Ye, Even As I

If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, Even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love." - Joh 15:10

"He was made like us in all things,

that we might be like Him in all things.

He opened up a path in which we may walk

 even as He walked.

He took our human nature

to teach us how to wear it,

and show us how obedience,

as it is the first duty of the creature,

is the only way

to abide in the

favor of God

and enter into

His glory.

And now He cames to instruct

and encourage us,

and asks us to keep His commandments,

even as He kep

His father's commandments

and abides in His love....

In accepting

and doing

His will,

I rise into fellowhip

with Him.

The branch cannot

bear fruit

except as it has exactly the same

life as the Vine.

Our life is to be

the exact counterpart

of Christ's life....

Do let us take from our Lord

the lesson of

obedience

as the secret of

abiding.

Let us confess that simiple,

implicit,

universal obedience

has taken too little the place it should have.

Christ diedf or us as enemies,

when we were

disobedient.

He took us up

into His love,

now that we are in Him,

His Word is:

'Obey and abide; ye, even as I.'

Let us give ourselves

to a willing

and loving obedience.

He will keep us abiding in His love."

Murray

How do I abide?

Live in obedience.

Obey the commands.

Live a life marked by

obedience.

Have a life marked by

abiding.