Comments on: Foul Water from Polluted Springs http://defendingcontending.com/2009/08/21/foul-water-from-polluted-springs/ Defending truth and contending for the Faith while carrying the Light of the Gospel into a world shrouded in darkness. Mon, 28 May 2012 00:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David http://defendingcontending.com/2009/08/21/foul-water-from-polluted-springs/#comment-13158 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:00:31 +0000 http://defendingcontending.com/?p=12265#comment-13158 Thank you, fourpointer, for sharing this encouraging post. Defending and contending for God’s truth is a great responsibility. And we should be doing it as if eternal souls depended on it. We all put so much time and energy into making a living down here. How much more ought we to put into proclaiming God’s truth, and fighting spiritual error?

]]> By: Ministry Addict http://defendingcontending.com/2009/08/21/foul-water-from-polluted-springs/#comment-13157 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:58:23 +0000 http://defendingcontending.com/?p=12265#comment-13157 We live in a day and age when the fountain of God’s Word seems to be flowing in pitifully small, and rapidly drying, streams. By and large, the practice of the world is to stomp right past the cleansing fountain of the wisdom contained in the Bible, and to wallow instead in the muddy imaginations of man. (II Corinthians 10:5).

It is interesting to note the manner in which the Medo-Persian army invaded the supposedly impenetrable walls of Babylon. First they diverted the course of the Euphrates River, which ran under the walls, and into the city. When the water level went down they were able to go under the walls.

Water is very important to a city. Without water, two tragedies would befall the inhabitants. One, they would get thirsty. Two, they would lose the ability to maintain hygiene, thereby increasing the spread of disease.

In the Bible, water is a picture of God’s Word. (Ephesians 5:26) If the flow of God’s Word is cut off from His people, the people will get thirsty, they will become defiled, they will get spiritually sick, and, ultimately, many will suffer a form of spiritual death. The preaching and teaching of the Bible must be central in the local church.

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