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(Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky, "A Golden Treasury for the
Children of God" 1718)
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine--so neither can you unless you
abide in Me." John 15:4
To abide in Christ, who is our righteousness and
strength--is the very life and power of Christianity. We are in this happy
state, when . . .
our thoughts are
going out after Him,
our hearts are
cleaving to Him, and
our minds are
staying upon Him.
To abide in Him brings peace and joy, and strength to
overcome sin and the world--which believers renounce the more readily, as they
have found something better in Christ.
Abiding in Him, believers . . .
look to Christ for
all,
go to Christ with
all, and
depend on Christ
through all.
Thus they abide in Jesus--and Jesus abides in them.
May the Lord give me grace, likewise, immovably to abide in
Him. Then I shall . . .
conquer sin,
overcome the world,
and always triumph
in Christ.
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