Lesson 5 - The Word Living in Us
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ONE COMES into the family of God by confessing the Lordship of Jesus over his life.
Romans 10:9-10, “Because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: for with the heart man believeth unto Righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
And then in the eleventh verse He climaxes it by saying, “Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be put to shame.”
2617. kataiscunw kataischuno, kat-ahee-skhoo'-no
Search for 2617 in KJV
from 2596 and 153; to shame down, i.e. disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush:--confound, dishonour, (be a-, make a-)shame(-d).
You see, the recognition of the Lordship of Jesus is the condition on which we receive Eternal Life.
Faith is not a creation of the intellect but of the human spirit; and when He says, “Believe in thy heart,” He means that our spirits act upon the Word.
So with the heart man believes that Jesus is his Righteousness, and then he makes a confession of his salvation, of the Lordship of Jesus over his life. “Lordship” really means “the bread provider,” the one who sustains, protects, and cares for us. So in the very beginning of the Divine Life, Jesus assumes the responsibility of our caretaker. We have Matthew 6:25-34. This is too long to quote in full, but Jesus gives us a bird’s-eye view of the Father’s attitude toward His own children.
This was written for the New Creation. The Jews could not understand it. Notice this: “Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.”
He illustrates it by the Father’s care for the birds, and says, “Are not ye of much more value than they?”
And then we show lack of wisdom in worrying over our finances, “Why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.”
Then the thirtieth verse, “But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, 0 ye of little faith? Be not therefore anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat,’ or, ‘What shall we drink’: or, ‘Wherewithal shall we be clothed?’ For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”
And then we have the climax in the thirty-third verse, “But seek ye first His kingdom and His Righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
We are in His kingdom. Colossians 1:13, “Who delivered us out of the authority of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”
We have found His Righteousness. II Corinthians 5:21, “Him Who knew no sin He made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the Righteousness of God in Him.”
Then we are in the family. (Romans 8:14-16.)
And in I John 3:1, we read, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God: Beloved, now are we children of God.”
And not only are we sons, but we are heirs of God and joints heirs with Jesus Christ. God is our actual Father.
John 16:27, “For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved me.”
If we are His children and if He is our Father, then He is responsible for us. If we take our place as sons, He is bound to take His place as a Father.
John 14:23, “If a man love me, he will keep my Word; and my Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”
“If a man love me he will keep my Word.” That means that we are taking our place as sons. We will take the responsibility of sons. We will bear the burden of it, and we will enjoy the privileges of it. If we do that, then He will assume His place as a Father and will make His home with us, take care of us and enable us to meet our obligations, enable us to walk in love and in wisdom, and to walk in the fullness of His fellowship.
Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things in Him that strengtheneth me.”
Here is the ability of God that becomes ours the moment that we come into the family.
And Philippians 4:19 reads, “My God shall supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
That will be the end of worry, the end of fear. That will mean that God, our Father, has assumed the responsibility that came to Him when He gave us Eternal Life. Study this section very carefully.
Proverbs 3:5, 6, “Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart and lean not upon thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.”
We Are His Love Slaves
This is the Master speaking to His love slaves. He is saying to us, “I want your heart trust, your fullest confidence. I want you to learn that I am your wisdom and your ability. I can make you wiser than your enemies. I can make you a master over circumstances.”
Philippians 4:11, “I have learned in whatsoever state I am therein to be independent of circumstances” (Twentieth Century Translation).
He wants us to know that we have His ability, that II Corinthians 3:4, 5 is ours, written especially for us. “And such confidence have we through Christ to Godward; not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God.”
You have His ability in life’s fight... have it in the office, in the store, in the schoolroom, in the home. The mechanic has His wisdom at the bench. The judge and the lawyer both have access to His ability. There isn’t a walk in life in which the believer finds himself, but what God’s ability belongs to him, and that his Father is not watching over him, meeting his every need in every crisis.
Psalm 27:1 belongs to this dispensation. “Jehovah is my light and my salvation: Whom shall I fear?”
Light means wisdom. Salvation is our Redemption from Satan. I have no fear then, of anything that can happen. “Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
No matter what the condition—physical, spiritual, mental or financial—your succor is at hand, your strength is God’s ability at your disposal. You can sing Psalm 56:9, “This I know, that God is for me. In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?”
Our Fearless Song
Psalm 46:1 is yours: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
He is able to meet every financial obligation when you trust Him utterly. But, it will be necessary for you to go into business with Him, for you to be partners.
Malachi 3:10, 11 should become a part of your daily consciousness: “Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove Me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
Now you people that have not been able to meet your obligations: you have had to make and to get loans, had sickness and expenses that should not have come to you. Notice the eleventh verse, “I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground: neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.”
Satan has tried to keep you in bondage. One thing after another has happened that has kept your pocketbook drained. Now the Father has promised to watch over your finances so that you will have no unnecessary bills to meet. If you have a fearless confidence in Him, He will see that blessings shower in upon you. But if you are vacillating and trust Him today and doubt Him tomorrow, you will find yourself walking alone.
The Sense of Mastery
When you know that you are tied up with Him and that He is back of you, it gives you a sense of superiority. Isaiah 41:10 is peculiarly yours. “Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee; yea I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my Righteousness.”
Now notice this sentence. “I am with thee.” He is in the home with you; He is in the shop with you; He is in the school with you. “Fear thou not for I am God Almighty, Creator of the Universe. I am your Father; I am watching over you. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God.” I know of no other statement in Scripture that thrills me like that. “I am thy God—thy Father-God, the strength of your life, your wisdom, your ability. I am your ‘bread provider.’ I am your caretaker. I am all you need.”
And then He whispers, “I will strengthen you, no matter what your work may be.”
If it is physical strength, He is your sufficiency. If it is mental strength, He meets you. And if it is spiritual strength that will give you courage to face impossibilities, He is there.
You notice, “I am with you,” but that is in the Old Covenant. Now He says, “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world” (I John 4:4).
Remember the God Inside
Israel could conquer all the armies that came against them, for God was with them. How much more can God do through us when we are conscious of His indwelling Presence. When things press hard, we whisper softly, “He is inside of me, and the God inside of me is mightier than all the forces that can come against me.” So we rest quietly.
And He says, “I will uphold thee with the right hand of My Righteousness.”
Well, Jesus is my Righteousness so I am upheld by God’s Ability, and God’s own Righteousness invested in His Son, Jesus, for me.
There is one phase of this life that we haven’t mentioned. It is so vague in the minds of most of us that we are the Righteousness of God, and that II Corinthians 9:8 is ours: “And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work.”
You are not only going to meet your obligations, but you are going to be able to help in the cause of Christ. You will be able to distribute literature and books that will build up faith in others. You may be able to scatter abroad the message of Eternal Life. You will be able to give to the poor.
And now notice the tenth verse. And you are going to increase the fruits of your Righteousness. You are the Righteousness of God. You can take Jesus’ Name. You know Mark 16:17-20. You know that the secret of Jesus’ domination over demons, over the laws of nature over the works of the Adversary, was because He was Righteous. Now you have become Righteous with His Righteousness, just as you become strong with His strength, just as you can love because His love is shed abroad in your heart. Read Romans 5:5.
You can love as He loved. You can rule the forces of darkness as He ruled them. You are not afraid of disease. You are not afraid of anything that may come. You are a master. You see, when we take these scriptures seriously, knowing that God means exactly what He says to us, it lifts us out of the old realm of weakness and failure. It is no longer “I can’t,” but, “I can do all things through Him who is my ability.”
He is anxious for us to increase the fruits of our Righteousness in Christ so that we are enriched in everything. We are able to minister to the needs of those about us. Some of you have never been able to give much money. You may be able to, if you let Him loose in you. He can enable you to give. He can enable you to earn. He can cause people to give to you. It all depends upon your attitude towards what you are in Christ. Can you do all things through Him Who strengthens you? Have you a right to use the Name of Jesus?
Don’t you see, “I am the Vine and Ye are the branches” (John 15:5)? Meditate upon this.
Didn’t He say, “If ye abide in Me and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you”?
Can’t the branch bear vine fruit? Is there any limitation?
If you do not limit Him then you are limitless. If you let the limitless One dominate you and rule you, if you let His will be carried out in you, it would mean that you are taking responsibilities and privileges that you have never assumed before, if you will dare to say, “I can do all things. His ability is mine. His wisdom is mine. Therefore I am what He says I am.”
QUESTIONS
1 What work does the Living Word do in us?
It saves us
2 What does Romans 10:11 mean to us in our daily life?
Our confidence will be built up in Jesus and we will not be disappointed
3a What is God’s responsibility to us His children?
He assumes responsibility
3b What is our responsibility to Him as Father?
John 14:23, “If a man love me, he will keep my Word; and my Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”
Proverbs 3:5, 6, “Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart and lean not upon thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.”
5. With what are His children equipped?
6. What is the vocation of God’s children?
Malachi is talking about a “nation” that turned its back on God.
-Failing to give tithes and offerings was not the sole reason for a curse to be placed on the people, and really had very little to do with it when put in context.
-The storehouse is not a metaphor for the church (as an organization), but was a physical room in the temple, which today is inside the Christian. The idea of giving to the church's organization structure is Biblically inaccurate. The real New Testament application of this concept is in meeting the needs of others, explained in more detail later.
-The devouring going on here is done by God as part of the curse He has ordained for wicked nations. He himself inflicted the devouring of crops on the nation, and makes a plea to the people for the removal of this curse.
-The test in this passage is intended as a one-time concession for a fallen people - and this, out of their immaturity. This passage makes no claim that tithes and offerings obligate God to bless individuals or that opening the floodgates is a recurring event. True giving, in fact, is a display of submission to God's will, and if it's done in the right attitude, will bend the person's own will to steer away from their own desires and line up with God's desires for physical things.
-The offerings referenced in Malachi did not refer to monetary offerings over and above the tithe, suggesting that you should give your tithe, and then another 50% on top of that to win God's favor.
-The devouring going on here is done by God as part of the curse He has ordained for wicked nations. He himself inflicted the devouring of crops on the nation, and makes a plea to the people for the removal of this curse.
God wants the nations to turn back to Him and then He will bless them.
“I am the Vine and Ye are the branches” (John 15:5)? Meditate upon this.
Didn’t He say, “If ye abide in Me and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you”?
Can’t the branch bear vine fruit? Is there any limitation?
If you do not limit Him then you are limitless.
Romans 10:9-10, “Because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: for with the heart man believeth unto Righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
And then in the eleventh verse He climaxes it by saying, “Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be put to shame.”
2617. kataiscunw kataischuno, kat-ahee-skhoo'-no
Search for 2617 in KJV
from 2596 and 153; to shame down, i.e. disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush:--confound, dishonour, (be a-, make a-)shame(-d).
You see, the recognition of the Lordship of Jesus is the condition on which we receive Eternal Life.
Faith is not a creation of the intellect but of the human spirit; and when He says, “Believe in thy heart,” He means that our spirits act upon the Word.
So with the heart man believes that Jesus is his Righteousness, and then he makes a confession of his salvation, of the Lordship of Jesus over his life. “Lordship” really means “the bread provider,” the one who sustains, protects, and cares for us. So in the very beginning of the Divine Life, Jesus assumes the responsibility of our caretaker. We have Matthew 6:25-34. This is too long to quote in full, but Jesus gives us a bird’s-eye view of the Father’s attitude toward His own children.
This was written for the New Creation. The Jews could not understand it. Notice this: “Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.”
He illustrates it by the Father’s care for the birds, and says, “Are not ye of much more value than they?”
And then we show lack of wisdom in worrying over our finances, “Why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.”
Then the thirtieth verse, “But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, 0 ye of little faith? Be not therefore anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat,’ or, ‘What shall we drink’: or, ‘Wherewithal shall we be clothed?’ For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”
And then we have the climax in the thirty-third verse, “But seek ye first His kingdom and His Righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
We are in His kingdom. Colossians 1:13, “Who delivered us out of the authority of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”
We have found His Righteousness. II Corinthians 5:21, “Him Who knew no sin He made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the Righteousness of God in Him.”
Then we are in the family. (Romans 8:14-16.)
And in I John 3:1, we read, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God: Beloved, now are we children of God.”
And not only are we sons, but we are heirs of God and joints heirs with Jesus Christ. God is our actual Father.
John 16:27, “For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved me.”
If we are His children and if He is our Father, then He is responsible for us. If we take our place as sons, He is bound to take His place as a Father.
John 14:23, “If a man love me, he will keep my Word; and my Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”
“If a man love me he will keep my Word.” That means that we are taking our place as sons. We will take the responsibility of sons. We will bear the burden of it, and we will enjoy the privileges of it. If we do that, then He will assume His place as a Father and will make His home with us, take care of us and enable us to meet our obligations, enable us to walk in love and in wisdom, and to walk in the fullness of His fellowship.
Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things in Him that strengtheneth me.”
Here is the ability of God that becomes ours the moment that we come into the family.
And Philippians 4:19 reads, “My God shall supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
That will be the end of worry, the end of fear. That will mean that God, our Father, has assumed the responsibility that came to Him when He gave us Eternal Life. Study this section very carefully.
Proverbs 3:5, 6, “Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart and lean not upon thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.”
We Are His Love Slaves
This is the Master speaking to His love slaves. He is saying to us, “I want your heart trust, your fullest confidence. I want you to learn that I am your wisdom and your ability. I can make you wiser than your enemies. I can make you a master over circumstances.”
Philippians 4:11, “I have learned in whatsoever state I am therein to be independent of circumstances” (Twentieth Century Translation).
He wants us to know that we have His ability, that II Corinthians 3:4, 5 is ours, written especially for us. “And such confidence have we through Christ to Godward; not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God.”
You have His ability in life’s fight... have it in the office, in the store, in the schoolroom, in the home. The mechanic has His wisdom at the bench. The judge and the lawyer both have access to His ability. There isn’t a walk in life in which the believer finds himself, but what God’s ability belongs to him, and that his Father is not watching over him, meeting his every need in every crisis.
Psalm 27:1 belongs to this dispensation. “Jehovah is my light and my salvation: Whom shall I fear?”
Light means wisdom. Salvation is our Redemption from Satan. I have no fear then, of anything that can happen. “Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
No matter what the condition—physical, spiritual, mental or financial—your succor is at hand, your strength is God’s ability at your disposal. You can sing Psalm 56:9, “This I know, that God is for me. In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?”
Our Fearless Song
Psalm 46:1 is yours: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
He is able to meet every financial obligation when you trust Him utterly. But, it will be necessary for you to go into business with Him, for you to be partners.
Malachi 3:10, 11 should become a part of your daily consciousness: “Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove Me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
Now you people that have not been able to meet your obligations: you have had to make and to get loans, had sickness and expenses that should not have come to you. Notice the eleventh verse, “I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground: neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.”
Satan has tried to keep you in bondage. One thing after another has happened that has kept your pocketbook drained. Now the Father has promised to watch over your finances so that you will have no unnecessary bills to meet. If you have a fearless confidence in Him, He will see that blessings shower in upon you. But if you are vacillating and trust Him today and doubt Him tomorrow, you will find yourself walking alone.
The Sense of Mastery
When you know that you are tied up with Him and that He is back of you, it gives you a sense of superiority. Isaiah 41:10 is peculiarly yours. “Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee; yea I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my Righteousness.”
Now notice this sentence. “I am with thee.” He is in the home with you; He is in the shop with you; He is in the school with you. “Fear thou not for I am God Almighty, Creator of the Universe. I am your Father; I am watching over you. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God.” I know of no other statement in Scripture that thrills me like that. “I am thy God—thy Father-God, the strength of your life, your wisdom, your ability. I am your ‘bread provider.’ I am your caretaker. I am all you need.”
And then He whispers, “I will strengthen you, no matter what your work may be.”
If it is physical strength, He is your sufficiency. If it is mental strength, He meets you. And if it is spiritual strength that will give you courage to face impossibilities, He is there.
You notice, “I am with you,” but that is in the Old Covenant. Now He says, “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world” (I John 4:4).
Remember the God Inside
Israel could conquer all the armies that came against them, for God was with them. How much more can God do through us when we are conscious of His indwelling Presence. When things press hard, we whisper softly, “He is inside of me, and the God inside of me is mightier than all the forces that can come against me.” So we rest quietly.
And He says, “I will uphold thee with the right hand of My Righteousness.”
Well, Jesus is my Righteousness so I am upheld by God’s Ability, and God’s own Righteousness invested in His Son, Jesus, for me.
There is one phase of this life that we haven’t mentioned. It is so vague in the minds of most of us that we are the Righteousness of God, and that II Corinthians 9:8 is ours: “And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work.”
You are not only going to meet your obligations, but you are going to be able to help in the cause of Christ. You will be able to distribute literature and books that will build up faith in others. You may be able to scatter abroad the message of Eternal Life. You will be able to give to the poor.
And now notice the tenth verse. And you are going to increase the fruits of your Righteousness. You are the Righteousness of God. You can take Jesus’ Name. You know Mark 16:17-20. You know that the secret of Jesus’ domination over demons, over the laws of nature over the works of the Adversary, was because He was Righteous. Now you have become Righteous with His Righteousness, just as you become strong with His strength, just as you can love because His love is shed abroad in your heart. Read Romans 5:5.
You can love as He loved. You can rule the forces of darkness as He ruled them. You are not afraid of disease. You are not afraid of anything that may come. You are a master. You see, when we take these scriptures seriously, knowing that God means exactly what He says to us, it lifts us out of the old realm of weakness and failure. It is no longer “I can’t,” but, “I can do all things through Him who is my ability.”
He is anxious for us to increase the fruits of our Righteousness in Christ so that we are enriched in everything. We are able to minister to the needs of those about us. Some of you have never been able to give much money. You may be able to, if you let Him loose in you. He can enable you to give. He can enable you to earn. He can cause people to give to you. It all depends upon your attitude towards what you are in Christ. Can you do all things through Him Who strengthens you? Have you a right to use the Name of Jesus?
Don’t you see, “I am the Vine and Ye are the branches” (John 15:5)? Meditate upon this.
Didn’t He say, “If ye abide in Me and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you”?
Can’t the branch bear vine fruit? Is there any limitation?
If you do not limit Him then you are limitless. If you let the limitless One dominate you and rule you, if you let His will be carried out in you, it would mean that you are taking responsibilities and privileges that you have never assumed before, if you will dare to say, “I can do all things. His ability is mine. His wisdom is mine. Therefore I am what He says I am.”
QUESTIONS
1 What work does the Living Word do in us?
It saves us
2 What does Romans 10:11 mean to us in our daily life?
Our confidence will be built up in Jesus and we will not be disappointed
3a What is God’s responsibility to us His children?
He assumes responsibility
3b What is our responsibility to Him as Father?
John 14:23, “If a man love me, he will keep my Word; and my Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”
Proverbs 3:5, 6, “Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart and lean not upon thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.”
- What are the benefits of this Righteousness?
5. With what are His children equipped?
6. What is the vocation of God’s children?
- What promise is ours in keeping Malachi 3:10?
Malachi is talking about a “nation” that turned its back on God.
-Failing to give tithes and offerings was not the sole reason for a curse to be placed on the people, and really had very little to do with it when put in context.
-The storehouse is not a metaphor for the church (as an organization), but was a physical room in the temple, which today is inside the Christian. The idea of giving to the church's organization structure is Biblically inaccurate. The real New Testament application of this concept is in meeting the needs of others, explained in more detail later.
-The devouring going on here is done by God as part of the curse He has ordained for wicked nations. He himself inflicted the devouring of crops on the nation, and makes a plea to the people for the removal of this curse.
-The test in this passage is intended as a one-time concession for a fallen people - and this, out of their immaturity. This passage makes no claim that tithes and offerings obligate God to bless individuals or that opening the floodgates is a recurring event. True giving, in fact, is a display of submission to God's will, and if it's done in the right attitude, will bend the person's own will to steer away from their own desires and line up with God's desires for physical things.
-The offerings referenced in Malachi did not refer to monetary offerings over and above the tithe, suggesting that you should give your tithe, and then another 50% on top of that to win God's favor.
-The devouring going on here is done by God as part of the curse He has ordained for wicked nations. He himself inflicted the devouring of crops on the nation, and makes a plea to the people for the removal of this curse.
God wants the nations to turn back to Him and then He will bless them.
- What is the contrast between Isaiah 41:10 and I John 4:4?
- What work will you be able to do with the consciousness of being the Righteousness of God?
- What will hinder the limitlessness of this Living Word?
“I am the Vine and Ye are the branches” (John 15:5)? Meditate upon this.
Didn’t He say, “If ye abide in Me and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you”?
Can’t the branch bear vine fruit? Is there any limitation?
If you do not limit Him then you are limitless.