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Introduction
One of the defining characteristics of unbelieving men and women, besides the denial of God’s existence or the failure to acknowledge God as the Creator, is the refusal to recognize their need of God. But whatever the human conception, the truth can never change: the existence and persistence of all things, both in heaven and on earth, utterly depends on God, and that of mankind is no exception. Men can do nothing apart from God (cf. John 15:5). Not only does God uphold us physically – “for in Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28), but He is also our souls’ sustenance.
In the beginning when God made men, He kept them in His presence. They enjoyed God’s overflowing blessings, because they lived under God's authority and rules. God was men’s sole object of worship and joy. Their souls delighted in God, the Fountain of Living Waters, they thirsted for God alone. Every day, every moment, they drank of the Fountain of Living Waters, that is, they devoted themselves entirely and exclusively to God and were satisfied. And because they drank only of this Fountain, men were spiritually alive. They experienced no spiritual drought or paralysis, for their souls were well watered. Like the garden of Paradise, the garden of God, their souls were continually drenched by the Fountain of Living Waters. They were like a watered garden, bearing holy fruit to God; they were undefiled and beautiful vessels consecrated to honorable use in the household of God. For they perfectly fulfilled their responsibility as God’s deputy regent on earth. God’s glory shone in them, and they enjoyed fellowship with the LORD, living in His glorious presence. But this divine-human fellowship was broken, when men in their pride turned in rebellion against God. As a result, they were severed from God, the Fountain of Living Waters.
Man’s severance from the Fountain of Living Waters
The uniqueness of the Fountain of Living Waters
Restored access to the Fountain of Living Waters