Welcome to Burning Lamb Podcast A daily refresh
for your life Jesus is the center of everything
we do Burning Lamb Church So on this day we're
going to continue with a very special series.
The Lord has been teaching us on how to abide
in Him. This has been a series that has transformed
our hearts, our character, and He has given us
the key tools to be able to remain in this walk.
What a week we had of abiding in Him. of Christ,
right? Everything happened. For the church, it's
very important to be aware of the times. If the
church isn't aware of the times, then we become
irrelevant. We stop being the salt of this world.
And the Lord called us to be that. And that is
why it's so important to be aware. Because your
prayer is important. Because your voice on this
earth is important. Because each one of us that
are here, we carry a point of influence in our
surroundings. You carry power within you. This
week we had a very sad news about a A brother
in the faith. He was assassinated. He was silent.
Through hate. Through the way of not being able
to tolerate him. But his voice has been a very
prophetic. prophetic voice on this nation, especially
in universities and schools, where the Word of
God was preached without any compromise. It wasn't
compromised. the evidence of Jesus was proven.
And now this is the time for the church to arise.
This is the time for you and I to assume our
position. Today is the day the Lord is calling
us from a place of comfort. Because it has been
enough, our point of... of comfort, where we
have heard more the sound of the world. And it's
time for the church to rise and speak. This is
the time for the church to rise up and speak.
Today, let's go to John 15. So we're going to
start from verse four forward. John chapter 15
verse 4 Yo soy la vi y ustedes las ramas el que
permanece en mí como yo en él darás mucho fruto
separados de mí nada pueden hacer el que no permanece
en mí es desechado y se seca como las ramas que
se recogen y se arrojan al fuego y se queman.
Si permanecen en mi y mis palabras permanecen
en ustedes, entonces pidan todo lo que quieran
y se les concederá. Mi padre es glorificado cuando
ustedes dan mucho fruto y muestran así that are
my disciples. Just as the Father has loved me,
I have also loved you. Stay in my love. If you
obey my commandments, you will remain in my love.
Just as I have obeyed the commandments of my
Father and I remain in his love. les he dicho
esto para que tenga mi alegría y así su alegría
sea completa este es mi mandamiento que se amen
los unos a los otros así como yo los he amado
a ustedes nadie tiene mayor amor nadie tiene
un amor más grande que aquel que da su vida por
sus amigos Ustedes son mis amigos si hacen lo
que yo les mando. Ya no los llamo siervo, porque
el siervo no está al tanto de lo que hace su
amo. Los he llamado mis amigos porque todo lo
que a mi padre le oí decir se les he dado a conocer.
a ustedes y ustedes no me escogieron a mí sino
que yo los escogí a ustedes y los comisioné para
que vayan y den fruto y fruto que perdure y así
el padre le dará todo lo que pidan en mi nombre
ese es mi mandamiento que se amen los unos a
los otros you could read it in English. Okay,
so we're going to go to John 15, chapter 15,
verse 4. 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 gather them and throw them
in the fire and they are burned. If you abide
in me and my words abide in you, you will ask
whatever 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.
And as the Father loved me, I have also loved
you, abiding my love. If you keep my commandments,
you will abide in my love, just as I have kept
my Father's commandments. and I abide in his
love. These things I have spoken to you that
my joy may remain in you and that your joy may
be full. This is my commandment that you have
done, that you have loved one another as I have
loved you. Greater love has no one than this.
than to lay down one's life for his friend. You
are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant
does not know what his master is doing. But I
have called you my friends for all the things
that I have heard my father and I have made known
to you. You did not choose me, but I have chose
you and appointed you that you should go and
bear fruit and that your fruit should remain.
That whatever you ask my father in my name, he
may give you. These things I command. that you
love one another. If the world hates you, you
know that it hated me before it hated you. If
you were of this world, the world would love
its own, yet because you're not of this world,
but I chose you out of the world, therefore the
world hates you. Remember the word that I said
to you, a servant is not greater than the master.
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute
you. If they keep my word, they will keep yours
also. but all these things they will do to you
for my name's sake because they do not know me
who sent me I had not come and spoken to you
they have come they have no sin but now they
have no excuse for their sin he who hates me
hates my father also Lord we honor the saints
of your word this morning. We pray that this
word is planted in our being. So in John 15 there
are instructions of eternal life for you and
I. It's a word that will forever remain fresh
and it will be a reminder for our lives. That's
why the Word of God doesn't change. That's why
it remains forever and ever. And it will always
be as effective. But we're going to break this
down a bit. It says abiding me. This word abide
comes from the word menos. It means to remain
constant. That's what the Lord was telling the
church and His disciples. Stay firm. Remain constant.
But there is something that I like here. It says
stay firm with the ability to withhold. To bear.
To resist a strike. So Jesus wasn't just saying,
so remain here by me and let's just be friends.
And let's just chill. Let's just soak in the
presence. He was saying, abiding me in a firm
way, with strength, with the ability to bear.
Because in the days to come, you're going to
need this. The word meno also means to remain
without mixtures So the Lord was telling the
church remain pure with the message of the gospel
It's enough with so many mixtures that we have
nowadays. Back then they also had mixtures. Is
the Father worshipped here or there? Is this
the way, this is not the way? But the message
of Jesus when He says to remain, It says to remain
to My words and do not mix them. Do not interpret
these your own way. Abide in Me just as I abide
in you. It says He who does not abide in Me is
withered. That's a strong word. When you cast
someone out, it's not that you keep somebody
away from you. That word to be cast, it comes
from a word that means, To be cast to the care
of another. So in other words he would say, you're
no longer under my care. Who do you think he
was casting them to the care of who? This is
a strong word. It says, he who does not abide
in me is cast. He's given to the care of another.
If you abide in Me and My words, and when He
says My words, it refers to the word Rema. It
means the words or sayings of the mouth of God,
what Jesus was teaching us, without a self -interpretation.
It is what it is. Let's not try to get a leg
to the cat. Let's not try to complicate the Gospel.
When Jesus made it so simple, There are very
clear instructions, abide in me and I in you.
And here there is a very key word and we spoke
about this during the pre -retreat. The word
abide here, it makes reference to the word union.
This word union is as though you mix two particles
to the point that you're not able to recognize
the former nature of that. So abide in me, function
in me, let's become one, and there won't be any
memory of the past. You mix water with red ink,
you mix it. When you mix that water, what color
does the water become? Red, right? If you say
green, we're gonna pray for you. So when you
mix it together, it becomes red. When you see
the red water, can you see how the water looked
like before? There is no way to see the division.
That's what Jesus was referring to, that when
they see Him, they see Him. That when they see
us, they see Jesus. Jesus, he speaks about re
-abiding in him and about the vine. He says,
I am the vine and you are the branches. So let's
see a vine here. This is a vine. The grapes are
the fruit. You can see the branch. Right? If
you see the branch, it looks like this. And from
the branches, something comes out. And from that,
then you see a fruit. So the fruit doesn't even
come out directly from the branch. It says, you
are the branches. But the fruit, you don't bear
the fruit. The fruit is connected to something
else. That's why nowadays we have a very frustrated
church, trying to produce fruit. Jesus is very
specific when He relates us to life. You are
the branches, and I am the vine. But if you see
something there, there is something that is really
producing the fruit. Nowadays the church is so
tired of trying to produce, but we can do this
on our own strength. When we talk about abiding
in Him, this is making reference to a union that
is a constant and growing relationship. It doesn't
speak as though it is an event. Like we connect
to the vine when we are in a service. When you
come to church, this is an event. An event does
not produce fruit in your life. Glory to God
for the conferences. Glory to God for the services.
But if you don't have a relationship with the
Son of God, there is no fruit that you can bear.
Jesus makes a reference of a vine that is completely
stuck to the tree. A vine and a branch. One is
greater than the other. One gives life, a nutritious
life. The necessary surroundings and environments
so the other one can live. because of the tree.
There is a branch. Nowadays we live in a culture
where the center of everything is us. We do it
for us and because of us. With motives that are
hidden with a personal agenda. trying to produce
fruit so they can see my tree. And you know how
the Christians, they hide this. Oh, thanks to
the Lord. Thank God. It was because of God. How
much of this fruit is real by the Spirit of God
and not by the human strength? Every good fruit
is highlighted out of this union with the tree.
A rotten tree cannot produce something good.
That's why with our perfect union with the vine,
with the tree which is God, we're able to produce
good fruits. The fruits of the Spirit are for
the earth. When we go to heaven we will need
this. We're cultivating the gifts of the spirit,
but we don't work with the fruits. We love the
gift of the Spirit But we don't abide in the
fruit of the Spirit The Lord is calling a generation
that is able to carry the fruit of the Spirit
of God That's why abiding in Him participants
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