Life’S Quenching— The Need Of The Thirsty
LIFE'S QUENCHING— THE NEED OF THE THIRSTY
From chapter seven of the Gospel of John we shall consider the need of the thirsty. This case is in contrast with chapter six of John, the need of the hungry. In chapter six the Lord is clearly revealed as the bread of life to satisfy our hunger, but here in chapter seven the Lord brings the flow of living water to quench our thirst. In chapter six the people are hungry, but in chap ter seven they are thirsty. Chapter six presents the living bread, and chapter seven introduces the living water. The bread of life is for hungry peo ple, and the rivers of living water are for thirsty people. For the thirsty, Christ is the quenching life. He is the very life that is able to quench man's thirst.
The thought that the Lord is our food and water is seen throughout the Scriptures. For exam ple, in Genesis 2 the tree of life is a picture of the Lord as our life supply of food. Beside the tree of life in Genesis 2 there is the river of water, which is a portrait of the Lord bringing us the rivers of living water. In other words, this pictures the Lord's