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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Your Role in Your Salvation, #7
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. (John 15:4—NIV)
How about abiding in Christ?
It is clear the Lord has commanded us to remain in Him, to dwell in Him. How do we do this? By bringing every decision of every day to Him for His will to be done, by looking to Him in all things. We abide in Christ by keeping our attention focused on Him continually, praying without ceasing.
Anyone who has ever attempted to keep his mind on Christ soon finds out that this is the chief struggle of every day. I do not know about other countries, but in the United States of America there are numerous attractions and fears that seek to turn our attention away from Christ. It is not easy to abide in Him, but He has commanded us to do this.
How about having Christ formed in us? The parable of the sower teaches us that of the different kinds of ground, only one brings any fruit to maturity. We must bring forth the fruit of Christ by patiently keeping His commandments, obeying Him at all times so He may feed our spiritual nature with His body and blood.
How about the coming of the Father and the Son to dwell in the new creation that has been formed in us? The Father and the Son will not come to us and make Their dwelling place in us unless we keep the commandments of Jesus Christ and His Apostles.
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him." (John 14:23—NIV)
How about our dwelling in untroubled rest in the Father? We have to labor to enter the rest of God.
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. (Hebrews 4:11—NIV)
Why do we have to make every effort to enter the great salvation that God has prepared for us? It is because every kind of pressure attempts to prevent our entering, including Satan, our sinful nature, and the world and circumstances of life.
We have to believe there is a rest in God's perfect will. It is helpful to praise Him as He assists us. But we have to make the effort every day to turn away from that which is not pleasing to God, and to strive to keep the commandments found in the New Testament. Also, we have to spend time each day meditating in the written Word, and waiting on God that we may prove His will for our life. These are things we simply must do if we are to press through to the inheritance to which we have been called.
We are warned continually throughout the Book of Hebrews to not neglect our great salvation but to continue in Christ each day, putting aside the sin that so easily entangles us, and patiently run the race.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. (Hebrews 12:1—NIV)
To be continued.