Sermon Tone Analysis

ABIDING IN CHRIST

Brief back round

Right before we read this verse, Jesus had just had the last supper in the upper room with his disciples, to celebrate the passover.

Here is where our Lord Jesus exposes Judas as the one who would betray him.

when Jesus exposes Judas as the betrayer to his disciples Judas arises and departs.

Proceeding after, Jesus tells his disciples, “ arise let us go hence” on their journey to the garden where the bible says that Jesus prayed so intensely that he bled great drops of blood, and that is where Judas comes to arrest Jesus, and the next day Jesus us crucified.

These last words must have been very crucial, since it would be the last teaching\parable that Jesus would give his disciples before Jesus would be crucified.

Let us read..............

Brief back round

TO ABIDE MEANS TO MAKE CAMP - WHERE YOU REMAIN.

UNOMOVABLE

Brief back round

Jesus states here, “ I AM THE TRUE VINE”

Jesus had his last supper in the upper room with his Disciples and after exposing Judas as the betrayer.

“I AM” - AND YOU ARE NOT!!

I AM - THE VINE = I AM YOUR SOURCE

Jesus tells his disciples “Arise, let us go hence”.

I AM - THE BREAD OF LIFE = YOUR DAILY SUBSTANCE

I AM- THE LIGHT OF THE WORD = YOUR GUIDE

On their journey jesus begins to tell his Disciples this.....

I AM - THE DOOR = THE ENTRANCE TO YOUR FUTURE

I AM - THE GOOD SHEPARD = YOUR PROTECTER

I AM- THE RESURRECTION AND LIFE = YOUR SALVATION

I AM- THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE = THE ANSWER

The famous saying...

“I AM THAT I AM”

We see God say this statement to Moses who God calls through a burning bush and tells him he is going to use him to deliver Gods (his) people form slavery. Moses says to God,

“WHO I AM??”

Who =

Who?, What

Who -

A psychologist once said “we are who we experience ourselves to be.”

Moses was who he thought he was:

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Murderer (yes he was)

betrayer (his family in Egypt)

unqualified (speech impediment)

Will be taken as a joke

This is all that Moses had experienced in his life, therefore he allowed those things to

define him.

LACK OF IDENTITY and not abiding in the vine.

Often, we feel the pressure to define ourselves through our jobs, financial status, successes, grades, appearance, what other people say about us and many other means and social media.

But Jesus Says, “I AM THAT I AM”

In other words he said.....

I AM W/E YOU NEED ME TO BE!

YOU ARE LOST - I AM THE LIGHT

YOUR ARE WEAK - I AM ELOHIM = POWER AND MIGHT

YOU FEEL UNLOVED AND SCARED - I AM THE ABBA FATHER

YOU ARE SICK AND IN NEED OF A MIRACLE - I AM JEHOVAH RAPHA = HEALER

YOU ARE IN AN OPPOSITION - I AM YAHWEH SHALOM = PEACE

I AM WHATEVER YOU NEED ME TO BE!!

revelation

Note this,

it wasn’t that Moses did not believe God, never do you read in those passages where Moses said he doubted God, but Moses doubted himself!

Because you define yourself by your experiences, and all Moses had experienced was failures, because he was not connected to the true vine.

Jesus says

“ I AM THE TRUE VINE”

The original vine that God had chosen and called to bear much was Israel.

ISAI

The national symbol of Israel is a golden vine at the temple gate and the symbol on the Maccabean coins.

Jesus says,