Abiding in Christ, is not something you can do, of yourself.
See, You can't take your Spirit and control it.
Understand?
So, to abide in Christ is to do this SPIRITUALLY....as its your born again SPIRIT that is IN Christ that abides.
Not your body. Not your mind..but your SPIRIT, the born again part of you, is what ABIDES.
Now you can walk in the Spirit, by faith, and right believing, but you can't abide IN CHRIST by will, as this is only accomplished by a SPIRITUAL UNION With HIM< = "abide".
See, You can't control this. You have no control over your SPIRIT., and that is the PART of you that ABIDES in Christ, Nancy.
So, when heretics teach this "abiding" baloney, that is only related to Denying Grace and trying to keep yourself saved..... they have no idea what they are talking about.
They have no idea that the BORN AGAIN SPIRIT is the part that ABIDES in CHRIST, and you can't control that by you MIND or Faith, or with a TV remote control.
So, all this..."by faith"....nonsense, that they will teach you as how you abide, is spiritual and theological ignorance.
You can't abide in CHRIST, by will or mind or body, any more then you can Cause yourself to be BORN AGAIN.
All this stuff happens in the SPIRIT REALM inside the Spirit of God Himself.
Its important that you understand this, or these people will have you thinking that abiding is willpower/faith or something else that is just as ridiculous as any other type of self effort they preach about to stay saved or to abide.
To Abide WHAT in CHRIST. ?
WHAT?
They have no idea, because they are faking the part of a "teacher", instead of knowing what they are talking about.
So, you abide WHAT, in Christ, Nancy?
Not your faith......but your SPIRIT, as that is the only part of you that is IN CHRIST that can ABIDE.
Understand?
And you can't control that part of you as GOD HAS THAT ALREADY.......so be sure to tell the next 23 heretics this fact about "abiding" when.
"well behold, how to i walk out my faith, then"...."isnt that abibing"?
No, that is DISCIPLESHIP..
You are already ABIDING, by being IN CHRIST, so, this is WHY you have a walk of faith, or "discipleship".
Okay then, I know where you stand on this but, what about those scripture verses I quoted telling us over and over again to ABIDE in Him?? To me, it simply means to walk like Him and have Him continually in the forefront of my deepest thoughts and in my heart, being obedient, being sensitive to the Spirits leading. To direct my steps and to change my desires to His, and He has done that. I think abiding in Christ is important...but, without faith it is impossible to do abide in Him.
JMO :)