{"id":5205,"date":"2020-10-28T19:26:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T19:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.azurewebsites.net\/nlt\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2021-12-08T09:18:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T09:18:47","slug":"remaining-in-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/2020\/10\/28\/remaining-in-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Remaining in Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyndale.com\/p\/nlt-study-bible-large-print\/9781496445438\">Article from the <em>NLT Study Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-5-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5206\" width=\"294\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-5.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.&#8221; John 15:4, NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Jesus\u2019 favorite words was meno\u00af, often translated \u201cremain,\u201d \u201cstay,\u201d or \u201cabide.\u201d It describes a profound, intimate, and enduring relationship. For example, Jesus said, \u201cYou are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to [meno\u00af en, \u2018stay in\u2019] my teachings\u201d (8:31). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-42-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5208\" width=\"263\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-42-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-42-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-42-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-42-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-42.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea is that a disciple\u2019s life is fully formed by Jesus\u2019 word. Jesus described how the Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son (14:10- 11). Likewise, when we remain in Christ, the Son is in us and we are in the Father and the Son (17:21). Both the Father and the Son come and make their home within his disciples. This mutual indwelling is precisely what it means that the disciple remains in Christ. We cannot gain the permanence of our relationship by our own effort; this relationship is only made permanent by the gracious initiative of God indwelling our lives through his Spirit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means commitment on the part of both God and the disciple. The mutual indwelling between God and the believer is not a fleeting or temporary commitment, but an enduring, permanent, and eternal relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperturn-view.com\/us\/tyndale-bibles\/nltstudybible-gospel-of-john?pid=MzA30226&amp;v=1.4\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/04-NLTSB-LP-4543-8-opt-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5209\" width=\"399\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperturn-view.com\/us\/tyndale-bibles\/nltstudybible-gospel-of-john?pid=MzA30226&amp;v=1.4\">Take a look inside the <em>NLT Study Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article from the NLT Study Bible &#8220;Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.&#8221; John 15:4, NLT One of Jesus\u2019 favorite words was meno\u00af, often translated \u201cremain,\u201d \u201cstay,\u201d or \u201cabide.\u201d It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,44,45,46],"tags":[135,202],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5596,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205\/revisions\/5596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- LIVE: wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com/nlt//wp-json/wp/v2/posts/5205 -->