ABIDING
7/7/24 susan allen
ARE YOU a BELIEVER or an ABIDER?
John 15:1-12 NKJV “I am the true vine, (if there is a true vine there are false vines)
and My Father is the vinedresser. (Gardener, husbandman-God doesn’t mind the process, this is not an angry process)
2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 (NOW-kjv) You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. (Eph 5:26)
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. (REMAIN) As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not abide in Me, (disconnects) he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
10 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.
11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
-You can’t talk about growth without talking about PRUNING
–He prunes you because He sees what He can produce
— HE BELIEVES IT IS WORTH HIS TIME AND EFFORT (Eph 4 gave gifts to you apostles prophets evangelists pastors teachers for the perfecting of the saints)
—-THERE are facets of Himself that he wants to RELEASE to FLOW through YOU
—–This is your purpose and you will never be FULFILLED disconnected from your LIFE SOURCE
Acts 17:28 For in Him we live and move and have our being
WHAT/WHO IS YOUR VINE? What is the fruit of that connection?
What you are producing or not producing is from CONNECTION
Ps 119:37-38 NLT Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word. 38 Reassure me of your promise, made to those who fear you.
Ps 139:23- NLT Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
