REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4

(KJV) 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.

After a person accepts Christ and is forgiven, he or she receives the gift of eternal life, which centers on a personal relationship with Christ (John 17:3) and includes the power of the Holy Spirit to sustain and develop that relationship. Given that power, a Christian must then accept responsibility to stay spiritually connected to and dependent on Christ. The Greek word meno means to remain, continue or live. Just as the branch has life only as long as the vine’s life flows into it, so believers have true life only as long as Christ’s life flows into them through an active and vital relationship with Him. The conditions which keep us connected to Christ include:

1. Spending time reading and studying God’s Word so that His truth gets into our minds and hearts and continually serves as a guide for our actions (John 15:7). 
2. Maintaining a positive habit of prayer, which involves listening to Jesus and drawing strength from Him (John 15:7).
3. Obeying His commands, which demonstrates true love for Christ (John 15:10) and includes loving each other (John 15:12, 17). 
4. Keeping our lives spiritually clean by remaining in God’s Word, resisting temptation and following the Holy Spirit’s direction (John 15:3; 17:17; Romans 8:14; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 5:26; 1 Peter 1:22).

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1. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
2. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
3. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
4. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
5. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
6. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
7. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
8. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
9. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
10. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
11. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
12. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
13. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
14. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
15. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
16. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
17. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
18. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
19. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
20. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
21. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
22. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
23. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
24. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
25. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
26. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
27. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
28. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
29. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
30. SON OF MAN … GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
31. MARY … POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
32. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:52
33. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
34. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
35. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
36. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
37. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
38. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
39. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
40. SICKNESS … FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
41. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
42. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
43. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
44. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
45. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
46. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
47. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
48. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
49. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
50. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
51. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
52. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
53. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
54. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
55. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
56. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
57. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
58. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
59. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
60. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
61. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
62. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
63. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
64. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
65. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
66. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
67. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
68. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
69. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
70. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
71. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
72. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
73. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
74. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
75. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
76. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
77. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
78. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
79. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
80. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
81. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
82. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
83. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
84. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
85. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
86. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
87. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
88. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
89. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
90. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
91. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
92. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
93. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
94. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
95. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
96. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
97. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
98. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
99. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
100. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
101. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
102. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
103. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
104. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
105. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
106. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
107. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
108. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
109. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
110. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
111. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
112. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
113. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
114. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
115. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
116. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
117. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
118. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
119. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
120. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
121. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
122. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
123. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
124. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
125. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
126. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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