Spring of water
In John 4:13 , Jesus speaks to the Samaritan lady about the spring of water. He says to the Samaritan lady that the spring of living water is a gift of God. He says that everyone who drinks from the water he gives will never thirst again. It will become in him, a spring of water welding up to eternal life. Here, Jesus speaks about the holy spirit who has been given to every believer when they are baptised in Christ.
Let’s see the scenario where Jesus was speaking about this issue.
1. Sinner speaking to Jesus
2. She is comparing Jesus to Jacob
3. She talks about tradition, thinking that tradition will save her from her sins.
Basically, here a non-believer, a sinner, who is seeking God, but not able to live pure holy life, but has a thinking that tradition she follows will heal her or save her. This applies to the nonbeliever today .
They follow their religious traditions, made by man, doing things taught to them by ancestors not knowing what they worship. They might worship just a rock which can be sculptured with diamonds, gold in a massive way, but it is just a rock. They believe in man made stories and epics. But their heart is still thirsty and hungry and they want more. So when they hear about Jesus and his grace through a gift of prophecy or a gift of healing or gift of deliverance or an act of love where truth has been delivered, they are free from the bond of tradition, wrong teaching and false gods Their thirst is being satisfied completely.
When they ask and drink the water which can be the healing, the deliverance, the peace, the Lord Jesus gives which satisfies their thirst , which is complete. They will never thirst again , so when they are born again as new believers, they want to do something for Christ. They want to bring as many people to the Lord, just like the Samaritan lady did because there was no intervention by any traditional church.
She continued to preach the good news about Jesus Christ and brought many people to Him. She did not hear any other people speak about her sin, blocking her from giving the truth to her village people. She was satisfied by Jesus Christ. Her thirst was quenched. She was working for the Lord in full throttle, but if she would have gone to a traditional church of today , they would have told you are not qualified enough.
You are not educated enough. You are not holy enough , you have not spent enough time in the church. You have not tithed enough. you have not fulfilled the loss, which will make thirst again. Today, are you still thirsting for Christ or are you satisfied? If you are thirsty, you are under the law, you are still hearing traditional messages, and you’re trying to earn your way through your righteousness as advised by your traditional churches.
the bible talks about this Romans 10: 2-4. I can testify about them that they are zealous God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge since they did not know the righteousness that come from God and sought to establish their own. They did not submit to gods righteousness. Christ is the end of law so that there may be righteousness for everyone, who believes.
God wants you to be free. Your thirst has been quenched by the holy spirit. You are fully qualified to preach, heal deliver, so choose the better life through Jesus Christ.DRINK THE LIVING WATER WHICH WILL QUENCH YOUR THIRST AND ADD ZEAL FOR JESUS. AMEN
Sol. Dr. Albert