Chris Sheppard

From John 15:17-21, Jesus prepares His disciples for coming persecution by reminding them that a servant is not greater than his master, calling them to humility in the face of hatred from the world. The message warns that the cultural

John 15 shows that abiding in Christ brings a new relationship of friendship, a sovereign choosing, lasting fruit, and a repeated command to love one another. The passage calls believers to examine whether Christ is truly abiding in them.

John 15 moves from abiding in Christ to abiding in his love. Jesus teaches that obedience, joy, and sacrificial love flow from communion with him and from receiving his love for his disciples.

The willingness of ordinary families to leave settled lives and resettle an empty Jerusalem by casting lots is preached as a pattern for the sacrifices God's people must be ready to make for the sake of kingdom work, even when a

John 15 calls true disciples to abide in Christ and bear fruit, because apart from him they can do nothing. The passage distinguishes clean disciples from false branches and promises fruitfulness, answered prayer, and glory to the Father.

Returning to the little-studied book of Jude, the message compares the moral corruption false teachers smuggled into the early church with cultural Christianity's nominal, compromised church membership today, and calls for believers who

Nehemiah 10 shows a revived people responding to God's Word with concrete obedience in marriage, Sabbath keeping, giving, and worship. True renewal moves beyond agreement with Scripture into covenant faithfulness.

John 15 introduces the vineyard analogy: Jesus is the true vine, the Father is the vine dresser, and professing followers are branches. The Father cuts off false branches and prunes true branches so that genuine believers bear more fruit.

Concluding a series through John 14, the message shows how the Holy Spirit's indwelling presence fulfills Christ's promise never to leave His disciples, giving believers the comfort and peace that comes from being united to Christ rather

Continuing through John 14:18-26, this message unfolds the Spirit's provision for believers as the Father and Son come to dwell within those who love and obey Christ, while warning that a life without obedience reveals only cultural

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