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: #251

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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

The New Covenant

Yeshua The ‘I AM’

Yeshua (Jesus) the New Covenant maker left us His word and His promises. With that comes the assurance of everlasting life. Trust Him! Why? Because the New Testament is God’s will for the Church Yeshua came to build.

For Yeshua said: "I will build My church" Matt 16:15-18 (NKJV unless indicated)

When Yeshua walked this earth as the ‘Son of God’ / ‘Son of Man’ He told us a lot about God’s Kingdom. We need to pay attention, to what He said, in the ‘Red Letters’,* of the four Gospel accounts.

Yeshua expressed the Words of His Father and His will for all His saints (the called and chosen ones).

* Many versions of the New Testament have the words of Jesus (Yeshua) printed in Red; thus we refer to the ‘Red Letters’ of Yeshua in Scripture.

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The need for a new covenant

Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant…

Heb 7:19 for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

Yeshua makes this new covenant with better promises

Luke 22:20 … "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

Promise of everlasting life

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."

Promise of 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.

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Yeshua is the "I AM …"

Yeshua, our Lord and Savior provided us the ‘I AM’ statements throughout Scripture. Thru these statements we learn how we can be the children of God - How awesome is that? When God is our Father and we are like Yeshua - Amen

Luke 22:70 Then they all said, "Are You then the Son of God?" So He said to them, "You rightly say that I am."

The ‘I Am’

From Smith’s Bible Dictionary

The key to the meaning of the name is unquestionably given in God's revelation of himself to Moses by the phrase "I AM that I AM". We must connect the name Jehovah with the Hebrew substantive verb to be, with the inference that it expresses the essential, eternal, unchangeable being of Jehovah.

Exod 3:14

And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' "

John 8:58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."

Yeshua, the "I AM" - Below are some of the many ‘I am’ statements found mainly in The Gospel of John

John 6:48 "I am the bread of life.

John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

John 8:23 And He said to them, "You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

John 8:24 "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

John 9:5 "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

John 10:9 "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.

John 10:36 "… because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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.

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

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He is our Teacher - We are to abide by Yeshua’s teachings (= doctrines).

Pay close attention to the ‘I am’ statements; also the ‘I say’, ‘I do’, ‘I will’, ‘I have’, ‘Me and My’ statements. Simply put all the ‘Red Letters’.

John 13:13 "You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word

John 8:31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

John 4:25 The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." 26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."

John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

John 13:19 "Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He.

John 13:15 "For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

John 10:37 "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

He is The Bread of Life

John 6:35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

John 6:47 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. 48 I am the bread of life.

John 6:51 "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."

He is The Judge

John 5:30 "I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

John 8:34 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

John 5:24 " Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

John 8:11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."

John 12:48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him -- the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

He is the Shepherd

John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.

John 10:16 "And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 10:27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

John 12:26 "If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me

His Promises

John 14:2 "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

John 14:18 "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever --

John 15:26 " But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

His Love for us

John 15:16 "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain…

John 14:29 "And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe.

John 16:1 "These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.

John 15:20 "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. …

John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

From the Revelation

Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Rev 1:17 …saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.

Rev 1:18 "I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Rev 22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star."

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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

The ‘I’ - that is from the Beginning

Prov 8:23 I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.

Prov 8:27 When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,

Prov 8:30 Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,

Prov 8:12 " I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion.

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

Prov 4:11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.

Prov 8:6 Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things;

Prov 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.

Prov 8:17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.


Psalms

The Father to the Son

Ps 2:6 "Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion."

Ps 2:7 "I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.

Ps 2:8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.


LIFE IN MESSIAH

Do you have assumptions and thought patterns that prevent you from understanding the truth? Are you able to accurately describe yours? Most people are subject to these things, yet are also blind to them, so they hold them without realizing them. Yours will have less power over you if you are aware of them. Yeshua criticized the Pharisees for being blind guides. Others asked if they were blind also. It may seem strange that they would not know, but false certainty is an insidious trap. Yeshua made a great promise in view of these things, that you could know the truth, and be free. Examine your patterns of thinking and acquire the habit of mental humility if you would be truly wise."

(Adapted from a Dale Cresap blog)


Saying

"We do not understand the intricate pattern of the stars in their courses, but we know that He who created them does, and that just as surely as He guides them, He is charting a safe course for us."
― Billy Graham


DID YOU KNOW

LIGHTER SIDE?

There is a new documentary out on clocks.

Well; It is about time.


Patient: Every day I wake up thinking I am a dog.

Psychologist: In that case you’d better get off my couch.

(AARP Bulletin)

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