But whosoever 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.

Hey listeners, this is Nick from Scripture Central, and today's podcast addresses the question,

how can Jesus provide to all people

the waters of life?

As Jesus was traveling to Galilee, he rested at the deep well of Jacob near a Samaritan

village named Sychar.

When a woman came out of the city to draw water, Jesus spoke with her,

stating that unlike the well, he offered the world living water, and that whosoever 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.

The woman initially doubted Jesus' authority, asking him,

Are thou greater than our father Jacob?

Yet soon she recognized Jesus as a prophet, and then as the promised Messiah.

Because of her faith and contrite heart,

Jesus identified himself to be Jehovah,

declaring,

I that speak unto thee, am He.

It may not be apparent in the King James Version,

but the underlying Greek text uses the phrase,

I am, drawing to mind Moses's encounter with

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