Abide in Me

We will look at one of the most famous passages of gospel Scripture ever spoken by Jesus to his disciples. "Abide in me. Apart from me you can do nothing". John 15. Read it. It’s good.

Now you might be asking, why are we still talking about being with Jesus? Haven’t we beaten this with a stick? Can’t we please move on to becoming like Jesus, or doing as Jesus did? Let’s get practical. Let’s get after it. There’s so much we need to be doing and so much we need to learn from the Bible. Yes, that’s true if you are just a brain on a stick, filling your head with more truth.

Do you know you die of over drinking water? Over hydration? Well I suggest this: How about getting priority one clear first? How about doing what Jesus said? Abide in me for apart from me, no matter how many verse by verse bible sermons you hear, how many books you read, you will do nothing. Oh, and Jesus said, you won’t bear any fruit. That’s a dismal outcome. No fruit. A fruitless Christian life. But hey, you’re smart and very wise and have heard a lot of good sermons. Sorry for being so crass. The point is this: to abide is everything. How to stay connected to Jesus is the whole thing. Fruitfulness comes from this abiding.

I once read a book because of its title. It was something like, “It is impossible to live the Christian life.” Or at least that was the point. You can’t live the Christian life. I was intrigued by that statement. Are you not having a very fruitful Christian life experience? Are you finding the Christian life impossible to live? Let’s find how to change that. It’s about following Jesus as a way of life. It starts with getting abiding right.