Passionate About Abiding
1A) To be a growing disciple, I must embrace pruning. (vv.1-3)
Matthew 3:7–10 (ESV) But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
New Growth
Direction
Prevent Spread of Disease
Quality of Fruit
Balance
Improve Reach of Light
Correct
2A) In order to abide, I must prioritize my relationship with the Source. (vv.4-6)
3A) Abiding will cause greater fruitfulness in my life. (vv.7-8)
James 5:16 (KJV) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
4A) I must be committed to the ongoing process of abiding. (vv.9-10)
The essentials of my commitment are:
1b) Discovering God’s commandments;
2b) Keeping God’s commandments.
5A) As I abide, I receive the gift of perfect and complete joy. (v.11)
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