Section 4
He refuses to talk to you anymore, and you lose His presence. Although you gained the ground, the five inches that the Lord wanted, you lost His presence. Oh, how we need to keep our fellow ship with Him and be willing to allow Him to take more ground and to expand within. May we allow the Lord to spread Himself within us, taking as much ground as He wants. If we do this, we shall have the real growth of life. We shall see the growth of life within.
APART FROM THE SON
WE CAN DO NOTHING
Apart from the Son we can do nothing (v. 5). A branch of a vine cannot live by itself, for it will wither and die apart from the vine. The relation ship between the branches and the vine pictures the relationship between us and the Lord. We are nothing, we have nothing, and we can do noth ing apart from Him. What we are, what we have, and what we do must only be in the Lord and by the Lord in us. It is very important for us to abide in the Lord and for the Lord to abide in us. Oth erwise, we shall be finished and be nothing. Apart from Him, we are nothing, we have nothing, and we can do nothing. Since we are the branches to