Assurances from John 15

I have been doing a lot of studying for a project I am working on.  One of the great things about the Holy Spirit is the fact that He leads us in truth.  He brings assurances to our hearts and minds from the Word of God.  At times, the enemy comes with his lies, and I need to fend him off with the truth and assurances I have as one of God's own.     Here are a few of those assurances from John 15

I know I am His because:

15:1      Jesus is truth:  I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.

15:2     He (the Father) prunes me:...He cleanses and prunes repeatedly every branch that continues to bear fruit, in order that it bears more and richer and more excellent fruit.

15:4     I abide in Him and He abides in me:  Dwell in Me and I will dwell in you.  No branch can bear fruit on its own, without abiding in (being vitally united to) the Vine...

15:5    I bear fruit!:  Whoever lives in me and I in him; bears much fruit

15:7    His Word lives forever in my heart:  If you abide in me my words will continue to live in your heart.

15:7    I have been invited to ask anything of the Father:  If you live in me and my words continue to live in your hearts, Ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

15:8    I honor God:  When you bear (produce) fruit My Father is honored and Glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine.

15:9    He loves me and I love Him:  I have loved you as the Father has loved me; Abide in my love and continue in His love with me.

15:10  I know I live in His love because I obey His commands:  If you keep my commandments ( if you continue to obey my instructions) you will abide in my love and live on (eternally) in it.

15:11  I have joy when I obey:  I have told you these things that my joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing.

15:12  I Love:  This is My Commandment:  that you love one another just as I have loved you.

15:13  He enables me to put aside my wants and needs for the benefit of others:  No one has greater love (no one has shown greater affection) than to lay down his life for his friends.

15:14  I have the Fear of the Lord: You are my friends IF you keep doing the things which I command you to do.    *  We demonstrate Reverence through Obedience

15:15  I am a friend of God: I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. I have revealed to you everything I learned from Him. 

15:16  He chose me:  You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you.

15:16  The fruit I bear is eternal:  ...and appointed you that you may bear fruit, and keep on bearing it, and that your fruit may be lasting (that it may remain and abide forever)...

15:17  I grow in Love:  This is my command: that you love one another.  *from the previous verse, we are to continuously ask that we be enabled to fulfill that this command.

15:19  I Do Not belong to This World:  If you belonged to this world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own. But because you are not of this world; because I selected you out of this world, the world hates (detests) you.

15:21  I share in Jesus' sufferings:  The world hated me and they will hate you also...they will do all this to you because you bear my name and on my account, for they do not understand the One who sent me.

15:26  I have received the Holy Spirit: But when the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, and Standby) comes...He will testify regarding Me.   *The Holy Spirit is the way that makes abiding possible.

15:27  I confess Him and Testify of Him: You also will testify and be my witnesses because you have been with me.   *We need to abide in Him to bear witness to Him

Are you His?  Do you have the assurance that comes from the Holy Spirit and His Word? 

Father, thank you for your Word.  Thank you for your Holy Spirit that bears witness to my heart that I belong to You.  Keep us continually abiding in You and Grow us up in Your love that we may bear fruit that is everlasting.  We Thank You and Praise You.  In Jesus' name I pray.  Amen