followHIM - What does "Abide in the light" mean? • followHIM Favorites • Nov 27 - Dec 3

Episode Date: November 23, 2023

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Hello, my friends. Welcome to Follow Him Favorites. My name is Hank Smith. I'm here with the wonderful John, by the way. John, we're going to do what we usually do at Follow Him Favorites. We're going to take on a single question from this week's lesson. We're in first, second, is 1 John 2, verse 6. He that saith he abideth in him should walk the way he walks. Verse 10, he that loveth his brother abideth in the light. Abide isn't a word we use much anymore, John. So what do you think of when you hear the word abide in the Lord? It's a great word. And I remember studying the Christmas story in Luke years ago, there were in the same country, shepherds abiding in their field, keeping watch over their flock by night. We've all heard that. And I looked it up on dictionary.com. It has such a great list to stay, to remain, to endure, to persist, be where you're supposed to be doing what you're supposed to be doing kind of a word. There's blessings from abiding. In fact, in the Christmas story, the wise men had a hint of what

was coming. Joseph knew, Mary knew, obviously Jesus knew. Who didn't know? The shepherds. And how did they get to find out? Because they were abiding. They were where they were supposed to be and the angels knew right where to find them but we want to be abiders and be we're supposed to be doing what we're supposed to be doing i love that in spanish abide i believe is per mona said uh something like that per mona said but you can hear the word permanent in there right yeah mona said the idea of abiding in the lord should be that I'm here permanently. I'm here forever. I am in. Both feet are in. I'm all in when it comes to Jesus. I think the word abide implies that, that you're not just halfway in. You're not here for a little while. You're here forever. Here for the long haul.

Boy, the way that 1 John 2 ends in verse 28 is so nice. And now little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming. What a nice verse that is. I marked that one when we went through it. Yeah. How often people are looking for confidence. I need a little self-confidence. I need self-esteem. I think that verse is great. Abide in him. We can have confidence. When he comes, we can stand before him and we can be confident and

not be ashamed before him because we were where we were supposed to be doing what we're supposed to be doing. And I hope we out there get to meet our fellow abiders all the time, right? Yeah. This is 1 John 3. If we abide in him, when he shall appear, we shall be like him. Isn't that fantastic? That's the promise. Yep.

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