ABIDE IN ME - Nuggets from John 15:4

ABIDE IN ME
(Nuggets from John 15:4)

"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me."

In order to prove your FAITHFULNESS, COMMITMENT and remain PRODUCTIVE/FRUITFUL, you must abide in Christ; this consolidates your union with Christ. 

Every TRUE DISCIPLE of Christ constantly depends on Him to supply all needs, always seeing God as his/her ONLY SOURCE. 

The first step is to ABIDE IN CHRIST; if you don't abide in Him, He cannot abide in you. Jesus said "Abide in me and I in you..." 
Why is it so? 

See yourself as a BRANCH, and Jesus as the TREE. 
The TREE does not have to abide in the BRANCH, but the BRANCH must abide in the TREE if it must SURVIVE. 
No BRANCH can bear fruits without being connected to the TREE. 

The tree supplies the branch with water and nutrients through specific transport systems that make FRUITION possible. 

For a better understanding, an Agricultural Analogy would suffice. 

The XYLEM is the route through which WATER and DISSOLVED MINERALS from the roots travel to the trunk and then the branches and leaves, while the PHLOEM is the route through which SUGARS (required for Energy for growth and produced in the leaves during Photosynthesis) are transported to the trunk, branches and leaves. 

It therefore follows that IF AS A BRANCH, YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE TREE, YOU CANNOT BE FRUITFUL. 

Just as the BRANCH depends on the tree for its constant supply of nutrients, water, minerals and sugar needed for a successful PRODUCTION and FRUITION, every TRUE CHILD OF GOD MUST DEPEND ON JESUS FOR SURVIVAL AND PRODUCTIVITY. 

If you separate from CHRIST, you cannot be fruitful. 

Depending on Jesus for all your physical, spiritual, mental, marital, emotional and material needs is a sure way to GUARANTEE your FRUITFULNESS in this life and a place with Him in ETERNITY. 

This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 347 OF 365 🔥

📹 ABIDE IN ME