Faith Capsule: One that abides in Him will behave like Him.
John 8:31-59
Abide is to continue in a relationship without yielding or submitting. To abide in Jesus is what Jesus demands from everyone that believes in Him. The book of John 8:31 recorded, “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.”” Manifestly, claiming to be a believer and not abide in Him is a joke, it mere religion that adds nothing to man. Many, if not majority of believer’s life today does not demonstrate the testimony of one that is abiding in Jesus.
Think of it for a moment, dose your life demonstrates the word of Jesus? Failure to abide in Him is rooted in pride which has become the garment of acclaimed believers.
What does it mean to abide in Jesus?
1 John 3:24, “Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.” To keep the commands of God is to love. Galatians 5:14 admonished us, “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”” Romans 13:8 also stated, “Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.”
What happens when one does not abide in Him?
-John 8:32, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” To whom the truth is threatening, knowing to accept the truth is almost impossible except God reach out to such. Those who receive the truth as threat are ones that always think they are being picked on and they often refuses to listen and accept the truth. As a result, they are under bondage of pride; they are not free thinking they are free. Above all, they are difficult to be corrected or redirected.
–Those who do not abide in Him are rebellious. Evidently, they do not know the ways of God but thinking they are the ones that knows better. Job 24:13 buttressed “There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways nor abide in its paths.” Jesus is the wisdom from God for us. Why don’t you give your ears to hearing the rebukes of life just like Proverbs 15:31 admonished, “The ear that hears the rebukes of life will abide among the wise.”
–A failure to abide in Him is a passage to living life in darkness. In John 12:46, Jesus said, “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.” Evidently, it is not possible to be answering as acclaimed believer and be full of darkness. To be full of darkness is abiding in darkness. Desire the grace to abide in Him, God will deposit in you what it takes to abide in Him.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to abide in Him.