If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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… you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him bears much fruit for without me, you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered and they gather them and throw them into the fire and they are burned. If you abide in me and my words abide in you. You will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you. By this, my father is glorified that you bear much fruit. So you will be my disciples. Now that little word abide is the key word. It is the Greek word men know, not men know. That's a fish men know and meno means to stay close to or to maintain a constant living communion with. That's exactly how Kenneth Weiss translates the word abide in his translation of the New Testament. Jesus said, maintain a constant living communion with me and you will bring forth much fruit. So it means to remain or to stick around or to stay around or to maintain constant living communion. …
… If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered, and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you will ask what you desire and huckleberry everything. It's going to be done for you. You get one. You get one. You get the Holy Ghost. You get God's call. You get blessed. It's not like a select few are called. You're called. You're called. God's got a plan for you. God knows your name. God sees you. You have inheritance. You have a future. You're not an orphan. You're a part of the family. You're a royal priesthood. You're a chosen generation. Huckleberry, everything. This is what it is to be adopted into the family of God. If Jesus has it, you have it. You have the same standing before God as Jesus Christ. That's the gospel. That's ridiculous. Yeah, this is true. OK, by this, my father, verse 8, is glorified that you bear much fruit. …
… He who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered, and they gather them and throw them in the fire and they are burned. But if you abide in me and my words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, so that you will be my disciples." I often hear among Protestant Christians a disparaging of good works. Since we have fought the battle of Reformation that our salvation is not based upon our works, it's based on the works of Christ and we're saved by faith alone, some take that to mean, so therefore once I'm in Christ it doesn't matter whether I'm productive or not productive. If we study the teaching of Jesus in the New Testament, He is constantly calling His people to bear fruit, to make manifest the faith that they have through their works. …