In life, there's a natural response that follows.
You want to return to experience it again, and you can probably
guess who's more excited about that.
There's nothing wrong with that. God gives us good gifts to
enjoy. He invites us to receive them
with gratitude and joy. And in many ways, those moments
are a reflection of His kindness toward us.
And yet, even in the midst of something good, there's a quiet
reality we all recognize. As meaningful as those
experience are, they are not meant to be the place where we
find our deepest and dissatisfaction.
Because there's a deeper need in every human heart, one that no
experience, no matter how good, can fully meet.
That's why even after something, something we enjoy, we can still
sense that that there's still something more we are looking
for. And that gently reminds us of
this truth. Whatever we have, no matter how
good it is, will not be enough if we do not have the one we
truly need. But the good news is that God
has not left us to keep searching on our own.
And this is exactly what we want to see in John chapter 4.
In this passage we are brought into a very ordinary moment, a
woman coming to draw water. But as Jesus meets her there, he
begins to generally feels what her heart has been longing for
all along. And through this encounter, we
begin to see who He is. So with that in mind, let's open
your Bible to John chapter 4, verse 1 to 42.
And I will read all the passage from verse one to verse 42.
John chapter 4, verse 1 to 42. Jesus and the woman of Samaria.
Now when? Now when Jesus learned that the
Pharisee had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more
disciples than John, although Jesus himself did not baptize,
but only his disciples, he left Judea and departed again for
Galilee. And he had to pass through
Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria
called Cyker, near the field that Jacob had given to his son
Joseph. Jacob, Jacob's well was there.
So Jesus, weird as he was from his journey, was sitting beside
the well. It was it was about the 6th
hour. A woman from Samaria came to
draw water. Just say to her, give me a
drink, for his disciples had gone away into the city to buy
food. The Samaritan woman said to him,
How is it that you, a Jew, asked for a drink from me, a woman of
Samaria? For Jews have no dealings with
Samaritans. And Jesus answered her, If you
knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, give
me a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you
living water. The woman said to him, Sir, you
have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep.
Where do you get that living water?
Are you greater than our father Jacob?
He gave us all. He gave us the well and drank
from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.
He said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will be
thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will
give him will never be thirsty again.
The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of
water welling up to eternal life.
The woman say to him, Sir, give me this water so that I will not
be thirsty or have to come here to draw water, and just say to
her, Go call your husband and come here.
The woman answered him, I have no husband.
And you say to her, You are right in saying, I 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.
The woman say to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
Our fathers worship on this mountain, but you say that in
Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.
This is said to her. Woman, believe me, the hour is
coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will
you worship the Father. You worship what you do not
know. We worship what we know, for
salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming and is
now here, when the true worshippers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth. For the Father is seeking such
people to worship Him. God is Spirit and those who
worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
The woman say it to him. I know that Messiah is coming.
He who he who is called Christ, when he comes, he will tell us
all things Jesus says to her, I who speak to you am He.
Just then his disciples came back.
They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one
said, what do you see or what are you talking with her?
So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said
to and say to the people, Come see a man who told me all that I
ever did, can this be the Christ?
They ran out the town and were coming to him.
Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, Rabbi eat,
but he said to them, I have food to eat that you do not know
about. South.
The disciples say to one another, has anyone brought him
something to eat? You say to come to them, My food
is to do the will of him who sent me and accomplished his
work. Do you not say there are yet
four months? Then comes the harvest.
Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and see that the fields are
white for harvest already. The one who lives is receiving
wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sour and
Reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying it holds
true. One soul and another reaps.
I send you to reap that, to reap that for which you did not
labor. Others have labored, and you
have entered into their labor. Many Samaritans from that town
believed in him because of the woman's testimony.
He told me, oh, that I ever did. So when the Samaritans came to
him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two
days, and many more believed because of his word.
They said to the woman. It is no longer because of what
you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we
know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.
This is God's word. Could you bow with me and let's
pray one more time. Our Father in heaven, as we come
to your word, we ask that you would open our eyes to seek
Christ. Clearly help us not just to
understand this passage, but to be changed by it.
Show us our need and lead us to the One who truly satisfies and
guard us from destruction. Soften our hearts and give us a
readiness to receive what You are saying to us today.
We ask in Jesus name, Amen. So Church, in this passage we
will see how He shows Himself as Savior in three parts. 1st, the
Saviour who gives living water, verses 1 to 15.
Second, the Saviour who refills the heart, verses 16 to 26.
And 3rd, the Saviour who brings the harvest, verses 27 to 42.
So first the Saviour who gives living water.
Let's begin by looking at verses one and two.
At this point in the story, Jesus ministry is clearly
growing. More people are coming, more
people are listening, and more people are becoming his
disciples. As this happens, the Pharisees
begin to hear about it. They are the religious leaders
who pay close attention to the movements like this.
They observe, evaluate, and respond to anything that gains
influence among the people. And now their attention is
turning toward Jesus. Now look at first 3.
When Jesus becomes aware that the Pharisees are paying a close
attention to him, he decided to leave Judea.
And we should not misunderstand this moment.
This is not Jesus being afraid or avoiding pressure.
Throughout the Gospel of John, this always moves according to
the Father's timing. He's never rushed and he's never
delayed. His hour had not yet come.
So he continues his ministry according to the Father's plan.
But here is where the story becomes very interesting.
In verse 4 it says now he had to go through Samaria.
At 1st. At first glance it might sound
like a simple cheerful note, but in this context it carries more
meaning than that. Geographically, Jesus did not
have to go through through Samaria.
Many Jews, when travelling from Judea to Galilee, would actually
go out of their way to avoid it. They would choose cross the
Jordan River, trifle up on the eastern side, and then cross
back again, adding distance and inconvenience, just so they
would not have to pass through Samaritan territory.
And why would they do that? Because the relationship between
Jews and Samaritans was deeply broken.
There was a long history of conflict, mistrust and
hostility. So when John says he had to go
through Samaria, he's talking about purpose.
And that means there's someone in Samaria he he intends to
meet. And also in verse 5 we are told
that Jesus arrives at the town called Saikar near the field
that Jacob had given to his son Joseph, that Jacob's well was
there. Jacob was one of the great
patriarchs and this well had served generation for his
people. For the Samaritans it represent
their heritage and God's past proficient for his people.
And then in verse 6 we see that Jesus we read from his journey
set down by the well, and John tells us it was about the 6th
hour. Now pause there for a moment.
First, we see something very real about Jesus.
He's tired, physically tired. And here John is reminding us
that Jesus did not just appear human, he truly become became
human. He entered into our weaknesses,
our limitation, even our willingness.
And the timing also matters. It is noon, the hottest part of
the day when people do not usually draw water.
Women normally come in the morning or evening together, but
she comes alone at noon, likely avoiding others.
Yet in first seven we read a woman from Samaria came to draw
water, and this is said to her, give me a drink.
So first, this is speaks to a Samaritan.
That alone would have been unusual for a Jewish rabbi.
Rabbi. Second, he speaks to a woman in
public setting, which many teachers at the time would avoid
it. And 3rd, as we will soon
discover, this woman carries a complicated and painful story.
In other words, everything about this situation would normally
say do not engage and yet Jesus intentionally initiates the
conversations. In first nine she replies how is
it that you, a Jew, asked for a drink from me, a woman of
Samaria? You can see and you can hear the
surprise of her voice in her mind.
This is not how the interaction is supposed to go and but listen
carefully to how Jesus respond. In 1st 10 Jesus answered her.
If you knew the gift of God and who is who it is that is saying
to you, give me a drink, you would have asked him and he
would have given you living water.
So Jesus here brings her attention to two things at once.
First the gift of God and the one who gives it.
Those two always belong together because the gift only becomes
meaningful when you recognize the giver.
If you miss who Jesus is and you will misunderstand what he
offers. So what is this gift of God?
Jesus calls it living water, and as we read the rest of John's
Gospel, we are given clarity. In John Chapter 7, this living
water is explained as the Holy Spirit given to those who
believed in Christ Jesus Christ. So Jesus is not talking about
something external or temporary here.
He's speaking about the fairy life of God coming to dwell
within a person. But the woman does not hear it
that way. In verse 11 she says, Sir, you
have nothing to draw water with and the well is deep.
Where do you get that living water?
Then she continues verse 12, since essentially saying this
well has a story. Jacob himself gave us, gave it
to us, It has a stain line for generation.
Are you really claiming something better than this?
So for her Jacob represent the greatness of the past and the
well is the evidence of that greatness.
What she does not realize is that she is standing before the
God of Jacob. So the answer to her question is
yes, he is greater. But notice how Jesus responds.
He does not enter into a debate about Jacob because the main
issue is not whether he is greater than Jacob.
The real issue is whether see she is sees sees her need or
not. So Jesus generally redirect the
conversation toward exposing the deeper thirst in her life.
And listen to what Jesus says in verse 13.
Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but
whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be
thirsty again. Physical water, that's what it
is meant to do. It meets a real need, but only
for a time. You drink and later you need you
need more, and Jesus uses that everyday reality to point to
something beyond physical. Verse 14 explain why.
Because the water that I will give him become in Him a spring
of water welling up to eternal life.
So the difference is not just in how long the satisfaction last,
but in the nature of what is given.
This is no longer something external that we return to
repeatedly. It is something internal,
something God places within a person.
And when Jesus speaks about eternal life, he's not only
referring to duration. He's describing A restored
relationship with God since forgiven the heart renew and a
person brought back into fellowship with the One who is
the source of life. But at this point she still does
not see it clearly. So in verse 15, she says, Sir,
give me this water so that I will not be thirsty or have to
come here to draw water. We can see here she is still
thinking in practical terms. In her mind, this sounds like a
solution to a daily burden. No more walking under the heat,
no more drawing water again and again.
But Jesus is not removing a daily task here.
He's preparing to address the condition of the heart.
Because the real issue is not the well, it is the thirst
within her. So brothers and sisters, this is
where the pastor speaks clearly directly to us.
Because it's not only her story, it reflects something true about
every human life. We all look for ways to make
life feel whole, and we search in different ways.
Some people pursue experiences, always looking for the next
thing that will make them feel alive.
Others pursue success, building a sense of word on achievement
and recognition. Some place their hope in
relationship, believing the right person will make life
whole. Others look for stability,
comfort, and control. These things are not necessarily
wrong. In many ways they are part of
God's good provision. But they are not designed to
define life or sustain the heart.
And overtime that becomes clear. You reach what you once longed
for, and for a moment it satisfies, but not deeply, not
fully. Something remains unsettled.
So what is missing? The Bible answer is direct.
We were created for life with God, to know Him, to live in
fellowship with Him, and to depend on Him as the source of
life. But sin has broken that
relationship. So the issue is not that we
desire too much, but that we are looking in the wrong place for
for what we were designed to receive from God.
That is why every well in this world has limits.
But here is where we need to be very clear, especially for us as
Christians. Even those who have been born
again still struggle in this area.
Why? Because while we have been truly
renewed, we have not yet been made perfect.
The power of sins has has been broken, but its presence remains
as scripture says. In Galatians 5, we are told that
the flesh and the spirit are opposed to one another.
Roman Chapter 7 Paul describes the tension of wanting to do
what is right, yet still feeling the pulling of sin.
So what happens? Even as believers, our hearts
can drift. We begin to rely again on other
things, comfort, control, approval, security.
Not because Christ is lacking, but because our hearts are still
being sanctified. And it is, and that is the
difference. This passage help us to see not
that some struggle and others do not, but that apart from God we
are cut off from life, while in Christ we have been brought into
life and are learning to depend on Him, to live for him out of
that new life. And this is where the gospel
gives us hope. Our hope is not that we will
never struggle again. Our hope is that Christ remains
sufficient and He continues his work in US.
Philippians 1 verses 6 reminds us that he who began a good work
in US will bring it to completion.
So when we recognize that we have been relying on the wrong
things, the answer is not to withdraw or despair.
The answer is to return, to come again to Christ, to seek clearly
and to receive what He gives. And this is what Jesus is doing
with the Samaritan's woman, not to shame her, but to lead her
step by step to the truth. So the question comes to us,
where are you looking for life? What are you depending on to
give you a sense of completeness?
What you? What are you?
What are you holding on to thinking it will finally satisfy
you? It is found in being united to
Christ by faith, restored to God through His work, renewed by His
Spirit, and sustained daily as we continue to depend on Him.
That means we no longer build our life on ourselves.
We rest in Christ in what Christ has done, not what we can prove.
And in this passage this is describes that life as living
water, the Holy Spirit dwelling in US, welling up to eternal
life. This is a life to knowing Him,
of knowing Him. Not just knowing about Him, but
walking with Him. A life of fellowship with God,
where we come to Him, hear from him, and enjoy his presence even
in ordinary moments. And as the Spirit works in us,
he keeps pointing us back to Christ, reminding us that
through Him we are made right with God, not by our effort, but
by his righteousness given to us.
So this life begins now, knowing Him, walking with Him.
And it does not end here. It carries us all the way to
eternal life, where we will be with God fully forever.
So the woman came to the well expecting an ordinary day.
She came looking for water, but she did not realize that she was
standing face to face with the One who gives life itself.
And patiently this is leading her to see who he is.
And in order to bring her to that point, he takes the
conversation one step further in the next part of the passage.
So second, the Saviour who refills the heart, Look at 1st
16. The conversation suddenly
shifts. Jesus says to her, go call your
husband and come here. At first that feels unrelated,
right? He was just speaking about
living water, about the gift of God.
Why bring up her personal life here now?
Because Jesus is not just offering something, He's
exposing something. He moves from the topic of water
to the condition of her heart. The woman answered honestly, I
have no husband. And Jesus replies in verse 17 to
18. You are right in saying I have
no husband, for you have had five husbands and the one you
now have is not your husband. In that moment everything
changes. The issue is not only her past,
but the issue is that Jesus knows it fully, accurately,
without being told. He brings into the open what she
has kept hidden and it shows what Scriptures clearly teaches
us. A person cannot receive the life
Jesus gives unless they first acknowledge their own sin and
their need for Him. And when Jesus speaks, he does
not stay at the surface. He goes to the heart.
And suddenly this woman realized that she's standing before
someone who sees her completely. Her history, her patterns, her
relationships, her disappointments.
Nothing is hidden. And it's not only true for her,
that is true also for us. Jesus does not only see what is
feasible, He sees the whole person, the life we present
publicly and the life we keep private, the things we admit and
the things we avoid. Hebrew 4.
Hebrew 413 says No creature in is high is hidden from his side,
but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must
give account. And that raises a direct
question for us. What are we trying to keep at
the surface that Christ is already seeing clearly?
Because we can be very active outwardly, even in spiritual
things, while avoiding what is actually going on within.
But Jesus does not allow that separation.
If he had stayed with general teaching about living water, she
might have remained. She might she might have
remained interested but unchanged.
She could have left with insight but without transformation.
So Jesus here makes it personal. He shows her why she needs what
he is offering and her response is very familiar.
In verse 19 she says, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
So you can see here she immediately shifts the
conversation in verse 20. She says our fathers worship on
this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where
people ought to worship. Do you see what she is doing
here? She moves from personal exposure
to theological discussion, and we understand why, because it is
much easier to talk about religious question than to deal
with the condition of our own heart.
It is easier to discuss where to worship than to us whether we
are truly right before God and we do the same thing.
It is easier to talk about church, theology or preferences
than to us what is actually going on in my heart before God.
We can stay busy with religious things and never deal with the
deeper issue of our heart. But Jesus does not follow her
into that diversion. He answers her question, but He
goes deeper than she expects. He says the issue is not where
to worship, but how you worship. In verses 21 to 24, He says the
hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem
will you worship the Father. That statement would have been
shocking because for generation, worship had been tied to
specific places. For Jews, it was Jerusalem.
For the Samaritans, it was Mount Jerusalem.
These places were not just location, they were central to
identity and religious life. But Jesus says something has
changed. Through him, access to God is no
longer tied to location. Why?
Because through Him people are brought directly to the Father,
and then and then when he defines what matters.
In verses 23, Jesus says the hour is coming and is now here
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and
truth. This is the turning point of his
answer. The question is no longer about
the right place, but about the right kind of worshipper.
And that leads directly to us, because the issue is not whether
we worship, but whether we worship rightly.
This gives to defining Marx spirit and truth.
So what does that mean? First, to worship in spirit
means worship comes from a heart that has been made alive by the
Holy Spirit. It is not simply external
activity. It's not routine, habit, or
participation. A person can sing, pray, attend,
serve, and still not worship God from the heart because through
worship begins with a changed heart.
This is why Jesus spoke earlier about being born again with that
new life from the Spirit. We cannot respond to God as we
should. Then this also says worship must
be in truth. That means we do not approach
God based on our ideas, our own ideas, or appear or preference.
We come according to how He has refilled Himself, and in this
gospel that revelation is centered in Jesus Christ.
So worship in truth means we come to God through Christ
according to who He truly is, not who we imagine Him to be.
This is why Jesus says in verse 22 you worship what you do not
know. The Samaritans had some
knowledge of God but is what but it was incomplete and reshaped.
They accept part of God's revelation but not all of it.
They set up their own place of worship and followed tradition
they had formed over time. And here's where this become
very direct to us. Sincerity is not enough,
activity is not enough. Familiarity with church is not
enough. So the real question is not do I
worship, but the real question is has my heart has been changed
and I'm and am I responding to God as he truly is.
Then Jesus explain why this is necessary.
Verse 24 Jesus says God is spirit and those who worship him
must worship in spirit and in truth.
So because God is spirit, he is not limited to a place and is
not approach to action alone. Worship is about how a person
comes before him and the only way to come rightly is with a
heart made alive by the Spirit and shaped by the truth He has
refilled and that leads us to creation.
We can, we cannot avoid what kind of worshipper are we?
Because it is possible to participate in everything
outwardly and still remain unchanged within.
That is where this woman stands. She is familiar with religious
discussion, tradition, and debates.
But Jesus shows her that true worship begins when a person
faces the truth about themselves and the truth about God.
And this is exactly what Jesus does.
He refills her heart and that truth leads to Jesus, to him.
So in verses 25, the woman says I know that Messiah is coming.
So the woman senses that the answers she needs about her
life, her pain, her sin, and how to worship God must ultimately
come from the Messiah. And I just explain fairly clear
with clarity In verse 26, Jesus says, I who speak to you am He.
This is one of the clearest self revelation in the gospel.
The one sitting before her is not merely a prophet.
He is not just a teacher. He is the Messiah, the Saviour
who reveals the truth about our sin, the Saviour who restores
true worship, and the Saviour who brings sinners back to the
Father. So this moment invites everyone
of us to respond, because when Jesus reveals himself, he can.
We cannot stay neutral. When Christ is made known,
people either come to him in faith or turn away in unbelief.
His light exposes the heart and that acts for sure calls for
repentance and trust. So the question is not whether
we have heard about Jesus. The question is how we respond.
Will we continue to avoid the deeper truth about our hearts?
Will we keep everything at the level of ideas, discussion about
religion, conversation about theology, while never allowing
the truth to confront us personally?
Or we will come honestly before the Savior who already knows us
completely. The Samaritan woman came to the
well thinking she was simply drawing water, but in reality,
Christ was drawing her into the light.
And the same thing happens whenever the Word of God comes
to us. God's truth does not only inform
us, but it reveals us. It change us.
It transforms us. Scripture tells us that the Word
of God is leaving an active, sharper than any 2 edged sword,
discerning the thoughts and intention of the heart.
So when Christ speaks, He addresses what is beneath our
motives, our desires, our hidden patterns, the things we would
rather leave untouched. That exposure can feel
uncomfortable. It confronts the reality that
the parts of our lives we try to manage or hide are fully known
to him. But this is where the gospel
becomes good news. The one who exposes our sin is
the very one who came to save sinners.
This does not refill our sin to condemn us, but to lead us to
Himself for mercy and to give us what we cannot produce on our
own, a new heart. So when we begin to see our sin
clearly, we also begin to see our need rightly.
We realize that we cannot repair what is broken within us.
Our Air Force, discipline, even our religious activity, cannot
cleanse the heart. Only Christ can do that.
And that is exactly what Jesus does in this encounter.
He meets one woman, He knows her completely, and he begins to
change her from within. And it's important for us to
understand because if you are in Christ, your heart has already
been changed, not by your religious effort, but by Jesus
himself. The change in you is not
something you have produced, it is something He has
accomplished. That means you're standing
before. God is not built on how well you
are trying to change, but on what Christ has already done for
you. You are accepted because of His
work, not your performance, and the truth reshapes how we come
to Him. Worship finds its proper place
not in outward location, ritual or routine, but in a heart that
has been made through faith in Christ, a heart that respond to
God in trust, in obedience, in love, because it has been
changed by Him. Now we come to God because we
know Him, not just because it is expected.
We listen to His Word because we trust Him.
We obey Him because we love Him. And what we see next is that
this change does not stay private.
What Jesus does in her life begins to move outward and
affect others around her. And that leads us to the final
part of this passage. So third, the Savior who brings
the heart first. Now look at verse 27.
The disciples returned from the town where they had gone to buy
food, and they find Jesus still at the well, still in the
conversation. John tells us they are surprised
the Jewish rabbi speaking openly with a Samaritan woman in
publicly and this is not what they are used to.
And yet no one says anything. They do not yet understand what
Jesus is doing, and while they are still trying to process the
situation there, the focus of the story shifts again to the
woman. The 1st 28th says so.
The woman left her water jar and went away into town.
Death detail is easy to miss, but remember why she came to the
well in the first place. She came to draw water.
That was her purpose, her routine, her plan for the day.
But now she leaves the jar behind.
Why? Because something greater has
taken hold on her attention. The task that once seemed
necessary is now secondary. She has encountered Christ and
it changes what matters. She goes back into the town and
begins speaking to others. Verses 29 tells us what she
says. Come see a man who told me all
that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?
Notice how simple her testimony is.
She simply she simply tells people what she has experienced
and invites them to see for themselves.
Come and see and notice the honesty of in her words.
She does not. She does not hide her past.
She doesn't minimize what Jesus revealed to her.
In fact, she highlights it. The woman say He told me
everything I ever did. The very thing she might have
been ashamed of becomes part of her testimony.
And she asked a question. Can this be the Christ?
Her understanding is still growing.
She does not yet have everything clear, but what she has seen is
enough to move her to speak. And God uses that.
Verses 30 says they went out of the town and were coming to him.
The entire town begins moving forward.
Jesus. And while the townspeople are
coming to see Jesus, the disciples are focused on
something else entirely. They are worried.
About lunch verse 31 they say it says.
Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying Rabbi eat.
From their perspective this makes sense.
Jesus has been travelling, he's tired, he must be hungry.
But listen carefully to Jesus response.
I have food to eat that you do not know about, Jesus explained
in verse 34. My food is to do the will of him
who sent me and to accomplish His word.
In other words, what satisfies Jesus, what sustains Him, is
doing the Father's will and completing the work He has been
sent to do. This moment with this woman is
not accidental. It is part of of the Father's
plan to bring salvation to sinners.
And now Jesus invites his disciples to see beyond what is
in front of them. He says in verse 35, do do you
not say they are yet for months? And then comes the harvest.
Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and see that the fields are
white for harvest. In that moment, as the people,
as the people from the town are coming toward him, Jesus is
saying the harvest is already here.
And he continues in verse 36, he says the one who reaps receive
wages and gathers fruit for eternal life so that sour and
Reaper may rejoice together. So the disciples are stepping
into a work that has already begun.
Others have sown through the Scriptures, through the through
God's past, dealing with his people, and now they are being
called to participate in the harvest.
And this shows us something important.
The mission of God does not depend on one person doing
everything. God is always at work across
time, using different people, using different time in
different ways. Some sow some rib, but all of it
belongs to Him. And when we see and then we
begin to see the result. Look at verse 39.
Many Samaritans from the town believed in him because of the
woman's testimony, her simple words.
He told me all that I effort did become the means God uses to
draw others. And it is important for us to
see God often uses fairly ordinary and imperfect words to
accomplish his work. The woman simply speaks about
what Jesus has done in her life and God uses that.
Isn't that encouraging? It reminds us that the
effectiveness of our witness does not depend on our ability
or until we feel ready, but on God's power.
He's able to use even simple, incomplete and imperfect words
to draw people to himself. And it's exactly what we see
happens here. After meeting Jesus personally
and hearing His teaching, the people says in verse 42, it is
no longer because of what you had, because of what you said
that we believe. For we have heard for ourselves
and we know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
Notice what they call him, Saviour of the world.
Do you see what has happened? A woman who dwell in isolation
becomes the means through which an entire town encounters
Christ. People who had been excluded,
dismissed, and despised now recognize something profound.
They were now convinced that Jesus is the Savior of all
people, Samaritans as well as Jews.
That is the scope of the gospel. Jesus is not merely the savior
of a tribe, a culture, or a religious group.
He is the Savior of the world. So, brothers and sisters, as we
look back over this passage, we begin to see the whole picture
come together. A woman came with a thirst she
did not fully understand, and Jesus offered her something no
ordinary water could provide, the fairy life of God within
her. Then we saw the Saviour who
refills the heart and restores through worship.
This has brought her life into the light, not to shame her, but
to show her truth about her sin, about her need, and about the
kind of worship the Father seeks.
And now we see the Saviour who accomplishes the Father's work
and bring the harfest. One life is changed and through
that one life many others come to believe.
All of it points to 1 unchanging reality.
Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, the one who gives
life to Sinner, restores them to the Father and get us a people
for for himself from every place.
And the truth calls us for a response.
Some of you may be still standing at the well.
You are searching, trying different things, hoping that
something will finally satisfy what you feel inside.
And maybe you have found moments of relief, but the thirst keep
returning. Jesus speaks into that reality
and says that what is different, the life He gives does not run
out. It becomes a source within you.
So do not stay at a distance. Come to him.
Some of you familiar with the things of Christianity, you know
how to talk about God, you understand Christian teaching.
But if you are honest, you have never really dealt with your sin
before God. There are things you avoid,
things you keep hidden. Jesus already knows, and he does
not expose sin to push you away, but to bring you him to Himself,
where there is forgiveness and mercy.
South, do not stay in hiding. Come to him.
And for those who already know Christ, this presence, lift our
eyes beyond our lives. The Saviour is still at work.
He's still drawing people to himself.
He's still meeting people in ordinary places.
He's still taking lives that seem unlikely and using them in
ways that reach others. The fields us are still ready.
So lift your eyes up, look around you and the people God
has placed in your life, your family, your friends, your
coworkers, your neighbors, People who like this woman, are
searching, carrying burdens, and needing to encounter Christ.
Because the same Savior who met one woman at the well at a well
in Samaria is still gathering his people today.
And remember how the story moves forward.
It was not a trained speaker or a religious leader who first
brought the town. It was one person who simply say
come and see. And that is still the calling of
us as a church. And the joy of the church is to
point people to Christ, to say come and see.
Come and see the One who gives living water.
Come and see the One who forgives Sinner.
Come and see the One who brings us back to the Father.
Come and see Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.
Amen. Let's pray.
Father, thank you for showing us Christ, the One who gives lives,
refills the heart and draws ourselves to you.
Help us to come to you, to trust you, and to point others to you.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen. So church, as we remain seated,
let's take a moment to personally reflect on God's word
that was just preached to us. Reflect as you ask yourself, how
would my life be different if I truly believe this truth in
God's word? If you need a little help there
here are a few questions to guide you as we reflect on what
this passage shows us that our hearts often look for life in
the wrong places. When have I been turning to
something other than Christ to satisfy me?
If Jesus is the one who truly gives sleeping water and knows
you completely, what is keeping us?
What is keeping me from coming to Him more honestly and fully?
If Christ is still at work drawing people to Himself, who
is God's place in my life that I can begin to point Him, even in
simple ways? So take a few moments to bring
your honest thoughts before the Lord, and after a few minutes we
will continue in our response together.