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John 15:1-8

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Sometimes aquatic animals make mistakes by jumping out of bodies of water, and they are saved by animal-loving people who pick them up and throw them (or push or do something to guide them) back into the water. The reason is simple; without help to go back to their natural abode, they will die. It’s the same situation when a human being or other terrestrial animals which cannot swim find themselves in bodies of water that are large enough to swallow them. They drown if there is no rescue, because they are unable to breathe inside water.

 

In John chapter 15 verses 1 to 8, Jesus Christ commanded His disciples to abide in Him, without which they could do nothing. In verses 4 and 5, the Bible says:

 

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

 

Why do Christians need to abide in Christ? The reason is well captured in the scripture above. Without Him we can do nothing.