How to Receive the Living Water

Since this truth is under such an attack here I thought for those who WISH to know how to have the experience promised by Jesus in John 7:39 might be helpful.

It will be of no use to someone who has no desire to receive the Holy Spirit and wants nothing to do with coming to Jesus Christ for salvation.

First the promised. Then some suggestions as to how you may enter into the experience.

"Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.

But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed into Him were about to receive, for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified." (John 7:37-39)

@sonship said
Since this truth is under such an attack here I thought for those who WISH to know how to have the experience promised by Jesus in John 7:39 might be helpful.

It will be of no use to someone who has no desire to receive the Holy Spirit and wants nothing to do with coming to Jesus Christ for salvation.

First the promised. Then some suggestions as to how you may ...[text shortened]...

So how can one come into this experience?
Some suggestions I count as trustworthy will follow.

@sonship said
Since this truth is under such an attack here I thought for those who WISH to know how to have the experience promised by Jesus in John 7:39 might be helpful.

It will be of no use to someone who has no desire to receive the Holy Spirit and wants nothing to do with coming to Jesus Christ for salvation.

First the promised. Then some suggestions as to how you may ...[text shortened]...

So how can one come into this experience?
Some suggestions I count as trustworthy will follow.

"On the last day, the great day of the feast ..."

Maybe to begin, notice that Jesus waited to cry out this promise on "the last day, the great day of the feast".

A suggest way of prayer:

"Lord Jesus, I have done everything, and I am still unsatisfied. Lord Jesus, degrees, education, entertainment, romance, money, prestige, fun, and friends have come. But Lord I still feel like I am missing something. Deep in my heart, below all these enjoyments, I still am so empty.

Lord Jesus, I want learn to come to you, as You said, and drink. Lord Jesus, I want to be cared for by You. "

First I would suggest that you be honest with the Lord Jesus if you feel all the world's enjoyment still has left you deeply unsatisfied.

The self satisfied have no need to come to the Lord to "drink". In fact God said such He may send away empty.

"The hungry He has filled with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty." (Luke 1:53)

@sonship said
"On the last day, the great day of the feast ..."

Maybe to begin, notice that Jesus waited to cry out this promise on "the last day, the great day of the feast".

A suggest way of prayer:

"Lord Jesus, I have done everything, and I am still unsatisfied. Lord Jesus, degrees, education, entertainment, romance, money, prestige, fun, and friends have ...[text shortened]... us. Father I want to be Your child and You HAVE to feed me. O God, I come to You so thirsty, Lord."

You will notice that on every prayer I suggest I usually include "Lord Jesus".

That is because once you can humble yourself to admit that Jesus is "Lord" maybe you are half way home already. Maybe even more than that.

If you can get to say "Lord Jesus" acknowledging Him as your Lord now, it is He who is on the throne, you're won more than half all the battle already.

No man can say Jesus is Lord except in the Holy Spirit, says the New Testament.

"Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking in the Spirit of God says, Jesus is accursed; and no one can say, Jesus is Lord! except in the Holy Spirit." (1 Cor. 12:3)

"Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time.

Casting all your anxiety on Him because it matters to Him concerning you." (1 Peter 5:6,7)

@Rajk999

Thankyou.

Now this is really good. Jesus said, not Witness Lee or me, JESUS SAID .

"If anyone thirsts let Him come to Me and drink ..."

Now who said it? Who's the one who said it ??

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out ... If anyone thirst let him come to Me and drink ..

@sonship said
You will notice that on every prayer I suggest I usually include "Lord Jesus"{/b].

That is because once you can humble yourself to admit that Jesus is [b]"Lord" maybe you are half way home already. Maybe even more than that.

If you can get to say "Lord Jesus" acknowledging Him as your Lord now, it is He who is on the throne, you're won more th ...[text shortened]... t matters to Him concerning you." (1 Peter 5:6,7) [/quote]

When you go down God will lift you UP.

@sonship said
@Rajk999

Thankyou.

Now this is really good. Jesus said, not Witness Lee or me, JESUS SAID .

"If anyone thirsts let Him come to Me and drink ..."

Now who said it? Who's the one who said it ??

[quote] Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out ... If anyone thirst let him come to Me and drink .. [/ ...[text shortened]... ing water will begin to flow out of your innermost being.

Who said come to Him and drink of Him.

@Rajk999

Sonship, you are still feeling empty because you did not follow my commandments. You are following the teachings of the church / Witness Lee. Go do like the Good Samaritan and show love for others in need. You are doing like the priest and Levite, studying the bible, talking about the bible without putting into pratice the commandments. You will never be full and satisfied until you go and do good works and live righteously according to my commandments.

For He satisfies the thirsty soul, And the famished soul He fills with good. (Psalm 109:9)

Berean Literal Bible
He has filled those hungering with good things, and those being rich He has sent away empty.

New American Standard Bible
"HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS; And sent away the rich empty-handed.

I don't know if Rajkkk is saying "Don't call on the Lord Jesus". But the Bible has hundreds and hundreds of examples of men CALLING on the name of the Lord.

Now, Rajk999 stresses obedience to the Lord. Sure, IF you feel lacking in obedience - which I often do feel too - you STILL come to Him and drink of this Spirit of Jesus Christ.

"Lord, I so lack obedience. Lord, I am SO rebellious, Lord supply me with obedience. Lord I come unto you THIRSTING for oneness with you in thought, in action, in deed. Lord I am hungry for obedience TO You."


Bring all your feeling of LACK to the Lord Jesus. Rivers of living water is plural, not one.

A RIVER for your mind.
A RIVER for your will.
A River for you emotions.

That is our experience. How we also need deeper experience.


"let him come unto Me and drink" . It really means to drink of this Living Person the Lord Jesus. Drink of Him by opening up your whole being and opening up and being open, open to receive Him as Lord.

"Lord Jesus" really states that He is everything that you need.

@Rajk999

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. (Matthew 6:7-8 KJV)

Anyway. You say "O Lord Jesus. O Lord Jesus" as much as you like as long as your conscience allows you. You don't have to consult with the repetition police like Rajk999 on patrol to make sure no one repeats vainly.

The way to receive the living water is to first OPEN UP.
Secondly to COME TO the living Person in faith - Jesus is alive and available. That's the gospel.

He is unusual. He is unusual because you cannot see Him at this time. But ...

"this He spoke of the Spirit which they who received Him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet because Jesus was not yet glorified."

Jesus is glorified now ... resurrected even ascended to the highest peak of existence, to the peak of the universe where ever that is.

So we can come to Him and drink Him by lifting up the cup of salvation and calling upon the name of the Lord. He HEARS our voice.

"I love Jehovah because He hears my voice, my supplications, Because He inclines His ear to me;

Therefore I will call upon Him all my days." Psalm 116:1,2)

If you call so as to contact the "Lord Jesus" you must believe the critical part of the Gospel. You admit that you believe that Jesus LIVES.

Why would you call upon someone who you do not believe exists or lives?

So calling "Lord Jesus" acknowledges:

1.) Jesus Christ is alive.

2.) That means you confess that He rose from the dead.

That is no small thing because if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.

Who said? The Bible said. right here in the most basic outline of the Christian Gospel - Paul's letter to the Romans.

"But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that is the word of the faith which we proclaim.

That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

For with the heart there is believing unto righteousness, and with the mouth there is confession unto salvation." (Rom. 10:8-10)

@sonship said
I don't know if Rajkkk is saying "Don't call on the Lord Jesus". But the Bible has hundreds and hundreds of examples of men CALLING on the name of the Lord.

Now, Rajk999 stresses obedience to the Lord. Sure, IF you feel lacking in obedience - which I often do feel too - you STILL come to Him and drink of this Spirit of Jesus Christ.

"Lord, I so lack obedience. Lord, ...[text shortened]... n to receive Him as Lord.

"Lord Jesus" really states that He is everything that you need.