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I sincerely believe that Jesus Christ is a man of integrity who would never
knowingly mislead people. In point of fact, I'm convinced that that
everything he taught originated with God, whom I also sincerely believe to
be a person of integrity who would never knowingly mislead people.
● John 3:34 . . For he is sent by God. He speaks God's words, for God's
Spirit is upon him without measure or limit
● John 8:26 . .He that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things
which I have heard of Him.
● John 8:28 . . I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak these things as
the Father taught me.
● John 12:49 . . I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me,
he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Jesus, speaking for God, instructed a Samarian woman that she could obtain
a living water merely by asking him for it. I've done that; but I don't know
whether my deceased brother ever did.
Jesus, yet speaking for God, instructed his countrymen that whoever
believes in him would be given to drink of the Spirit within the very core of
their being if all they did was approach him for it. I've done that too; but
again, I don't know if my deceased brother ever did.
So if John 4:10-14 is true and reliable, and if John 7:37-39 is true and
reliable; then I have successfully obtained the living water, and I have also
successfully obtained the Spirit within the very core of my being.
The living water and the Spirit, are essential components of my baptism into
Jesus' body.
● 1Cor 12:13 . .We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body-- whether
Jews or Greeks, slave or free --and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
The awful irony of the standard Christian baptism is that not everyone who
undergoes it will make it to safety when they pass on; and that's because
they failed to obtain the Spirit and the living water about which Jesus spoke
in John 4:10-14 and John 7:37-39.
NOTE: It's risky to depend upon the standard Christian baptism for obtaining
the Spirit and the living water; no, play it safe and do as I have done: speak
up for them as Jesus instructed and get the water and the Spirit locked in.
● John 6:37 . . Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I
will not reject anyone who comes to me
● Rom 10:13 . . Everyone who calls on the name of The Lord will be saved.
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