What is meant by Jesus saying 'If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me.'?
In John 7, Jesus tells the crowd made up of haters, believers and the almost persuaded (and even some sent to arrest Jesus) on the last day of the feast, crying to them all - 'If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me. Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water'. This thirst is promised to be more than quenched by rivers (plural) from the river maker Himself. (Those sent to arrest Jesus did not - never has anyone spoken like this)
God blesses some with a thirst for Christ and God quenches that thirst. Jesus connects the dots of that thirst and satisfaction with the (two) times Moses struck the rock in Numbers where water out gushed.
This sermon focuses on the second time Moses stuck the rock. This second time Moses was instructed to speak to the rock rather than strike it as he was instructed the first time. Both times God caused life giving water to come forth - both the first time when Moses obeyed and surprisingly even the time Moses did not.
The cavernous thirst of the woman at the well with a string of 5 husbands and her response was also discussed, as was the promise of satisfaction of thirst in the book of Revelation - for the redeemed , they will never thirst. It is done, I am the alpha and the omega To the thirsty I will give of the spring of the water of life without payment.
Not only does God provide streams of satisfaction for believers, living (flowing not stagnant) waters, but the life giving waters should be flowing through believers overflowing onto a dry and thirsty land, overflowing to and through them. Streams (plural). Rivers (plural).
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Tom Mortenson
If Anyone Thirsts The Life of Christ (Communion) Grace Fellowship Church
