4 “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:4–5 (ESV)

to Remain

1. Pursue a relationship

“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)

2. How does one remain?

A. Pursue Christlikeness

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

Philippians 1:21 (ESV)

7 “The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;

8 the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;

9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules of the Lord
are true,
and righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.

11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.”

Psalm 19:7–11 (ESV)

B. Pursue Worship

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”

Romans 12:1 (ESV)

C. Get On His Path

7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near.”

James 4:7–8 (ESV)

D. Be Fruitful

II. Jesus’ commitment to Us

1. All who believe are saved

“For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13 (ESV)

2. All who pursue will find

“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)

7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near.”

James 4:7–8 (ESV)

3. All who go on His path will be changed

4. All who remain will grow

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)

III. A commitment to Grow Together

1. The importance of Sunday

4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.

7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 6:4–9 (ESV)

2. The importance of circles

“Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.”

Proverbs 27:17 (ESV)

3. The importance of reaching, reproducing, and releasing

1 “You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.”

2 Timothy 2:1–2 (ESV)