In my Bible reading, I came to 1 Corinthians 12. Verse 13 tells us, “in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all given to drink one Spirit.” This drinking is frequent, as portrayed by our drinking of physical water.
This one Spirit which we drink is depicted by the river of water of life flowing from the throne in New Jerusalem. For eternity we will drink the Spirit.
Isaiah 12:3-5 says, “Therefore you will draw water with rejoicing from the springs of salvation, and you will say in that day, give thanks to Jehovah; call upon His name! Make His deeds known among the peoples….Sing psalms to Jehovah.” To draw this water is to drink. We can drink the Spirit by rejoicing, giving thanks, calling on the Lord’s name, declaring to others what the Lord has done, and singing to Him.
First Corinthians is written to the church in Corinth “with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place.” Isaiah 12 ties the calling in chapter 1 to the drinking in chapter 12.
Calling on the name of the Lord began in Genesis 4 and continued through the Old Testament. Peter spoke about it in his first message in Acts 2. Saul identified Christians by their (obviously audible) calling (Acts 9:14).
In New Jerusalem we will drink the Spirit flowing from the throne and I believe that we will also be calling on the name of the Lord Jesus.
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