5 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. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Children are given to men in their sleep, without striving. . One result of our obedience to our Lords command is joy. They stand clean before the Lord because their sins are forgiven (1 John 1:9) and the Holy Spirit has washed and regenerated them into new creatures (Titus 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:18). Those who do not abide in Christ are worthless to His cause and probably a hindrance. Four Ways We Can Abide in Christ and His Word 1. Jesus statement that apart from Me you can do nothing is a true statement in all respects, but the context here is in not being able to bear fruit apart from Christ. What fruit do you see in your own life? General Editor. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. May God enable us to abide in Him. The vine supplies life-giving nourishment to the branches. Abode, as a noun (Greek mone) twice in New Testament: "make our abide with him" ( John 14:23 ); "mansions," the Revised Version, margin "abiding-places" ( John 14:2 ). He uses it 34 times in the Gospel, and 19 times in his letters. Writer. But the invitation that Jesus is extending is a relationship that requires action. Obedience brings joy into our Christian experience as it did for our Lord: Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12:2). I have owned many other meditation apps that cost over $100 a year. Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Father. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend [it] on your pleasures.. (2) The Lord bursts the bubble of the disciples messianic expectations in these verses. That is, children are a result, not a cause. 27-28. Abide in Me, and I in you. First of all, the context is one of comfort and assurance, not of warning (cf. The soul of the true disciple and heaven are dwelling-places of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The past tense abode, in frequent use, has the same meaning. The grapes themselves were costly jewels. This passage was intended to bring peace, assurance and comfort to troubled men (cf. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.. And its a lesson we shouldt ignore. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. We have the Holy Spirit in us producing good fruit (Galatians 5:22-23). The emphasis in verses 9-25 is on obedience. To summarize: Those who abide in Christ are His disciples. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. 1 John 3:24, And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. Notice that in verse 5 it is not just bearing fruit, it is bearing much fruit. The reality is this is how Christians grow in their faith. In other words, abiding isnt something you do once and then you are done. Salem Media Group. I see this all the time. How Many Times is the Word Abide in the Bible? Those who think they can accomplish something apart from God are actually very foolish. "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". This is not conjecture; I find it clearly taught in Psalm 127. Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain. Jesus had already commented on the confidence those who believe in Him can have in prayer back in John 14:13-14. Dwight M. Pratt Copyright Statement These files are public domain. What was the result? What does God want from you? In Psalm 80:8 the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt is described in terms of a vine being transplanted from the soil of Egypt to that of Canaan. What is the purpose of prayer? This is our Christian responsibilityto abide in Christ. This is a picture of what it means to rely on God. It cannot refer to ones loss of salvation. This is a conditional promise based in the relationship a person has with Jesus. Their joy can be full because Jesus can be ____________ to keep all of His promises, You can have this joy by coming to know _________ and abiding in Him, Jesus places us in His body, the church, so that we can _________ one another walk / abide with Him. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith. They demonstrated the reality of this faith in Jesus and love for Him by keeping His commandments. The Warning to Those Who Do Not Abide John 15:6, If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.. (See The Final Passover, Part 2), Jesus statements that He was about to go away left them sad, so He has also comforted them with assurance that though He was going away, He was going to His Fathers house and would be preparing a place for them there, and He would return for them and bring them to that place. John is fond of this word abide. He uses the term (meno) over fifty times in his writings; eleven times in this chapter. Indeed, the Lord will again delight in your prosperity, as He delight ed in that of your fathers, HCSB, AM. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 1 John 3:6-10, No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. Jesus makes this distinction in verse 3. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Fathers hand. in 1971. Abide in Me, and I in you. Positively, if one abides in Christ he will bear much fruit. They will have ungodly fruit such as listed in Romans 1:29-31 and Galatians 5:19-21. Paul wrote in Philippians 1:11 that believers are to filled with the fruit of righteousness which [comes] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God, and in Colossians 1:10 that we are to be bearing fruit in every good work.. Genesis 22:5 They, too, would soon experience the hostility of an unbelieving nation (verses 18-25). How instructive the physical union of man and woman is here. If a branch becomes detached it will wither and die. Too often we distill Christianity into a set of beliefs. abide by. To make His teaching clear and concrete, He used the analogy of a vine, a figure familiar to the Jewish mind. When a man and his wife have an intimacy of relationship, there is often from their union the gift of children. Pastor. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. He appointed us to represent Him to a lost world. KIDS KORNER A Christian life should be a changed life. Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. The initiator of our salvation determines the one on whom our security rests, for Paul wrote, For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6). If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. Why can a person who abides in Christ be confident in prayer? It could either mean lifting up in the sense of supporting, undergirding (cf. All of us should be willing to do so and to show it in simple acts of sacrificial kindness. They drive us into a deeper relationship with Him and therefore into greater spiritual maturity. Its the only way to find the abundant life that Jesus promised us in John 10:10. Jesus repeats the phrase twice. We might like to think that we found Christ, as the I Found It bumper stickers seem to imply. Jesus explains the nature of His love for them in verse 9 & 10 while calling upon them to continue in their love for Him. God chose us as the objects of His grace. (Galatians 2:20, Colossians 2:6, Romans 8:1, Hebrews 3:6). No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. Greed is on display in robbery and theft, but it also exists in a hard heart without compassion to help the real needs of others. They are meeting the conditions of 1 John 5:14-15, And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. Isaiah 40:17 declares Gods view of mankinds power, All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. If you have some position of power or fame, it is only because God has let you have it. Verses 3-5 are in contrast to the first two verses. They know Jesus and seek to be like Him by following His commands and eschewing (shunning) evil. 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. Negatively this is seen in chapter five of Johns gospel: And you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent (John 5:38). They were looking for glory and honor. It is not even a doctrinal statement. In this passage Jesus gives an illustration of a vine and branches. I liked that. How many times does the bible use the word abide? We are the instruments of fruit-bearing. Abide Abides Able Bear Branch Continue Except Fruit Itself Times Unless Vine. But we often gloss over it because the word abide is a little bit old-fashioned. Read the Bible. They had already been cleansed by faith in His words (verse 3). They would eventually go to the Father through Jesus. If you never connect with your spouse or a close friend that relationship with wither and die. The Tucson Democrat was caught in the act on April 10, the third time the Bibles disappeared. The Cross And Our Response to Trials (1 Peter 4:12-19), 8. Take marriage, for example. Abiding in him allows us to pray with great boldness and to experience answers to our prayers.
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