The document discusses the flow of the Holy Spirit and how it can make people better. It references passages from the Bible about Jesus offering living water and sending the Holy Spirit. The Spirit works within believers and can flow through them to others. Allowing the Spirit to operate inside and flow through a person meets the ultimate need of having the right relationship with God.
5. 37 On the last day of the feast, the great
day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If
anyone thirsts, let him come to me and
drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the
Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will
flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he
said about the Spirit, whom those who
believed in him were to receive, for as yet
the Spirit had not been given, because
Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 7
9. 37 On the last day of the feast, the great
day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If
anyone thirsts, let him come to me and
drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, ….
John 7:37-38, cf. John 4:12-13
10. John’s purpose of writing
…but these are written so that you
may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God, and that by
believing you may have life in his
name,
John 20:31
11. The Holy Spirit-Helper
And I will ask the Father, and he will
give you another Helper, to be with
you forever, 17 even the Spirit of
truth, whom the world cannot receive,
because it neither sees him nor
knows him. You know him, for he
dwells with you and will be in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I
will come to you.
John 14:16-18
12. 16 The Spirit himself bears
witness with our spirit that
we are children of God,
Romans 8:16
13.
14. An Ultimate Thirst
A thirst for someone. It is a thirst for
having a right relationship with
Jesus.
15. “If we find ourselves with a desire
that nothing in this world can satisfy,
the most probable explanation is
that we were made for another
world.”
CS Lewis
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17. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture
has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers
of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about
the Spirit, whom those who believed in him
were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had
not been given, because Jesus was not yet
glorified.
John 7
18. And I will ask the Father, and he will
give you another Helper, to be with
you forever, 17 even the Spirit of
truth, whom the world cannot receive,
because it neither sees him nor
knows him. You know him, for he
dwells with you and will be in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I
will come to you.
John 14:16-18
20. 34 ways water makes you
awesome (Sally Tamarkin)
https://greatist.com/health/health-benefits-water,
accessed 6/29/18
1. It could aid for weight loss
2. It might protect against some
types of cancer
3. It can improve mood
4. It keeps our kidneys working
5. Living near it is good for our
health
21. Outward Dimension:
We can be pipelines of
the Spirit’s flow to others
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22. 38 He who believes in Me, as
the Scripture said, ‘From his
innermost being will flow
rivers of living water.’
John 7:38, NASB
28. Luke 11:9-13, And I tell you, ask,
and it will be given to you; seek,
and you will find; knock, and it
will be opened to you. 10 For
everyone who asks receives, and
the one who seeks finds, and to
the one who knocks it will be
opened. 11 What father among
you, if his son asks for a fish, will
instead of a fish give him a
serpent;12 or if he asks for an egg,
will give him a scorpion?
29. 11 What father among you, if
his son asks for a fish, will
instead of a fish give him a
serpent;12 or if he asks for an
egg, will give him a
scorpion?13 If you then, who
are evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children,
how much more will the
heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to those who ask him!”
31. The Flow of the Spirit makes us
better people when we allow Him…
• To operate inside of us
• To flow through us for others.
• To meet our greatest need: Right
relationship with God.