Hello my friends welcome to follow him favorites my name is Hank Smith I'm here with the

wonderful John by the way John we're gonna do what we usually do it follow him favorites

we're gonna take on a single question from this week's lesson.

We're in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John this week, John.

John frequently talks about abiding in the Lord. This is 1st John chapter 2 verse 6. He that saith he abideth in

him should walk the way he walks.

Verse 10, he that loveeth his brother abideth in the light.

Abid isn't a word we use much anymore, John.

So what do you think of them when you hear the word abide in the Lord?

It's a great word and I remember studying the Christmas story in Luke years ago.

There were in the same country shepherds abiding in their field keeping watch over their flock by night.

We've all heard that.

And I looked it up on dictionary.com. It has such a great list to stay

to remain to endure to persist be where you're supposed to be doing what you're supposed to be doing kind of a word.

There's blessings from abiding.

In fact, in the Christmas story, the Wiseman had a hint of what was coming.

Joseph knew, Mary knew, obviously Jesus knew, who didn't know, the

shepherds, and how did they get to find out? Because they were abiding. They were where they were

supposed to be, and the angels knew right where to find them. We want to be abiders and be where

we're supposed to be doing what we're supposed to be doing. I love that. In Spanish,

abide, I believe, is permana said something like that permana said but you can hear the word

permanent in there right yeah the idea of abiding in the Lord should be that I'm here permanently. I'm here forever. I am in both

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