Re: Verse reading—John 15:1-17 (day four) Verse 4 – “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.” If you separate the branch from the vine, it will die. The same is true for the believer. Once you enter into a saving relationship with Jesus, you must remain in Him. How do we do that? We spend time in God’s Word regularly…we pray and communicate with God…we obey…we share fellowship with other believers. Many try to live the Christian life based on a relationship that they had years ago. They have allowed their relationship to God to grow stale and have attempted to access the power of God in their lives without the character, love, and wisdom of Jesus having sanctified their lives. Native knowledge cannot sustain the relationship…the branch severed from the vine dies up…the life that has lost the relationship with Christ will shipwreck on the rocks of life. “Abide in Me!”
