"If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."
(John 7:37-38)
"'If any man thirst,' says our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, 'let him come to me, and drink.'
"For what is the sum and substance of these simple words? It is this. Christ is that Fountain of living water which God has graciously provided for thirsting souls. From Him, as out of the rock smitten by Moses, there flows an abundant stream for all who travel through the wilderness of this world. In Him, as our Redeemer and Substitute, crucified for our sins and raised again for our justification, there is an endless supply of all that men can need: pardon, absolution, mercy, grace, peace, rest, relief, comfort, and hope.
"This rich provision Christ has bought for us at the price of His own precious blood. To open this wondrous fountain He suffered for sin, the just of the unjust, and bore our sins in His own body on the tree. He was made sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (1 Peter 2:24; 3:18; 2 Cor. 5:21). And now He is sealed and appointed to be the Reliever of all who are laboring and heavy laden, and the Giver of living water to all who thirst. It is His office to receive sinners. It is His pleasure to given them pardon, life, and peace. And the words of the text are a proclamation He makes to all mankind, 'If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.'" (Holiness, J.C. Ryle)
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