Living Water
By GARY TOOLE
When the woman came to the well to draw physical water, Jesus told her he would give her eternal water and that she would never thirst again.

There is miracle power in spiritual water – the water Jesus gives. There is no miracle working power in water (H20). Two television evangelists in particular are pitching vials of spring water. If the truth was known it’s probably regular old tap water. But nevertheless they are claiming healing power and miracle working power in regular H20 water and as we used to say in the country, “It just ain’t so!”

One advertisement I saw not long ago showed this preacher talking to a woman and saying, “Yes, sister, praise the Lord. So this vial of spring water I gave you brought you a new house?” She shook her head, “Yes!” No telling how much he paid her to shake her head. Then he looks out toward the viewing audience and says, “If you want a new house, just let me send you this free vial of spring water and you’ll get a new house.”

Of course, what he failed to mention is that from the time you respond for the water they will hound you eternally to send them all the money you can. Using deception to prey on people is a sin. The blind leading the blind will all fall in the ditch.

There’s nothing wrong with television ministry and there’s nothing wrong with sending them a donation along and along as you can afford as long as you pay your tithes and give offerings to your local church. What is wrong is when people are fooled into believing that pure old plain physical water like the water the woman at the well went to draw has some kind of spiritual power is absolutely wrong and sinful.

It’s an outright lie hatched out of hell. The living water that Jesus gives, that eternal water, has power through faith in Christ our Lord – not some vial of H20 that some fellow pumped out of a water faucet. Can you say amen?

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