William J Seymour- The Holy Spirit and Rivers of Living Water

Jesus said something that sadly most churches today have lost insight into:

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.”

John 7: 37, 38

Then we are able to go in the mighty name of Jesus to the ends of the earth and water dry places, deserts, and solitary places, until these parched, sad, lonely hearts are made to rejoice in the God of their salvation. We want the rivers today. Hallelujah! Glory to God in the highest!

In Jesus Christ, we get forgiveness of sin, and we get sanctification of our spirit, soul, and body, and upon that we get the gift of the Holy Ghost that Jesus promised to His disciples, the promise of the Father.

There are many wells today, but they are dry. There are many hungry souls today that are empty. But let us come to Jesus and take Him at His word and we will find wells of salvation, and be able to draw waters out of the well of salvation, for Jesus is that well.

Oh, how sweet it was to see Jesus, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world, that great sacrifice that God had given to a lost, dying, and benighted world, sitting on the well and talking with the woman. So gentle, so meek, and so kind that it gave her an appetite to talk further with Him, until He got into her secret and uncovered her life. Then she was pricked in heart, confessed her sins, and received pardon, cleansing from fornication and adultery, was washed from stain and guilt of sin and was made a child of God, and above all, received the well of salvation in her heart.

It was so sweet and joyful, and good. Her heart was so filled with love that she felt she could take in a whole lost world. So she ran away with a well of salvation and left the old water pot on the well.

How true it is in this day, when we get the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we have something to tell, and it is that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin.

So the same commission comes to us. We find that they obeyed His commission and were all filled with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost.

There are so many people today like the Samaritan woman at the well. They are controlled by the fathers. Our salvation is not in some father or human instrument. It is sad to see people so blinded, worshipping the creature more than the Creator. Listen to what the woman said, “Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship” (John 4:20).

So many people today are worshipping in the mountains, big churches, stone and frame buildings. But Jesus teaches that salvation is not in these stone structures—not in the mountains, not in the hills, but in God. For God is a Spirit. Jesus said unto her, “Woman, believe me, the hour cometh [and is], when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father”

So many people today are controlled by men. Their salvation reaches out no further than the boundary line of human creeds, but praise God for freedom in the Spirit.

Let us honor the Spirit, for Jesus has sent Him to teach and lead us into all truth. Above all, let us honor the blood of Jesus Christ every moment of our lives, and we will be sweet in our souls.

We will be able to talk of this common salvation to everyone that we meet. God will let His anointing rest upon us in telling them of this precious truth.

We have found Him true to His promise all the way. We have tried Him and proved Him. His promises are sure.