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The Truth About Abiding In Jesus

Text: John 15: 4

THE TRUTH ABOUT ABIDING IN JESUS

The Lord Jesus taught His disciples an important truth that they must practise. This must be carefully understood and practised.

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.”

John 15:4

1. “Abide in Me, and I in you”

a. This was a profound truth that is not easily understood.

b. To abide means “to remain”.

c. The Disciples had to learn how to abide in Jesus.

d. They had seen how Jesus remained faithful and true to His Disciples.

i. He had chosen them.

ii. He had taught them.

iii. He had loved them.

iv. He had been faithful in His commitment to them.

e. The Disciple must practise what Jesus had shown them.

i. They must remember what they had been taught.

ii. They must learn to love as Jesus did.

iii. They must learn to be true and steadfast.

2. “As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine”

a. This is true in the horticultural sense of the word.

b. The branch must abide or remain attached to the vine.

c. No branch would be able to bear fruit unless it abides in the vine.

d. It would be unable to bear fruit.

e. In fact, it would soon die when it is detached from the vine.

3. “Neither can you, unless you abide in Me”

a. This truth observed in horticulture was applied to the relationship between the Disciples with Jesus.

b. The Disciples must understand this important truth.

c. They must choose to abide in Jesus and not become self-absorbed or become detached from Him.

经文：约翰福音 15：4

常在耶稣里面的真理

主耶稣教导了门徒一个重要的真理。这真理必须被细心明白与运用。

“你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。”

《约翰福音 15：4》

1. “你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面”

a. 这番真理非常深奥，不容易被明白

b. 常在里面表示 “留住”

c. 门徒们必须学习常在耶稣里面

d. 他们看到耶稣对门徒保持信实，真诚

i. 祂拣选他们

ii. 祂教导他们

iii. 祂爱他们

iv. 祂忠于对他们的承诺

e. 门徒们必须实行耶稣所表现的榜样

i. 他们必须记得耶稣的教训

ii. 他们必须学习像耶稣一般的爱

iii. 他们必须学习忠厚，坚定

2. “枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子”

a. 这是栽种葡萄树的原理

b. 枝子必须与葡萄树保持联系，常在葡萄树上

c. 枝子若不常在葡萄树上，就不能结果子

d. 枝子结不出果子

e. 枝子若不常在葡萄树上，很快就会灭亡

3. “你们若不常在我里面，也是这样”

a. 这栽种葡萄树的原理就像耶稣与门徒的关系

b. 门徒们必须了解这真理

c. 他们要选择常在祂里面，而不要过于自我与耶稣隔离