Jeremiah 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountian of Living Waters.
John 7:37-39 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. V38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. V39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given: because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
1 Corinthians 10:1-4 Moreover, brethern, I would not have you ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; V2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; V3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; V4 And did all drink of the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock which followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Water is a necessity of life. One can live extended amounts of time without food, but will die quickly without water. Water isn't only a source of life, but a source of removing the toxin's that poison, defile, and bring death tothe body if not taken from the living by means of the life giving water. Water is needed on a daily basis.
Jesus spake though of the Spirit, not natural water that was so needed. Water was used as a type and shadow of something much more important, and essentialthan thedaily water so needed by the natural man. He spoke of eternal life and it's needs.
Other types and shadows showing the necessity of the Spirit is seen in the light of the Golden Candlestick of the Tabernacle which was to never be allowed to go out.It had to be replenished daily. The Golden Altar of incense required daily offering which Rev. reveals were the prayers of the Saints. Manna from heaven must be gathered fresh each day.
Jesus even said, "If any man hath not the Spirit, he is none of his"
Acts 1:5 For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Acts 2:1-4 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. V2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. V3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as fire, and it set upon each of them. V4 And they were filled with the Holy Ghost, and begin to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Exodus 25:8 The type and shadow od the Tabernacle show Gods desire from the beginning, "That I may dwell among them".
Receiving the Holy Ghost isn't a containment, but rather a continual flowing!! It can't be gathered and stored for future use. It is like the wind, it belongs to all and is controlled by none.A continual coming and drinking when ever one is thirsty shows a continual renewing. But be ye renewed in the Spirit.
Psalm 23 typifies the Spirit as "still waters", available when ever the soul wants another drink of that living water that Jesus promised.
God is everything, we are nothing, the connection between the two is the Holy Ghost!!
John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
God in Christ, Christ in God, They in us, us in Them. By the Spirit baptized into one body, the fulness of the body is Christ. We are members in particuliar, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, filled with the Holy Ghost, the fulness of him that filleth all and in all.
To live in the Spirit is to fulfill every command of God, every law given concerning worship, praise, holiness and purification, ect. It fulfills every obligation to our fellow man. Every responsibility to the lost. It is love in the purest form, and whosoever will can come at anytime and drink to the fill. Living in the Spirit is the fulness of joy with everything that is.
Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto livingfountians of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
I really appreciate posted Scripture. It takes time and effort to do but it really adds to what is being said. Sure one could post ones opinions in a short paragraph or two, but man's opinions usually don't carry much weight without the Scripture.
That's just the way it works though . . .what feeds one man, irritates another . . . .kinda like how I like shell fish but they will break my sister out in hives.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
If we love GOD and accept Jesus Christ as our personal savior...lets get as simple and basic as we can. What do we need to bother with the BIBLE for? Is it not tottally enough and sufficient to love GOD and Accept Christ?
If you don't want to be bothered with the Bible, you will find fault with my posting, as I like scripture. The good thing is, I have the right to bolster my doctrine by scripture, and you have the right to advoid my posts if the scripture bothers you. It appears we should both be able to be happy here.
When someone is not in-tuned to the Holy Spirit even Scriptures will be bothersome to them, They have no spiritual joy or understanding.
Snooky I like that scripture I also like the relationship between the living waters which is Christ and the waters he shed with His Blood.
32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
40[/color]41And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
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The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. Zephaniah 1:14
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KB; I also like John 14:34, But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
The first Adam's wife was made from substance taken from Adams side. Adam was given only one wife. We are espoused unto one husband, even unto Christ. There are several good bible lessons to be found there.
You are correct in the connection between the spiritual walk and the desires of man.
Passover symbolism in the Last Supper
Most Christians think of the last supper as more of a symbolic communion eucharist than a full festal meal. Given this we often miss out on the full meaning of the Passover and the additional meaning Jesus gave to it.
The gospel accounts of the last supper begin with the search for a venue and the lamb. However, the familiar termspaschal lamb and Passover lamb may mean different things. Paschô is Greek for 'to suffer' whereas pesach means 'to pass over', presumably pascha is a Greek transliteration of the Aramaic or Hebrew for 'Passover'. Whether this was a wordplay or a linguistic mistake the association of the Passover lamb (Exodus 12) together with the suffering lamb (Isaiah 53) has stuck. Lambs for atonement for sin were also a part of Jewish practice.
The three lambs together signify: freedom through suffering as an atonement for sin
Paul cites Jesus as "our Passover" (1 Corinthians 5.7), the word 'lamb' is not in the Greek, for indeed the sacrifice could be a lamb or a kid.
We noted earlier that Judaism associates 4 or 5 cups of wine, not just one, with Passover. In Luke's account of this supper the wine is taken at least twice, at the beginning and end of the meal. It is most likely that the last supper 'cup' of wine is to be associated with the third Passover cup, that of redemption (Exodus 6.6), associated with the coming of Elijah and eschatological expectation of the Messiah. "After supper" (1 Corinthians 11.25) the cup of red wine mixed with water would be taken and shared together from the same cup. It, like the sharing from one loaf, was symbolic of 'togetherness', freedom and fellowship in a covenant. The wine and water were later taken as symbolic of the blood and water that flowed from Jesus' side. Mishnah, Berakoth, 7.5 cites the adding of water to wine in the time of Jesus.
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The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. Zephaniah 1:14
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"If you don't want to be bothered with the Bible, you will find fault with my posting, as I like scripture. The good thing is, I have the right to bolster my doctrine by scripture, and you have the right to advoid my posts if the scripture bothers you. It appears we should both be able to be happy here."
I don't think you understood my post. I certianly am not "bothered" by the BIBLE. And scripture does on "bother" me. My comment was meant as a possative recomendation to you. It seemed to me that in many of the posts I have seen on this board that your ideas or comments are hidden in an over abundance of text.
I find myself reading your posts and saying to myself "What the heck is his point here?" After awhile it becomes " Oh another long winded post by Snooky, do I want to bother trying to figure it out."
I may not be the sharpest biblical scholar in the shed and maybe that is why i have a hard time following you. But I'm sure there are others like me that you are arenot "reaching".
When I read the quote of mine that Snooky had posted:
"If we love GOD and accept Jesus Christ as our personal savior...lets get as simple and basic as we can. What do we need to bother with the BIBLE for? Is it not tottally enough and sufficient to love GOD and Accept Christ? "
I found it a strange thing for me to be saying. I only vaugley remembered saying something like that and so I PMed Snooky to ask him where he had got that quote.
He siad he'd looked at my last 100 posts to see what my views on things were (or something to that effect) and found the quote.
So I went back through my last 100 posts (quite an interesting exersize you should all try it) and found that quote.
I believe that taken out of the context it was made in, changes its meaning."What do we need to bother with the BIBLE for?" Was a retorical question asked to a previous poster.
I really did not mean to take this thread off topic. Living Waters is a very important topic and I have not added any usefull comments about it. My "constructive criticism" should have been a PM to Snooky.
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