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NASB | John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 15:5 "I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. |
Subject: Human Power? |
Bible Note: I agree with Mr. Owen in that we have no power to do anything without the specific approval and blessing to do so. The only reason we're allowed to keep breathing, eating and sleeping is by the Grace of God and His Infinite Mercy. BUT that doesn't negate the message of James. We are to do our fair share of God's business just Christ started when He was twelve years old. We all must adopt a truly Godly lifestyle and spread the Good News that His Son has died for the whole world. Further we must imitate Christ and go about our lives bestowing acts of kindness on those whom we see in need. This is the only way God will accept our Christianity as being real and genuine. This is the only way we can be assured Christ's cleansing blood keeps us free from our sins as shown in 1 John 1. In this way, we'll keep our attitude in check and realize it's not anything we could possibly do or say to earn this Gift of Salvation. We simply owe a debt to our God, our Creator. We can merely hope to be counted worthy to be His vessel, His conduit, His lantern through which we must shine His light, show His priorities in our lives. In this way, like Paul, we must be willing to "become all things to all people, so that we might win some" to this lifestyle of God. Yes, indeed the power of the cross rests in our Lord and Savior of this world, IF we'll let Him become our Master and King of our lives. BUT that Mastery and Kingship must be true and genuine. Something only our God can measure on Judgment Day. Blessings to you. Country Girl |