You in Christ

We have talked in the past about Christ in us, and I believe that we have begun to understand how Christ lives in us, now it is time for us to begin to live in Christ, which is something a little different. Our Pastor made a statement a few weeks ago in service, he said…

“The key to doing away with religion is not Christ in you, it’s you in Christ.”

John 15:4-8 (NKJV)
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. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

When we get born again Christ comes into our hearts and lives within us. That is what Jesus does, but it is up to us to abide in Him, just as He is abiding in us. It is up to us to keep connected to the vine, to abide in the vine.

ABIDE: To dwell; to remain; not to depart; to continue to be present; to be held, kept, continually.

As you can see from the scripture apart from the vine we can do nothing, we will not bear any fruit. That means if we are not living in Christ that those things that God had purposed for us to do cannot come to pass, that all of those things connected to Him can not flow through us, or to us because we are disconnected. Literally if you pulled a branch off of a tree would it continue to bear fruit? No it couldn’t because it has been cut off from its life source. Just because we go to church, and act religious, and serve in the ministry, that does not mean that we are in Christ. Connecting to Him is not an outward show, it’s an inward connection.

So I just want to encourage each of you out there to do a self check. Yes Christ is living in you, but have you been living in Him, dwelling in Him, abiding in Him? Are you bearing fruit? If not it is time to reconnect to the vine.

God bless!

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org