I AM
AND YOU ARE EACH A WELL OF THE LIVING WATER OF LIFE
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JESUS (logos)
(John 1:14)
And the
Word [Gk: logos; of God] was made flesh [in
Jesus], and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory
as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
THE
HOLY SPIRIT (rhema)
(Eph 5:26)
That he might sanctify [Gk:
purify] and cleanse it [the
Church] with the washing of water
[a symbol of the Holy Spirit] by the word [Gk: rhema (revelations)],
1.
washing
= Gk: a bath, fig. baptism /// to bathe (the whole person) [i.e., total immersion]
THE HOLY SPIRIT (rhema) WAS INSIDE
THE
BODY OF JESUS CHRIST (logos)
(John 16:7)
Nevertheless
I [Jesus Christ] tell you the truth; It
is expedient [Gk: good,
profitable] for you that I
go away [Gk: pass away]:
for if I go not away, the Comforter
[the Holy Spirit] will not come unto
you; but if I depart,
I will send him unto you. [John 7:39; 14:26]
WHILE
THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS INSIDE JESUS CHRIST HE MINISTERED…
(John 4:1-5) When therefore the
Lord [Jesus] knew how the Pharisees had
heard that Jesus made and
baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized
not,
but his disciples [baptized],) [1] He
left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go
through Samaria
[an abhorred land of mixed heritage seeded
with gentiles (impure Jewish genealogy), and impure thoughts]. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria,
which is called Sychar [Heb:
an intoxicant, intensely alcoholic liquor: drunkards] [unbelievers], near to the parcel of ground that Jacob
gave to his son Joseph.
1.
(Matt 3:11)
I [John
the Baptist] indeed baptize you [Gk: to
make you (over)whelmed, fully wet] with
water unto repentance [Gk:
to think differently, reconsider]:
but he that cometh after me is mightier
than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he [Jesus Christ] shall
baptize you [Gk:
to make you (over)whelmed, fully wet]
with the Holy Ghost [justification:
salvation], and with fire [glorification]:
(John 4:6-10) Now Jacob's well [Heb: heel-catcher, supplanter (trickster)]
was there [1].
Jesus therefore, being wearied
[Gk: to feel fatigue] [2] with
his [missionary] journey,
sat thus on the well
[as if a throne, supreme in authority]:
and it was about the
sixth hour [noon]. There cometh a woman of Samaria to
draw water [i.e., natural
water]: Jesus saith unto her, Give
me to drink.
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat [Gk: food].)
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that
thou,
being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?
for the
Jews have no dealings [Gk:
to
hold intercourse in common] with
the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou
knewest [Gk: were aware of,
considered] [(perhaps
this was the beginning of her repentance)]
the gift of God [eternal salvation],
and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink [i.e., give me a sacrifice];
thou wouldest have asked of him,
and he would have given thee living water [i.e., the Holy Spirit, Spiritual water].
1.
Commentary:
What if it had been “Israel’s well”
(Heb: he will rule as God, prince with God)? Would this have changed
the story?
Interestingly, Israel never dug a well, but he became a well of living
water. Jacob repented.
Jacob began to think differently,
to reconsider his
thoughts.
Metaphorically, Jacob dug an inner mental well downwards into and
through layer
upon layer of his worldly dry defiling
(earthly, soil, dirt) thoughts accumulated from childhood, and Jacob discovered or uncovered
water [“the kingdom of heaven is like unto
treasure hid in a field” Matt 13:44],
becoming Israel and a well
of
living water gushing forth. But the big question is, was the water always there since the
inception of the “well” (container) of the earth (Gen 1:1,2),
indicating fallen angel spirits
beings covered
(buried) deep down under defiling
dirt as, in type, our fleshly bodies are
still buried, or was the water
lately placed…, or are we extending beyond the metaphor? (Much thought
yet on
that “new” latter thought 10 minutes old).
a.
(Gen 1:1,2)
In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth. And the earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was
upon the face of
the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.
2.
(Heb 4:15)
For we have
not an high priest which cannot
be touched with the
feeling of our
infirmities [Gk:
feebleness (of
body or mind): diseases, sicknesses]; but was in
all points [every
way] tempted
[Gk: tested] like
as we are, yet without sin.
3.
Commentary:
Jacob or Israel?? THE
BIBLE (Jesus Christ: John
1:14) IS A WELL OF WATER.
For many, the Bible is Jacob’s well
and
they drink the natural waters of the
logos word. For a few,
the
Bible is the well of the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ (and Israel’s
well) and
they drink the living waters of the
rhema word.
THE
LIVING WATER
(John 4:11-15) The woman saith unto him, Sir,
thou hast nothing [(no
pail, pot,
or bag)] to draw with,
and
the well is deep: from whence [where] then hast thou that living water?
[Answer: Jesus Christ Himself,
filled with
the Holy Spirit, is the well of living water].
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave
us the well,
and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? (John
4:13,14)
Jesus answered and said unto her [(and
the living water gushed forth out of Jesus:)],
>******* Whosoever drinketh of this water [of Jacob’s well]
shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh
of the water that
I shall give him [from
Jesus
Christ’s well of living water, i.e., the Word of God] shall never thirst; but the water that I
shall give him shall be in
him a well of [living] water springing up [Gk: gushing up] into
everlasting life. ********< (John 4:15) The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me
this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
COME
UNTO ME, AND DRINK
(John 7:37-39) In the last day, that
great day of the feast [of Tabernacles],
Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst [i.e., desires the water of life], let him come unto me, and drink [from the well of living water, for the
Holy Spirit was still in Him]. He
that
believeth on me, as the scripture hath said [John 4:13,14], [he shall be a well and]
out of his belly shall flow rivers of
living water [i.e., he
shall be
as Jesus Christ was then]. (But this
spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on
him should receive:
for the Holy Ghost [“rivers
of
living waters… the Spirit”] was
not yet given; because that Jesus was not
yet
glorified.)
(Rev 21:6,7)
And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst
[i.e., desires the water of life] of the fountain [Gk: (through the idea of gushing
plumply): well] of
the water of life freely. He that overcometh
[the sin in himself] shall inherit all things; and I
will
be his God, and he shall be my son.
(Rev 22:16,17) I Jesus
have sent mine
angel to testify unto you these things in the
churches. I am the root
and the offspring of David, and
the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the
bride say,
Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is
athirst [i.e., desires the
water of life] come.
And whosoever will, let him
take the water of life freely.
Amen
(Prov 18:4) The words
[the thought carriers]
of a man's mouth are as deep
waters, and the
wellspring [Heb: something dug, a source of
water] of wisdom [i.e.,
wise
thoughts] as
a flowing brook.