Living Water
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LIVING WATER
LIVING WATER
Dead Sea 1500 ft below see level everything around it is dead. It is drying up. Not much living around the dead sea.
Engeti David fleeing Saul in those caves there was flowing water and he could find life
Mountains above the dead sea dry and weary land where there is no water
wrote this Psalm
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
David described knowing God as a thirst, a deep longing desire to know God and have relationship with like someone who is living in dry and weary land and is desperate for a drink of water
Thirsty Soul, hear the welcome call: Tis a fountain open for all
there is an aching need to seek God and find God
God can quench the need of the soul and nothing on earth can
we were created
that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.
No other way or avenue or resort that you can fulfill that need, that whole in your life
captive in Babylon who was a levite
As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?
be with God, that is your greatest need
you will never find joy, fulfillment, salvation, peace, without a relationship with God
“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
have you found God in your life have you come to God and given yourself to God
do you stay close to God like David and those springs so that he could drink freely and deeply of those springs so as to have life?
Do you desire God that much?
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
until you come to God Jesus Christ you can drink the water
A Song of Ascents, of David.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!
It is like the precious oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, Even Aaron’s beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes.
It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forever.
Sweetness of unity described - described like water northern part of Israel Mt. Herman always rains and snows up there and there is always water there. no moisture anywhere. unity is like the dews of Herman falling on Mt. Zion or Jerusalem
jeroboam put altars one in Dan (mount Her-om) and one in Beersheba. the head waters of the Jordan is lush and rich because there is water
jor - down from dan - Jordan river feeds one of the most fertile land
beer- well, sheebah - swear
Abraham and abimelech swore to not fight over that well - it was important for life
Shechem - Jacob’s Well
He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
life and water are inseperable
Jesus was in a dry and weary land and he was thirsty and the woman was heading there to get water.
Jesus ask her fro a drink of water?
John 4:
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
If you knew the gift of God
if you knew what it really means to have God in you r life how good it was and joy that it brought the purpose it brings the hope that it brings the peace it brings forgiveness and freedom form guilt that it brings if you knew what it really means to have God in your life you would long for that water
she had no clue who she was talking to, it was God in the flesh. she was so thirsty for God and she didn't even know it.
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
you cannot have the living water unless you come to Jesus
hear his word
do his word
submit to his word
follow Jesus and his word in how to receive him
trust him
confess him baptized into Christ
2 ways to embrace God
IN TRUTH
“But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.
Mt. Zion in Jerusalem. Samaritans tried to embrace God based on different turns
have to submit yourself to Gods truth
IN SPIRIT
we have to line our spirit with God
she was not in tune morally with God - God spirit is at a certain place God loves certain things and they are in the bible tune our heart soul spirit and mind into the place where God is. God is not going to tune himself into us we have to tune ourselves into God.
How can i bring my spirit in tune with God’s spirit
first, you have to want to. Do you? you say you want embrace God’s truth
are you reluctant
are you sincerely seeking God
are you wanting just a dash of God. You can’t have it
are you really trying
are you being honest about self and your sin
are trying to connect with God from the depths of your soul
how can you tell if you are moving away from God
For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
do i make excuses for my attitude and conduct
not willing to repent
do i rationalize my bad behavior
minimize transgression
start accepting bad behavior
less than humble before God
no pentatent heart
lessening desire to to do God’s will
That woman at the well need living water she needed a relationship with God
“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.
Isa. 55
that what we need to do
she got so excited about God coming into her life that she left her watering pot (v.28).
and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world.”
John
How about you this morning? Are you thirsting for GOD? Your thirst can only be quenched by coming to Jesus based on His terms.
There’s a Fountain Free, tis for you and me let us hast o, hast to its brink; tis the fount of love from the source above, and he bids us all freely drink. will you come to the fountain free - while we stand and sing?