Bearing fruit pt.4 A warning This topic of abiding in Christ has its example in the life of Jesus. John 15:10 Jesus says, “If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”KJV And He warns us in verse 6 what will happen if we don’t abide (keep His commandments) in the vine. We will be cast off. Into the burn pile. Discarded. That doesn’t sound…
Let’s go to the beginning John 15. John 15:1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.” So we see right away as branches we get all our sustenance from Jesus the vine. All our nourishment from Him. All our abilities come from His life in us. Now we move on to verse 2. “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may…
If we are one with Jesus, we can pray with Him. John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ESV Jesus tells us that “I am in My Father, and you on Me, and I in you” in John 14:20. As Jesus is in me and I in Him, one unit, we pray to the Father. Remember, Jesus ever lives to make intercession for…
Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” NKJV “His name above all names shall stand, exalted more and more at God the Father’s own right hand where angel hosts adore,’ William H. Clark, “Blessed Be the Name.” When Jesus ascended in front of His followers that day on Mt. Olivet,…
What do we need to live a victorious Christian life? What do we need to make us true, fruitful, successful Christians? Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Everything we receive from God is part of Jesus. He doesn’t give us experiences apart from Jesus. The fruit of the Spirit is Jesus. Everything we learn from Him is what is already in Jesus. Revealing more and more of Jesus. It is releasing Him to live out Himself in and through us by giving Him…
Do you have a focused life? As the sailor locates his position on the sea by “shooting” the sun, so we may get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when and only when we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position. A.W.Tozer, The Pursuit of God, The Gutenberg Project, eBook, p. 101 When we…
Sometimes, we have plans and dreams, but they might not be what God wants so they are our responsibility. Remember this, He loves you. He wants you to be His friend. Let’s let go of what we think we need or want, or what we think are His plans for us, and let Him lead us each day however He wants. Let’s not put Him in a box. Let’s put no restrictions on Him. We might think we know what…
Resurrection is the key to wonderful life. But how does that work in my life? Jesus the source of resurrected power Jesus said,”I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” John 11:25. This isn’t reserved for our physical death at the end of our life or whenever we die. No. No. It has everything to do with our living right now. May I ask you a question? How many…
