Thirsty?
Isaiah 55:1 says “Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters…”
John 4 :14 offers to any who will drink of the water that Jesus offered, an everlasting well.
Isaiah 44: 3 not only offers a drink, but a full refreshing waterfall – ” I will pour water upon him that is thirsty”
Christian, if you will stop chasing the world and its offers and stop the show of pretend godliness and truly turn
to love and serve the Lord with your whole heart, then and then only will you find the Spirit refreshing as seen in these
verses.
To the unredeemed, who have never had their sins forgiven at the Cross through the Blood of Jesus, you too need the
drink of the Spirit. It is only found in repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection for you. .
None of us know the blessings that come from above to those who truly trust the name of Jesus, except those that
dare to simply trust.
Jesus came to give the greatest gift – His life
So why did Jesus have to come down here and suffer? Was he not the perfect Man?
Hebrews 2:10 says that it was the Father’s will to make the “captain of our salvation perfect through sufferings.”
Now we ought not to assume that this perfection was either spiritual or mental, since He was in soul and spirit, the eternal God. The perfection was that He must fulfill the requirements of the High Priesthood in order to bring many sons to glory. Sin had marred the whole original plan and now redemption must be completed by the sacrifice of the Innocent Blood or sin would remain unforgiven. His example of patient suffering has held the mind and soul of the martyr and suffering saint in many rough times and makes Him an able Sympathizer in all our pains. In this He became the perfect High Priest who can be trusted because He felt our infirmities and temptations.
Once sin is gone forever, so will be pain and suffering. Rev 21:4.
” Encourage him”
In Deuteronomy 3: 28, God tells Moses to give Joshua charge over the tribes of Israel and that He would lead the people to take the land. His words are lost to us too often today ” Encourage him” .
There is a dearth today in the church today of encouragers. We are good at nit-picking, fault finding and “concern” for others errors, but little for positive , uplifting messages of kindness and love. I think we have adopted the creeds and doctrines of the faith, and left the spirit of the message behind. In our zeal to be protectors of the standards of the faith, we become the “enforcers” and go about create guilt and despair rather than hope and joy…. Wednesday prayer meeting.