Week 15 of 21 · John 15 · Thursday February 25
The True Vine
Jesus is the true Vine, and His disciples live and bear fruit only by abiding in Him, His words and His love. The Father prunes fruitful branches so they bear more. Jesus chose them as friends, commands them to love one another as He loved them, and warns that the world will hate them as it hated Him, while the Spirit and the disciples testify about Him.
“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
MondayRead John 15 twice and mark itMon Feb 22
TuesdayStudy notes and the Observe questionsTue Feb 23
WednesdayInterpret, Weigh the Teachers and ApplyWed Feb 24
Thursday eveningTogether: the film, the worksheet, prayerThu Feb 25
Season 5, Episode 6 · “Reunions” (opening scene)“I am the true vine” set inside the Lord’s Supper (John 15).
Read it against John 15
- The show places John 15 in the middle of the bread and the cup. John’s Gospel records no bread-and-cup scene at all; that comes from Matthew, Mark, Luke and 1 Corinthians 11.
- John 15:13–21 (“Greater love has no one than this… the world hates you”) appears in the opening of Season 5, Episode 2.
The Chosen is a drama, not Scripture. Watch it to picture the people and places, then test every scene by the text — “examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). God’s Word is the truth; where the film differs, the Word wins.