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1 | Abiding in Christ | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 183401 | ||
Sorry, I had posted the quote from Andrew Murray without including my question. My point was to ask any responder to articulate their biblical understanding of "abiding in Christ". Thanks, Jeff |
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2 | Abiding in Christ | Bible general Archive 3 | humbledbyhisgrace | 183411 | ||
Greetings Brother! My understanding is it is essential that we abide in Him! In so doing the Father is glorified and our joy will be made full! We will experience spiritual growth! When we do not we are fruitless and can do nothing! We are to submit to Him as Lord and truly become His disciple! John 15:1-11 Our walk should be as His walk (Complete obedience!) doing all that has been commanded of us! (1 John 2:6, John 6:38, Philippians 2:8, John 8:29,28, John 5:30, John 4:34, John 12:49, John 14:31 to list a few!) I would agree with Murray in regards to the great loss. Consider the contrast of abiding in Him and not. John 15:6-7 6"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. 7"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." I think Murray’s point regarding the loss sums it up well. Help us and teach us to abide in you Lord! Amen! By Faith, Steve |
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3 | Abiding in Christ | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 183440 | ||
Excellent points Steve, Actually, it is John 15:6-7 that lead me to begin a personal study in the "abiding in Christ". I have only recently begun the study and haven't yet gotten too deep into it. I have been reading Murray's "Abide in Christ" and to this point was getting something different from what Christ said in John 15: 6. I'm certainly not judging Murray's doctrine as I have not yet begun to learn what he had to say on the subject. But where I'm at at this point of his writing he seems to be saying a failure to abide costs a believer much of the blessings that are possible through Christ. Christ clearly says that a failure to abide results in being cast into the fire and burned. Of course all of this and what's to come in the study has to be illumed by the truth that no effort on our part saves us, therefore, no effort or lack of can undo that work of Christ that we have been "guaranteed" completion of. Thanks for the feedback, Jeff |
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