“I am the vine; you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”

‭‭John‬ ‭15:5‬ 

• Abide = to wait, to endure without yielding, to bear patiently: tolerate, to accept without objection, to remain stable or fixed in a state, to continue in a place.
• Abide is a permanent residence; it is not a temporary place to stay.
• Branches do not naturally choose the vine. Here the followers of Christ have the choice to abide in Him.
• If we abide in Him – We bear fruits; fruits bring others to the vine and enjoy it. ( Bearing fruit of the spirit [character fruits] will attract people to Christ)
• If the choice is not to abide in the vine, the branches wither, discarded, shrivel, and burned. 
• The branch can not exist without the vine (the stem) – the vine provides nutrients and life.