Charging the Disciples - Testify of Me

Jesus' departure and return in the Spirit was going to initiate a new relationship of mutual indwelling with His disciples. His purpose in that union was to perpetuate His own life and ministration in and through them; they would carry forward His work as branches drawing upon the life and power of the vine. And that work was to bear His fruit in the world, testifying to Him by manifesting His life and love.