!

•  In John 8:58, Jesus tells the Jews, “Before Abraham was born, I am.”

•  In Exodus 3:14, when Moses asks God His name, God says, “I AM WHO I AM.”

•  So, in John 8:58, Jesus is saying that He is God—and He is! Then in John 13 we read that Jesus, God in the flesh, put on a towel and washed the disciples’ dirty feet. Amazing!

A NEW COMMANDMENT

Read John 13:34-35. Having washed His disciples’ feet, Jesus says something very important.

WHAT new commandment does Jesus give His disciples? (Yep, we’re reviewing your memory verses. Can you say them without looking at your cue card?)

John 13:35 HOW will the world recognize Jesus’ disciples?

Jesus shows His love by washing the disciples’ feet and then dying on the cross for their sins and ours. It is indeed an awesome, hands-on, visible kind of love—and we’re to love each other in the same way! That’s Jesus’ commandment to us; it’s not just a friendly suggestion.

Jesus commands us to love one another even as He loved us! He’s saying He wants us to follow His example and love people by serving them. If they’re hungry, give them food. If they need clothes, give them clothes. If they need a friend, be a friend.

What will you do at home today to obey Jesus’ commandment to love one another?

What will you do at school to love someone?

As you practice saying and obeying John 13:34-35, keep in mind that the Person—God in the flesh—who spoke those words washed His disciples’ callused, dusty feet.

JESUS TALKING…

You’ve done a great job having the basin, towel, and water ready on the set. Now we need a few more props. A loaf of bread and a money box are key to some conversations Jesus had with two of His followers.

JUDAS PLOTTING…

Watch how we use the 5 W’s and an H. (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How) to learn all we can about this “enemy in the camp.”

John 13:2 WHAT idea does the devil put into Judas’ heart? (Betray means “to deliver to an enemy.”)

John 13:21 According to Jesus’ own words, WHAT is one of His disciples going to do? (Not a surprise for Jesus!)

John 13:25-26 In response to Peter’s question, HOW does Jesus reveal who is going to betray Him? (Yes, one of your props is a key!) WHO eats the morsel Jesus has dipped?

John 13:27 WHAT does Jesus tell Judas?

THE DISCIPLES WONDERING…

John 13:28 WHO understood what Jesus meant when He told Judas, “What you do, do quickly”?

John 13:29 WHAT, according to John, did some of the disciples think Jesus was telling Judas to do? (Your other prop is needed here.)

John 13:30 does Judas leave Jesus and the other disciples?

AND PETER PROMISING

John 13:36 WHAT does Peter want to know?

John 13:37 WHAT vow does Peter make?

John 13:38 WHAT does Jesus say in response to Peter’s promise?

Once again, practice saying and obeying John 13:34-35. See you tomorrow when we wrap up this week’s shoot!

LET’S DO LUNCH!

Basin, towel, water, bread, money box—these props definitely helped tell the story of Jesus’ awesome power and awesome love this week.

JESUS—AWESOME POWER, AWESOME LOVE

WHAT evidence of awesome power do you find in John 13:26-27?

WHAT evidence of awesome love do you find in John 13:5?

Whose feet did Jesus wash? Judas’?

WHAT does this tell you about Jesus’ behavior toward His enemy, His betrayer?

Did Jesus know Judas would betray Him? Read John 6:70-71.

Now is that awesome love?__________________________

YOU ARE THERE!

Put yourself in the place of the disciples. First Jesus washed your feet. Then you heard Him say that the person who will betray Him is one of the 12 of you, one of your close friends for the past three years. You even wonder if He might be talking about you, and you shudder at the thought.

Look again at John’s description of the meal that he and the other disciples shared with Jesus. Imagine yourself sitting at the table. Then, on the next page, write a postcard to a friend telling them what Jesus said that surprised you. Share what made you worry.

IT’S A WRAP!

During Jesus’ final days, Judas emerges from the sidelines. Now not only are the Jewish leaders plotting to arrest Jesus (John 11:57), but one of His close friends is moving against Him (13:2). And Peter is in and out of the spotlight, not fully understanding why Jesus is washing his feet, but wholeheartedly declaring his loyalty even if it costs him his life. Suspenseful stuff!

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A MOVIE WITH A MESSAGE

JOHN 14

Never have we needed a good screenwriter like we do this week! Your assignment is to work with the original text, capture the most important points, and make the movie interesting. It’s a challenging job, but we know you’ll do it because we know you’re asking the Holy Spirit to help!

SCAN THE SCRIPT!

Let’s scan the script by turning to our Observation Worksheets starting on page 132, and reading John 14. Mark the following key words in a special way.

NOW SHOWING!

I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

—John 14:6

Our memory verse is a very important message that definitely needs to be in our screenplay! Write it out on your cue card and start learning your lines by reading it aloud three times.

OPENING LINES

Today we begin working on our screenplay. Let’s go back to John 13 so that we can understand where our opening scene takes place. Don’t forget to pray before opening your script!

John 13 Jesus is the main character in this scene. WHO are the others?

At the close of chapter 13 we see Jesus talking to His disciples, telling them that one of them will betray Him, that He will be going away and leaving them, and Peter will deny Him three times.

HOW do you think the disciples felt when Jesus told them these things?

Now look at John 14:1 on page 132. WHAT are Jesus’ words to the disciples?

“Do not let your ______________ be ______________; _____________ in ______________, _______________ also in _______________.”

Are these words of comfort? Yes! Jesus knows His disciples are upset by the things He has just told them so now in John 14 He tells them what is going to happen when He leaves and who will help them.

John 14:2 WHAT does Jesus say about His Father’s house (a reference to heaven)?

WHY is Jesus going there?

John 14:3 After Jesus prepares a place for us, WHAT will He do?

John 14:5 WHAT didn’t Thomas understand?

John 14:6 HOW do we get to heaven to the presence of our heavenly Father?

According to John 14:6 is there any other way to get to heaven? Yes or No (circle one)

WHY?

MORE WORDS OF COMFORT

Yesterday we took a sneak peek at heaven as Jesus comforted His disciples. As we work on our screenplay today, let’s see what else Jesus tells His disciples.

John 14:7-9 WHAT does Jesus tell them the Father is like?

John 14:10 WHAT two things does Jesus do to show that the Father is in Him?

The w__ __ __ __ that He says and His w __ __ __ __.

HOW does that apply to us? Should others be able to tell that we belong to Jesus by what we do and what we say?     Yes or No (circle one)

Does Jesus do anything on His own?

Yes or No (circle one)

WHO tells Jesus what to do?

WHAT lesson can we learn from Jesus?

John 14:11 WHAT does He tell the disciples to believe?

John 14:12 If we believe in Jesus, WHAT will we do?

John 14:13-14 WHAT are we to do in Jesus’ name?

John 14:15 HOW do we show Jesus we love Him?

HOW do you keep His commandments? Tell one way that you obey God.

John 14:16 WHAT will Jesus ask the Father for?

HOW long will He be with you?

John 14:17,26 WHO is the Helper?

WHERE will He live?

Our screenplay is full of the 5 W’s and an H. Try this to help you remember what you have learned about Jesus. Hold your right hand like you would show the number three. Those three fingers look just like the letter “W.” Now look at John 1:1-2. Do you remember WHO the Word is from doing Jesus in the Spotlight? ____________________________________

Your “W” represents the Word.

1. Take your left finger and point to the top of the first point of your “W.”

John 1:14 WHAT did the Word do?

2. Slide your left finger from the top to the bottom of your finger. This represents Jesus coming from heaven the first time, becoming flesh, and dwelling among us.

WHAT has Jesus just told His disciples He is going to do in John 14:2?

3. Slide your left finger up to the next finger point on your right hand. This represents Jesus going to heaven to prepare a place for us.

In John 14:3 WHAT will He do after He prepares a place for us?

4. Now slide your left finger down to the bottom representing Jesus coming back for us.

WHERE will we go with Jesus WHEN He comes again?

5. Slide your finger up to your last point. This represents Jesus taking us to be with Him in heaven forever.

Now where does the “H”—the how—come in? WHO is Jesus sending when He leaves us (John 14:16,26)?

WHAT will He do (verse 26)?

There’s your “H.” Fill in the blanks below, showing WHO the “H” is. Share this with a friend. Isn’t this an awesome way to remember the Word?

H ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

who teaches us all things.

Now before we wrap up our scene for the day, make a list of everything you see about the Father in John 14 and write it on the following clipboard.

The screenplay is really shaping up. See you on the set tomorrow!

STAGE LEFT? OR STAGE RIGHT?

Our screenplay is off to a good start. Now our director needs some help. A director in a movie tells everyone on the set where to go: where they should enter, where they should stand, and where they should leave. But the first thing he needs is a set. Can you help him out with his set by drawing a scene that shows heaven, God, and the world?

Now before we begin directing this scene, we need a background check. Has your mom or dad ever gone on a trip while you stayed home?

What questions did you ask them before they left? You probably asked, “Where are you going? How long will you be gone? Who’s going to take care of me while you’re gone?” These are all good questions because being left all alone can be scary!

We have already seen in John 14 that’s the way Jesus’ disciples felt when He told them He would be leaving them. They were afraid to be left alone. They did not understand what was going to happen, so they asked a lot of questions just like you would! Jesus tells them that He will send someone to be with them so they will not be alone.

Yesterday we saw that this someone was the Helper, the Holy Spirit. Now pull out your clipboard and list everything you see about the Holy Spirit in John 14 so that we can make sure we have all the facts included in our screenplay.

Nice work! Now our director would like for you to direct this scene by drawing a sketch of WHERE Jesus is going, WHO He’s sending, and HOW He’ll return.

Wow! You make a great director! Our movie is sure to be a hit. Before you leave the set today, why don’t you “run your lines.” That’s “movie talk” for practicing your memory verse.

LET’S RUN LINES

Our screenplay is written and our director is ready to start filming. The last thing we need to do is to make sure we have Jesus’ lines down. Check your script by completing the crossword below.

Across

2. John 14:18 “I will not leave you as __________________.”

4. John 14:13 “Whatever you ___________ in My name, that will I do.”

5.John 14:28 “The Father is _______________ than I.”

6. John 14:6 “I am the way, and the ________, and the life.”

8. John 14:16 “I will ask the _____________________, and He will give you another Helper.”

10. John 14:27 “ _________________ I leave with you.”

11. John 14:3 “I will ________________ again.”

13. John 14:21 “He who ________________ Me will be loved by My Father.”

Down

1. John 14:31 “So that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father _________________Me.”

3. John 14:1 “Do not let your _____________ be troubled.”

7. John 14:26 “The Holy Spirit…will ________________ you all things.”

9. John 14:23 “We will come to him and make Our ______________ with him.”

10. John 14:2 “I go to prepare a _________________ for you.”

12. John 14:15 “If you ___________________Me, you will keep My commandments.”

Now, before you close the door on the set this week, rehearse your lines by saying your memory verse to someone you know.

IT’S A WRAP!

In John 14 we see how Jesus comforted and taught His disciples. He reminds them of who He is and tells them He will not leave them alone. He asks the Father for a Helper. Isn’t that awesome? The Helper is the Holy Spirit who will make His home inside us when we believe in Jesus.

Jesus tells us straight out what it means to really love Him. If we love Him we will obey Him, just like Jesus obeyed God.

Jesus only did the things that God told Him to do, no matter how painful they were (like dying on a cross). How about you? Do your actions show that you love Jesus? Do you do what God tells you to do? How about obeying your parents? As you leave the set, why don’t you pray and ask the Holy Spirit to help you love Jesus and keep His commandments. All you need is His awesome power, and you get that when you believe in Jesus Christ and the Helper, the Holy Spirit, comes to live inside you.

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THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES

JOHN 15

GOT ANY FRUIT ON THOSE VINES?

We’re going to learn something new today. John 15:1-8 is an allegory. Do you know what an allegory is? An allegory is a way of telling a story or a truth by using a picture of one thing to describe something else. It uses comparisons between two different things to teach a truth. Have you ever seen the movie The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? This movie is an allegory where the lion represents Jesus, who in Scripture is “the Lion of Judah”!

In John 15, Jesus’ lesson on the vine, the vinedresser, and the branches is an allegory to teach us an important truth. We need to pay attention to see what Jesus is talking about when He uses the picture of the vine, the vinedresser, and the branches. WHAT truth is Jesus teaching us? Are you ready to scan the script? Let’s turn to pages 134-135. Read John 15:1-17, and mark the following key words:

choose (chose) (color it pink)

you (color it orange)

While we were scanning the script, our director found a mixed-up message. It looks like our writer has a problem with his computer. Before you leave the set today, follow the directions below and correct our writer’s script. Then write this message on an index card (it’s your memory verse for the week) and read it aloud three times. It takes practice to get all those lines down, but a great actor or actress like you can do it!

To correct the script, cross out every third letter and write the message in the blanks below.

IABMTQHEOVIUNE,

YOIUAWRECTHPEBXRAUNCPHEOS;

HERWHTOAUBIWDEPSIKNMWEAYNDPIIWNHQIMJ,

HEGBELARNSMTUCZHFPRUQITM,

FOTRAUPABRTWFRKOMQMETYOIUCGANYDOC NOITHRINUG.

JOMHNU15P:5T

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A BRIEF BOTANY LESSON

The vinedresser makes sure that the soil is good for tender new plants. Then he builds a protective hedge around the plant, waters it, and carefully watches over it.

A branch has to remain attached to the vine in order to grow fruit. Branches that are broken off from the vine wither and die and do not produce fruit.

A vine that does not produce fruit is useless. It is not grown for its pretty leaves, the shade it gives, or anything else. It is grown for the fruit it’s supposed to make.

The more a vine grows, the more it needs to be pruned. That means the branches need to be cut off and shaped up. If all the new branches are allowed to stay, the plant’s energy will be used to take care of them. Then the vine will not have enough energy to produce fruit. The vine might be pretty and green, it might be quite big, but it will not bear fruit.

The vinedresser will prune the vines, cutting off dead wood, removing branches that aren’t connected to the vine, and getting rid of anything else that keeps the vine from bearing fruit. Those pruned pieces will be used for making charcoal and fuel.

TENDING THE VINES

We have a lot of questions to answer on the set as we get ready to shoot this scene. Asking God to be your Teacher, answer these questions based on John 15:1-17.

John 15:1 WHO is the Vinedresser?

John 15:1 WHO is the Vine?

John 15:5 WHO are the branches?

John 15:4 WHAT is necessary if branches are to produce fruit?

John15:5 WHAT must believers do if they are to bear fruit?

John 15:7 WHAT happens if you abide in Jesus?

John 15:8 WHAT does bearing fruit prove?

Read Mark 8:34. WHAT does it mean to be a disciple?

John 15:10 WHAT can believers do to abide or stay in Jesus’ love?

John 15:12,17 WHAT command does Jesus give?

John 15:13 WHAT is the greatest love?

John15:14 HOW do you become Jesus’ friend?

John 15:16 WHO chose us?

John 15:16 WHAT were you chosen to do?

Read Galatians 5:22-23 to see the fruit of the Spirit.

WHAT makes up the fruit of the Spirit? ______________, _____________, ______________, _______________, ________________, _______________________, ___________________, __________________________, and ___________________________

Can God’s fruit be seen in you? Are you kind? Do you play with the kid that no one likes? Do you yell when you’re angry, or are you patient?

Tell one way that you bear fruit.

Following Jesus produces fruit in your life. Find your way through the maze to help you follow Jesus.

SCAN THE SCRIPT

Today as we work on our screenplay, let’s read John 15:18-27 on page 135 and mark the following key words on our Observation Worksheets.

Now look for where you marked the Helper and add any new facts that you see about the Helper on the “Facts About the Helper” clipboard on page 85.

Don’t forget to practice your lines this week on John 15:5. See if you can fill in the blanks below without looking at your cue card.

“____ am the ___________, __________ are the _____________; he who ________________in _________ and I in _________, he bears much _____________, for ___________ from __________ you can do ______________________.”

LOVE AND HATE

Showing emotions in a movie is very important. Maybe yesterday as you worked on our screenplay you saw a contrast in feelings. Let’s look at these.

WHAT two words are contrasted in John 15:18-27?

John 15:18-19 HOW does the world feel about Jesus?

WHO does the world love?

HOW does the world feel about “you”—the ones Jesus was talking to, His 11 apostles? (Remember, Judas is gone.)

WHY?

John 15:21-22 WHAT are two reasons why the world hates Jesus?

“They do not ________ the ________ who ________ Me.”

“Now they have ____________ ______________ for their __________.”

John 15:23 WHO else does the world hate when it hates Jesus?

Do you know what Jesus means in verse 25 when He says, “They hated Me without a cause”? Write it out below.

Have you ever been treated badly or made fun of because you are a Christian? If so, write out what happened on the lines below.

OH, “YOU” WHO!

As we finish up our screenplay this week, let’s look at the “you” Jesus talks about in John 15. Did you know that these verses also belong to all people who are real believers?

Make a list of all that you’ve learned from marking the word you in John 15:18-27.

John 15:18

John 15:19

John 15:20

John 15:26

John 15:27

Will some of these things that happened to the disciples, such as being hated or treated badly, happen to us because we love Jesus? Yes or No (circle one)

When the world hates us we need to make sure that it’s for the same reason they hated Jesus. Or do they have a real reason to hate us? Look at verse 25 where you marked hated.

WHAT do you learn?

WHAT have you learned this week?

Write out what you learned about fruit.

I learned ________________________________________

About love, I learned_______________________________

About the world, I learned ____________________

About disciples, I learned ____________________

About God’s commandments, I learned _____________

About the Helper, I learned ___________________

Now recite your lines (John 15:5) to a grown-up. Show this person how well you know your part!

IT’S A WRAP!

In John 15 we see the importance of abiding in Jesus. If we abide in Him, we bear fruit and prove to be His disciples. Can others see fruit in your life? Do you love other people? Do you keep Jesus’ commandments?

As you can see, it’s not always easy to follow Jesus. Our script (the Bible) tells us that we can expect to be hated and rejected just like Jesus was when He was here on earth. But the good news is that He has given us a Helper to always be with us, no matter what! Now that’s a strong screenplay!

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THE CLOSING SCENE

JOHN 16

GETTING TO KNOW HIM

This is our last week on the set for our movie. You have done a wonderful job, and our movie is sure to be a hit! As we finish up our screenplay and shoot the closing scenes, let’s take another look at the Holy Spirit. He quietly but effectively does His work in people’s hearts. Today, let’s get to know better both the Holy Spirit and the kind of work He does.

SCAN THE SCRIPT!

Read John 16 on page 136. Marking the following key words will help you know better and write more clearly about the Holy Spirit and His work:

NOW SHOWING!

But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

—John 16:13

Write these important lines on an index card and practice your part by reading them aloud three times a day.

TAKE COURAGE

Don’t forget to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you as we do some work behind the scenes today on our screenplay.

Read John 16:2-3. WHO will make them outcasts from the synagogue? Read John 9:22,34 to help you find the answer.

WHY were they put out of the synagogue?

WHAT do they think they are doing when they kill you?

John 16:3 WHY do they do these things?

John 16:5 WHERE is Jesus going?

John 16:6 WHAT has filled the disciples’ hearts?

John 16:7 WHY is it to their advantage that Jesus go away?

In our scene today we see Jesus warning the disciples of the persecutions that they will face by those who will think they are doing the right thing. This is just like Saul. He persecuted the church before he met Christ on the road to Damascus! Jesus also tells them that when He goes away He will send them a Helper.

Let’s go back to your “Facts About the Helper” clipboard on page 85 and add all that you see about the Holy Spirit in John 16.

John 16:7 WHEN is the Helper coming?

John 16:8 WHAT will He do when He gets here?

John16:13 WHAT will the Helper speak?

Our director would like for you to direct this next scene by drawing the Helper. WHAT does the Helper look like? People use the symbol of the dove to represent the Helper because in Luke 3:21-22 when Jesus is baptized the Bible says the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus in bodily form like a dove. Show WHEN the Helper will come, WHERE He will be, and WHAT He will do.

Great work! With that kind of direction, our movie is sure to be a hit.

SORROW AND JOY

Did you know that a director sometimes acts out what he wants his actors to do, and the expressions he wants them to use? Read the following verses and watch for all the different emotions that are shown.

Read John 14:1 and 16:20-22.

WHAT emotion do you see in John 14:1?

Read John 16:20-22.

WHAT emotions will you have?

HOW about the world?

Now we have some background work to do on Jesus before we’re ready for our big production that we will put on in two days.

Mark the phrase these things I have spoken to you that Jesus uses in John 16:1,4,25,33 on your Observation Worksheet by underlining it in red.

List below the reasons Jesus gives for speaking “these things.”

John 16:1

John 16:4

John 16:25

John 16:33

Practice being a director by standing in front of a mirror and showing each of these emotions and the reasons that Jesus “spoke these things” by physically acting them out.

This will help you to be able to direct your actors on Friday when we do our big production. We have one more day on the set, and then you’ll be ready for our big scene.

Great practice! See you on the set tomorrow.

THE OVERCOMER

Let’s finish up our work behind the scenes by reading John 16:23-33.

John 16:23 HOW are we to ask the Father for anything?

John 16:27 WHO loves you?

WHY?

John 16:28 WHERE did Jesus come from? Remember our “finger W” in Week 5? Why don’t you practice our “W” and an “H” again?

WHERE is He going?

John 16:30 HOW do the disciples respond to what Jesus says?

John 16:32 WHAT happens that causes Jesus to be alone?

Is Jesus really alone? Yes or No (circle one)

WHO is with Him?

John 16:33 WHAT do we have in the world?

WHY can we take courage?

Will we ever be alone? Yes or No (circle one)

Now before we leave the set, you need to think about WHAT these truths mean to you. Our cue cards will help remind you of these important truths. Uh-oh! Some of the words on our cue cards are all mixed up. Take the truths you’ve learned about the Holy Spirit and help our director out in making sure our cue cards are correct.

You will never be olane.                  ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

The Holy Spirit will ephl you.          ___ ___ ___ ___

The Holy Spirit will ofmcotr you when things are difficult. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

The Holy Spirit will etahc you.          ___ ___ ___ ___

The Holy Spirit will help you remember things about ejsus.   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Now that our background check is complete, let’s review our lines this week. Can you say John 16:13 without looking at your cue cards?

Great practice!

THE FINISHING TOUCHES

Our crew is ready to get this film edited and out to the theaters so that people can see it and (we pray) believe in Jesus and receive His gift of eternal life. But before we film the final scene, we need to polish our script for John 14–16 by making sure the words we quote point to Jesus’ awesome power and awesome love. The lists below will help.

JESUS—AWESOME POWER, AWESOME LOVE

WHAT evidence of or references to God’s awesome power do you find in John 14–16?

John 14:12,14 ___________________________________

John 15:5 ______________________________________

John 16:8,33 ____________________________________

WHAT evidence of or references to God’s awesome love do you find in John 14–16?

John 14:2-3,18,21 ___________________________________

John 15:9,12,13 ____________________________________

John 16:7,27 ______________________________________

WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?

The three chapters you are basing your screenplay on have key themes, but which words of Jesus fit with which themes? Match the following by drawing a line from the theme to the words of Jesus that fit that theme. Watch! There may be more than one to go with each theme.

THEME

WORDS OF JESUS

heaven

“Abide in Me.” (15:4)

“…will teach you all things.” (14:26)

“I go to prepare a place for you.” (14:2)

Holy Spirit

“[The Father]…will give you another Helper.” (14:16)

“Apart from Me you can do nothing.” (15:5)

Vine

“…will convict the world concerning sin.” (16:8)

“I am the way.…” (14:6)

Great work—our script is complete!

EVERYBODY ON THE SET, PLEASE

Now are you ready to present a big production on all that you’ve learned about Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit to your parents or friends? Plan a stage play or get a video camera (if you have one) and ask your parents for permission to use it. If you don’t have one, just pretend. Then get your parents or friends together. Tell them you will be the director and you will give them instructions on what they need to do from everything you’ve learned these past three weeks in John chapters 14-16. (If you have time, act out the other chapters you studied.)

Assign someone to play Jesus, God, the Holy Spirit, the world, and the 11 apostles. If you don’t have enough people, they can play more than one part. Ask them to act it out following your instructions. You might want to find a high place for heaven (like your couch, but take off your shoes and ask Mom’s permission first). Okay, ready, quiet on the set! Roll those cameras…. Oh, and don’t forget your part in our film (your memory verse). Do you have your lines down yet?

IT’S A WRAP!

Throughout the making of our movie we have had Jesus’ awesome power and awesome love shown to us over and over again. Remember when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead? We saw both His awesome power and His awesome love.

Wasn’t it awesome to see how Jesus is the fulfillment in each of the feasts that the Jews celebrate? What an awesome love to become our Passover Lamb who takes away the sins of the world! What did we see in the Feast of First Fruits? Jesus is the first fruits of the resurrection. What awesome power! Only He can conquer sin and death!

How about Jesus choosing to be a servant to His disciples by washing their feet at the Last Supper? Awesome love! Then He turns around and shows His awesome power when He tells the disciples which one will betray Him.

And in our last scene Jesus shows His awesome love to His disciples when He comforts them by promising them that He will not leave them alone as orphans but will send the Holy Spirit to be with them always. And He shows His awesome power by overcoming the world.

You have done a lot of hard work as part of our crew to make this an awesome movie—a movie we pray will show others who Jesus really is so they may believe in Him and have eternal life. Now as we roll the final credits tell us…

WHAT was your favorite scene in John 14–16 from Jesus—Awesome Power, Awesome Love? WHY?

WHO was your favorite character in Jesus—Awesome Power, Awesome Love? WHY?

WHAT was your favorite line in Jesus—Awesome Power, Awesome Love? WHO spoke it to WHOM and WHEN?

The credits are rolling!

Praise God for the gift of His Son!

Praise God for John’s account of Jesus’ life!

Praise God for His awesome power and His awesome love!

Don’t forget to see the sequel to this movie: Jesus—To Eternity and Beyond.

A FINAL WORD FROM THE PRODUCERS

You have done an awesome job! The film is finished, and we know that we have you to thank for all your hard work on this very important project! We know that God will use this movie to change lives, and we hope yours was changed as you worked on our crew.

You have learned how to study God’s Word for yourself by asking the 5W’s-and-an-H questions (don’t forget our very special “W”), by comparing and contrasting and by looking at key words, context, time, and maps. These are important tools to help you find out for yourself what the Bible has to say. But most importantly, you have seen Jesus’ awesome power and awesome love demonstrated over and over again. You have learned that there is only one way to heaven and that’s through Jesus. Do you remember your lines from John 14:6?

As you leave our set we pray that you will take Jesus’ famous lines from our movie and love others just as He has loved you! Show someone else His awesome love and His life-changing power! Tell this person the story using your “finger W”!

We are so proud of you! If you will fill out the card in the back of this book and mail it to us, we’ll send you a special certificate.

We look forward to having you back on our crew when we film the exciting conclusion of our movie: Jesus—To Eternity and Beyond! You won’t want to miss it!

The Producers

P.S. While you’re waiting to join our crew on the movie set of Jesus—To Eternity and Beyond, we thought we would mention other adventures in God’s Word. Be an investigative reporter in Wrong Way, Jonah, or help with an advice column in Boy, Have I Got Problems! or, if you haven’t already, take the director’s chair for Jesus in the Spotlight.

PUZZLE ANSWERS

Pages 19-20

I am the resurrection and the life

He who believes in Me

Will live even if he dies

John 11:25-26

Page 33

“And I, if I am LIFTED up from the EARTH, will DRAW all men to MYSELF.”

—Jesus in John 12:32

“He was saying this to INDICATE the kind of DEATH by which He was to die.”

—John in verse 33

Page 37

John 12:3

pound of costly perfume

John 12:6

Judas was a thief

John 12:13

palm branches

John 12:13

Hosanna Blessed is He

John 12:46

I have come as light.

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Pages 62-63

John 13:1-12

GHIWSAN ETH SLIPDCISE ETEF washing the disciples’ feet

John 13:13-17

NA LAXPEEM OT WOLOLF an example to follow

John 13:18-30

ENO ILWL TRYABE one will betray

John 13:31-35

EWN NDEMCAMOMNT new commandment

John 13:36-38

TREEP LIWLYEND Peter will deny

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It was a servant’s job—and Jesus was their Teacher!

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“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”

—John 15:5

Page 112

Heaven

“I go to prepare a place for you.”

“I am the way….”

Holy Spirit

“[The Father] will give you another Helper.”

“…will teach you all things.”

“…will convict the world concerning sin.”

Vine

“Abide in Me.”

“Apart from Me you can do nothing.

OBSERVATION WORKSHEETS

The Gospel of John

Chapter 11

1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

2 It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.

7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?”

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

10 “But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

11 This He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

12 The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.”

16 Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;

19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

20 Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house.

21 Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

22 “Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,

26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.”

28 When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

29 And when she heard it, she got up quickly and was coming to Him.

30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.

31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

32 Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,

34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”

35 Jesus wept.

36 So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”

37 But some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?”

38 So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

39 Jesus said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

41 So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

42“I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”

43 When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.”

44 The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.

46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

47 Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs.

48 “If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

50 nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”

51 Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

52 and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

53 So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.

54 Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

56 So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?”

57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.

Chapter 12

1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

2 So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

3 Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,

5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”

6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

7 Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

8 “For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

9 The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;

11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel.”

14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

15“FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY’S COLT.”

16 These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.

17 So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

18 For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.”

20 Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast;

21 these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

22 Philip came and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.

23 And Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

25 “He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.

26 “If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

27 “Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

28 “Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

30 Jesus answered and said, “This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.

31 “Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”

33 But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.

34 The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

35 So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

36 “While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.

37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.

38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?”

39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

40 “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM.”

41 These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.

42 Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

44 And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.

45 “He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

46 “I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

47 “If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 “He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.

49 “For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

50 “I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

Chapter 13

1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

4 got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.

5 Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

6 So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, “Lord, do You wash my feet?”

7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter.”

8 Peter said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.”

10 Jesus said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.”

11 For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

12 So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

13 “You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.

14 “If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

15 “For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.

16 “Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

17 “If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

18 “I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.’

19 “From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.

20 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

21 When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.”

22 The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.

23 There was reclining on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.

24 So Simon Peter gestured to him, and said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.”

25 He, leaning back thus on Jesus’ bosom, said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

26 Jesus then answered, “That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

27 After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

28 Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.

29 For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we have need of for the feast”; or else, that he should give something to the poor.

30 So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night.

31 Therefore 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 will glorify Him immediately.

33 “Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

35 “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

36 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later.”

37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You.”

38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times

Chapter 14

1 “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.

2 “In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

3 “If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

4 “And you know the way where I am going.”

5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?”

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”

8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

10 “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

11 “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.

13 “Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 “If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.

15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

16 “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;

17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

19 “After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.

20 “In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.

21 “He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”

22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?”

23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

24 “He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you.

26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

27 “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

28 “You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

29 “Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.

30 “I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;

31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.

Chapter 15

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 bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.

3 “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

6 “If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.

7 “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.

9 “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also 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 so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

14 “You are My friends if you do what I command you.

15 “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

16 “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

17 “This I command you, that you love one another.

18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

19 “If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

20 “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

21 “But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

22 “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 “He who hates Me hates My Father also.

24 “If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

25 “But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.’

26 “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,

27 and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

Chapter 16

1 “These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

2 “They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

3 “These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.

4 “But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

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 “But 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.

8 “And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;

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

11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

14 “He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

15 “All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.

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

17 Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”

18 So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”

19 Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘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, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.

21 “Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

22 “Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

23 “In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

24 “Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

25 “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

26 “In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

28 “I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.”

29 His disciples said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.

30 “Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God.”

31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?

32 “Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

33 “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

About the Author

Kay Arthur and her husband, Jack, are the founders of Precept Ministries International, which reaches hundreds of thousands of people through inductive Bible studies, television, and radio broadcasts. Kay is the bestselling author of more than 36 books and the active spokesperson for The New Inductive Study Bible.

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