Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—John 15:1-8
by: Dale Rood.
Abiding in Jesus’ love is not a matter of obtaining salvation but rather a matter of living out that salvation. Jesus said, “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you” (v.3; Consider also the interchange between Peter and Jesus in John 13:8-10.) If not salvation, what is the significance of abiding in Jesus’ love? I see two things: First, and most obvious, one’s life will be fruitful, showing definite evidence of Jesus’s presence; Second, one will be close enough to Jesus to know what the Father’s will is and to pray accordingly (v.7).