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[0:00] The Word of God I that speak unto thee am he.

[0:36] Jesus said unto her I that speak unto thee am he. These words clearly demonstrate this truth.

[1:00] Realism is personal contact between the Lord and the Son.

[1:13] And that contact is all thy sight and thereof.

[1:30] Because his divine content does nothing but the creature in it.

[1:45] It has to do with the creature in a silent sense. What you see is a God. And each one of us that is rightly taught is God's teaching.

[2:03] And therefore it will be very definite teaching. Now when we consider this in certain senses surrounding this narrative this greatest narrative you see how you can see divine purpose.

[2:41] Because it wasn't New Year for a woman to come to the well at that time. It was in the early part of the time you see that one of the first things in the east that is for the women to go to the well to draw the water for the die.

[3:11] But this was in the middle of the die. And the woman was there to love. And there was no interruption. And it does show my friends how the Lord's dealings how the dealings are free and sovereign grace.

[3:36] And we should all have to agree that if we are right at all not for our goodness for his earth from his own and bounding grace he works salvation in our hearts and for the people for his grace.

[4:00] To his own purpose that began to rescue liberals built to die and gave them grace in Christ's son before he spread the starst coin.

[4:16] There are many changes in the experience of God's people but there are no chances. No chances though there's many changes.

[4:34] See how love through many changes goes. His love no variation knows. And it's his purpose my friends has come to provide with every one of his people.

[4:54] The cause you see he fixes his own work. Therefore they never fall to the ground. Though there's so much arrayed against it and we have to fill that in our experience and what that's sin and Satan's trouble to rend my soul from thee my love.

[5:29] But everlasting is thy love and Jesus seals with his love. Amid temptation sharp and wrong my soul to this refuge flies.

[5:46] Hope is my anchor firm and strong while tempests blow and your cries. my friends as in my own courage I felt if it were possible for Satan to destroy anyone he would have destroyed me.

[6:11] I wouldn't tell you how to try to destroy me lest I should stumble you. but I know it myself but wherever he comes in like a flood that's a sweeper than a cry a spirit of the Lord who lives of a standard against him and never succeed against this king and because Jesus said he said when I give unto my sheep eat some and they shall never perish perish and shall any flock down to my hand.

[7:05] Now my dear friends if you have evidence in your soul of the Lord's favor to you you thank God for that evidence but that evidence isn't your sight.

[7:24] If your sight is in Christ and Christ alone that's the sight and you see his idol as he reed unto him who is idol to keep you from forth and present you hopeless before his presence with exceeding joy.

[7:51] Real religion is revelation it's not investigation it's revelation it wasn't this woman's guide to revelation this woman didn't know herself till he revealed herself to us he revealed he knew she knew that he did he know some of you say sir if the lord teaches you if it is this which you never doubt he never doubt it for all things are naive and old before we have opened the eyes of him with whom we have to now my friends there's a consolation you see he knows the worst about us and no one but himself knows the worst

[9:16] I couldn't tell anybody what I know about myself as a sinner in the sight of God I know that he knows but I couldn't tell anybody else he's not for their ears he's for his ears and you see it's such a failure I feel to have to do with a God who is so gracious and merciful you see his grace is greater than our sin that's saying much but his grace is greater than our sin for where sin happened down grace did much more all after all you see ours is the sin of the creature it's nice to hold God but you see his grace is the grace of God it's infinite we know measuring line only

[10:37] God only has its own measuring line and that is itself that's the measuring line you see of God's grace he left according to the poor knowledge by God the Father through sanctification of the truth unto obedience and strength of the blood of Jesus Christ but he wants to speak about the woman a little you see when you see grace coming to the unworthy she didn't ask for it to come she the grace of God never once for any worthiness in us not only does it not wait for any worthiness but it overcomes our badness and it won't care than our badness we can't measure our badness and you certainly less can't measure his goodness which is more and Mark never orders whom twice he loves he never lives but not for the end so you can't have what is infinite everything belongs to

[12:18] Jesus infinite because you see it's deity with humanity and therefore you see being deity with humanity you see there's a feeling the grace and the mercy in the humanity and it has the deity with it too see the power of God to the love of God the grace of God you can't measure it it's a it's a very good place to be lost in you be lost in the love of God that's a very good place you be at home in being lost in all my mercies oh my God by rising souls of eyes transported the view I'm lost in one love of grace you see the manifestation that the

[13:29] Lord gave to this woman he knew where to find it out she couldn't cry from him and he says God call my husband and come hear that he agreed to ourselves to us so he does to all his people in measure is revelation we may not have all the same measure of revelation but it's all revelation you see what's revelant might manifest and you see it's made manifest that is light much better that is and you see yourself in God's light that's the true light it's like the sunlight see the shine is now in the chapel that's the true light presently if you have to light up the electric light you see that's not the true light that's the true light

[14:50] God's light and all these people are in their own measure they're all brought to light in his light I don't need to ascend on it out myself in that light where God has revealed himself and is true to my soul and I have been thankful for this for definite teaching in my soul I thank God for definite teaching so as I don't try out it not in any doubt what God said and what he said to me and said to me is a measure of power and nobody could take that away to me because you see it's it for the Lord and this is where this woman was you see to discover where she was and you see the

[16:09] Lord is never finished by discovering in one line of truth to us and leave there see the background of our health and real life and experience on words is where your shelter is of grace that's where the shelter is to grace the background of health and experience background that's what it is I felt and experience background of what one is this is where he brought the woman but you see he didn't bring her there and leave her there because he gave her the water gave her the water that water is a spring up and so it does my friends in every place where this water is given the water that I shall give it now I'm very thankful for the precise words of scripture

[17:26] I'm very thankful for that the water that I shall give it we don't find it we don't make it we don't buy it it's given everything that you have apart from nature everything is in grace it's a gift perfect gift and once given you see that gift is never recalled now you once his goodness will find it everlasting life or if it was not for that my friend we should we should be in despair if his gifts and coins could be recalled and taken from us if ever it could come to pass that fever price might fall away my fickle fever shoulder mass would fall a thousand times a day were not his love as firm as free he sort would take that love from me but he never will you see because it's himself having loved his own that's unbegotten by us but he begets love in us and it's very nice to hear that when he loved him in course he first loved us loved of my love for him again for love intense

[19:14] I've done chosen of him in time again I've chosen in return and we do we do choose him I choose him and I say this to him enter the trap of my breast by soul prepare the rhythm it loud is white it loud is meat reception wherever they with sinners that was nervous and raised by struggling but you see he doesn't fight for us he comes to us he's given to us and you see he revealed himself to this woman and he revealed himself to his people either speak unto him and oh my friend what the mercy is for to speak to us and to have that personal contact you know some things in my experience that are more precious to me than all the world aside and that is where he's made himself known to me in a very gracious wild manner he's made himself known to me so as I could say this oh my tears thou art mine in all my grace and power

[21:05] I am now and shall resign when time shall be no more when you can feel an interest in the Lord Jesus Christ eternity is a sweet word a strong word when you can feel your interest in Christ eternity through many sounds to give the souls a dreadful wound but only to God and heaven be mine how sweet the exodus how the Lord one said and truly don't believe that's echo oh oh the Lord speak oh could I say and say with a gracious assurance of the spirit witness oh could I say the Lord is mine it is all my soul's desire should never forget my friend when I betrayed the first time when I said the first when

[22:26] Jesus revealed his love to me under the preaching of the gospel it was and I had been under the Lord and as what he said about law work he says God didn't lie with me when the Lord lied to me you see it shut me up in a condemned cell after God shut up in a condemned cell me but when my prayer was given when I opened the door and I was set in the dead I won't forget that but

[23:26] I won't qualify that you see the Lord's demons with his people have no further but they're diverse from one to another as to the man not the invention as to the man you see there's a diversity of operation in the spirit's work so I will say this my friends don't be too much cast down in listening to other people's experience if you haven't been brought that way always remember this it's the need of the side that's the spirit's word the need of the side and the weakest of him our dear has a strong she

[24:28] I believe the Lord but I said this I believe if he needs to rise up a man that reached to rise up I believe that that man to be able to bear a testimony a distinct testimony will have clear reading in a clear reading so that he will be able as a witness as a Lord employer as a you see that he might have to say this God will comfort us in all our tribulation that we might be able to comfort men without any trouble the same comfort where we ourselves are comfort of God and I would say this to those here now that speak the Lord is not you see you will have some experiences to pass through for the sight of other people not mere only for yourself but for the sight of other people that you might know how to speak your word to others in season because if you had the sign that which

[25:54] God has taught you is not only for yourself alone is for those who will send you to minister as well and of course you won't describe I will have all things for the elect sake that they might have taken ever that in life I will speak of them now when it is straight to the woman and the center were satisfied she knew not only that she was a sinner she knew that were sinner bound and it did abound she knew that sin abound grace did much more abound what did it do it endeared jesus to her it endeared jesus to her and so endeared jesus to her that she wanted other people to know she says come see a man told me all things whatever

[27:17] I did is not this Christ faith revelation that woman went to the well ignorant of herself she came away from the well with a knowledge of Christ what an event event of it was and what a quick work it was too now my friends the Lord is sovereign as to time he always has a definite and perfect purpose but he is sovereign as to time he was trying to be a apostle for his call by grace when he was he was turned from being the arch persecuted to be a most favored minister of the gospel in three days you see he caused him to sovereign he is sovereign and what he reveals as you know and must to my mind be a wonderful experience for the apostle to have an complete revelation revolution in his mind from being a proud person to being a faithful and able preacher of the gospel and he found the

[29:08] Jews in in Damascus you see that Jesus was the Christ you see the revelation of the spirit of God is very wonderful you see it's a very wonderful thing to have an understanding like it was with the disciples when they were going to unite us you see and they didn't understand the prayers but they received it and loved it but no they didn't understand not them did not have a heart not our hearts one heart of those two men did not our heart burn while he talked with us by the fire and while he opened to us the scriptures that took all their time to survive when he was revealed to them and they told him to say now and return to

[30:24] Jerusalem not their feelings I did speak unto them and what did she see she saw a son that's what she saw she saw her sin but she saw the sight and rejoiced in the sight and you see if we find if we find heaven you see it revealed to us that's the most precious revelation that we can possibly have you see knowledge of all the rest of your things near to my soul true pleasure brings no peace but in the son of God no joy but there is harm in God now you see there's a difference between our temporal mercies and spiritual blessings very very difference there's difference in qualities we are not worthy of our temporal mercies but if we have no more than temporal mercies we couldn't go to heaven what we want is this it is an interest but really an interest in the work personal work of the

[32:00] Lord Jesus Christ that's what we want as the apostles wrote who loved me and gave himself for me you see when he came to this woman it was to give himself forward sacrifice to reveal to reveal his salvation and his salvation and the resurrection again and that children and it will be you too you'll feel that the power of your skin will be and the woman left her water she left her water and she said come see a man that told me all things that ever I did is not this the cross now when he reveals you see our need and our sin you see that makes the way for him to reveal himself to us it will get me to the things of time and sense what made you insensible to your verses was it in them

[33:25] I can look around as I held and all of my men tend to immerse me I can look on them all and I can say thanks to I may for the interviews but they are not my way all I can say is they're not my I'll tell you where I'm most at home in secret before and before God that's where I'm most at home in secret before God and you may see how much religion you have by seeing how much you've got between your soul and God in private now I be thankful for that examination and that criteria and I can say do I not bless me dear as the

[34:27] Lord I'll search my heart and see and tell each that dare to riot you see the Lord Jesus had the first place in this one to life I believe that here we had the first place with the cause you see there's nobody could do for us what he's done one says is it for me dear saviour by glory and by rest from me so we can sin thought or shall I last be rest see it's all you want when you can have him and he is yours you see you don't envy anybody in the world should

[35:28] I enter the miser don't him on his golden store sure I have and should be wiser I am rich as he is poor adding Jesus I have any mortal story and not my friends there's nothing less than him who satisfy but no matter what else you might have given he will be thankful for it but it never tides his voice but when you can feel you have it you see you have him in having him we all possess wisdom and strength and righteousness and sanity complete now now this implantation of divine teaching was food

[36:28] Jesus Christ food and he could say I have meat to eat a world that you know not of he could say that and like he said then he brought you out to eat to mind me to my friend is to do the will of him that sent and finish his work to meet with this elect blessing of mercy and minister to earth divine revelation and and and and he now that's food to me that's very wonderful that that's a reason but you see the the Lord's the Lord's people are the Lord's portion more than all the Lord's side there's portion the

[37:30] Lord's portion is his people and Jacob is the lot of his inheritance you see he thinks of no one neither he thinks of them you see he doesn't die for others but he's prideful laid down his life for them he hasn't laid down his life for other people only for his own people as he said in his prayer as thou hast given him power all all flesh that he should give a certain life to as many as thou hast given him which is sovereign to everywhere if you rise to see him you can see it in the weather you can see it in circumstances but he shines most in his grace to his people yea you love the people all

[38:38] I say to him my hand and there's no love like it Jesus what along with thine what are the ones still thine there's a drop among the sea ever full and ever free you see and the Lord Jesus Christ haven't watched to gain he haven't watched to gain by what he gave he had watched to gain what was gain his glory to be glorified in them forever and to see in them you see if I may so speak his other say because they are united to him the apostle says nevertheless I speak this is a greatness but I speak concerning

[39:39] Christ and the church now I say this my friends with very great realizing what it means the favor of God of fullness of Christ that the fullness of Christ this favor is fullness just as the one is the fullness of the first man he is fullness he wouldn't be fair without and then and why the flock is the fullness of the shepherd if he has no flock he has no shepherd his favor is fullness there is inheritance and and and and and and his glory about him and as he drew this person to himself you see it was satisfaction every satisfaction was right now it isn't that wonderful to think that all sinners should be the fullness of the saved of the saved the ransomed flock of

[41:24] Christ should be the fullness of the good shepherd and it's a tie between nothing can break are given to my sheep certain life and they shall never perish neither shall any flock them out of my hand and my father is great and all and none in his age but flock them out of my father's hand see now we are weak in ourselves but he strong we bear but he always remains a slave jesus the slave yesterday and life and forever once he loves he never leaves but he loves them to the end and if he's broken to you once if he's visited you once he'll visit you again now you once his goodness through final everlasting what you see we do want is we want his visits to be more free either more frequent let my visits be or let them longer last

[42:58] I can do nothing without me make haste my God make haste in the Lord that is just size collections today are for course very much done to improve the accommodation for the temple by the car farm of course that you know is an expensive business the gospel standing committee have a very kindly loan woman and that has to be returned as causes enable to return perhaps as we expect I hope that this election tonight is a reason of liabilities in that language each婦 shall have a way to for people to закон to the and have one name steadily and have too сотруд to this

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