5. Introduction
• Sleepovers at a friend’s house
• Staying at “the Farm” for a week
• The first year of marriage
increasing permanence
increasing commitment
7. Abiding in Christ (v56)
settling down, maintaining a permanent
residence; never leaving, a continuing presence
• a proposal of
PROVISION, STABILITY, SECURITY, RESCUE, RE
ST
• a proposal of committed RELATIONSHIP
8. Commitments
• If you come, you will never HUNGER OR
THIRST again (v35)
– Your quest for daily sustenance is over
– Begging, stealing, selling yourself isn’t necessary
– Your soul will be nourished, and growing
– Jesus is Your ultimate satisfaction
you’ll never need to leave
9. Commitments
• If you come, you will never BE REJECTED
again (v37)
– You are a part of the family
– You are held in honor, not contempt
– God will never reject you
– You will never be expelled to hell
you’ll never be made to leave
10. Commitments
• If you come, you will never BE LOST or
ALONE again (v39)
– Jesus wants to keep you with Him
– Each one is important, as a gift from the Father
– Jesus will pick you up and hold you close
you’ll never be left behind
11. Commitments
• If you come, you will LIVE WITH ME forever
(vv47, 50, 51, 57, 58)
– Eternal life is both quantitative and qualitative
– You can have a freedom from fear of death
– Your life and Jesus’ life are intertwined
you’ll simply never leave
12. Invitation
• I am the bread of LIFE. (vv35, 41, 48, 50, 58)
• I will give my LIFE for you. (v51)
• COME and live with me (forever). (v56)
EAT! DRINK! STAY! ENJOY!
13. Conclusion
• Abiding is a commitment to
– Unpack your BAGGAGE
– Curb your ‘WANDERLUST’, cure
HOMESICKNESS
– Move beyond “LIGHT CONVERSATION”
with Jesus
– Spend lots of ALONE TIME
with Jesus
Editor's Notes
In 6:56, “menow” to remain, abide; with reference to place (to reside, tarry as a guest, lodge); to time (to continue to be, not to perish, to last, endure); to state or condition (to remain as one is, not become another or different)
All That I NeedYou are My All in All
In v37, “ekballow” to cast out, drive out, send out; with violence or force! (uses: reject a person in power [coup], throw cargo overboard, to expel a person/banish them from a family, thrown out of a city [Paul] by laying hands on him, exorcisms)
In v39, “apoleipow”, to leave, leave behind; to desert or forsake
