Joh_4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Joh_4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
Joh 4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Joh 4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
Joh 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Living water is the water Christ gives us- a well inside of us that has water springing up into everlasting life!
This water, this well is INSIDE OF US, it's springing UP! Living in us! Christ IN US!
Why can't we comprehend this!!??
CHRIST IN US!
Joh_7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Rivers of living water! Water that is alive!
You can look at a pool of stagnant water but you know what? That water isn't dead. Where there is water there is life! Yes, water can be poisoned, water can be full of deadly bacteria, but it is giving life to that poison, to that bacteria. Often water that is poisoned can be cleaned, but not always. The water that is living water that comes from Christ is to EVERLASTING LIFE! This water is the purest water that exists. Blessed life giving water!
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Eternal Life through Christ.
"Even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." Christ's life was given for us and to us on the cross. It is by being crucified with him that we live with him. Gal. 2:20; Rom. 6:8.
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Rom 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him
"God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." 2 Cor. 5:19.
In his heart was the law, so that the heart of Christ was really the throne of God. Thus we sing of "Christ enthroned within."
When Christ hung upon the cross, "one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water." John 19:34. This was the fountain of life, that freely flows for all. It flowed from the heart of Christ, in which the law of God was enshrined. So we find that Sinai, Calvary, and Mount Sion all present the same thing. Sinai and Calvary are not in opposition, but are united. Both present the same gospel and the same law. The life which flows for us from Calvary, bears to us the righteousness of the law that was proclaimed from Sinai.
Grace Through Righteousness. Thus we see how grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life. Eternal life is in Christ, because his life is the life of the self-existent God, who is "from everlasting to everlasting." But the life of God is the law. The grace of God flows to us through the life of Christ, and bears to us the righteousness of it. Thus in Christ we receive the law as it was ordained, namely, to life.
To accept the unspeakable gift of God's grace, therefore, is simply to yield ourselves to him, that Christ may dwell in us, and live in us the righteousness of the law as spoken from Sinai, and treasured in the throne of God. From Christ that living stream still flows, so that, receiving him, we shall have in us that well of water spring up unto everlasting life.
Joh_4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
Joh 4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Joh 4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
Joh 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Living water is the water Christ gives us- a well inside of us that has water springing up into everlasting life!
This water, this well is INSIDE OF US, it's springing UP! Living in us! Christ IN US!
Why can't we comprehend this!!??
CHRIST IN US!
Joh_7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Rivers of living water! Water that is alive!
You can look at a pool of stagnant water but you know what? That water isn't dead. Where there is water there is life! Yes, water can be poisoned, water can be full of deadly bacteria, but it is giving life to that poison, to that bacteria. Often water that is poisoned can be cleaned, but not always. The water that is living water that comes from Christ is to EVERLASTING LIFE! This water is the purest water that exists. Blessed life giving water!
(Excerpt)
Eternal Life through Christ.
"Even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." Christ's life was given for us and to us on the cross. It is by being crucified with him that we live with him. Gal. 2:20; Rom. 6:8.
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Rom 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him
"God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." 2 Cor. 5:19.
In his heart was the law, so that the heart of Christ was really the throne of God. Thus we sing of "Christ enthroned within."
When Christ hung upon the cross, "one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water." John 19:34. This was the fountain of life, that freely flows for all. It flowed from the heart of Christ, in which the law of God was enshrined. So we find that Sinai, Calvary, and Mount Sion all present the same thing. Sinai and Calvary are not in opposition, but are united. Both present the same gospel and the same law. The life which flows for us from Calvary, bears to us the righteousness of the law that was proclaimed from Sinai.
Grace Through Righteousness. Thus we see how grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life. Eternal life is in Christ, because his life is the life of the self-existent God, who is "from everlasting to everlasting." But the life of God is the law. The grace of God flows to us through the life of Christ, and bears to us the righteousness of it. Thus in Christ we receive the law as it was ordained, namely, to life.
To accept the unspeakable gift of God's grace, therefore, is simply to yield ourselves to him, that Christ may dwell in us, and live in us the righteousness of the law as spoken from Sinai, and treasured in the throne of God. From Christ that living stream still flows, so that, receiving him, we shall have in us that well of water spring up unto everlasting life.