John 3:5
“Jesus answered,
‘Very truly I tell you,
no one can enter the kingdom of God
unless they are born of water and the Spirit.'”
The story behind the song:
-Bear Rinehart-
Needtobreathe
“It’s a song about my dad.
He’s a pastor.
He just uh, he went through –
if you know anything about how preachers are,
they just…
You know,
there’s a lot of stuff that gets said in the church.
There was some stuff that got said at our church
that actually turned out to not be true
when it all came out, or whatever.
I just thought it was a cool thing
that my dad kept his integrity throughout that whole situation.
Yeah, and we put sort of a gospel feel to it.
There’s a gospel choir on the record that we recorded.
And yeah. It’s one of my favorites too.”
Even when the rain falls
Even when the flood starts rising
Even when the storm comes
I am washed by the water
Daddy was a preacher
She was his wife
Just tryin’ to make the world a little better
You know, shine a light
People started talking
Trying to hear their own voice
Those people tried to accuse my father
Said he made the wrong choice
Though it might be painful
You know that time will always tell
Those people have long since gone
My father never failed
Even when the rain falls
Even when the flood starts rising
Even when the storm comes
I am washed by the water
Even if the Earth crumbles under my feet
Even if the ones I love turn around and crucify me
I won’t never ever let you down
Won’t fall, won’t fall, won’t fall
as long as you’re around me
Even when the rain falls
Even when the flood starts rising
Even when the storm comes
I am washed by the water
Hebrews 10:22
“…let us draw near to God
with a sincere heart
and with the full assurance that faith brings,
having our hearts sprinkled
to cleanse us from a guilty conscience
and having our bodies washed with pure water.”
Ephesians 5:25-26
“…just as Christ loved the Church
and gave Himself up for Her
to make Her Holy,
cleansing Her
by the washing with water
through the Word,”
John 13:5-11
“After that, He poured water into a basin
and began to wash His disciples’ feet,
drying them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.
He came to Simon Peter,
who said to Him,
‘Lord, are you going to wash my feet?’
Jesus replied,
‘You do not realize now what I am doing,
but later you will understand.’
‘No,’ said Peter, ‘You shall never wash my feet.’
Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you,
you have no part with Me.’
‘Then, Lord,’
Simon Peter replied,
‘not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!’
Jesus answered,
‘Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet;
their whole body is clean.
And you are clean,
though not every one of you.‘
For He knew who was going to betray Him,
and that was why He said not every one was clean.”
Isaiah 12:2-3
“‘…Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,
is my strength and my defense;
He has become my salvation.’
With joy you will draw water
from the wells of salvation.”
John 4:14
“…but whoever drinks the water I give them
will never thirst.
Indeed, the water I give them
will become in them
a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 7:38-39
“‘Whoever believes in Me,
as Scripture has said,
rivers of living water
will flow from within them.’
By this He meant the Spirit,
whom those who believed in Him were later to receive.
Up to that time the Spirit had not been given,
since Jesus had not yet been glorified.”
Revelation 22:1-2
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,
as clear as crystal,
flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
down the middle of the great street of the city.
On each side of the river stood the Tree Of Life,
bearing twelve crops of fruit,
yielding its fruit every month.
And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”
Revelation 22:17
” The Spirit and the bride say,
‘Come!’
And let the one who hears say,
‘Come!’
Let the one who is thirsty come;
and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.”
Amen!
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