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Joh 7:1-53 Chiastic Structure:
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, “If any man thirst, let him come to Me, and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.’” (But He spoke of the Spirit, which those who believe in Him should receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.) Joh 7:37-39
This is one of the most remarkable statements in Scripture. The closest Scriptures I could find, from which Jesus could be quoting, are these:
Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isa 12:3
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground;
I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. Isa 44:3Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money, come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isa 55:1
The Spirit is the river of living waters which hydrate the man who receives Him to overflowing, and out of the overflow, speads abundantly to all around him with living water. The Spirit, the Father, and the Son are all one, and are all the fountain of living water, as we have seen the Scripture say.
How does one who is thirsty come to the fountain of living water, to receive living water, wine, and milk, without money, and without price?
I would pray,
“Father, I believe in Jesus, that You have sent Him. I am thirsty, and Your Word says to come. I ask, please pour Your living water on me, and become in me a well of living water. I too wish to receive You to overflowing, and spread living water abundantly to all around me.”
We saw in Matthew, that the one who knocks, and keeps on knocking, to him the door will be opened (Mat 7:7-8). If nothing changes for you immediately, come back the next day, and the next, and the next, and keep asking, and seeking, and knocking. The only one who does not receive, is the one who gives up; but to the one who asks, seeks, and knocks, he will find.
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