Scripture Reading: Exo. 17:6; Num. 20:8; Psa. 36:8-9; 46:4; 1 Cor. 12:13; John 4:10, 14, 24; 7:37-39; 19:34; 1 Cor. 10:4; Rev. 7:17; 21:6; 22:1, 17

Ⅰ　

God's intention in His economy is to be the fountain, the source, of living waters to satisfy His chosen people for their enjoyment, with the goal of producing the church as God's increase, God's enlargement, to be God's fullness for His expression—Jer. 2:13; Lam. 3:22-24; 1 Cor. 1:9:

A　

John 4:14b reveals a flowing Triune God—the Father is the fountain, the Son is the spring, and the Spirit is the flowing river, issuing in the totality of the eternal life, the New Jerusalem.

B　

Our drinking of the one Spirit in resurrection makes us members of the Body, builds us up as the Body, and prepares us to be the bride of Christ—1 Cor. 12:13; Rev. 22:17; John 4:14b.

Ⅱ　

Christ as the living, spiritual rock was smitten by the authority of God's law so that the water of life in resurrection could flow out of Him and into His redeemed people for them to drink—Exo. 17:6; 1 Cor. 10:4:

A　

The blood for our judicial redemption saves us from the guilt of sin, and the water of life in resurrection for our organic salvation saves us from the power of sin—Gen. 2:22; John 19:34; Zech. 13:1; Psa. 36:8-9; Rev. 21:6; Hymn #1058, stanza 1.

B　

Christ is our begetting rock and the rock who is our salvation, strength, refuge, hiding place, protection, covering, and safeguard—Deut. 32:18; 2 Sam. 22:47; Psa. 95:1; 62:7; 94:22; Isa. 32:2.

Ⅲ　

As believers in Christ, we need to see the way to drink and flow the water of life—Rev. 7:17; John 4:10, 14; 7:37-39; cf. Prov. 11:25:

A　

We have been positioned to drink one Spirit—1 Cor. 12:13.

B　

To drink the water of life, there is the need of thirst—Exo. 17:3a; Psa. 42:1; John 7:37; Rev. 21:6.

C　

We need to come to the Lord—John 7:37; Rev. 22:17.

D　

We need to ask the Lord to give us the living water—John 4:10; 7:37; Rev. 22:17.

E　

We need to contact God the Spirit in our human spirit and in truthfulness—John 4:23-24.

F　

We need to joyously draw water from the springs of salvation by speaking to the Lord, by the Lord, for the Lord, in the Lord, and with the Lord— Psa. 46:4; Isa. 12:3-6:

１　

We need to practice speaking with the Lord constantly—Num. 20:8; Phil. 4:6-7, 12; Hymn #255.

２　

We need to confess our sins—John 4:15-18; 1 John 1:7, 9.

３　

We need to praise the Lord—Phil. 4:4; Heb. 13:15; Psa. 119:164.

４　

We need to thank the Lord—Eph. 5:18, 20.

５　

We need to call on the name of the Lord—Acts 2:21; 1 Cor. 12:13, 3; 1 Thes. 5:17; 1 Cor. 1:2; Judg. 15:18-19; Lam. 3:55-56.

６　

We need to sing to the Lord—Eph. 5:18b-19; 1 Kings 6:7; 1 Chron. 6:31-32; 2 Chron. 20:21-22.

７　

We need to preach the gospel, making known to others what Christ has accomplished—Rom. 1:16; John 4:32-34.

８　

We need to function in the meetings of the church—1 Cor. 14:4b, 26.

G　

We need to be identified with the smitten Christ—Exo. 17:6; John 7:38; S. S. 2:8-9, 14; Phil. 3:10; Heb. 12:2.

H　

We need to give the Lord the preeminence in our being—Rev. 22:1; Col. 1:18b.

I　

We need to do everything according to the divine nature—Rev. 22:1; 2 Pet. 1:4.