Jul 7, 2022
3 min read
Grafting Requires Wounding
What it means to abide in Christ
A passage in Scripture that has most shaped my understanding of how sanctification works is John 15:4–5, where Jesus exhorts us to “abide” (ESV) in him as branches “grafted” into a living vine.
To abide is simply to believe. It is an act of moment-by-moment faith, to embrace the God-proclaimed reality that Jesus is my sin-bearer and…
