Devotion
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The Way of Life: Part XVI
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Mar 24, 2023
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"Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me." John 15:4
"Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me." John 15:4
To abide in Jesus is to live or dwell in Him as His presence through the Holy Spirit dwells in us! We are branches that have been grafted into the Divine Vine of the Lord Jesus Christ when others were broken off.
Israel was broken off because of their unbelief and we the Gentiles were grafted in by faith! Our whole existence is to abide in Him and bear fruit for God just as a fruit tree, its only purpose is to bear fruit. I do not have a green thumb I can kill a plant in a heartbeat, so my only job in our home is to keep my wife in roses and observe her taking care of the other plants! One thing I have learned is when a branch is cut off from the vine it no longer receives nourishment.
Over the years I have observed many who proclaim to be believers but have no visible signs of spiritual life within them, only words with no action. It is though they have been cut off and they begin to wither away, some even leaving the flock and end up going back into the world.
"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned." John 15:6
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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