| To “abide in” Christ is to “stay” or “remain” or “continue” in fellowship with Him. It is to be “casting all your care upon Him,” to “trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding,” and to “confess our sins,” knowing that “He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” When we thus “abide in” Him, “ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” Thus abiding, we will not “ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” We will, rather, ask in His name, seeking His will and His glory, and His promise is that “whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” “And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.” “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us: and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.” |
