SERIES : Living in Christ | Viviendo en Cristo - Pastor Juan Camilo Bernal Podcast 102 Parte 4A

Welcome to Burning Lamb Podcast A daily refresh

for your life Jesus is the center of everything

we do Burning Lamb Church So on this day we're

going to continue with a very special series.

The Lord has been teaching us on how to abide

in Him. This has been a series that has transformed

our hearts, our character, and He has given us

the key tools to be able to remain in this walk.

What a week we had of abiding in Him. of Christ,

right? Everything happened. For the church, it's

very important to be aware of the times. If the

church isn't aware of the times, then we become

irrelevant. We stop being the salt of this world.

And the Lord called us to be that. And that is

why it's so important to be aware. Because your

prayer is important. Because your voice on this

earth is important. Because each one of us that

are here, we carry a point of influence in our

surroundings. You carry power within you. This

week we had a very sad news about a A brother

in the faith. He was assassinated. He was silent.

Through hate. Through the way of not being able

to tolerate him. But his voice has been a very

prophetic. prophetic voice on this nation, especially

in universities and schools, where the Word of

God was preached without any compromise. It wasn't

compromised. the evidence of Jesus was proven.

And now this is the time for the church to arise.

This is the time for you and I to assume our

position. Today is the day the Lord is calling

us from a place of comfort. Because it has been

enough, our point of... of comfort, where we

have heard more the sound of the world. And it's

time for the church to rise and speak. This is

the time for the church to rise up and speak.

Today, let's go to John 15. So we're going to

start from verse four forward. John chapter 15

John 15:4

verse 4 Yo soy la vi y ustedes las ramas el que

permanece en mí como yo en él darás mucho fruto

separados de mí nada pueden hacer el que no permanece

en mí es desechado y se seca como las ramas que

se recogen y se arrojan al fuego y se queman.

Si permanecen en mi y mis palabras permanecen

en ustedes, entonces pidan todo lo que quieran

y se les concederá. Mi padre es glorificado cuando

ustedes dan mucho fruto y muestran así that are

my disciples. Just as the Father has loved me,

I have also loved you. Stay in my love. If you

obey my commandments, you will remain in my love.

Just as I have obeyed the commandments of my

Father and I remain in his love. les he dicho

esto para que tenga mi alegría y así su alegría

sea completa este es mi mandamiento que se amen

los unos a los otros así como yo los he amado

a ustedes nadie tiene mayor amor nadie tiene

un amor más grande que aquel que da su vida por

sus amigos Ustedes son mis amigos si hacen lo

que yo les mando. Ya no los llamo siervo, porque

el siervo no está al tanto de lo que hace su

amo. Los he llamado mis amigos porque todo lo

que a mi padre le oí decir se les he dado a conocer.

a ustedes y ustedes no me escogieron a mí sino

que yo los escogí a ustedes y los comisioné para

que vayan y den fruto y fruto que perdure y así

el padre le dará todo lo que pidan en mi nombre

ese es mi mandamiento que se amen los unos a

los otros you could read it in English. Okay,

so we're going to go to John 15, chapter 15,

verse 4. Abide in me, and I in you, as the branch

cannot bear fruit of itself. Unless it abides

in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide

in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He

who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit,

for without me you can do nothing. If anyone

does not abide in me, he is cast out as a branch

and is withered, and gather them and throw them

in the fire and they are burned. If you abide

in me and my words abide in you, you will ask

whatever you desire, and it shall be done for

you. By this my Father is glorified, that you

bear much fruit, so you will be my disciples.

And as the Father loved me, I have also loved

you, abiding my love. If you keep my commandments,

you will abide in my love, just as I have kept

my Father's commandments. and I abide in his

love. These things I have spoken to you that

my joy may remain in you and that your joy may

be full. This is my commandment that you have

done, that you have loved one another as I have

loved you. Greater love has no one than this.

than to lay down one's life for his friend. You

are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant

does not know what his master is doing. But I

have called you my friends for all the things

that I have heard my father and I have made known

to you. You did not choose me, but I have chose

you and appointed you that you should go and

bear fruit and that your fruit should remain.

That whatever you ask my father in my name, he

may give you. These things I command. that you

love one another. If the world hates you, you

know that it hated me before it hated you. If

you were of this world, the world would love

its own, yet because you're not of this world,

but I chose you out of the world, therefore the

world hates you. Remember the word that I said

to you, a servant is not greater than the master.

If they persecuted me, they will also persecute

you. If they keep my word, they will keep yours

also. but all these things they will do to you

for my name's sake because they do not know me

who sent me I had not come and spoken to you

they have come they have no sin but now they

have no excuse for their sin he who hates me

hates my father also Lord we honor the saints

of your word this morning. We pray that this

word is planted in our being. So in John 15 there

are instructions of eternal life for you and

I. It's a word that will forever remain fresh

and it will be a reminder for our lives. That's

why the Word of God doesn't change. That's why

it remains forever and ever. And it will always

be as effective. But we're going to break this

down a bit. It says abiding me. This word abide

comes from the word menos. It means to remain

constant. That's what the Lord was telling the

church and His disciples. Stay firm. Remain constant.

But there is something that I like here. It says

stay firm with the ability to withhold. To bear.

To resist a strike. So Jesus wasn't just saying,

so remain here by me and let's just be friends.

And let's just chill. Let's just soak in the

presence. He was saying, abiding me in a firm

way, with strength, with the ability to bear.

Because in the days to come, you're going to

need this. The word meno also means to remain

without mixtures So the Lord was telling the

church remain pure with the message of the gospel

It's enough with so many mixtures that we have

nowadays. Back then they also had mixtures. Is

the Father worshipped here or there? Is this

the way, this is not the way? But the message

of Jesus when He says to remain, It says to remain

to My words and do not mix them. Do not interpret

these your own way. Abide in Me just as I abide

in you. It says He who does not abide in Me is

withered. That's a strong word. When you cast

someone out, it's not that you keep somebody

away from you. That word to be cast, it comes

from a word that means, To be cast to the care

of another. So in other words he would say, you're

no longer under my care. Who do you think he

was casting them to the care of who? This is

a strong word. It says, he who does not abide

in me is cast. He's given to the care of another.

If you abide in Me and My words, and when He

says My words, it refers to the word Rema. It

means the words or sayings of the mouth of God,

what Jesus was teaching us, without a self -interpretation.

It is what it is. Let's not try to get a leg

to the cat. Let's not try to complicate the Gospel.

When Jesus made it so simple, There are very

clear instructions, abide in me and I in you.

And here there is a very key word and we spoke

about this during the pre -retreat. The word

abide here, it makes reference to the word union.

This word union is as though you mix two particles

to the point that you're not able to recognize

the former nature of that. So abide in me, function

in me, let's become one, and there won't be any

memory of the past. You mix water with red ink,

you mix it. When you mix that water, what color

does the water become? Red, right? If you say

green, we're gonna pray for you. So when you

mix it together, it becomes red. When you see

the red water, can you see how the water looked

like before? There is no way to see the division.

That's what Jesus was referring to, that when

they see Him, they see Him. That when they see

us, they see Jesus. Jesus, he speaks about re

-abiding in him and about the vine. He says,

I am the vine and you are the branches. So let's

see a vine here. This is a vine. The grapes are

the fruit. You can see the branch. Right? If

you see the branch, it looks like this. And from

the branches, something comes out. And from that,

then you see a fruit. So the fruit doesn't even

come out directly from the branch. It says, you

are the branches. But the fruit, you don't bear

the fruit. The fruit is connected to something

else. That's why nowadays we have a very frustrated

church, trying to produce fruit. Jesus is very

specific when He relates us to life. You are

the branches, and I am the vine. But if you see

something there, there is something that is really

producing the fruit. Nowadays the church is so

tired of trying to produce, but we can do this

on our own strength. When we talk about abiding

in Him, this is making reference to a union that

is a constant and growing relationship. It doesn't

speak as though it is an event. Like we connect

to the vine when we are in a service. When you

come to church, this is an event. An event does

not produce fruit in your life. Glory to God

for the conferences. Glory to God for the services.

But if you don't have a relationship with the

Son of God, there is no fruit that you can bear.

Jesus makes a reference of a vine that is completely

stuck to the tree. A vine and a branch. One is

greater than the other. One gives life, a nutritious

life. The necessary surroundings and environments

so the other one can live. because of the tree.

There is a branch. Nowadays we live in a culture

where the center of everything is us. We do it

for us and because of us. With motives that are

hidden with a personal agenda. trying to produce

fruit so they can see my tree. And you know how

the Christians, they hide this. Oh, thanks to

the Lord. Thank God. It was because of God. How

much of this fruit is real by the Spirit of God

and not by the human strength? Every good fruit

is highlighted out of this union with the tree.

A rotten tree cannot produce something good.

That's why with our perfect union with the vine,

with the tree which is God, we're able to produce

good fruits. The fruits of the Spirit are for

the earth. When we go to heaven we will need

this. We're cultivating the gifts of the spirit,

but we don't work with the fruits. We love the

gift of the Spirit But we don't abide in the

fruit of the Spirit The Lord is calling a generation

that is able to carry the fruit of the Spirit

of God That's why abiding in Him participants

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