In order to understand what God can do for you and me in a verse-by-verse study of the Word of God, we must attempt such a study. I have chosen the Book of John. I would encourage you to read the book at least 5 times, and at least once all the way thought at one sitting.

Read Chapter 15:1-27

DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT FILL IN THE BLANKS!!!!!!

READ CHAPTER 15 SEVERAL TIMES

THEN READ THIS SECTION
SAYING THE WORDS THAT FIT IN THE BLANKS AS YOU READ.
YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HOW WELL YOU DO.

KEEP AT IT, YOU CAN DO IT!
THIS EXERCISE WILL HELP YOU MEMORIZE THE SCRIPTURE.

        "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine;
no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can  do nothing. If a man abide not  in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit;
so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my  friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the  world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is no greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also
persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not Him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh
to pass, that the Word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter
is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall
testify of me:  And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning."

Read John Chapter 16:1-33

06.16 (a) In what verses did Jesus warn that His followers were going to be persecuted? 
               Ref. 16:2    16:32    16:33               

06.16 (b) What two names were given to the Holy Spirit?
               (1) Comforter         Ref. 16:7
               (2) Spirit of Truth    Ref. 16:13

06.16 (c) Of what three things will the Holy Spirit reprove the world?
              (1) Sin                               Ref. 16:9
              (2) (Self) Righteousness     Ref. 16:10
              (3) Judgment                     Ref. 16:11

06.16 (d) Of what sin will He reprove the world? Unbelief.  Ref. 16:9

06.16 (e) What will the Spirit of Truth do for Christ's followers?
                He will guide you into all truth. Ref. 16:13

06.16 (f) Why does the Father Himself love Christ's disciples?
               (Christ tells us) Because ye have loved me and have believed that I came from God.  Ref. 16:27

06.16 (g) In whose name should we pray? Christ's name.  Ref. 16:23    16:24    16:26

06.16 (h) In what verse did Jesus foretell that His disciples were going to desert Him? Ref. 16:32

06.16 (i) In John Chapter 16 Jesus said four times that He was going to return to God the Father
              who send Him. Can you find these four verses?
             (1) 16:5           (3) 16:17
             (2) 16:16         (4) 16:28

06.16 (j) Who has overcome the world? Christ. Ref. 16:33


Read John Chapter 17:1-26

FOLLOW SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH QUESTION

06.17 (a) In verses 17:4 and 17:6, Jesus says that He has done certain things. Fill in the missing words.
               (1) Jesus has glorified the Father on earth.
               (2) Jesus has finished the work given Him to do.
               (3) Jesus has manifested the Father's name to the men He has been given.

06.17 (b) In the verses listed below, what requests does Jesus make concerning His followers? In other words,
                what does He ask the Father to do for them? The first request has been filled in as an example for you.
      
                Answer in a few words . . . do not quote entire verses.

                (1) 17:11 "Keep them, that they all may be one"
                (2) 17:15  Keep them from evil.
                (3) 17:17  Sanctify them through God's Word.
                (4) 17:21  They may be one.
                (5) 17:24  Be in Christ.      

06.17 (c) Supply the missing words.
              As Christ is not of the world, so also His followers are not of the world. Ref. 14:16
              As he was sent into the world, so He has sent His followers into the world. Ref. 17:18
              Pastor's Note: All Believers are sent into the world.
                                     As the Father hath sent me, even so sent I you.  Ref. 20:21

06.17 (d) Give the Bible reference. In what verse does Jesus say He has shared the love of the Father
               before the world was created? Ref. 17:5    17:24

06.17 (e) Memorize and then write John 17:3 (the definition of eternal life).
               And this is life eternal
               that they might know thee the only true God
               and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Read John Chapter 18:1-40

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

06.18 (a) Who sent the soldiers to arrest Jesus in the garden? Chief priests and Pharisees. Ref. 18:3

06.18 (b) What five questions does Christ ask in John Chapter 18?
                (1) Whom seek ye? Ref. 18:4    18:7
                (2) The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Ref. 18:11
                (3) Why askest thou me? Ref. 18:21
                (4) Why smitest thou me? Ref. 18:23
                (5) Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell thee of me? Ref. 18:34

06.18 (c) What five questions does Pilate ask Jesus?
                (1) Art thou the King of the Jews? Ref. 18:33
                (2) Am I a Jew? Ref. 18:35
                (3) What hast thou done? Ref. 18:35
                (4) Art thou a king then? Ref. 18:37
                (5) What is truth? Ref. 18:38

06.18 (d) Which disciple betrayed Jesus? Judas. Ref. 18:2

06.18 (e) Which disciple denied Jesus? Peter. Ref. 18:17    18:25    18:27


Read John Chapter 19:1-42

MATCH THE STATEMENT WITH THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO MADE THEM

06.19 (a) Ref. 19:3       C     "Hail, King of the Jews"                 A. Jesus
06.19 (b) Ref. 19:7       E     "By our law he ought to die"           B. Pilate
06.19 (c) Ref. 19:4,6    B     "I find no fault in him"                     C. Soldiers 
06.19 (d) Ref. 19:15    F     "We have no king but Caesar"         D. Chief Priests & Officers
06.19 (e) Ref. 19:30    A     "It is finished"                                  E. Jews
06.19 (f) Ref. 19:6       D     "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!"            F. Chief Priest

06.19 (g) At least 20 Old Testament Jewish prophecies are fulfilled in the closing events of the gospel of John.
               A few of these are indicated by the words "that the Scripture might be fulfilled."  How many times does
               this phrase occur in John 19? 4 Times.  Ref.    19:24    19:28    19:36    19:37

06.19 (h) One of the prophets had said, hundreds of years before, "He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet
                he opened not his mouth" (Isa.53:7). In what way did Christ fulfill this prophecy? Ref. 19:9,10

                Explain in your own words. After they scourged him in verse 1, they mocked him in verse 2, hit him in
                verse 3. He still refused to speak to Pilate until Pilate showed he had power over His destiny - to be set
                free or die. Christ clearly stated that only God had such power.               

06.19 (i) What title did Pilate put on the cross?
               Jesus of Nazareth, The King of the Jews. Ref. 19:19

06.19 (j) Name the two secret disciples who buried the body of Christ.
               (1) Joseph of Arimathaea  Ref. 19:38
               (2) Nicodemus   Ref. 19:39


Read John Chapter 20:1-31

UNDERLINE THE CORRECT STATEMENT


06.20 (a) In John 20, Jesus is seen by various ones of His followers on(1) two (2) three (3) four different occasions
               after He had risen from the dead. Ref.  20:16    20:19    20:26

06.20 (b) The resurrected Christ appeared first to (1) Mary Magdalene  (2) Peter  (3) John. Ref. 20:11-18

06.20 (c) When Peter and John looked in the tomb they saw (1) Jesus (2) His grave clothes (3) nothing.
               Ref. 20:5    20:7

06.20 (d) Jesus said, "As my Father hath sent me, even so (1) send I the angels (2) send I the prophets (3) send I you."
               Ref. 20:21

06.20 (e) Thomas said unto Him, (1) My friend and teacher (2) My ideal and my example (3) My Lord and My God. 
               Ref. 20:28

06.20 (f) When the disciples saw the Lord, they were (1) unbelieving (2) puzzled (3) glad. Ref. 20:20

06.20 (g) Jesus did (1) a few (2) some (3) many other signs in the presence of His disciples which are not written
               in the Gospel of John. Ref. 20:30

06.20 (h) "But these are written that ye might (1) believe (2) hope (3)wish that Jesus is the Christ, the (4) good teacher
               (5) loving friend (6) Son of God, and that believing ye might have (7) health (8) wealth (9) life, through His name."
               Ref. 20:31


Read John Chapter 21:1-25

06.21 (a) Before the miracle of the great draught of fishes in John 21:6, did the disciples who had gone fishing
               recognize Jesus as he stood on the shore? No.

06.21 (b) Which disciple swam ashore when he knew it was the Lord? Peter.   Ref. 21:7

06.21 (c) Who said, "Come and dine?" Jesus.   Ref. 21:12

06.21 (d) In John Chapter 18, Peter had denied Christ three times. How many times in John Chapter 21 does Jesus
               ask Peter the question, "Lovest thou me?" 3 Times. Ref. 21:15    21:16    21:17

06.21 (e) Are all of the teachings and deeds of Jesus recorded in this Gospel? No. Ref. 21:25

CONCLUSION:
Now, wasn't that a great study of the Book of John? Let me encourage you to read at least a chapter a day. If you will read ten chapters a day, you will read through the Bible three times in one year. Psalm 119:105 (Write out the verse).
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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