Introduction to the Daily Blade

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Welcome to the Daily Blade . The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit , the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil . Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson , and they stand ready to equip men for the fight . Let's sharpen up .

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All right , welcome back , day three of our deep dive into Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well Now yesterday , where we left off , jesus has just said everybody that comes to this well , whoever drinks of this water , then you will be thirsty again and again and again and you have to keep coming back . But I have a supernatural water , I have a living water , and if you drink from this water then you will have a spring of water welling up to eternal life . And then the woman says sir , give me this water so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water . Now , if I were to step in in this moment and coach Jesus up on his evangelistic practices , then I would tell Jesus all right , buddy , you got him . All you got to do is close the deal right now . Don't talk about anything else , don't talk about her past and don't talk about her current situation and don't talk about her lifestyle . All you got to do in this moment is get her to admit it she's a sinner , to believe in you and to confess you as Lord . And it's over man , you know . Check the box , pray the prayer , raise your hand , you're good to go . And that's not what Jesus does . Jesus goes for the jugular . I mean , from an evangelism standpoint , she is set up perfectly to receive Christ in this moment . But what Jesus wants is Jesus wants all of her , not just some kind of prayer , not just some kind of emotional response . Jesus just doesn't want her to feel seen in the moment . Jesus wants her whole entire life , the good , the bad and especially the ugly . So he digs in to the deepest , darkest , most shameful place in her life .

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Verse 16, . After this woman asks for this living water , jesus said to her go call your husband and come here . And the woman answered him I have no husband . And Jesus said to her you are right in saying you have no husband , for you have had five husbands and the one you now have is not your husband . What you have said is true . And the woman said to him sir , I perceive that you're a prophet . Yeah , he's more than a prophet .

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He knows everything about you . You see , here's the thing man , the fake you's doing just fine . And church is the worst place in the world for the fake person . I mean , so many people get a bad case of the finitis the moment you come to church , even if you don't go to a dress-up church like 1122 is not a dress-up church at all . You still put on your best , you clean up and you brush your teeth and you smile big . And then the amount of people that come walking into church and the ushers say how you doing and you answer with fine , but you ain't really fine , jesus won't put up with it . You see , jesus wants the real you , because the real Jesus down on the real cross for the real you , so you can leave the fake you at home .

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And the reality is is that Jesus already knows . He already knows the dirt , he already knows the sin , he already knows the shameful things in your past and it will do no good hiding them . In fact , if you fight the devil in the dark , you're always going to get your butt kicked . The Bible calls us to confess and to repent . You see , if you really want to be free , if you really want to learn to live in freedom , then you better learn to be honest . Be honest with , first and foremost , the Lord , and also you need some brothers and sisters in your life that can pray for you , that that you can be honest with . In fact , james , the brother of jesus , says that we are to confess our sins to one another and that we are to pray for one another that we may be healed . You see , jesus is never going to be caught off guard . Jesus knew exactly what he was getting when he died on the cross .

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For you , when Jesus Christ pushed up on his nail , pierced feet and he says it is finished , it is for every sin , it is for every broken promise , it is for anything that you have done , especially the things that you want to hide from him .

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So I dare you to make it a daily habit that you confess and repent , that you go deep , dark into the past , the things that you thought you could hide away in that spiritual closet , and you dig them up and you confess and you bring them to Jesus . And the good news about the Christian post-resurrection confession is you don't have to go into a little booth with another person , but Jesus is our high priest and he is our mediator to God , the Father . And when we , as believers , confess our sin , we're not confessing so that we will be forgiven . We are confessing that we are sinners but our sin has already been paid for by the blood of Jesus and we are confessing that as a method to cleanse us so that we can walk in the freedom that Christ has already purchased for us . So , man , I dare you , in your prayer time , in your time with your band of brothers , your foxhole brothers , confess and repent , because Jesus really loves the real you .

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