Episode 36: Staying put
Download MP3Jesus had a lot to say in the Upper Room, on his final night with his disciples before his arrest and crucifixion. There is much in John’s letters to suggest that the apostle kept thinking back to what Jesus said that evening. In this episode, we explore how what John writes in 1 John 2:24-27 echoes what Jesus taught in John 15, when he encouraged his disciples to “abide” in him as a branch of a grapevine draws life from the trunk and rootstock.
Jesus had a lot to say in the Upper Room, on his final night with his disciples before his arrest and crucifixion. There is much in John’s letters to suggest that the apostle kept thinking back to what Jesus said that evening. In this episode, we explore how what John writes in 1 John 2:24-27 echoes what Jesus taught in John 15, when he encouraged his disciples to “abide” in him as a branch of a grapevine draws life from the trunk and rootstock.
