Getting Water Without A Bucket and Worshipping Without A Temple
Posted : 7 Apr, 2022 02:05 PM
When Christ passed through Samaria, he stopped by a well to get water. A Samaritan woman came to draw water and he asked her for some. She asked him, since you are a Jew, why are you having anything to do with me?
And Christ replied, if you knew who it was that asked you for water, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. She said that he had nothing to draw with and the well was deep. "Where will you get this living water?"
He told her whoever drinks this water will thirst again. The one who drinks the water that he gives will never thirst. She said, give me this so that I will not thirst, nor come here to get it.
So, she is still thinking of physical water. Now Christ tells her how many husbands she has had. She said , I see that you are a prophet.
At this point, she compares the Samaritan place of worship with the Jewish place of worship. Christ doesn't disagree but he says, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming , when you will neither in this mountain in Samaria , nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Then he says, But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Christ lets her know that Samaria doesn't qualify but neither does Jerusalem. It isn't about wet water or a particular city or nation or any physical place. Those who worship Him must do so in spirit and truth. That's the kind of worship He seeks from us.
Getting Water Without A Bucket and Worshipping Without A Temple
Posted : 7 Apr, 2022 02:41 PM
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What does John 7:38 mean?
During the Feast of Booths, Israel remembered God's miraculous intervention during their time in the wilderness. As part of the celebration, priests would carry water to the altar in the temple, recalling God's provision of water from the rock (Exodus 17:1–7). On the last, most important day of the festival, priests would circle the altar seven times with a container of water. This is the moment Jesus makes this claim, which began in verse 37. These words continue a theme Jesus has used before, including with the Samaritan woman in Sychar (John 4:10–13), and the people near the shores of Galilee (John 6:35).
Jesus' reference to the Scriptures here probably includes more than one single verse or passage. Proverbs 18:4 and Zechariah 14:8 involve similar themes. Given the priestly ritual's connection to the story of water from the rock, Jesus might have had Psalm 78:12–16 in mind. Likewise, the idea of life, or God's truth, being a stream or spring is common in the Bible. The imagery implies something living, pure, and life-giving (Revelation 22:1–2).
As used by Jesus, this internal spring, or stream, is indicative of the Holy Spirit, which comes to live inside all who come to faith in Christ. This indwelling, however, will not begin until after Jesus' ascension (Acts 2:1–4), a point made in the next verse
Getting Water Without A Bucket and Worshipping Without A Temple
Posted : 8 Apr, 2022 07:18 AM
John 6:35 And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me will never hunger; and he that believes on me will never thirst.
The book of John has many phrases in it that are to be taken spiritually as opposed to physically. The 6th chapter is used by many as if it were about some ceremony or ritual. This passage isn't talking about the passover or the last supper. It is like John 4. Once you get the living water, you will never thirst. Once you get the bread of life, you will never hunger.
