Understanding your orientation with Jesus!

The words of Jesus define how you relate to Him. The analogy is to think of Jesus as the vine and the believer as the branch.

If a man abides in Jesus He promises to abide in you at all times through the efficacy of the Holy Spirit. This will allow you to bear much fruit as a powerful witness for Jesus.

Jesus reminds believers you can do nothing if you are apart from Him. It is only in demonstration of the Spirit and power that lives are changed.

The Holy Spirit wants believers to have a symbiotic relationship with God. The term symbiotic means a mutually beneficial relationship between two parties. God is speaking about a believer and Jesus.

If you want the best from Jesus you must take Him seriously!

This symbiotic relationship is created by a believer who commits his life to Christ and vigilantly seeks the will of God. You will encounter the Living Christ and your life will never be the same.

Jesus tells all believers if you attempt to keep your worldly life you will eventually lose it but if you are willing to lose your life for Jesus you will become a new creature in Christ filled with the goodness of God.

We live in a pernicious world under the influence of Satan. He is a highly injurious and destructive influence.

As a believer, we walk with Jesus by faith and submit to the authority of the Holy Spirit. Jesus promises to provide a powerful buttress of support against evil but you must be abiding in the Holy Spirit and not operating by your flesh.

The warning from Jesus is “Anyone who does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.”

He who is in Me is greater than he who is in the world!