Bible study: "To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life."
In the book of the Revelations the figure of the holy spirit appears as "water of life", Jesus promises the holy spirit, the spirit of wisdom to those who are "thirsty", the thirst represents the fear of God or piety, that is: constancy , firmness, devotion, equanimity, stability. Jesus is presented to us as the second person of the holy trinity by personifying the eternity of God, and through him we receive the third person of the holy trinity, the holy spirit: "He said to me: ´It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.´", Revelations 21:6.
What Jesus is saying in essence is that the wisdom of the heart is reserved for the devotees, those who constantly seek instruction as in the parable of the sower, the devotees are the good soil:
"This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the Word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life's worries, riches and pleasure, and they do not mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop." Luke 8:11-15.
We see in the Gospel of John another discourse on the "living water", this water is reserved for those who are docile at heart to instruction. The holy spirit is one of the greatest mysteries of the bible and Jesus presents it to us in different ways :
"Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jocob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, Will you give me a drink?
The Samaritan women said to him, ´You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?´
Jesus answered her, ´If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.´
´Sir´, the woman said. ´you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?´
Jesus answered, ´Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.´", John 4:4-13.
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