Abide Serve

IF WE WANT TO “ABIDE IN CHRIST” WE MUST LIVE AS JESUS LIVED. A seed produces grain of its own kind. Christ produces men and women who are like Him. The seed that Christ sowed lives in His people. Fruitful believers yield to sacrifice for others. We cannot live for self and become fruitful with our lives. To live for self is to undermine who we are in Christ. There is a joy in willing sacrificial service for others. Most importantly, Jesus commanded us to serve. Believers need to hold the same perspective as Jesus, that the paradox of death brings life. Christians are to follow Jesus’ model of a self-giving life. 1 John 2:3-6 3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. We are to be His “servants,” self-giving servants. Faithful followers of Jesus rid themselves of the arrogant authority of their own plans. They join everything they are and have to the Lord. They follow Jesus in doing so.