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The Indispensable Principle

        I’m sorry that I can’t speak or understand French. But I did
        understand when Frederic said, “Ed,” that it was my turn to
        speak. Maybe some of you can’t speak English but there is a
        language that we both know and that’s when the Lord speaks to
        our hearts. That’s my prayer, that we will be able to understand
        the things of the Lord.
        As  we  come  to  the  study  of  God’s  word,  I  want  to  share  a
        principle  that  is  absolutely  indispensable.  You  can’t  live
        without it. You can’t take it for granted. I’m talking about total
        reliance on God’s Holy Spirit. Many things will help you study
        the Bible. There are many books, commentaries, word studies,
        atlases and all kinds of help but at the end of the day we need
        to come as little children before the Lord. Only God can reveal
        God. No man and no ministry can reveal God. We’ve come to
        hear the Lord. The Lord told us that every word that comes out
        of His mouth will not return void. He never said that every word
        that comes out of Ed Miller’s mouth will not return void. I’ll
        pray that He’ll protect you from what I say, so that you can hear
        what He says. With that in mind, I’d like to take a look at John
        15:4, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
        fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you,
        unless you abide in Me.”

               Our heavenly Father, we thank You for this revelation,
        that You are the vine and we are the branches and when we
        draw life from You we get fruit. When we produce fruit, you
        get  glory.  Work  that  in  our  hearts.  We  ask  in  Jesus’  name.
        Amen
               As  we  gather  for  these  studies,  we’re  stressing  great
        foundations of our  faith.  I’d like to  stress  today the truth  of
        what it means to bring forth fruit. When we have real fruit, He’s
        glorified. Our Lord Jesus spoke of two houses that looked very
        much alike.  If you look with our physical eyes you couldn’t tell
        the difference but He explained that one had a foundation on
        sand and one had a foundation on rock. With these eyes you
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