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The Real Thing

 John 4:13-14 – “Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

            Some years ago, I was involved in a class where the instructor was teaching on holiness, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the manifestation gifts of the Holy Spirit in I Corinthians 12:4-11. The instructor was more concerned with counterfeits than the real thing. 


            There were young students in the class who were genuinely hungry to experience the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. I believe those students could have experienced the infilling of the Holy Spirit in that class, but the teacher was more concerned with what was fake. 


            I am not concerned about the counterfeit. There will always be counterfeits. When banks train their tellers on how to recognize counterfeit money, they have them study genuine currency. If we seek the Lord, how do we know we are receiving what is real? Luke 11:13 says, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”


            The Apostle James wrote in James 1:17, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” God desires to fill us till we overflow and rivers of living water flow from our innermost being. 


            In 1969, Coca‑Cola launched one of the most iconic advertising slogans in history: “It’s the Real Thing.” As a boy I remember the small 6.5-ounce bottle of coke. I have heard people say, “this was the best coke to drink.” This small bottle of coke became one of the most recognized packages in the world.        

     

            There is a chorus that emerged out of twentieth century Pentecostal revivals entitled, It’s Real It’s Real. The author is unknown. The words to chorus are as follows:

It's real, it's real, I know that it's real

This Pentecostal blessing and I know, I know it's real

This Pentecostal blessing, and I know, I know it's real

The God we serve is real. He is the real thing.

 

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