Season 22: Abide | #7 – Imitate Jesus

SHOW NOTES: In this season of Walk with God, we are looking at Jesus’ command for His disciples to “Abide in Me.” John 15 records Jesus’ words to the disciples in the Upper Room before His betrayal in the Garden of Gethsemane. These words apply to our lives today. We are Christ’s followers, and this instruction applies to each of us.

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But whoever keeps His word, in Him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in Him: whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked. 1 John 2:5-6 (ESV)

This is God’s intention for believers that they …

· “Abide” by immersing yourself in His Word

· “Allow” Jesus’ words to saturate your mind

Returning to our key passage in John 15, we find clear instruction in Jesus’ words.

“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” John 15:7

“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.” John 15:10

“You are my friends if you do what I command you.” John 15:14

Are you beginning to see that you can’t do this on your own? We are utterly dependent on God to live the Christian life because it isn’t merely holding to a subjective set of moral principles. Jesus set the example for us and invites us to “Abide in Me.”

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