But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”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.but whosoever drinketh 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 unto eternal life.
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… flocks. Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst. The water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water. Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back. The woman answered and said to him, I do not have a husband. Jesus answered her, You are right in saying I do not have a husband, for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true. The woman said to him, Sir, I can see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but your people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem. Jesus said to her, Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will neither worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. …
… loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him will never perish, but will have eternal life. That's the picture here. He's giving eternal life. John chapter 4, verse 14. He's having a conversation with this Samaritan woman at the well, crossing all kinds of boundaries. And what does he say to her? He says, whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water, welling up to eternal life. Look over in John chapter 5. John chapter 5, verse 21. This is a great text right here that describes some of the things we've been talking about, how the Father is working. Look at verse 21. It says, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom He is pleased to give it. Look over in John chapter 6. Look at John chapter 6, verse 33. Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with a little bit of food. As a result, He draws a crowd. …
… to your future. John 4 verse 13, whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst again, but water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. See, when you start walking in the Jesus life, the love of God starts overflowing. The love of God starts spilling out over your life. See, the enemy wants you to barely keep enough water for yourself, but when you drink from the water that Jesus has, it'll spill out and you'll invite all your co-workers, all your neighbors, all your family, all your cousins and all your friends and say, I know a man that changed my life. Come on, the spirit and the bride say, come, come. And you'll never get to the fun part of inviting others into the kingdom until you've got the rivers of living water flowing out of your life. And I'm just, I'm praying for you. I'm praying that you step out of living for yourself and you step into living for God. …
… Because He said, whoever drinks of this water will thirst again. But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. And the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. that the language fails us a little bit too, because this living water of which Jesus speaks that will swell up or spring up means leaping up, that it's so alive, so dynamic, so energetic, so powerful that not only will ensuage the thirst for the moment, but it will begin to pour up out of the soul of the person something that continues to nurture day after day, year after year. And obviously, when Jesus is engaged in this conversation with this woman, He's using the common element of water as a metaphor to describe a spiritual reality, and he also, in this symbolic manner of speaking, speaks about thirst. This whole thing started because he was thirsty, and he met a woman who was thirsty. …