Thirst Quencher

Water From The Rock

- The human body is 2/3 water.
- By the time you are 70-years-old, you will have required 1½ million gallons of water.
- Studies show that increasing water consumption can decrease fat deposits. Water is a natural appetite suppressant.
- The body absorbs cold water faster than hot water
- “ABC Science Online Thirst makes you feel more pain”
Australian pain expert Dr Michael Farrell study claims Going without a drink can make you more sensitive to pain
- If you loose 2% of your body’s water supply, your energy will decrease by 20%. A 10% decrease in water, you will be unable to walk, and a 20% decrease – you’re dead.

- The need for water began their journey - Ex. 17:1-7
- The need for water ends their journey - Num 20:1-13
- Almost identical in comparison
- Other references to note
I Cor. 10:4 - Paul - It followed them
Jn 4:10-14 - Christ the source of living water

A Rock speaks of Shelter, Safety, Durability, Strength.

I. A Desperate Need.
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1. Empty Outside.
"There was no water" (v. 1).
- World can’t supply the needs of the soul.
- Separated from the Cross of Christ, our life is barren and empty

2. Empty Inside.
"The people thirsted" (v. 2-3).
- Out of resources
- Out of Ideas
- Desperation sets in
- The blame game begins
- Forgetful of salvation
- Begins with v.2 “chide” - to have words of opposition
- Ends with v. 3 “mummer”
Relentless Blame and howling
- Our frustrated emptiness has finds nowhere to be filled but in the Lord

II. An Amazing Supply.
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"There shall come out water" (v. 6).

1. It Came from an Unrecognized Source .
- Water from dust – unheard of
- Worldly wisdom could not by
- Desperation needs turn to the Lord
- Life from a virgin unheard of
- Life from the crucified one impossible
- Isa. 55. 8 My ways are not as your ways, saith the Lord

2. It Came from a God-Possessed Source.
"I will stand upon the rock" (v. 6).
- The rock in Horeb of itself could do nothing, but God in the rock could do anything.
- The rock represents the human nature of the Lord Jesus
- God on the rock, His divine power and Godhead.
- The source of our salvation is in God, the channel of communication is Jesus. He is ’ ’both Lord and Christ" (Acts 2. 36).

III. Right Methods.
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1. Strike
"Thou shalt smite the rock" (v. 6).
- This thought does not come from man - Salvation by smiting the anointed of God.
- (Isa. 53. 5)."But He was wounded for our transgressions, with His stripes we are healed"

2. Strike With a Rod.
- v. 5 "Thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand’’
- Ex. 7:17 Rod of judgment that turned the river into blood,
- Ex. 14:15 - Sign of God’s authority and power over the Red Sea
- Isa. 53. 10 "It pleased the Lord to bruise Him; HE hath put Him to grief"

IV. Blessings Received
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1. It Was Abundant .
- Ps 78:20 "The waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed"
1 Cor 10:4 - "They did all drink the same spiritual drink."
- When Christ, our Rock, was smitten, "forthwith came there out blood and water," emblems of a full salvation, atonement, and cleansing.
- Redemption through His blood
- Cleansing through the washing of the Word.
- Rev. 22. 17 "Whosoever will may come and take of the