Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.
(John 4:14)


(LIVING WATER)
ISSUE: #249

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Psalms 119:97 - 104
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And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb
(Rev 22:1)

For His Glory!

MESSAGE

God’s Remedy for the world’s issues - Is His Church

The church belongs to Yeshua (Jesus) said: "I will build My church" Matt 16:15-18 (NKJV unless indicated)

What happened?

Today’s church clearly is not the church as Yeshua founded it; with its divisions, its blemishes, its shortcomings in faith and love and obedience.

See Revelation chapters 2 and 3

What does the LORD require of us?

Mic 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

Therefore Seek the LORD

Isa 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earthSeek righteousness, seek humility

Number one on our list:

Luke 10:27 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, ' and 'your neighbor as yourself.' "

Our Key is the Holy Spirit

John 14:16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever - 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Without the Spirit of God we have no hope of entering His Kingdom Family.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (The seal of God is the Holy Spirit)

Eph 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Gal 6:8 he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

For this is His will

John 6:40 "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

The grace of God is His Spirit working in us to make us like Him. This is expressed in several terms: Holy Spirit - Spirit of God our Father - Spirit of the Lord - The Spirit - Spirit of holiness - Spirit of life - Spirit of Christ

Acts 5:32 "… the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him."

1John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

2Cor 1:22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

2Cor 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord

The Spirit of Power

1Cor 2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

2Cor 3:6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Eph 3:16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

Revelation through His Spirit

1Cor 2:10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The Temple of the Spirit

1Cor 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

Gal 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"

2Tim 1:14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

Eph 2:22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Sanctified and Justified and Saved by the Spirit

1Cor 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Heb 9:14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

1Pet 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Spiritual gifts to profit the Church

1Cor 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,

1Cor 12:11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

1Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body -- whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free -- and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

Gal 3:5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? --

Some more of the blessing

Gal 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Admonition

Eph 5:18 be filled with the Spirit,

Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --

1Thess 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit.

Eph 4:3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;

Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Gal 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Warning

Heb 10:29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Jas 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. :5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously"?

Jude 1:19 These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.

1Tim 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,

Having the Spirit does not mean we will be free of issues

1Pet 4:14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you…

Listen to the Holy Spirit

Heb 10:15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us

Rev 2:7 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." ' (seven times this is repeated to the seven churches)

Heb 3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice,

Calling

Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Summary:

God’s Church is empowered by His Spirit John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

God’s Church will be a Kingdom of Kings and Priest Rev 5:10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth."

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Next time:

We will continue to look in God’s Word for more of His will; Yeshua said He only did the Father’s will.


Proverbs

Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.

Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the spirits.

Proverbs 1:23 Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.


Psalms

Psalm 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Psalm 32:2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart -- These, O God, You will not despise.

Psalm 34:18 The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.


LIFE IN MESSIAH

"Athletic teams prefer to play on their own ground to have the home court advantage. This gives them familiar surroundings and a crowd that is on their side. Yet God’s people are strangers and sojourners in this world, for they are not of this world. Even as the Son of Man had no place to lay His head, believers cannot expect the sympathy, support and understanding of those around them regarding the things of the Kingdom. Yet that does not mean that they are forsaken and bereft. For you are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses who cheer you on as you run the race set before you. Ask God to open your spiritual eyes as the servant of the prophet of old to see that those who be for you are more than those who be against you."

(Adapted from a Dale Cresap blog)


Saying

"Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can learn from him."

(Jo Petty)


DID YOU KNOW

LIGHTER SIDE?

How do you know when your chauffeur needs to see a psychologist?

If he’s driving you crazy. (AARP Bulletin)



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