"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can you, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me, and I in Him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing." John 15:4-5
We now abide in Christ, which means we now dwell in Him, we live in Him, and we remain one with Him. And Jesus now dwells in, lives in, and remains one with us. Consider the branch of a vine, with the vine the branch is everything and without the vine it produces nothing and dies. The branch bears the fruit; the vine gives the branch the life and the ability to do so, and the branch can only bear the fruit of the vine that it is one with. The branch gives the vine life, energy, and purpose. A vine without any branches is worthless. Stop and think about that for a minute. Our Father created us in His own image, in order to have fellowship with us, to have companionship with us, and to love us and to be loved by us. The Word of God boldly proclaims that Jesus ever lives to make intercession for us, "Wherein He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him. Seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them." Hebrews 7:25 Jesus lives to serve us, as a vine lives to serve the branches that are united with it. Parents will know what I am saying here. Can God survive without us, absolutely He can, but that wasn’t His desire! His desire is to spend eternity with us and to have continual unbroken fellowship with us.
To have and enjoy a full and abundant life we need others to be part of our lives, and we are created in God's image; He too needs and wants us. He created us to have fellowship with. If it wasn’t God’s need and desire for fellowship with His own children, those created by Him in His Own likeness, why would He have done it in the first place? I love dogs, I have two of them, and I really enjoy their companionship, yet I need and eagerly desire to have other people in my life. My wife Beth, my kids, my friends, and my family, I need them to live abundantly. That’s just how God has created us, we need others. Put any of us on an island with no one else, and while we may survive, it would not be a desirous life, an abundant life, or a fulfilled life.
We now abide in Christ, which means we now dwell in Him, we live in Him, and we remain one with Him. And Jesus now dwells in, lives in, and remains one with us. Consider the branch of a vine, with the vine the branch is everything and without the vine it produces nothing and dies. The branch bears the fruit; the vine gives the branch the life and the ability to do so, and the branch can only bear the fruit of the vine that it is one with. The branch gives the vine life, energy, and purpose. A vine without any branches is worthless. Stop and think about that for a minute. Our Father created us in His own image, in order to have fellowship with us, to have companionship with us, and to love us and to be loved by us. The Word of God boldly proclaims that Jesus ever lives to make intercession for us, "Wherein He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him. Seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them." Hebrews 7:25 Jesus lives to serve us, as a vine lives to serve the branches that are united with it. Parents will know what I am saying here. Can God survive without us, absolutely He can, but that wasn’t His desire! His desire is to spend eternity with us and to have continual unbroken fellowship with us.
To have and enjoy a full and abundant life we need others to be part of our lives, and we are created in God's image; He too needs and wants us. He created us to have fellowship with. If it wasn’t God’s need and desire for fellowship with His own children, those created by Him in His Own likeness, why would He have done it in the first place? I love dogs, I have two of them, and I really enjoy their companionship, yet I need and eagerly desire to have other people in my life. My wife Beth, my kids, my friends, and my family, I need them to live abundantly. That’s just how God has created us, we need others. Put any of us on an island with no one else, and while we may survive, it would not be a desirous life, an abundant life, or a fulfilled life.
Our Father has angels and other created beings, but they are not created in His image as we are. I really believe that our Father needs us for true fellowship. Beth and I could have stopped at one child, but we desired more, and God graced us with the ability to have more. We love the fellowship that we have with our kids. We love experiencing the fellowship that Kennedy and Lauren have with each other; we love providing for them, teaching them, and protecting them, it’s part of an abundant life! There is something overwhelmingly comforting to know that God desires us and that we need Him. Sure God would continue to exist without us, but we are where He receives His glory. "And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine, and I am glorified in them." John 17:10 Never underestimate the joy and companionship, and satisfaction that we provide for our Father. I know it doesn’t sound religious to say God needs us for anything, but History sure has proven one thing, even at our worst, He continues to long for our fellowship! And even at our worst He has continually provided a way for it to occur! Our Father loves us and He will never leave or forsake us. “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrews 13:5
Together with Jesus we are unstoppable! We are now strong in the power of Jesus’ might and because of His Anointing, our Father can now do all things through us! “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.” Ephesians 6:10 Through the power of Christ that has been freely bestowed upon us there is now no sickness, no demon, no threat, no law, no politician, no court, and no special interest group that can stop us from being fully used by our Father. By abiding in Jesus and Jesus abiding in us, God will produce much glorious fruit through us! We are now in Jesus, and Jesus is in the Father, and Jesus is in us. We are members of His body, flesh of His flesh, and bone of His bone!
Together with Jesus we are unstoppable! We are now strong in the power of Jesus’ might and because of His Anointing, our Father can now do all things through us! “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.” Ephesians 6:10 Through the power of Christ that has been freely bestowed upon us there is now no sickness, no demon, no threat, no law, no politician, no court, and no special interest group that can stop us from being fully used by our Father. By abiding in Jesus and Jesus abiding in us, God will produce much glorious fruit through us! We are now in Jesus, and Jesus is in the Father, and Jesus is in us. We are members of His body, flesh of His flesh, and bone of His bone!
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