How to Drink and Breath Christ: Are you thirsty

There are 5 instances we learn about in John...

First, the Lord talked with a "superior", moral man about the regeneration of life, Nicodemus. Through the new birth, the Lord is our second life, the divine life.

In the second case, the Lord spoke to an "inferior", immoral woman about the satisfaction of life. The Lord Himself is the living water which satisfies the dissatisfied hearts.

In the third case, the Lord healed a "dying child". The Lord heals the dying people by His life-giving word through believing...

In the fourth case, the Lord enlivened an impotent man who had been sick for thirty-eight years. This shows that the Lord enlivens the impotent by life.

In the fifth case, the Lord fed the five thousand with the bread of life. This indicates that He is the living, heavenly bread with which to satisfy the hungry multitude.

Therefore, in brief, the Lord regenerates with His divine life in the first case, gives the living water in the second case, heals the dying by the life-giving word in the third case, enlivens the impotent in the fourth case, and feeds the multitude with the bread of life in the fifth case.

Now in chapter seven we come to the sixth case—the need of the thirsty.

(adapted from The Need of the Thirsty: Life's Quenching)

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