Message: "The Living Water of God" by Joel King

``But here's the deal. If if I was just if I just ceremonially was clean, if I was just in the moment, sir, I'm a I'm a leaky cistern. It just leaks out. But thankfully, when Jesus cleanses the temple, what? The living water, which continuously flows that there's no end to flows in. That is the holy spirit. Jesus cleanses my heart, my soul by his blood and the holy spirit therefore can reside. [00:33:56] (29 seconds)  #LivingWaterFlows

See, John spoke of repentance. That's what the fire is. It's repentance. It's judgment, if you would, for those who refuse to repent. This message is the same throughout scriptures. There is no middle ground. No gray area. Either repent, turn, confess your sins and turn to Christ and be saved or refuse to repent, refuse to turn to Christ and unquenchable fire. Not my words. It is the it it that fire is judgment. [00:13:15] (35 seconds)  #RepentanceIsUrgent

He saved us what? Through the washing and rebirth and renewal of the Holy Spirit. To be baptized by the Holy Spirit is to be immersed if you would. The old person goes away. The Holy Spirit this is the picture. It doesn't happen at that point. It happens as soon as you confess. And when you and when you come out, there's a picture of regeneration, of rebirth, of renewal. Why? Not by your power, but by the same one who, by the way, raised Jesus from the dead, what the scripture says, which is the holy spirit. [00:37:00] (29 seconds)  #BaptizedByTheSpirit

For for followers of this hero to come, of of this messiah, of who we're gonna find out is Jesus, it's still the holy spirit's purifying fire, refining fire. It's the same. You're going to be baptized with the Holy Spirit. The thing is, is the Holy Spirit's present is what makes you also clean. And so there is fire. You withstand the fire, but if you do not have him, you're just burned up. Those without the Holy Spirit will not survive judgments. [00:13:51] (34 seconds)  #SpiritFirePurifies

And it's interesting that in order in order to embrace this one who is coming, repentance must come first. They're they're they're merged together, if you would. He's just a precursor to the to the big deal. He says, man, this this guy who's coming, I I'm unworthy. I can't even I can't even latch his sandals. That's the that's what a slave would do. He says, I'm not even worthy of this one. So you think my baptism is something? His. His is amazing. [00:07:06] (32 seconds)  #PrepareThroughRepentance

The the the reason I there we're again, we're talking about the power of the Holy Spirit, but this is the big deal. The big deal is that the holy spirit is the answer for those who hunger and thirst for God. He's not the key to make everything work in your life. He's not he's not the resource so that you can have victory over everything. Now, do some of those benefits come? Absolutely. We're gonna talk about that. But that puts the focus in the wrong place. [00:37:56] (31 seconds)  #SpiritForSoulNotSuccess

But people were doing half heartedly. They weren't really thinking about what they were doing and John says, I'm calling you to repentance. That word represents a 180 degree to turn. I'm going this way and I choose to go the other direction. He says, I'm calling you to repentance. And and it's not something that saves them, but it is something that prepares the person not just for entering into God's presence, but in John's word, he's preparing them for someone greater who is coming. [00:06:32] (34 seconds)  #RepentAndPrepare

And this is compared to broken cisterns which obviously cannot hold water. And guess what? That's you and me. We're broken cisterns that can't hold water. The water flow flows in, but it just keeps going. So it needs to be continuously filled and and in essence, this is kind of what John is saying is is I'm calling you to repentance, but you are broken cisterns. And it doesn't matter if you come down to the Jordan and you confess your sins, it's gonna leak out. [00:08:16] (35 seconds)  #WeAreLeakyCisterns