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Drink! A river pure and clear that’s flowing from the throne; Eat! The tree of life with fruits abundant, richly grown; Look! No need of lamp nor sun nor moon to keep it bright, for Here there is no night! |
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Christ, our river, Christ, our water, springing from within; Christ, our tree, and Christ, the fruits, to be enjoyed therein, Christ, our day, and Christ, our light, and Christ, our morningstar: Christ, our everything! |
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We are washing all our robes the tree of life to eat; “O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah!”—Jesus is so sweet! We our spirits exercise, and thus experience Christ. What a Christ have we! |
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Now we have a home so bright that outshines the sun, Where the brothers all unite and truly are one. Jesus gets us all together, Him we now display In the local church. |
Although the practice of speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs is clearly revealed in the New Testament (cf. Col. 3:16), most Christians have never seen it or tried it. Most know only the traditional "Sunday morning service." Even in our meetings, this practice is rare. Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs are good not only for singing but also for speaking. Hymns, #1151 says, "Drink! A river pure and clear that's flowing from the throne; / Eat! The tree of life... / Do come, oh, do come, / Says Spirit and the Bride." Such hymns are good for speaking to one another.
The believers' growth in life has a source, and the source is the eternal Word—God in eternity (John 1:1-2; 1 John 1:1) in whom is life (John 1:4a; 1 John 1:2). Singing to the Lord can help us to grow in life by contacting God as the source of life. If we would sing a hymn such as #1151 in Hymns three times every morning for one week, we would be different persons. Instead of being dead and dying, we would be those who are living and growing in the divine life.
...God, as the second crystal in the writings of John, is unveiled as the fountain (source) of life. I am burdened to present a living, vivid picture of what God is and of how God is to us. In this message I want to stress that God our Father is a fountain. The fountain is the real source, this fountain emerges as a spring, and the spring gushes out a river. In 1977 I went with some other brothers to see the Holy Land. We went to the foothills of Lebanon where there was a fountain and a spring gushing out a river, the river Jordan. This is a good picture of our God.
Very rarely is God presented to people in this way. From now on we should present our God to others in this way in our gospel preaching, not by big congregations but by our speaking to individuals in our functioning as prophets and as sons of God. We should say to people, "Have you ever got to know that God is a fountain, Christ is a spring, and the Spirit is a river?" Many people would open up to us when we preach the gospel in this way. Because they have never heard such a thing, they will want to know more.
Hymns, #1151 speaks of our experience of God the Spirit as a river...
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Waco, TX, United States
What a Christ have we!
San Antonio, TX, United States
Amen! First in person meeting after quarantine began with this song! It was so joyous and wonderful to see all the saints together again with one of my favorite hymns! Praise the Lord!
How can you eat God?
Fort Stockton, TX, United States
Christ, Christ, Christ!! Jesus is so sweet, sweet, sweet!!
New Britain, Connecticut, United States
I have loved this hymn ever since we had home meetings in our house and I just searched for the author on Google. It came up with a lot of nonsense but, does anyone know who this was written by?
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Do come, oh, do come,
Let him who thirsts and will
Take freely the water of life!
San Marcos, Texas, United States
Even in this Texas snow storm.
We are washing all our robes the tree of life to eat!
“O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah! ”—Jesus is so sweet!
We our spirits exercise, and thus experience Christ!
What a Christ have we!
Drinking the Spirit produces the Bride!
Do come!
Life Study of Exodus
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United States
‘O Lord Amen Hallelujah! ’ Jesus is so sweet!
Nketepa, Kwahu South, Ghana
Christ is a real home to us... We must live and actually dwell in Him