“He that believeth on me, as the scriptures hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spoke he of the spirit which they that believe on him should receive the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.” Commentary: Not to get tangled in the weeds we will look at the four Greek words used in these two passages. Jesus said he that believeth! So what does believe mean? We all have some understanding of this word. A believer is someone who gives credit to Christ with a mental persuasion and confidence with no wavering! We are all human so sometimes we do waver because the flesh will war against the spirit of God! As Peter did we repent as we establish the faith to believe Jesus is who he says he is! Jesus said to believe according to the scriptures! WOW! So we just do not believe anything about him but according to the scriptures! If we do not know the scriptures then Satan can throw any lie about Jesus to us and then we would believe a lie about God! That happened once before in the Garden of Eden! So what are the scriptures? We get our word graph from this Greek word! A graph is a picture that tells a story! The Words of Jesus display two lines on this graph! One line goes up to heaven on the chart and one lines descends to hell with earth in between! The scriptures are the God breathed words of Jesus! The scriptures also can mean carved or engraved! The Ten Commandments were engraved into stone by the finger of God! They are permanent you cannot erase them! Some might joke this is where the stone age began! The scriptures render God’s authority over his Creation! Man may rebel but he has the last say! His words judge everyone and everything for either redemption or judgment! No one escapes! Then Jesus says if you believe me according to my words or scripture then something miraculous will happen! Out of your belly will flow rivers of living water! What is living? Living means the scriptures the present and eternity will come together! They will meet inside of your soul! The very cause of your life will reveal himself to you! It is a quickening spirit! A warm fuzzy feeling that cannot be explained away! It is beyond any earthly experience! You cannot explain it and all your words are inadequate to do so! It is miraculous! A living being the Holy Spirit has entered your soul! Yet the God that has done this lives independent of you! You can offend him and you cannot control him! You can choose to love him! All life is derived from His life! We live his life justified by his death on a Cross! We live constantly under the power and influence of His Holy Spirit! That is the Ghost or his Spirit! The Spirit of God gives man the ability to think correctly about God! The lies about him are sorted out and the truth rules your soul! Satan cannot lie about him and get away with it because you know the scriptures! Through the scriptures you recognize God but also recognize Satan for who he is! Revelation comes! Deception is exposed! Without faith it is impossible to please God! His Spirit confirms our faith in him! It is evidence of the truth of his word! His promises to us! The souls of men are influenced by evil but not by the Spirit of God! The Spirit is a divine gift for service to man and God! The spirit is the breath of God! A rushing wind invisible yet powerful! He can be everywhere at once! That is why Jesus promised him to believers because Jesus still had human limitations while here on earth! He could not be everywhere at once! Not even superman can do that! The Holy Spirit only identifies with believers in Christ! He is the invisible immortal part of man! A new life that is opposed to unclean spirits and demons! Our last Greek word is glorified! Jesus is telling us the Holy Spirit will not come until after I am glorified! What did he mean? Something would happen that would cause people to recognize his power and authority over life and death! The Cross! The resurrection from the dead! His ascension back to heaven! Jesus is the revelation and manifestation of all that God is! I have to admit after serving Christ for almost 50 years I still get more revelation about him everyday as I study his word the Holy Scriptures! We all need to start somewhere! Like his disciples with all their failures they began to trust Christ and he did great things in their lives! They lived with purpose and died with purpose! Their eternity is held by him! You cannot go up until you go down and surrender your life to him! The life he has given you as a gift! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYouChurch.com