Abide in the Vine

 John 15:4
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

As much as we may try to be a good person and do what we think is right, it still comes short of bearing the fruit that God requires. In the secular world that we live in, the number one priority is humanity, unfortunately half the US population does not consider you to be human until your lungs take the first breath outside of the mother’s womb. Humanism is a religion or way of life that puts humans before it will be considered the creator of humanity. Humanism seeks to bear fruit without Christ. Real fruit can only come from abiding in the true Vine. All other fruit is fake fruit that appears to be the real things, but is not derived from the true source. Your fruit is fruitless in the eyes of God, if it does not stem from the true source. He or she may be a good person because they act good and do good deeds, but such is not necessarily evidence that such a person is abiding in Him.

Double-minded Man

James 1:8 “ A doubleminded man is unstable in all his ways.”-

The spiritual state of a person is determine by his state of mind. There are essentially 3 states of mind, a carnal mind, double mind, and a spiritual mind. A person who lives and is controlled by a carnal mind has no desire for spiritual things. His 1st thought is only to please himself and consumes himself with fleshly desires. They are humanistic in their philosophy of life, a god unto themselves. A double minded man struggles between the carnal mind and spiritual mind. They desire to do what is right, but they waver in their determination to resist temptation. They fail to hold on to God and faith when they are going through a trail or test.