John 4:13-14
‘Jesus answered and said…”Everyone that drinks of this water, shall thirst again…. But whoever drinks 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 unto everlasting life!”‘ John 4:13-14.
Calvin comments: “‘Everyone that drinks of this water, (shall thirst again)!’…. Christ…distinguishes between the use of the two kinds of water.
“The one is for the body, temporarily…. The other, is to quicken the soul — for ever! For as the body is corruptible, so the aids that support it must needs be perishable and transitory. But that which quickens the soul, cannot but be eternal!….
“Believers to the very end of their lives, ardently desire more abundant grace. For He does not mean that we drink so that we are fully satisfied from the very first day — but only that the Holy Spirit is a constantly flowing well.
“So there is no danger of these who are renewed by Spiritual grace, becoming dry. And therefore, although we thirst throughout our life, it is nevertheless certain that we have not drunk of the Spirit just for one day or for any short time — but as of a perennial fountain that will never fail us.
“Thus, believers thirst. And that, keenly — throughout their life…. Yet they abound with quickening moisture!
“For however little grace they have received, it quickens them continually — so that they are never completely dry. Therefore, He is contrasting that satisfaction not with desire but only with dryness….
“‘(Whoever drinks 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 unto everlasting life!’
“These…words…indicate a continual watering. (Such are those) which sustain in believers a heavenly eternity, during this mortal and perishing life!
“Christ’s grace therefore does not flow to us only for a little while, but pours on — into a blessed immortality! For it does not cease to flow, until the incorruptible life that it commences — is completely perfected!”
Do you yet have such a well inside of you — which keeps gushing forth water for ever? If not, come to Jesus — and ask Him to give you that water which shall become within you a well which keeps on springing up unto everlasting life!
