Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.
(John 4:14)


(LIVING WATER)
ISSUE: #248

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Psalms 119:97 - 104
Seeking The Truth
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And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb
(Rev 22:1)

For His Glory!

MESSAGE

What should The Church look like today?

Today’s church clearly is not the church as Yeshua founded it; with its divisions, its blemishes, its shortcomings in faith and love and obedience.


The church belongs to Yeshua (Jesus) said: "I will build My church" Matt 16:15-18 (NKJV unless indicated)

Do we find in today’s church these notes of the New covenant Church?

NOTES: (from the ISBE) means to notice or pay particular attention to. 

1. Faith 2. Fellowship 3. Unity 4. Consecration 5. Power

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So what does Yeshua say to His Church?

Luke 10:27

'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, ' and 'your neighbor as yourself.' "

What does the LORD require of us?

Mic 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

Zeph 2:3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD's anger.

Prov 21:3 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Jas 2:13 Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Seek the LORD - That is His will (Zeph 2:3)

Isa 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

Matt 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

John 6:40 "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

Yeshua (Jesus) is building His Church and we can be a part of the Kingdom of God (of Heaven). In Matthew quotes Yeshua’s many parables about the Kingdom. Matthew was a tax collector and well familiar with the laws of the Roman kingdom that was ruling over them. Matthew, in chapters 5-7, basically gives Yeshua’s guidelines for His church and the Kingdom of Heaven.

We were alienated from God’s kingdom (family) by Adam giving allegiance to the Serpent’s rule, his kingdom, which is this world. We are (were) in bondage to Satan’s system - Yeshua came to rescue us from the bondage (sin) that prevents us from having everlasting life. So as Adam and Eve gave their allegiance to Satan so we must give our allegiance to the Creator God; made possible by Yeshua our Savior; His admonition to us Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…

Yeshua, the Messiah, the Son of God came to provide the only way and provide us with the gift of His Spirit.

Matt 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Without the Spirit of God we have no hope of entering into His Kingdom Family.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Rom 8:9 … if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

The seal of God is His Holy Spirit

Yeshua said:

John 14:16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever -- 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

John 15:26 " But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

John 16:13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

Luke 24:49 "Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high."

Acts 5:32 "And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him."

The Holy Spirit - Spirit of our Father - Spirit of the Lord - The Spirit - Spirit of holiness - Spirit of life - Spirit of Christ

Matt 1:20 …Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Matt 3:11 "… He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matt 3:16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.

Matt 10:19 "But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; 20 for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Matt 12:18 "Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.

Matt 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Luke 2:25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law,

Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Luke 11:13 "…how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"

Luke 12:12 "For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

John 4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

Acts 1:8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit

Acts 2:17 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh…

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 9:17 And Ananias … said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, …and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

Acts 11:12 "Then the Spirit told me

Acts 13:4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit

Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 16:6 … they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.

Acts 18:5 …Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 20:28 "… the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

Acts 28:25 … "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

Rom 1:4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

Rom 5:5 because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Rom 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses

Rom 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Next time:

We will continue to look in God’s Word for more about the Spirit as it is our only hope of being in His Kingdom.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.


Proverbs

Proverbs 1:23

Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.


Psalms

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Psalm 51:11

Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.


LIFE IN MESSIAH

Some people like to live on a precise schedule and others are more comfortable with a flexible approach to the structure of their time, but do you know anyone who likes delays and waiting? Yet when Yeshua said that your time was always ready, He was declaring a universal and enduring truth. When you encounter a delay, you suddenly have some free time in which to serve God. There are people around you that would benefit from your ministry to them, but if no doors open for that, you can still pray for them. Do you want to be led by the Spirit, and have Messiah structure your day? Then you must give it up to Him. If you submit to the Spirit and look for the opportunities, you will find them.

(Adapted from a Dale Cresap blog)


Saying

"Life is what we are alive to. It is not length, but breath. Be alive to… goodness, kindness, purity, love, history, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God, and eternal hope."
(Maltibe D. Babcock)

"When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade."


DID YOU KNOW

All European Life Died In Auschwitz
Sebastian Vivar Rodriguez

Israel Science and Technology, November 21, 2004

I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz.

We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims.

In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, and talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world....


LIGHTER SIDE?

Not so in God’s Kingdom!



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