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John 15:9-10John 15:9-10

The Abiding Life of Love! The Abiding Life of Love!

Part 3Part 3

Vs 10, “Vs 10, “If you keep My If you keep My commandmentscommandments”, is a 3”, is a 3rdrd class if; maybe you will class if; maybe you will and maybe you will not and maybe you will not

keep His mandates.keep His mandates.

““Keep” – TEREO, Aorist, Keep” – TEREO, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive.Active, Subjunctive.

The believer has volitional The believer has volitional responsibility to positively responsibility to positively

choose to guard and observe choose to guard and observe the Word of God in their lives.the Word of God in their lives.

Persist in obedience to the Persist in obedience to the Word of God = Word of God = remaining in remaining in Jesus’ love exactly the same Jesus’ love exactly the same way in which He remained in way in which He remained in His Father’s love = obedience His Father’s love = obedience to the Father’s Will and Plan.to the Father’s Will and Plan.

That total obedience is what That total obedience is what Jesus testified to as noted in Jesus testified to as noted in verse 10, and is the type of verse 10, and is the type of

obedience we too must have obedience we too must have in order to abide in His Love. in order to abide in His Love.

John 8:29,John 8:29,“And He who sent Me is “And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left with Me; He has not left

Me alone, for I always do Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing the things that are pleasing

to Him.” to Him.”

John 14:31,John 14:31,“But so that the world may “But so that the world may know that I love the Father, know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father I do exactly as the Father

commanded Me.”commanded Me.”

Abiding in the Love of Abiding in the Love of Christ is a continuing Christ is a continuing

communion with Him. It is communion with Him. It is maximizing your maximizing your

fellowship with Christ on a fellowship with Christ on a daily basis.daily basis.

““YYou will abide in My loveou will abide in My love,” ,” Abide - MENO in the Future Abide - MENO in the Future

Tense = Tense = If you are persistent in If you are persistent in obedience to the Word of God obedience to the Word of God

YOU WILLYOU WILL in the future in the future abide in the sphere of Jesus’ abide in the sphere of Jesus’

love.love.

““Just as I have persistently Just as I have persistently observed the commandments observed the commandments of My Father and therefore of My Father and therefore abide in the sphere of His abide in the sphere of His love.”love.” Jesus Christ lived the Jesus Christ lived the Prototypical Spiritual Life.Prototypical Spiritual Life.

John 15:10, John 15:10, “If, “If, maybe you will and maybe you maybe you will and maybe you will not,will not, persist in obedience to My persist in obedience to My

commandments, commandments, thenthen you will abide in you will abide in the sphere of My love; even as I have the sphere of My love; even as I have persistently observed the command-persistently observed the command-ments of My Father and ments of My Father and thereforetherefore abide in the sphere of His love.”abide in the sphere of His love.”

Jesus Christ as the Jesus Christ as the Prototypical Spiritual Prototypical Spiritual

Life!Life!

The humanity of Christ, The humanity of Christ, during His First Advent, during His First Advent,

utilized the prototype spiritual utilized the prototype spiritual life that relied on Divine life that relied on Divine

power in the fulfillment of the power in the fulfillment of the Father's Plan.Father's Plan.

Jesus executed God's Plan in Jesus executed God's Plan in the filling of the Spirit and the filling of the Spirit and

with the Word resident with the Word resident within His soul inside God’s within His soul inside God’s

Power System (GPS), the Power System (GPS), the prototype spiritual life.prototype spiritual life.

Our Lord demonstrated for Our Lord demonstrated for us how the power of God us how the power of God

can be utilized by a can be utilized by a member of the human race member of the human race

to overcome and be to overcome and be victorious.victorious.

When our Lord operated When our Lord operated inside God’s Power inside God’s Power

System, He was abiding in System, He was abiding in the love of God the Father.the love of God the Father.

The love of the Father means The love of the Father means in Grace He provided in Grace He provided

everything necessary for everything necessary for Jesus Christ to overcome sin Jesus Christ to overcome sin

and be victorious, all the and be victorious, all the way through the Cross.way through the Cross.

That same love and power is That same love and power is now available to every now available to every

Church Age believer for the Church Age believer for the fulfillment of God's Plan for fulfillment of God's Plan for

the Church Age. the Church Age. Eph 1:19-22; 2 Cor 3:17-18 Eph 1:19-22; 2 Cor 3:17-18

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