4 | December 2024
President’s Pen Jesus Gives Rivers of Living Water
What an incredible promise! Everyone is in desperate need of salvation and satisfaction. Outside of Christ, people wear themselves out seeking satisfaction in empty cisterns. But Jesus offers rivers of living water! As believers in His Name, we have received a down payment on this promise. We currently enjoy the indwelling, life-giving presence of the Holy Spirit! He produces in us wonderful gifts like love and joy and self-control. The question we must answer is this: Does God desire more people in our community to receive this same gift? And, if so, does God desire that we fervently, faithfully proclaim Christ in our community? I know that you know the answers to these questions. God desires all people to repent and come to a knowledge of the truth! And God has commanded His people to go! He has commanded us to go and make disciples of all nations - proclaiming that Jesus is offering living water to anyone who thirsts! Not just a cup-full… RIVERS OF LIVING WATER!!! So let’s be faithful to enjoy and invite. Let’s enjoy the amazing gift that Jesus has won for His people, and let’s invite others to know Christ as well! One of the great things about being an Ohio Baptist is the support. Help is just an email or phone call away. There are amazing resources in our state to help church leaders. We can help you proclaim the Word of Christ in your community so that lost people can hear and respond to the Gospel! You can always reach me at president@scbo.org. 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Jn 7:37–39). (2016). Crossway Bibles.
Grace and Peace, Adam Pursel SCBO President
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