Episode 412: Are You Thirsty?

“After this, Jesus knew that everything had been completed.  So that the Scripture would come true, he said, ‘I am thirsty.’  There was a jar full of vinegar there, so the soldiers soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a branch of a hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ mouth.”  -John 19:28-29 (NCV) 

“Jesus gave up his place with God and made himself nothing.  He was born to be a man and became a servant.  And when he was living as a man, he humbled himself and was fully obedient to God, even when that caused his death on a cross.”  -Philippians 2:7-8 (NCV)

 “I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.” 2 John 7(NLT)

 “So that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty.’” - John 19:28 (NIV)

 “When I was thirsty they offered me vinegar.”  -Psalm 69:21b (TEV)

“Take a branch of the hyssop plant, dip it into the bowl filled with blood, and then wipe the blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes.”  -Exodus 12:22 
 
“Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life. 15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.” -John 4:13-15(NLT)

 “Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” -John 6:35 (NLT)

 “On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”39 (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)” -John 7:37-39(NLT)

“O God, you are my God, and I long for you.  My whole being desires you like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land, my soul is thirsty for you.”  -Psalm 63:1 (TEV)

 
 “As a deer pants for flowing streams,

    so pants my soul for you, O God.”  -Psalm 42:1(ESV)

 
 “For my people have committed two evils:

                they have forsaken me,

         the fountain of living waters,

        and hewed out cisterns for themselves,

                broken cisterns that can hold no water.” -Jeremiah 2:13 (ESV)