JUNE 5, 2022 – ONE ANOTHER SERIES
LESSON 18
FINAL REVIEW LESSON
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY
JOHN 15:12 “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
JOHN 15:17
“
This is my command: Love each other.”
BUD BEGAN THE HOUR BY FOCUSING ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE STUDY AS FOUND IN THE EPISTLE OF JOHN
CHAPTERS 13 – 17. IN WAS IN THIS CONTEXT THAT JESUS, AFTER WASHING THE FEET OF THE DISCIPLES, REVEALED TO
THEM THAT, WHEREAS THEY HAD BEEN HIS SERVANTS, HE HENCEFORTH WOULD CALL THEM HIS FRIENDS. HE TOLD
THEM THAT HE WOULD BE GOING AWAY AND ISSUE A COMMAND THAT THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER. THAT
COMMAND IS”
:JOHN 13:34-35
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have
loved you, so you must love one another.
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By this everyone
will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
HE THEN WENT ON TO BRIEFLY REMIND THE GROUP OF THE “ONE ANOTHER” CONCEPTS/PASSAGES THAT WE HAVE
STUDIED OVER THE PAST WEEKS. HERE THEY ARE, IN BRIEF”
LOVE ONE ANOTHER ACCORDING TO JOHN
I JOHN 3:23 “And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son,
Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.”
LOVE ONE ANOTHER ACCORDING TO PAUL & PETER
I THESSALONIANS 3:12 “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow
for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you”
I PETER 1:22 “Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth
so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the
heart.”
BEAR WITH ONE ANOTHER SERIES
DON’T JUDGE ONE ANOTHER
ROMANS 14:13 “Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another.
Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in
the way of a brother or sister.”
SPEAK THE TRUTH TO ONE ANOTHER
EPHESIANS 4:25 “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood
and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members
of one body.”
CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER SERIES
ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER
I THESSALONIANS 511 “Therefore encourage one another and build each
other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER
EPHESIANS 4:21 “
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving
each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
BE SUBJECT TO ONE ANOTHER SERIES
BE HUMBLE TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER
I PETER 5:5 “All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another”
CONFESS TO ONE ANOTHER/PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
JAMES 5:16 ”Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each
other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is
powerful and effective.“
BE MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER SERIES
BE OF ONE MIND WITH ONE ANOTHER
PHILIPPIANS 2:2 “ make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love,
being one in spirit and of one mind.”
BE DEVOTED TO ONE ANOTHER
ROMANS 12:17:21Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one
another above yourselves.”
BE INVOLVED WITH ONE ANOTHER
I JOHN 1:7 “if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship
with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from alL sin”
THE EMPHASIS OF THE REVIEW WAS THE BASIS OF THE COMMANDMENT AND THAT THE ONE ANOTHERS ARE SIMPLY
A PART OF THE WORKING OUT OF THE COMMAND. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS FILLED WITH SIMILAR EXHORTATIONS
ON LIVING A GODLY LIFE, WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ONE ANOTHERS WOULD BE
A SPONTANEOUS PART OF OUR INDIVIDUAL LIFESTYLE RATHER THAN A CHECKLIST OF THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO.
RON THEN TOOK US INTO TWO SEPARATE ROLE PLAYING EPISODES TO DEMONSTRATE THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
AND THE ONE ANOTHERS. RON’S NOTES FROM THE ROLE PLAY ARE ATTACHED.
BUD CONCLUDED THE TIME BY INTERACTING WITH RON, AND OTHERS, REGARDING ELEMENTS OF THE VARIOUS ONE
ANOTHERS AND THEN REMINDING THE CLASS THAT JESUS ENDED HIS TIME WITH HIS FRIENDS BY PRAYING FOR THEM
AS FOUND IN JOHN 17. SPECIFICALLY, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE UNITY, WHICH HE PRAYED FOUR TIMES. GOD
PROVIDES THE UNITY AND WE, ALONE, CAN BREAK THAT UNITY.
JESUS PRAYER FOR UNITY
“that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me
and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you
have sent me” John 17:21
FINALLY, HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?
1. LOVE ONE ANOTHER
2. MAKE THE ONE ANOTHER’S WHO YOU ARE
3. PRAY THAT GOD WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE UNITY
