The Salvation Of A Scarlet Woman And The Nature Of True Worship

Every person,

whether they recognise it or not,

is thirsty for the liv¬ing water - salvation from sin.

Everyone desires the fountain of eternal life.

But it is available only in Jesus Christ.

If we are curious enough to recognize and confess sin and guilt, and have faith to experience salvation,

then it will be natural to confess Christ as Saviour and Lord.

The salva¬tion of this woman shows the pattern for the conversion of all who need to be saved.

We come to church… surrounding by the ocean of “Living Water”

We can buy Men’s Study Bibles, Women Bibles, Devotional Teen Bibles and we are thirsty.

We can buy Christian stickers and t-shirts; go to the Christian bookshop regularly. Thirsty.

We come to church sing the songs that quench our souls listen to the Scripture that waters our lives and we still are thirsty!

We walk thru a Coca Cola culture of opportunity with a Sahara desert soul?

Why?

Why can’t we drink from the well that never runs dry.

Why are our souls shrivelled and dehydrated?

Thirst is one of the most powerful spiritual symbols in all of scripture.

As dehydration draws the whole of our physical being to a longing for water, so a spiritual void will draw our spirits into a search for deeper meaning for our lives.

The Psalmist expressed it this way, "As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God." Psalm 42:1-

You see, before we can really have a close relationship with God, we’ve got to thirst for God. I mean we’ve got to thirst like the Psalmist .

We’ve got to cry out as David cried out…"God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water" (Psalm 63:1).

We must come to a point where we can get before God and say, "I spread out my hands to You; my soul longs for You like a thirsty land" (Psalm 143:6).

We will never have a close relationship with God until we thirst after Him.

That is why Jesus said, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink."

We must capture that type of spiritual thirst!

We must thirst and long for God and for spiritual living!

Isaiah gives the promise in 58:11 “ The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fails.

Are you thirsty?

Are you thirsty for God?

Then friends,

just come to Jesus and drink,

and He will fill you until you overflow and become a river of living water that will bless others as well.

His invitation has one requirement

Come whoever is thirsty!!!