Conclusion

Christ lives in me! What a marvelous conviction to possess! What an excellent experience to live out!

But however rich and deep, however full and fruitful our realization of this privilege may become, it began for all of us in exactly the same way. It began with a simple childlike act of faith. It began with a single, irreversible appropriation of the water of life.

It never started for anyone any other way, and it never will. For the words of our living and all-powerful Lord stand as an authoritative and immutable testimony to God's gracious way of salvation: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life" (Jn 6:47).

There are no other conditions. There are no hidden clauses or commitments. Whoever wants it, can have it. The Spirit and the bride themselves say so:

"Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely" (Rev 22:17).

The chorus writer was correct after all. He breathed the spirit of the Bible when he penned these words:

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