Abide in Him!

Joh 15:4    Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

Abide - Stay; wait for; continue to exist; keep on

To Repent- repentance consists of (1) a true sense of one's own guilt and sinfulness; (2) an apprehension of God's mercy in Christ; (3) an actual hatred of sin (Psa 119:128; Job 42:5, Job 42:6; 2Co 7:10) and turning from it to God; and (4) a persistent Endeavor after a holy life in a walking with God in the way of his commandments.

When we study scripture we ask ourselves Who,What,When,Why and How. The scripture that we are looking at, Jesus is speaking to His disciples. We know this because of the prior chapters, and nothing has changed in context.
Many Christians today have been taught and choose to follow the doctrine that has you living any way you want (Hyper Grace). When a person has no accountability and the catch phrase for them is " Grace covers it" or " it is covered by the blood" there is a big problem. The Word of God is clear man has a responsibility on what he does with the grace of God! Psa 91:1    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
We do not save ourselves, but we do have an active part when we step out in faith to believe. Jesus paid it all, Eph 2:8    For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, Eph 2:9    not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
When you get saved our faith is active, Jesus says "Joh 15:4    Abide in me, and I in you." When we start thinking that i can live anyway i want willful sin is creeping at our door! We are meant to work for the Kingdom of God, not to just live in the old man of this world. He (the old man) died,
2Co 5:17    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2Co 5:18    All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
2Co 5:19    that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
2Co 5:20    Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
When that old man has died, now what? If a Christian is not growing or still living in the willful sin he/she has been saved from, something is wrong! It is easy to say 'oh my sins are forgiven I am good to go" true repentance is not there! That is not what Jesus died for, He died to give you freedom in Him to not live in that willful sin! There are warnings all over the OT and NT about living in willful sin. Heb 10:26    For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, The Holy Spirit is the last of the Godhead that will come to our rescue! Jesus sent Him to abide in us so we can have freedom to come to the thrown of God, not to live in sin!!
Heb 4:14    Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Heb 4:15    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Heb 4:16    Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hyper Grace is very active in todays Church, but it was also active in the first century Church. Paul addressed the Christians in Rome about this....Rom 6:1    What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2    By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
Sin will be in our lives as Christians, we will never be sinless, but we can be active in our faith that we love Jesus more then our sins! It is very dangerous to sit back and do nothing in regards to not abiding in Him who saved us! You do not pick up your cross one time and think you are a Christian, it is a daily walk. Luk 9:23    And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Mat 10:38    And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
To follow Him you must abide in Him, the scripture is clear on this. True Repentance is needed in the Church not this politically correct garbage we have in the Church today. Teaching from the pulpit to actively abide and repent of your sins is so needed! There will be persecution when this happens, remember Jesus said " Mar 13:13    And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved."
Lets live our faith out and stand on the roof tops and proclaim His name! God Bless