Connect Job 14:9 with New Testament teachings on resurrection and renewal. Rooted in Job 14:9 “yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.” (Job 14:9) Job pictures a dead stump suddenly sensing moisture and thrusting out fresh shoots. That single verse becomes a vibrant preview of God’s power to bring life out of death. Tracing the Image Forward • Cut-off stump → our mortal bodies and fallen world • “Scent of water” → the life-giving presence God supplies • New twigs → a literal, physical renewal promised to believers New Testament Echoes of Life from Death • John 11:25-26 — “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life…’” • Romans 6:4 — “Just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.” • 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 — the perishable raised imperishable, the natural raised spiritual • 1 Peter 1:3 — new birth “through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” The Living Water Connection • John 4:14 — “The water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” • John 7:37-38 — living water flowing from within the believer – Job’s stump comes alive at a mere scent; how much more will human hearts quicken when drinking deeply of Christ! Resurrection: Promised, Proven, Personal 1. Promised by the Father (Acts 24:15) 2. Proven in Christ’s empty tomb (Matthew 28:6) 3. Personal for every believer: • 1 Thessalonians 4:16 — the dead in Christ will rise first • Philippians 3:21 — He “will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body” Daily Renewal Right Now • 2 Corinthians 5:17 — “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” • Ephesians 2:4-6 — already “made us alive with Christ… raised us up with Him” • Colossians 3:10 — “put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge” Practical takeaway: the same power that will one day call our bodies from the grave is presently reviving our thoughts, desires, and actions. Every moment spent near the “Living Water” keeps us budding, even in the driest season. Looking Ahead with Confidence Because Scripture is true and literal, Job’s botanical illustration is no mere metaphor. It is a down-to-earth guarantee: what God did for that stump He will do for us—revive completely, body and soul, through the risen Christ. |
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