If we abide in Jesus
as we live, then we are seated with Christ in heaven even now.
Those, who abide in Jesus, will produce the fruits
that Jesus has produced. Jesus pleased God by doing God's will so also they will
please the Father. "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. 5
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."
Christians
believe that if we ask Jesus Christ to come in to our hearts he will come and
live in our hearts and he will live in our hearts continually from then on. They
also think that thus they will live with Jesus Christ not only now but
throughout eternity. This sounds very good and it is also very easy. As good and
as easy as it is, it is not true and it is a lie. The source of lie is not God
but the devil. The statement, "ask Jesus to come into your heart and Jesus
Christ will abide in you from then on," probably could have started in
children’s bible study or in a Sunday school and it became a church cliché. We
may think it is positive thinking. But, if it is not true, it is no more a
positive thinking. God can not lie and all lying starts from the devil. As good
as it seems it is deception. As innocent as it is a deception will not lead us
to God, but it will lead us to damnation.
Jesus Christ
requires his disciples to abide in him. If we follow Jesus Christ, then we are
also his disciples, and then we should abide in him. If we abide in Jesus
Christ, then we will produce the fruit for the Father. That is, we will live a
pure life as Jesus Christ lived, we will do the works that Jesus Christ did and
we will teach the doctrine that Jesus Christ taught. Abide in Jesus Christ is
the spiritual union of Jesus Christ with a person to enable the person to live
as Jesus Christ lived. If we say that we abide in Jesus Christ and we do not
live a pure life as Jesus Christ lived, then we are not telling the truth. If we
abide in Jesus Christ, then we will follow the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and
Savior.
Abide in Jesus Christ is a supernatural
experience. In this, the person of God lives in us and he allows us to live in
him. The omnipresence of God is not the abiding of God in his people. It is a
personal experience of intimacy of us with God. Since he is a Spirit, it is
possible for our spirit of man to abide with him and he in us if he allows it.
God shows us the requirement for this abiding. If we love him enough to obey his
commandments, we can abide in him and he will abide with us.
"John 15:10
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my
Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and
my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with
him." If we abide in him while we live in this world, then this abiding
will continue through out eternity.
"John 14:20
At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I
in you. Luke 15:31
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have
is thine."
Thus, we will live with God forever in his glory.
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