Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. (john 15:4-8, NRSV)
We are to live in Jesus as He lives in us!
You see the branches of the grape plant are connected to the vine. The only way they can produce fruit is to be connected to the vine. If they do not stay connected they do not get fed and they become dead and will be pruned away and thrown into the fire.
So just as the grape branch apart from the vine can do nothing, we can do nothing apart from Jesus, we must ramain in Him as He remains in us!
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