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Grace Fellowship Church

Grace Fellowship Church. www.GraceDoctrine.org. Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—Amen.

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Grace Fellowship Church

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  1. Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org Pastor/TeacherJim Rickard Tuesday, April 13, 2010

  2. DoxologyPraise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise Him, all creatures here below;Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—Amen.

  3. Memory VerseJohn 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”

  4. John 15:4Abiding In Christ!Part 3

  5. John 15:4a,b,c, “You all abide in the sphere of Me, as I want you to, and when you do I will abide in you. As the branch (believer) is not able to produce fruit (Divine Good) by means of itself unless it abides in the sphere of the Vine (Bible Doctrine).”

  6. John 15:4d,“… so neither can you unless you abide in Me.”

  7. HOUTOS OUDE – “So neither”. Conjunctions correlating the analogy with the real, i.e., “branch and vine” with “us and Jesus”, and concluding what we cannot do, (produce Divine Good), without Bible Doctrine resident in the soul.

  8. EAN ME = “unless”, stating a condition.

  9. EN EMOI = “in Me”, in the Sphere of Jesus.

  10. MENO - Present, Active, Subjunctive, 2nd Person, Plural “you all abide.”

  11. John 15:4d,“So neither are you all able to (produce Divine Good), unless you all abide in the sphere of Me (Bible Doctrine Resident within your soul).”

  12. John 15:4, “You all abide in the sphere of Me, as I want you to, and when you do I will abide in you. As the branch is not able to produce fruit by means of itself unless it abides in the sphere of the Vine. So neither are you all able to, unless you abide in the sphere of Me.”

  13. The three “abide(s)” are used differently:

  14. The three “abide(s)” are used differently:1) The Command to believers.

  15. The three “abide(s)” are used differently:1) The Command to believers. 2) The Principle from Christ.

  16. The three “abide(s)” are used differently:1) The Command to believers. 2) The Principle from Christ.3) The Conclusion for believers.

  17. This is speaking of the “Empowerment” we received from Christ, and only from Christ …

  18. … while standing confidently in the “Environment” of our eternal security, …

  19. … having been “Encouraged” through pruning…

  20. … having been “Encouraged” through pruning…… from the source of “Establishment” to produce Divine Good works.

  21. Fruit bearing is a consequence of being in fellowship / occupied with the Lord Jesus Christ.

  22. If the believer is not drawing his nourishment from Christ on a daily basis there is no growth, advance, or fruit bearing even though the environment and encourage-ment has been established.

  23. No matter how much activity you are engaged in, how moral or religious, it is not fruit unless you are occupied with the Lord Jesus Christ.

  24. At salvation we begin our spiritual life in fellowship with the Lord. But we can break that fellowship through sin.

  25. Our sins do not break our union with Christ, only our fellowship with Christ.

  26. Our Positional Sanctification is not broken, only our Experiential Sanctification.

  27. Sin grieves and quenches the Holy Spirit, Eph 4:30; 1 Thes 5:19; that means a break in our Experiential Sanctification, a break in our fellowship with Christ, but not our Position in Christ.

  28. Yet in grace, God has provided for our restoration to fellowship with Christ through 1 John 1:9, thereby abiding in Him once again.

  29. Grace Fellowship ChurchTuesday, April 13, 2010Tape # 10-042Abiding in Christ, Part 3Upper Room Discourse, Part 357 John 15:4; Eph 4:30; 1 Thes 5:19; 1 John 1:5-9James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010

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