As many of you know, two weeks
from tomorrow, I'm going to be having a pretty complicated surgery. And I've had several surgeries
in the past when I was sick some 14 or 15 years ago. And while
I do not look forward to this surgery in any way, I've been
through surgeries before, and many of you have. You know what
it's like to have surgery. And while in some respects I
dread it, I don't find it terrifying. I believe the Lord will give
me grace to deal with it. I really do. The Lord's given
me a lot of peace, a lot of joy. But in my experience, there is
something that I especially dread. The doctor has told me that I'm
going to go six, eight, ten weeks, were his words, without drinking. I mean, not even having an ice
chip. And to be quite honest, the thought of that, I dread. And when I wake up in the morning,
I wake up with a dry throat. And that's the first thing I
think about. Six, eight, ten weeks of not
being able to drink. And I tell you what, it's on
my mind a lot. There's seldom an hour that goes by when I don't
think about the fact that I'm not going to have anything to
drink. I was driving down Clays Mill Road a couple of days ago,
feeling very stressed over this. Distressed. And the Lord brought
this scripture to my mind. It's where the Lord said from
the cross, I thirst. And, you know, that gave me such
comfort. You know, my thirst, nor can
the thirst of any human being be in any way compared to his
thirst. And yet he said, I thirst, and
I wouldn't dare I haven't even experienced this thirst yet.
And I wouldn't dare compare my thirst to his thirst, but it
did give me comfort to know that he said, from Calvary 3, I thirst. And you know, this is a passage
of Scripture. I preach on numerous occasions on the seven sayings
of the Savior from the cross. I preach on that two or three
times. And this is the verse of Scripture that I felt like
I understood the least. Of those seven, I don't understand
any of them the way I ought to, nor does anybody else, but this
one, where our Lord said from Calvary's tree, I thirst. I felt like I probably have less
understanding of that than any of them. I've always felt that
way about this passage of Scripture, but I got to thinking about that,
and I thought, I want to look at what the Bible says about this thing
of thirsting. I have tried to think of a definition
for thirst, and this is what came to my mind. A conscious,
a conscious absence. A conscious absence. When you're thirsty, you are
cognizant of the fact that you don't have what it takes to quench
your thirst. You don't have it within you. You can't make yourself
stop thirsting. And that's what you know when
you're thirsty. The quenching of your thirst is going to have
to come from outside of you, isn't it? You can't come up with
the goods on your own. It's going to have to come from
outside of you, a conscious absence. I'm told that this is the most
powerful craving that human nature ever experiences. Nothing, including
hunger, compares to this thing of being thirsty. It's all consuming. I want to
give you the dictionary definition of a thirst. I read in Mr. Webster, a sensation of dryness. in the mouth, in the throat and
in the stomach. I bet somebody's getting thirsty
while I'm talking. Sorry, not enough for everybody. A great desire for drink. A strong craving for anything. A longing for obtaining an objective. The state of being thirsty. Now, I have four very simple
points to this message. I want us to consider a bad thirst. I want us to consider a good
thirst. I want us to consider a saving
thirst, and I want us to consider a quenched thirst. Those are the four points to
this message. Very simple. A bad thirst, a good thirst,
a saving thirst, and a quenched thirst. Now, first I want to
talk about a bad thirst. There is no such thing as a person
who has never experienced Some kind of thirst on some level.
Physical thirst, emotional thirst, thirsting for love, thirsting
for approval, thirsting for acceptance. Everybody's had some kind of
thirst. Now, here's another word for
thirst. Listen real carefully. Lust. And that's the bad thirst
we're talking about. It's a strong craving. Lust would
be a way that it could be described. It is the cravings of fallen
human nature. Everybody is born into this world
with a fallen nature that craves that which is evil. Nobody's
absent from this. doesn't deal with this. Everybody
has this natural lust, this thirst, this desire for evil. It comes naturally. Job put it
this way, in Job 15, 16, how much more abominable and filthy
is man which drinketh iniquity like water. It's to quench a
thirst, the drinking of iniquity. It's the cravings of fallen nature. Remember when it was said to
Adam, in the day you eat thereof, you'll surely die. And you know
he didn't die physically, but you know he died spiritually.
And that's where that sinful nature comes from, a craving. John put it this way in 1 John
2, verses 15-17. He said, For all that's of the
world, the lust of the flesh, the thirst of the flesh. You
can say that just as easily. The lust of the eyes, the thirst
of the eyes. We all know something about thirst.
The pride of life, the lust for the pride of life is not of God,
but of the world. He talks about this threefold
thirst, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the
pride of life. And that summarizes the cravings
of a fallen nature. This is a bad thirst, the lust
of the flesh. That's the craving for, the desiring
of that which is sinful, that which is contrary to the Word
of God, that which God forbids. You can't stop it, can you? You
get a thirst for power. A thirst for pleasure, a thirst
for applause, a thirst for prestige, a thirst for the things of this
world. It's an evil thirst. You say, well, how could it be
evil if I can't help it? Well, it's a result of the fallen nature.
Thirst, a thirst, a lust for these things, the thirst for
the sins of the flesh, the thirst for the Sins of the eye, the
lust of the eyes. And remember, the lust of the
eyes is not just seeing something and being attracted to it. What
that means is I'm desiring man's approval. I'm caring more about
what man sees than what God sees. I'm more concerned about what
men think about me than what God thinks about me. There's
that thirst for the pride of life. What is that? That's self-righteousness.
It's self-righteousness that keeps a man from Christ. If you
don't come to Christ right now, listen to me real carefully.
If you're not a believer right now, there's one thing that's
keeping you from being a believer. Self-righteousness. Now, that's
the truth. That's the one thing that keeps
you from Christ. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes,
the pride of life. And let me tell you something
about this thirst, this bad thirst. It cannot be quenched. Now, that's
a solemn thing to think about, isn't it? It cannot be quenched. You remember what the Lord said
to that woman at the well? He said, Whoso drinketh of this
water shall thirst again. You'll drink of it in order to
quench your thirst, and that thirst will end up being all
the more powerful. There is no quenching of this
thirst. And you know, that's even true
in man's religion. You know, man's religion. Salvation by
works. Salvation conditioned somehow on man's works. There's
no satisfaction in that, is there? I mean, there's always something
short. There's always something you're lacking. Always a day
late and a dollar short. Always something that's not quite...
When have I done enough? When have I... Do I have everything
I need? And there's always that question
mark. There's not a quenching of thirst in man's religion.
And here's the most solemn thing to think about this thirst. This
thirst will only intensify in hell. Look with me to Luke chapter
16 for a moment. Now, there isn't anything in
there isn't anything that I dislike talking about more than hell.
I mean, it's a difficult thing to talk about hell. But believe
me, believe the word of God, there is a place called hell
and it's a place of unfulfilled lusts, unfulfilled thirsts, unfulfilled
cravings. Listen to what this man said
in Luke chapter 16. Verse 23. Luke 16, 23, this is
talking about the rich man in hell and in hell. In hell. He lift up his eyes being in
torment. And seeth Abraham afar off, and
Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father
Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip
the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am
tormented. I am tormented in this flame,
this thirst that is there. I'm tormented in it. And that's
how hell is described as a thirst where you're tormented in this
flesh. And you know you're going to have all these in hell. If
I'm in hell, I'm going to have all these cravings, all these
desires, all these lusts, and there will be no fulfillment
of them in any way. This is a bad thirst. It's the thirst of fallen, sinful,
human nature. It's a bad thirst. It's a thirst
for eternity. It's a fire that will never be
quenched. I'll tell you something, everybody's
going to find out one of these days, who doesn't believe in
hell, you know what they're going to find out? There is a hell. And I don't want to go to hell. That's a mad thirst. Now let's
talk about a good thirst for a moment. This is the thirst
of the believer and only the believer. I want you to turn
to Matthew 5, but I want to quote a couple of passages of scriptures
from the Psalms while you turn there. David said, As the heart panteth
after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God. For the living God, when shall
I come and appear before my God? David said in Psalm 63, 1, My
soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and
thirsty land where no water is. Now look here in Matthew chapter
5, verse 6. Remember, this is a good kind
of thirst. Verse 6, Matthew 5, Blessed are they. Blessed by
God are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness. We're given this promise. They
shall be filled. Now, remember, thirst is a conscious
absence. If you're thirsty, that means
you feel like there's something you need that you don't have.
I mean, you know it's going to have to come from outside of
you. You can't quench your own thirst. And it's a painful thing. It's not a pleasurable thing.
But yet, the Lord says you're blessed by God if you have this
hunger and thirst after righteousness. You feel as though it's something
that doesn't come from within you. It's got to come outside
of you in order to quench your thirst. It's got to come from
without. And you have a hunger for it. You have a thirst for
it. You have a craving for it. A hunger and a thirst for righteousness. Paul expressed it this way in
Philippians 3, 8, 9. He said, Oh, that I may win Christ. And
this is a hunger. This is a thirst. Oh, that I
may win Christ and be found in Him. Not having my own righteousness,
which is of the law. I don't want to have anything
to do with anything that has my fingerprints on it. God is
my witness. I don't want to stand before
God in my own righteousness in any way. Oh, that I may be found
in Christ. When God comes looking for me,
there's one place I want to be found, and only one place, in
the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed are they which hunger
and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Turn over to Philippians chapter
3 for a moment. I want to show you this hunger and thirst that
every believer has. I've already quoted one of these
verses. Let's look at it together. Verse
7, Paul says, But what things were
gained to me, I counted these in the plus column, those I counted
loss for Christ, yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss,
but garbage for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus,
my Lord, for whom I've suffered the loss of all things and do
count them but done, that I may win Christ and be found in Him."
Now, here's a thirst. Now, I've got thirst for this.
I want, my soul, I want to be found in Christ. I don't want
to stand before God on my own. I don't want to stand before
God in my own works in any measure to any degree. No, sir. thirst
to be found in the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't you? I'm thirsty
for that. I don't want to come any other
way. Look what he says next. Oh, that I may win Christ and
be found in Him, not having my own righteousness. I'm going
to spit that out, that which is of the law, but that which
is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of
God. That's what I want to be found in, His righteousness by
faith. Look what he says next. That
I may know Him. You know, I have a thirst to
know the Lord. I want to know Him. I don't want
to just know stuff about Him. I want to know Him. Oh, that
I might know the power of His resurrection. And I want to know,
when He was raised from the dead, what power... I'm not just talking
about power to live, although I want power to live as far as
that goes. But you know, when the Lord raised Him from the
dead, what did He say? He said everybody He represented
is saved. He said, I'm satisfied with Him.
I'm satisfied with everybody He did it for. And I want to
know the power of that, don't you? I want to know the power
of His resurrection. I want to know the fellowship
of His sufferings, Paul said next. Now that doesn't mean that
I want to suffer the way He suffered, because I don't. I don't want
to suffer, but I want to know that what He did, He did for
me. I want to know that I have a share in those sufferings.
I want to know the fellowship of his suffering. And then he
said, I want to be made conformable unto his death. Now, does that
mean I want to die on a cross? Obviously, I don't want to die
on a cross. And I said this so many times, I'm all for getting
out of suffering any way I can. I don't want to. But Philippians
2 says he became obedient unto death. Jesus Christ, the Lord, became
obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. And Paul
is saying, and you listen to me real carefully, Paul is saying,
I want to obey Him even if it kills me. Death is to be chosen over disobedience
to the Lord Jesus Christ. And Paul said, I have a thirst
for this. I want to obey Him. I want to be made conformable
unto his death. And next, he says, if by any
means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead. I thirst to attain
to this glorious resurrection where I'm complete in the Lord
Jesus Christ. Now, that that is a good thirst. Now, why do we have this thirst?
Well, if I'm a believer, I have it. Blessed are they who hunger
and thirst after righteousness. Why do I have this thirst? Because
I've been blessed. It's a blessing of God. He gives
this to his people. Blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after righteousness sake. It's the gift of God's
grace. And this thirst that we're talking about that is such a
blessing to have is not something we're fatalistic about. I'm thirsty. Well, I believe God's sovereign.
If it's his will, I'll get water. Do we ever say that when we're
thirsty? I believe God's sovereign. If it's his will, I'll get some.
No, when we're thirsty, we got to have water. And we're going
to have it come what may. And if I say I'm the only one
that's got water, you're going to come to me for it. If I say
that and if that's that's the way we come to Christ, we come
to Christ for this quenched thirst. If you're thirsty, you must have
the Lord Jesus Christ. It's not something you're fatalistic
about. It's not something you say, well, if I'm one of the
elect, God will save me. I just wait. Well, if you are one of
the elect, God will save you. That's true. But if you're thirsty,
you say, I've got to have him. I've got to be found in Christ. Now, whatever else is true, I
must be found in the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord said, if any man thirst,
let him come to me and drink. And let me let me also say this.
There's a couple of things I'll say before we get to the next
point. Don't rest in your thirst. Rest in Christ. Well, I'm thirsty. Well, that doesn't satisfy your
thirst to know you're thirsty, does it? Don't rest in your thirst. Well,
I'm thirsty. Things must be. No, you rest in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Rest in Him. That's God's command to you.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. That's God's command. Believe
on Him. Nothing else will quench your thirst except faith in Christ. And I think of that passage of
Scripture where Paul said, Quench not the Spirit. You know, He's put a thirst in
you. Make sure by God's grace you
don't let the things of this world quench that thirst. That's a scary proposition, isn't
it? To not be thirsty anymore. And
I mean in a bad sense. To lose your thirst. He said,
quench not the spirit. OK, the third point. We've talked
about a bad thirst. The cravings of fallen human
nature. We've talked about a good thirst,
hungering and thirsting after righteousness. Now, let's go
back to our text in John chapter 19. I want to say something about
a saving thirst. John chapter 19. After this, Jesus, knowing that
all things were now accomplished. You know, there's something glorious
about just thinking about that with the Lord. You know, we never
know what's going on, do we? I mean, I know who does know
what's going on, but do I know it? But the Lord was never like
that. And He's not like that. He said,
knowing that all things were accomplished. No loose ends with
Him. that the Scripture might be fulfilled. This thirst that we're going
to speak of was an ordained thirst, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
It's a quotation from Psalm 69. He said this, that the Scripture
might be fulfilled. And that's even in his suffering
on Calvary's tree. And this is so hard to grasp.
But while he was suffering on Calvary's tree, he said something.
The Scripture might be fulfilled. I'm going to make sure I fulfill
all Scripture. Was he saying this just in order
to fulfill the Scriptures? No, he was thirsty. Oh, he was
dehydrated. Who can tell the pain of this
thirst? Who could experience this thirst?
But he said this, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled. You know,
every word of Scripture will be fulfilled. And what does he
say? After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished
that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now, no doubt this represents
the physical sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ as he was nailed
to that cross. And who can possibly know what
all he suffered? He was under that hot, blazing
eastern sun that ended up going out while he was on the cross.
He was dehydrated. His body was emaciated. He had
been beaten to a pulp before he was nailed to that cross.
And here he is nailed to that cross and he says, I thirst. Now, he is conscious, so very
conscious of the physical sufferings that he was enduring. Like I was talking about me being
thirsty physically, you know, like dreading that. There's no
way that thirst could compare to this thirst when he said,
I thirst. Oh, the physical torture and
sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ. But let me remind you,
when we talk about that, I wouldn't ever want to be indifferent toward
the sufferings of Christ. It kills me the way I can even
talk about it without weeping while I'm talking about it. And
I wouldn't in any way want to discount the importance of the
physical sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ when He said, I
thirst. Oh, the thirst that He experienced. But why did He say
it? Why was He suffering physically like this? When He said, I thirst,
what this is talking about is, I'm thirsting for God because
I don't have Him. I'm thirsting for His presence
because I've been banished from it. From the cross, when our
Lord said, I thirst, He had nothing but the frown, the wrath, the
disapproval of God. Why was He hanging on that cross?
Because He's guilty. The sins of His people became
His. God hates sin. God forsook Him. When He cried out, My God, My
God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? He couldn't even call Him Father
at that time. He was forsaken by His Father
as the sinner's substitute. That's why He said, I thirst. He had no pity. He had no mercy. He had no compassion. He was
made sin and he suffered the wrath of God as the sinner's
substitute. He didn't say, it's as if I was
thirsty. I thirst. Well, I wish I could talk about
this the way it ought to be talked about. I can't. Talking about
the thirst of the Lord Jesus Christ, but I know this. I know
this. He was so truly made sin as the
sinner's substitute that all of God's wrath, everything that
hell is, was concentrated on his body. And he was made to
cry out from the cross, what I deserve to cry out, I thirst. Now, how is this a saving thirst?
How is this a saving thirst? That's the name of this point,
a saving thirst. Well, let's go on reading. Verse
28. After this, Jesus, knowing that
all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled,
saith I thirst. Now there was said a vessel full
of vinegar, and they filled a sponge with vinegar and put it upon
a hyssop and put it in his mouth. When Jesus, therefore, had received
the vinegar, He said, ìIt is finished.î Thereís no more blessed words
than these, because He said, ìI thirst.î He also said, ìIt
is finished.î Whatís finished? When he said it is finished,
he's saying the salvation of everybody I died for, and that's
including Todd Nyberg. If you're a believer, it's including
you. He's saying the salvation of everybody I died for is accomplished. And you know, the only thing
that satisfies my thirst Now, I've got a thirst to know God.
I've got a thirst to be found in Him. I've got a thirst to
not stand alone. The only thing that satisfies my thirst, that
quenches my thirst, is this. It is finished. Does that quench
your thirst? Are you satisfied with that?
Are you satisfied with the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ finished
your salvation? It's before you had a chance
to get your finger on it. It was accomplished completely outside
of your experience. If I've got to look for my experience,
if I've got to look for joy and peace and quenching of my thirst
in my experience, I don't get any. But, oh, the satisfaction
we find in it is finished. I love that. If it's finished,
you know what that means. If it's finished, it's finished.
The end. When you come to the end of a book, you say, well,
what's that mean? It's the end. It's it's the salvation
finished by what he did because he thirsted. I'll never have
to. It is finished. That's a saving thirst. And there's an inseparable connection
with our thirst and it is finished. Now, here's my last point. We've
talked about this saving thirst, the thirst of the Lord Jesus
Christ on the cross because he was made sin. He suffered the
wrath of God. What about that righteousness
that he accomplished when he kept God's holy law in his life.
That's canon to every believer. That is my righteousness before
God. He finished the work. We're satisfied with that. And
my last point is a quenched thirst. Now, would you turn with me for
a moment to John chapter four? Verse seven. You're familiar
with this passage of Scripture. There cometh a woman of Samaria
to draw water. Jesus saith unto her, Give me
to drink. For his disciples were gone away
into the city to buy meat. Then saith the woman of Samaria
unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of
me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews had no dealings
with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto
her, If you knew the gift of God and who it is that saith
to thee, give me to drink, thou would have asked of him, and
he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him,
Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From
whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than
our father Jacob, which gave us this well, and drank thereof
himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and
said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water, this physical
water, this earthly water, shall thirst again. Now, there's a
wealth of meaning in that, isn't there? I don't care what you
drink of in this world. You're going to thirst again.
You can just write it down. You're
never going to really find any satisfaction in it. You will
thirst again. But whosoever, verse 14, drinketh
of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. But the water that
I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing
up into everlasting life. Now, do you hear what our Lord
said to this woman? He said, if you drink of this water that
I give you, you'll never thirst. Now, look at your experience
for a moment. Are you thirsty? I'm not even talking about physically.
I'm talking about regarding everything. I'm talking about regarding everything
that has your fingerprints on it. Are you still thirsty? Now, I can say this as much honesty
as I know how to, everything regarding me, everything
I touch, everything I do, my faith, my experience, everything
I know anything, I'm still thirsty. I mean, I'm always thirsty. I
never feel satisfied with anything that has, as I've already said,
my fingerprints on it. I never feel satisfied. I never
feel like, well, I've arrived here. I'm not thirsting for anything
else. I just never feel as far as looking within this quench
thirst. And yet our Lord says, if you
drink of the water I give you, you'll never thirst. Now, He
didn't say you ought not thirst. He said you will never thirst
if you drink of the water that I give. I never feel satisfied. I'm continually
disappointed by myself and my experience. I'm continually disappointed
by others. I never feel satisfied with anything
that has anything to do with me. There's always something
lacking. And you feel the same way. I know you do. But you know
what? I can say this with some understanding
and some conviction. I am satisfied. I'm not looking for anything
else. With. It. Is. Finished. Does that quench your thirst? I'm talking about a salvation,
the Bible, not I'm talking, the Bible is talking about a salvation
that is accomplished completely outside of our personal subjective
experience. And what our experience is, is
we believe this. That's our experience. Boy, this
makes us feel good when we believe it, doesn't it? Our experience
is nice when we believe this. But this, what he's referring
to is a salvation accomplished, completely accomplished. It is
finished. Now when he said it is finished,
was it finished? Was my salvation finished? That quenches my thirst. Would
you turn with me to Colossians 2 for a moment? Colossians chapter 2, verse 9, For in him dwelleth all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily, and you are, what's that next word? Complete. Right now, nothing
lacking. You are complete in Him. One time some people said to
the Lord, what must we do to work the works of God? This is
the work of God, that you believe on Him whom He has sent. There it is. That's God's work,
that you trust Him completely. Well, I believe, because He said
you're complete in Him. Do you know I believe I am complete
in Him? And do you know that satisfies my thirst? It quenches
it. I'm not looking for anything
else. I'm not looking for anything else. This is enough. What I'm
talking about right now is enough. to keep me motivated, to keep
me continuing coming to Christ and finding my own Him. I'm not
looking for anything else. I don't know how many times I've
heard this phrase by different people, many times over the years.
There's got to be something more. No. And if I ever see it is finished
and my thirst is quenched by that, I'm not looking for anything
else. I'm completely satisfied to simply be saved by the Lord
Jesus Christ. And let me tell you something
about this wonderful thirst that's quenched. The water that quenches
this thirst is absolutely free. Whosoever will, let him take
the water of life. Now listen, whosoever will. Are
you willing to be saved by Christ? That's what I'm asking you right
now. Are you willing to be saved by the Lord Jesus Christ? If
you say, no, I'm not, well, all right, you know, nothing I can
do about that. But are you willing, to will
is present with me, Paul said. Are you willing to be saved by
the Lord Jesus Christ? Well, he said, whosoever will,
let him take the water of life freely, without a cause in you. Everybody is commanded to take
this water of life, and whosoever will, let him take the water
of life freely. Now I want to close by looking
at Exodus chapter 17. I want to show you what quenches
thirst. Exodus 17. Verse 1. And all the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of sin, After
their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord,
and pitched in Rephidim, and there was no water for the people
to drink, they were out in the wilderness, the wilderness of
sin. Wherefore, the people did chide with Moses and said, Give
us water that we may drink. Oh, they were thirsty. And Moses
said unto them, Why chide ye with me? Wherefore, do you tempt
the Lord? And the people thirsted there for water. And the people
murmured against Moses and said, Wherefore is this? This house
brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and
our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying,
What shall I do unto this people? They'll be almost ready to stow
me. And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people. And
take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy rod, wherewith
thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold,
I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb. And thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come out water
out of it, that the people may drink." Now, do you remember
what Paul tells us about this rock in the New Testament? He said that rock was Christ. And the only water that will
quench your thirst is this rock smitten, Christ crucified, Christ
smitten under the wrath of God. What comes out of that rock?
The waters of life. And that's the only water that
will quench my thirst. That's the only water that will
quench your thirst. And this water tastes good. The water of life. Because of His thirst, I thirst. My thirst is quenched. Let's fight together.