The Two Wells of Water
JOHN 4:3-13
3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
4 ¶ And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. (12.00 o’clock midday)
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. That was the right attitude and response - you have to respond in the right way to the word when you hear it.
PSALM 25:14
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
The Two Wells of Water
..Pick up from last week in our story of this woman at the well
This story in our reading of the woman at the well was retold by brother Branham many times in the course of the sermons that he preached over the years.
He used this story to show how that Christ was able discerned the secrets of this woman’s heart, and that we have also seen that repeated in our generation.
**Christ not only revealed to her what her trouble was, but he was also the one that was the solution Himself to the real need that she had.
**Her real need could not be met with natural water. Natural water could quench her physical thirst, but it could never quench her thirst at the level that she needed to satisfy the peace and satisfaction on the inside of her spirit, she required a drink from a different well, she needed to drink from the original well - the well of the person of the water of eternal life.
So when she came to the well that day, she could only see one well of water there, but we know that there were actually two wells of water there that day.
- One was a well of natural water to give natural life to the physical body, and the other well was the well of eternal life water to give eternal life to the real person of who she really was.
Opening Scripture
PSALM 25:14
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
We know that his covenant is the revelation of himself for the age that you live in. Revelation 10:1 was the angel of the covenant which was Christ himself – that is the secret that he has shown to his end time bride in this hour, the secret is himself revealed to the individual – we are living in the days when the son of man is being revealed to his bride.
REVELATION 10:1-4
1 ¶ And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud (Brother Branham told us that this was Christ himself): and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
This secret that was sealed up and kept silent back then since John’s time, was to be revealed by Christ to an end time elected people through the voice of the seventh angel’s message in the last days.
It is the message of this hour by the opening of the seven seals that reveals Christ to the elect of this day - He was the one that was to be revealed. “In the days when the son of man is to be revealed”.
LUKE 17:28-30
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
This is our scripture.
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139 And that's what's the matter with so many people's experience today. They're--they're just full of wiggle-tails, wiggling from one to one, and one to the other, telling tales that ain't got no Truth in it at all. That's right, wiggling out of one into another. "I was a Methodist; I joined the Baptist. I was a Catholic; I went to be this. I went to be that." It's just wiggle-tails. Oh, forget the whole thing!
140 And come to the Fountain, amen, the artesian Well, the ever-living Presence of Christ! I believe Him to be the inexhaustible Fountain of Life. More you get from Him, the fresher it gets, and the colder it gets, and the better it gets, and the sweeter it tastes. I have been serving Him now for thirty-three years, and each day grows still sweeter than it was the day before. I never been... He said you would never thirst if we drink of this Water. Notice how great It is. Oh!
141 Israel did as many do today, they left the fountain of living waters, to go dig themselves cisterns.
ROMANS 1:20
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
New Living Translation
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
We know that on the resurrection morning at the rising of the SUN, there was another SON that had also risen.
**The purpose of all the things created by God in the natural creation of this world is to show us a far greater revelation of a person that is hidden behind every detail in the natural creation – he is the mystery and revelation behind everything of His own creation.
***He is the real lily of the valley, he is the real bright and morning star, he is the real rose of Sharon, he is the real tree of life, he is the real lamb and lion, and he is the real water of life.
*There are two lilies of the valley, the natural one in the field, and then the first and original one that created the natural one. He’s the lily of the valley, He is the bright and morning star.
*There are two bright and morning stars, there is the natural one in the heavens, and then there is the first one that the natural one came out of – it was an expression and revelation of Himself.
*Every detail of creation declares a portion of the glory of the one great God.
PSALM 19:1-4
1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
**He was the real Boaz, He was the real king Solomon, He was the real Prophet behind every prophet.
Brother Branham said that “I was only standing there when he did these things”.
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269 Now, I want you to know this is sure, and you that listen to this tape. You might have thought today that I was trying to say that about myself, being that I was packing this Message. I have no more to do with It than nothing, no more than just a voice. And, my voice, even against my better judgment; I wanted to be a trapper. But it's the will of my Father that I declare to do, and determined to do.
I wasn't the One that appeared down on the river; I was only standing there when He appeared. I'm not the One that performs these things and foretells these things that happens as perfect they are; I'm only one that's near when He does it. I was only a voice that He used, to say It. It wasn't what I knew; it's what I just surrendered myself to, that He spoke through. It isn't me, it wasn't the seventh angel, oh, no; it was the manifestation of the Son of man. It wasn't the angel, his message; it was the mystery that God unfolded. It's not a man; it's God. The angel was not the Son of man; he was the messenger from the Son of man. The Son of man is Christ; He is the One that you're feeding on. You're not feeding on a man; a man, his words will fail. But you're feeding on the unfailing Body-Word of the Son of man.
JOHN 6:32-35
32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
***He is the real lamb, he is the real lion, he is the real eagle, he is the real well of water, he is the real bread of life, he is the true light and life of man.
JOHN 1:3-4
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
COLOSSIANS 1:16-17
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
We know that any man’s work reveals the man.
HEBREWS 11:24-27
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
“Seeing HIM who is INVISIBLE”.
***When this woman at the well first saw Jesus, his identity was hidden to her, he was invisible to her in the revelation of who he was, he was a mystery that was sealed to her, she could only see one well of water there that day.
But after he had revealed the secrets of her heart and who He really was, only then she came to realise that there were two wells of water.
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939-85 .. Well, why did Brother Jackson and his wife stand out to me? Because he was a hunter? Nope. Because I've got many fine hunter friends down there. But why did he stand out? And why? If you only knew the secret behind this all. But I don't tell people all the secrets that I know. Well, why was it at the same hour that the Lord said, "Contact Sidney Jackson in South Africa," the Lord spoke to Sidney Jackson to come here? Sunday a week he was baptized, him and his wife, in the Name of Jesus Christ, right here in the shadowing time. See, predestinated to the cause... See?
***He must needs go through Samaria to intercept the life of this woman at the well so that he can reveal Himself to her, – he must needs go through Wanganui to intercept your life so that he can reveal himself to you, he must needs go through your town, he must needs visit along the pathway of your life to reveal to you the real well of the water of life, the real bread of life, the real lamb for sinners slain.
THE.TIME.OF.DECISION_ CHICAGO.IL THURSDAY_ 59-0611
E-27 And it was in the evening time when he come to the well near the city. And it was about that time that Rebekah had to make a decision. I believe the Angel of the Lord beat him there about a half hour. For He will send His Angels before you, then makes the way clear. And it must have been the Angel of God that spoke to Rebekah's heart, said, "Go get the water." And Rebekah came to the Water of Life at the evening time.
You get the picture? It's the Church in the last days, the evening time. The evening lights are here. It's the time that the Angel of the Lord in a supernatural, is revealing Himself to the Rebekah, the Bride of Isaac. And somehow or another, She's moved to go to the Waters of Life. Amen. Oh, my heart is turning over with joy. I can hardly preach when I think of that. The evening time is come. The Angel of the Lord's in the Message, goes forth and woos the Rebekah to come to the Waters of Life. Moving of the supernatural...
THE.TIME.OF.DECISION_ CHICAGO.IL THURSDAY_ 59-0611
E-29 So why did Rebekah make that sudden move? Why did she go to the Waters of Life so quickly? Why could the Angel speak to her? Because she was a blood relation to Isaac. And that's who the Angel can speak to tonight is a Blood relation. By the Blood we are borned into the body of Christ. Rebekah was Isaac's own cousin by both fathers, which made them blood relation.
And the Bride of Jesus Christ is sanctified through the Blood of Christ, and an open vessel for the Holy Spirit to speak to. No wonder She'll come to the Waters of Life. "He that heareth, let him come to the waters of Life freely."
"The Bride said, 'Come.'"
"He that's a thirst, let him come."
"Blessed are ye when you hunger and thirst for righteousness, for you shall be filled." It's a promise of the Father.
PSALM 18:2
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
The Rock beneath the rock – the natural rock is just a reflection of the one true rock.
The Voice behind the voice – every natural voice is only showing us that there is one great voice of the voice of God.
He is the…
The Shepherd of all shepherds
The Carpenter of all carpenters
The Counsellor of all counsellors
The Comforter of all comforters
The Fortress of all fortresses
The Friend that is greater than all other friends
The Guide that is greater than all other guides
The Husband that is greater than all other husbands
The High priest of all high priests
The King of kings
The Lord of lords
He is the…
The Judge of all judges
The Lamb of all lambs
The Lion of all lions
The Physician of all physicians
The Prophet of all prophets
The Teacher of all teachers
The Vine of all vines
The Rose of all roses…
And the Well of all wells
The Two Wells of Water
The secret that is hidden behind this story of the woman at the well, when it is unlocked to us, it reveals how that in every detail and situation of everything in life and creation, God is wanting to reveal himself to us.
There is not just one well of water, there are always two wells of water – may God help us to recognise the other well of the water of eternal life that God is trying to reveal himself to us in every circumstance and situation that we find ourselves in as we journey along this road of life.