The Samaritan Woman and the Offer of Water.
Pastor Nam Park.
So many reasons to worship Jesus:
#1. He is God, very God; took on human form to die for us on the cross.
#2. He is not just powerful but He is gracious; he chose to lay down His life.
#3. He is patient; merciful
#4. He lived a perfect and sinless life so that He would be a sacrifice for us.
Today, let's FOCUS on this: Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
- Reason why we should glory in the Son of God: BECAUSE HE might seek out and save the lost.
John 4. Favorite of Nam's. A story that Jesus literally comes to seek and save the lost. Using the idea of THIRST that Christ seeks and saves the lost.
John 4:6 and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
The Woman of Samaria
7 There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away intothe city to buy food. 9 Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
- She is surprised that Jesus would ask her. Jews and Samaritans don't deal with each other. Samaritans are a half breed in blood and by faith. An excellent Jewish person would avoid a Samaritan at ALL COST.
- Jesus expresses "lost-ness" by way of "thirst". Everyone from all cultures understands thirst. This craving/spiritual desired; like the "deer that panteth for the water".
John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- "living water" is equivalent to flowing water. Flowing water is the freshest.
- She is trying to test out the source of it. "greater than our father Jacob"?
- The physical reality is that thirst never ends. There are things that we desire/delight/crave.. Yet these things will not satisfy unto eternity...
John 4:11 She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?”13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- There will be a well-spring. It takes the natural craving and satisfy; more than satisfy.
- She is surprised that Jesus would ask her. Jews and Samaritans don't deal with each other. Samaritans are a half breed in blood and by faith. An excellent Jewish person would avoid a Samaritan at ALL COST.
- Jesus expresses "lost-ness" by way of "thirst". Everyone from all cultures understands thirst. This craving/spiritual desired; like the "deer that panteth for the water".
John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- "living water" is equivalent to flowing water. Flowing water is the freshest.
- She is trying to test out the source of it. "greater than our father Jacob"?
- The physical reality is that thirst never ends. There are things that we desire/delight/crave.. Yet these things will not satisfy unto eternity...
John 4:11 She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?”13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- There will be a well-spring. It takes the natural craving and satisfy; more than satisfy.
John 4:15 The woman *said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.”
- The material realities will crowd out the more important.
- "I will not be thirsty": maybe she understands Jesus.
- "nor come all the way here to draw": no, she doesn't understand. This isn't physical.
John 4:16 He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.”
- Jesus rearranges her reply. "A HUSBAND you do not have."
- This lady's life is broken.
- Jesus lays out her sinfulness in front of her.
- Nam: "The reason why I LOVE this story is because this is us..."
- She made a series of choices. And while her life may be messed up, her life is not much different than our own lives.
- She was probably just living with the brokenness and thirst within her.
John 4:19 The woman *said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
- We are tempted to think that she's trying to evade the issue.
- The emphasis of the writing... "A PROPHET, you must be".
- She has virtually confessed her sin. She's saying... "how do you know the truth...?"
- She is NOT an evasive type of individual.
- She is in a desperate stage of life.
- She has a question that is not just theological, but that is important to her...
John 4:20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
- Her thirst is evident. She is dying of thirst.
- How do I worship? She is wondering/curious about how to worship.
John 4:21 Jesus *said to her,“Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- It sounds harsh.
- BUT Jesus is about sincerity and clarity.
- Most people in our generation think that "God is love."
- The ONLY chance they have can come "from the Jews"... aka through the OT.
John 4:23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
- This issue of WORSHIP has become what she is thirsty for.
- God actively seeks out those whose heart is completely His.
- Worship must be in SPIRT and TRUTH. SPIRIT aka it must be PERSONAL worship.
- God takes WORSHIP and SIN very seriously. We are persons just like God is personal.
John 4:25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
- She now understands what Jesus is saying... She knows of the hope of Messiah.
- This is one of few times that Jesus is so clear about His Messiah-ship. He reveals it to this Samaritan woman by this well. She understands that she's THIRSTY.
- God sent Christ at Christmas so that He would SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST.
- Maybe she has been seeking the wrong things. Love in the wrong places. She isn't evil but has just been hopeful of finding something right.
- Take some time this Christmas season to help SEEK THE LOST.
- We might think we're not that sinful...
Isaiah 53:6
Romans 3:23
- The material realities will crowd out the more important.
- "I will not be thirsty": maybe she understands Jesus.
- "nor come all the way here to draw": no, she doesn't understand. This isn't physical.
John 4:16 He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.”
- Jesus rearranges her reply. "A HUSBAND you do not have."
- This lady's life is broken.
- Jesus lays out her sinfulness in front of her.
- Nam: "The reason why I LOVE this story is because this is us..."
- She made a series of choices. And while her life may be messed up, her life is not much different than our own lives.
- She was probably just living with the brokenness and thirst within her.
John 4:19 The woman *said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
- We are tempted to think that she's trying to evade the issue.
- The emphasis of the writing... "A PROPHET, you must be".
- She has virtually confessed her sin. She's saying... "how do you know the truth...?"
- She is NOT an evasive type of individual.
- She is in a desperate stage of life.
- She has a question that is not just theological, but that is important to her...
John 4:20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
- Her thirst is evident. She is dying of thirst.
- How do I worship? She is wondering/curious about how to worship.
John 4:21 Jesus *said to her,“Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- It sounds harsh.
- BUT Jesus is about sincerity and clarity.
- Most people in our generation think that "God is love."
- The ONLY chance they have can come "from the Jews"... aka through the OT.
John 4:23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
- This issue of WORSHIP has become what she is thirsty for.
- God actively seeks out those whose heart is completely His.
- Worship must be in SPIRT and TRUTH. SPIRIT aka it must be PERSONAL worship.
- God takes WORSHIP and SIN very seriously. We are persons just like God is personal.
John 4:25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
- She now understands what Jesus is saying... She knows of the hope of Messiah.
- This is one of few times that Jesus is so clear about His Messiah-ship. He reveals it to this Samaritan woman by this well. She understands that she's THIRSTY.
- God sent Christ at Christmas so that He would SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST.
- Maybe she has been seeking the wrong things. Love in the wrong places. She isn't evil but has just been hopeful of finding something right.
- Take some time this Christmas season to help SEEK THE LOST.
- We might think we're not that sinful...
Isaiah 53:6
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
May we give thanks for Jesus Christ.
