Scripture Text: John 4:13-16, 'The Inward Well of Living Water'
Spiritual blindness is especially evident in the historical Jesus’ discourse about the Water of Life, with the Samaritan woman. Initially she was not able to hear, discern and understand Jesus' allegory about the hidden, living water, springing forth, from an inexhaustible supply, within her spiritual body and the spiritual body of every person. Jesus actually revealed to this woman the transforming presence and activity of the Christ of Faith, through the spiritual body, of all who choose to believe and follow him in living the Paschal Mystery.
This living water Jesus declared, will satisfy humankind's universal, spiritual quests to re-connect with God, our universal Abba Father, and each other, our universal brothers and sisters. The salvation and redemption of mankind's eternal spiritual birthright are realized through faith, humility, honesty and obedience. They are revealed and appropriated in the power of the Holy Spirit, through the universal indwelling Christ of Faith, the image of God, in the spiritual body of every person [Matthew 5:6, John 4:13-14].
This mysterious spring up of living water, gushing up to eternal life, is the universal Christ of Faith, the presence, image and likeness of God, in the spiritual body of every human being, in every religion, culture, ethnic and secular group. The historical Jesus, with God's help, aligned his heart, mind and emotion and action with Divine Mind in Divine Order. Jesus realized and appropriated the full descent, incarnation and manifestation of the Christ of Faith, in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, through his spiritual body.
This mysterious spring up of living water, gushing up to eternal life, is the universal Christ of Faith, the presence, image and likeness of God, in the spiritual body of every human being, in every religion, culture, ethnic and secular group. The historical Jesus, with God's help, aligned his heart, mind and emotion and action with Divine Mind in Divine Order. Jesus realized and appropriated the full descent, incarnation and manifestation of the Christ of Faith, in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, through his spiritual body.
Today’s Gospel lesson demonstrates how intellectual, human knowledge of scripture without correct spiritual discernment, produces confusion, error thinking and deep seated sin, in matters of the human spirit, heart, intentions, emotions and behavior. These inner, hidden subconscious and unconscious dimensions of our lives, require spiritual resurrection and spiritual understanding, in order to attain and maintain, proper daily practical application of the Gospel of Christ, in our human lives and relationships. They require steadfastly following the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery.
Spiritually blind, literal minded believers in all religions, cultures, ethic and secular groups choose to draw their life, energy and perspectives, primarily from the earthly [Jacob’s well]. They are born from below. They choose to let their hearts and minds dwell in the lower source and broken cisterns of the unregenerate mind of the flesh. During this 2011 Lenten Season, spiritually awake believers in all religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups are admonished to seek and serve the Christ of faith, as God Substance, Grace and Truth, gushing forth through our spiritual bodies, as the Living Water unto eternal life [John 1:17].
In the Gospel of Christ, the historical Jesus admonishes believers in all religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups to follow him, in being born from above [Mark 8:34]. Jesus affirms that by faith, we can all repent and believe the Gospel of the universal indwelling Christ of Faith. With God's help, we can all embrace the creative, universal process of Christ-centered, spiritual mindedness, which he taught and modeled. With God's help, we can all awake spiritually. We can all establish Christ-centered spiritual formation and relationships, in all the world religions, cultural, ethnic and secular groups. With God's help we can all seek and re-establish kingdom living here on earth, in our daily lives, as it already is in heaven, the spiritual dimensions of our lives.
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