On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, “All who are thirsty should come to me! All who believe in me should drink! As the scriptures said concerning me, Rivers of living water will flow out from within him.” Jesus said this concerning the Spirit. Those who believed in him would soon receive the Spirit, but they hadn’t experienced the Spirit yet since Jesus hadn’t yet been glorified. ( John 7:37-39, CEB)
We have never had a time we have not had the spirit. But Jesus was with the people and they did not have the spirit according to these readings and our tradition. The Spirit came after Jesus was glorified and ascended to be with God.
Rivers of living water flow from all of those who believe. That is the spirit.
The spirit flows from you.
Loving People. Loving God.
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