A Well Springing Up to Eternal Life - Santosh Poonen
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Summary
The speaker shares his testimony of how God's grace has sustained him through failures and detours, leading to a purified devotion to Jesus alone. He emphasizes the importance of being deeply rooted and grounded in Christ through obedience, referencing Ephesians 3:17. Furthermore, he stresses the principle of submitting to spiritual authority and the necessity of Christ being the sole leader in the church.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Reflecting on fourteen years in LovelandLooking back on fourteen years since moving to Colorado, the speaker sees his past failures but recognizes how God's grace purified his devotion to Jesus alone.
Being rooted and grounded in loveLonging for spiritual stability, the speaker sought to be rooted and grounded in a church family and placed under godly spiritual authority out of obedience to God.Ephesians 3:17
The old covenant versus the new covenantUsing the analogy of a cup, the speaker explains that old covenant ministries allowed the outer overflow of anointing while the inside remained unclean, whereas the new covenant cleanses the inside first.
Worshipping in spirit and truthTrue worship in the new covenant is not merely external praise like singing, but drinking the water that Jesus gives so that it becomes a well inside us.
A hope that does not disappointTrue hope comes because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit, starting right at the center in our personal devotion to Jesus.Romans 5:5
The health of the body starts in individual devotionJust as cancer starts in a single cell, the health of the church depends on the secret, pure devotion to Jesus in individual lives, marriages, families, and workplaces.
The high standard of loving our wivesHusbands are called to love their wives by the high standard of how Christ loved the church, giving Himself up to sanctify her with the washing of the word.Ephesians 5:25
A cup filled to the brim overflowsA life truly filled to the brim with devotion to Jesus cannot help but overflow with rivers of living water from the innermost being.
Tapping into the eternal sourceHuman effort cannot manufacture eternal life; we must continually stay tapped into the source so that a well springs up to eternal life in everything we do.
