1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,920 In life, there's a natural response that follows. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:09,600 You want to return to experience it again, and you can probably 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,360 guess who's more excited about that. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,400 There's nothing wrong with that. God gives us good gifts to 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,880 enjoy. He invites us to receive them 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:23,200 with gratitude and joy. And in many ways, those moments 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,160 are a reflection of His kindness toward us. 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,880 And yet, even in the midst of something good, there's a quiet 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,800 reality we all recognize. As meaningful as those 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:40,280 experience are, they are not meant to be the place where we 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,920 find our deepest and dissatisfaction. 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,680 Because there's a deeper need in every human heart, one that no 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,040 experience, no matter how good, can fully meet. 14 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:56,520 That's why even after something, something we enjoy, we can still 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,280 sense that that there's still something more we are looking 16 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,000 for. And that gently reminds us of 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,480 this truth. Whatever we have, no matter how 18 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,760 good it is, will not be enough if we do not have the one we 19 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,120 truly need. But the good news is that God 20 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,560 has not left us to keep searching on our own. 21 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,160 And this is exactly what we want to see in John chapter 4. 22 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:28,000 In this passage we are brought into a very ordinary moment, a 23 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,400 woman coming to draw water. But as Jesus meets her there, he 24 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,120 begins to generally feels what her heart has been longing for 25 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,600 all along. And through this encounter, we 26 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:45,240 begin to see who He is. So with that in mind, let's open 27 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,560 your Bible to John chapter 4, verse 1 to 42. 28 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,560 And I will read all the passage from verse one to verse 42. 29 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:02,960 John chapter 4, verse 1 to 42. Jesus and the woman of Samaria. 30 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,160 Now when? Now when Jesus learned that the 31 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,400 Pharisee had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more 32 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,120 disciples than John, although Jesus himself did not baptize, 33 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,200 but only his disciples, he left Judea and departed again for 34 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,480 Galilee. And he had to pass through 35 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,960 Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria 36 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,920 called Cyker, near the field that Jacob had given to his son 37 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:31,040 Joseph. Jacob, Jacob's well was there. 38 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,480 So Jesus, weird as he was from his journey, was sitting beside 39 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,920 the well. It was it was about the 6th 40 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,440 hour. A woman from Samaria came to 41 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,480 draw water. Just say to her, give me a 42 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,160 drink, for his disciples had gone away into the city to buy 43 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,800 food. The Samaritan woman said to him, 44 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,880 How is it that you, a Jew, asked for a drink from me, a woman of 45 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,760 Samaria? For Jews have no dealings with 46 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,080 Samaritans. And Jesus answered her, If you 47 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,120 knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, give 48 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,000 me a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you 49 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,800 living water. The woman said to him, Sir, you 50 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,880 have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. 51 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,840 Where do you get that living water? 52 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,040 Are you greater than our father Jacob? 53 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,440 He gave us all. He gave us the well and drank 54 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,600 from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock. 55 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,600 He said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will be 56 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,640 thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will 57 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:36,080 give him will never be thirsty again. 58 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,640 The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of 59 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,800 water welling up to eternal life. 60 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,840 The woman say to him, Sir, give me this water so that I will not 61 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,600 be thirsty or have to come here to draw water, and just say to 62 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,560 her, Go call your husband and come here. 63 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,160 The woman answered him, I have no husband. 64 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,520 And you say to her, You are right in saying, I have no 65 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,120 husband, for you have had five husbands, and the one you now 66 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,560 have is not your husband. What you have said is true. 67 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,160 The woman say to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 68 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,560 Our fathers worship on this mountain, but you say that in 69 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,640 Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship. 70 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,480 This is said to her. Woman, believe me, the hour is 71 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,840 coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will 72 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:26,840 you worship the Father. You worship what you do not 73 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:29,200 know. We worship what we know, for 74 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,080 salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming and is 75 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,960 now here, when the true worshippers will worship the 76 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,440 Father in spirit and truth. For the Father is seeking such 77 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,000 people to worship Him. God is Spirit and those who 78 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,040 worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. 79 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,040 The woman say it to him. I know that Messiah is coming. 80 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:55,520 He who he who is called Christ, when he comes, he will tell us 81 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:00,560 all things Jesus says to her, I who speak to you am He. 82 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,880 Just then his disciples came back. 83 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,040 They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one 84 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,000 said, what do you see or what are you talking with her? 85 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,240 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said 86 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:18,320 to and say to the people, Come see a man who told me all that I 87 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,840 ever did, can this be the Christ? 88 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,680 They ran out the town and were coming to him. 89 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,440 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, Rabbi eat, 90 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,800 but he said to them, I have food to eat that you do not know 91 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:32,720 about. South. 92 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,360 The disciples say to one another, has anyone brought him 93 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,920 something to eat? You say to come to them, My food 94 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,120 is to do the will of him who sent me and accomplished his 95 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,480 work. Do you not say there are yet 96 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,480 four months? Then comes the harvest. 97 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:50,320 Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and see that the fields are 98 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,880 white for harvest already. The one who lives is receiving 99 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,440 wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sour and 100 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:02,200 Reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying it holds 101 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,640 true. One soul and another reaps. 102 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,520 I send you to reap that, to reap that for which you did not 103 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,960 labor. Others have labored, and you 104 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:15,040 have entered into their labor. Many Samaritans from that town 105 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,920 believed in him because of the woman's testimony. 106 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,240 He told me, oh, that I ever did. So when the Samaritans came to 107 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,960 him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two 108 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,320 days, and many more believed because of his word. 109 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,520 They said to the woman. It is no longer because of what 110 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,640 you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we 111 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,840 know that this is indeed the Savior of the world. 112 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:45,520 This is God's word. Could you bow with me and let's 113 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:51,400 pray one more time. Our Father in heaven, as we come 114 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,560 to your word, we ask that you would open our eyes to seek 115 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,320 Christ. Clearly help us not just to 116 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,600 understand this passage, but to be changed by it. 117 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:07,080 Show us our need and lead us to the One who truly satisfies and 118 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,680 guard us from destruction. Soften our hearts and give us a 119 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,880 readiness to receive what You are saying to us today. 120 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:26,790 We ask in Jesus name, Amen. So Church, in this passage we 121 00:07:26,790 --> 00:07:32,640 will see how He shows Himself as Savior in three parts. 1st, the 122 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,480 Saviour who gives living water, verses 1 to 15. 123 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:42,160 Second, the Saviour who refills the heart, verses 16 to 26. 124 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:48,480 And 3rd, the Saviour who brings the harvest, verses 27 to 42. 125 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,160 So first the Saviour who gives living water. 126 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,240 Let's begin by looking at verses one and two. 127 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,800 At this point in the story, Jesus ministry is clearly 128 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,800 growing. More people are coming, more 129 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,840 people are listening, and more people are becoming his 130 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,040 disciples. As this happens, the Pharisees 131 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,640 begin to hear about it. They are the religious leaders 132 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,920 who pay close attention to the movements like this. 133 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,360 They observe, evaluate, and respond to anything that gains 134 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,400 influence among the people. And now their attention is 135 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,760 turning toward Jesus. Now look at first 3. 136 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,799 When Jesus becomes aware that the Pharisees are paying a close 137 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:36,760 attention to him, he decided to leave Judea. 138 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,840 And we should not misunderstand this moment. 139 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,679 This is not Jesus being afraid or avoiding pressure. 140 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:47,560 Throughout the Gospel of John, this always moves according to 141 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:50,840 the Father's timing. He's never rushed and he's never 142 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,480 delayed. His hour had not yet come. 143 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,080 So he continues his ministry according to the Father's plan. 144 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,960 But here is where the story becomes very interesting. 145 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:07,160 In verse 4 it says now he had to go through Samaria. 146 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,320 At 1st. At first glance it might sound 147 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:14,640 like a simple cheerful note, but in this context it carries more 148 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:18,040 meaning than that. Geographically, Jesus did not 149 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,280 have to go through through Samaria. 150 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,760 Many Jews, when travelling from Judea to Galilee, would actually 151 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:30,320 go out of their way to avoid it. They would choose cross the 152 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:34,320 Jordan River, trifle up on the eastern side, and then cross 153 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,960 back again, adding distance and inconvenience, just so they 154 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,480 would not have to pass through Samaritan territory. 155 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,520 And why would they do that? Because the relationship between 156 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,440 Jews and Samaritans was deeply broken. 157 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,520 There was a long history of conflict, mistrust and 158 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,920 hostility. So when John says he had to go 159 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,360 through Samaria, he's talking about purpose. 160 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:05,400 And that means there's someone in Samaria he he intends to 161 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,600 meet. And also in verse 5 we are told 162 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:13,160 that Jesus arrives at the town called Saikar near the field 163 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,320 that Jacob had given to his son Joseph, that Jacob's well was 164 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,920 there. Jacob was one of the great 165 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:25,840 patriarchs and this well had served generation for his 166 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,920 people. For the Samaritans it represent 167 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,640 their heritage and God's past proficient for his people. 168 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:37,680 And then in verse 6 we see that Jesus we read from his journey 169 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:42,080 set down by the well, and John tells us it was about the 6th 170 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,000 hour. Now pause there for a moment. 171 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,560 First, we see something very real about Jesus. 172 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,360 He's tired, physically tired. And here John is reminding us 173 00:10:55,440 --> 00:11:01,080 that Jesus did not just appear human, he truly become became 174 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,880 human. He entered into our weaknesses, 175 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,880 our limitation, even our willingness. 176 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,520 And the timing also matters. It is noon, the hottest part of 177 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,760 the day when people do not usually draw water. 178 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,000 Women normally come in the morning or evening together, but 179 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,480 she comes alone at noon, likely avoiding others. 180 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:28,160 Yet in first seven we read a woman from Samaria came to draw 181 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,920 water, and this is said to her, give me a drink. 182 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,240 So first, this is speaks to a Samaritan. 183 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,080 That alone would have been unusual for a Jewish rabbi. 184 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,760 Rabbi. Second, he speaks to a woman in 185 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:48,040 public setting, which many teachers at the time would avoid 186 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,440 it. And 3rd, as we will soon 187 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:55,120 discover, this woman carries a complicated and painful story. 188 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:59,720 In other words, everything about this situation would normally 189 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:05,760 say do not engage and yet Jesus intentionally initiates the 190 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:10,120 conversations. In first nine she replies how is 191 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:14,320 it that you, a Jew, asked for a drink from me, a woman of 192 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,040 Samaria? You can see and you can hear the 193 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,400 surprise of her voice in her mind. 194 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:25,200 This is not how the interaction is supposed to go and but listen 195 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:30,760 carefully to how Jesus respond. In 1st 10 Jesus answered her. 196 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,200 If you knew the gift of God and who is who it is that is saying 197 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,240 to you, give me a drink, you would have asked him and he 198 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,880 would have given you living water. 199 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:47,520 So Jesus here brings her attention to two things at once. 200 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:52,000 First the gift of God and the one who gives it. 201 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,360 Those two always belong together because the gift only becomes 202 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,200 meaningful when you recognize the giver. 203 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,680 If you miss who Jesus is and you will misunderstand what he 204 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:07,640 offers. So what is this gift of God? 205 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:15,680 Jesus calls it living water, and as we read the rest of John's 206 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:20,320 Gospel, we are given clarity. In John Chapter 7, this living 207 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,400 water is explained as the Holy Spirit given to those who 208 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:29,240 believed in Christ Jesus Christ. So Jesus is not talking about 209 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,240 something external or temporary here. 210 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,840 He's speaking about the fairy life of God coming to dwell 211 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,520 within a person. But the woman does not hear it 212 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,440 that way. In verse 11 she says, Sir, you 213 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,280 have nothing to draw water with and the well is deep. 214 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,320 Where do you get that living water? 215 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:54,840 Then she continues verse 12, since essentially saying this 216 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,680 well has a story. Jacob himself gave us, gave it 217 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:01,760 to us, It has a stain line for generation. 218 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,920 Are you really claiming something better than this? 219 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,400 So for her Jacob represent the greatness of the past and the 220 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,480 well is the evidence of that greatness. 221 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:19,560 What she does not realize is that she is standing before the 222 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:24,040 God of Jacob. So the answer to her question is 223 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:29,040 yes, he is greater. But notice how Jesus responds. 224 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,160 He does not enter into a debate about Jacob because the main 225 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,080 issue is not whether he is greater than Jacob. 226 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:41,440 The real issue is whether see she is sees sees her need or 227 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,000 not. So Jesus generally redirect the 228 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,200 conversation toward exposing the deeper thirst in her life. 229 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,520 And listen to what Jesus says in verse 13. 230 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:58,120 Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but 231 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:02,000 whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be 232 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:07,080 thirsty again. Physical water, that's what it 233 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,960 is meant to do. It meets a real need, but only 234 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,840 for a time. You drink and later you need you 235 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:19,600 need more, and Jesus uses that everyday reality to point to 236 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,040 something beyond physical. Verse 14 explain why. 237 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:29,320 Because the water that I will give him become in Him a spring 238 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,240 of water welling up to eternal life. 239 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,840 So the difference is not just in how long the satisfaction last, 240 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,280 but in the nature of what is given. 241 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,280 This is no longer something external that we return to 242 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,880 repeatedly. It is something internal, 243 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,920 something God places within a person. 244 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,320 And when Jesus speaks about eternal life, he's not only 245 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,160 referring to duration. He's describing A restored 246 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:05,480 relationship with God since forgiven the heart renew and a 247 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,280 person brought back into fellowship with the One who is 248 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:15,440 the source of life. But at this point she still does 249 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:20,760 not see it clearly. So in verse 15, she says, Sir, 250 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,280 give me this water so that I will not be thirsty or have to 251 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:29,520 come here to draw water. We can see here she is still 252 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,720 thinking in practical terms. In her mind, this sounds like a 253 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:38,120 solution to a daily burden. No more walking under the heat, 254 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,760 no more drawing water again and again. 255 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,320 But Jesus is not removing a daily task here. 256 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,920 He's preparing to address the condition of the heart. 257 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,400 Because the real issue is not the well, it is the thirst 258 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:59,040 within her. So brothers and sisters, this is 259 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,920 where the pastor speaks clearly directly to us. 260 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:06,440 Because it's not only her story, it reflects something true about 261 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:11,119 every human life. We all look for ways to make 262 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,280 life feel whole, and we search in different ways. 263 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:19,079 Some people pursue experiences, always looking for the next 264 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:20,880 thing that will make them feel alive. 265 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:26,079 Others pursue success, building a sense of word on achievement 266 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:28,840 and recognition. Some place their hope in 267 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,520 relationship, believing the right person will make life 268 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,560 whole. Others look for stability, 269 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:40,600 comfort, and control. These things are not necessarily 270 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,680 wrong. In many ways they are part of 271 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,520 God's good provision. But they are not designed to 272 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,680 define life or sustain the heart. 273 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:55,240 And overtime that becomes clear. You reach what you once longed 274 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,720 for, and for a moment it satisfies, but not deeply, not 275 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,360 fully. Something remains unsettled. 276 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:08,720 So what is missing? The Bible answer is direct. 277 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:14,640 We were created for life with God, to know Him, to live in 278 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,520 fellowship with Him, and to depend on Him as the source of 279 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,920 life. But sin has broken that 280 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,960 relationship. So the issue is not that we 281 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:31,760 desire too much, but that we are looking in the wrong place for 282 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,640 for what we were designed to receive from God. 283 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:41,800 That is why every well in this world has limits. 284 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:47,880 But here is where we need to be very clear, especially for us as 285 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,880 Christians. Even those who have been born 286 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,280 again still struggle in this area. 287 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,600 Why? Because while we have been truly 288 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,320 renewed, we have not yet been made perfect. 289 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:04,400 The power of sins has has been broken, but its presence remains 290 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,080 as scripture says. In Galatians 5, we are told that 291 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,080 the flesh and the spirit are opposed to one another. 292 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:15,560 Roman Chapter 7 Paul describes the tension of wanting to do 293 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,880 what is right, yet still feeling the pulling of sin. 294 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:24,080 So what happens? Even as believers, our hearts 295 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,040 can drift. We begin to rely again on other 296 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,400 things, comfort, control, approval, security. 297 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,440 Not because Christ is lacking, but because our hearts are still 298 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,600 being sanctified. And it is, and that is the 299 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,280 difference. This passage help us to see not 300 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:46,000 that some struggle and others do not, but that apart from God we 301 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,840 are cut off from life, while in Christ we have been brought into 302 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:56,200 life and are learning to depend on Him, to live for him out of 303 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,360 that new life. And this is where the gospel 304 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,680 gives us hope. Our hope is not that we will 305 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,480 never struggle again. Our hope is that Christ remains 306 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,280 sufficient and He continues his work in US. 307 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:16,920 Philippians 1 verses 6 reminds us that he who began a good work 308 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,520 in US will bring it to completion. 309 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,480 So when we recognize that we have been relying on the wrong 310 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:27,240 things, the answer is not to withdraw or despair. 311 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:32,120 The answer is to return, to come again to Christ, to seek clearly 312 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,680 and to receive what He gives. And this is what Jesus is doing 313 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,840 with the Samaritan's woman, not to shame her, but to lead her 314 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:47,360 step by step to the truth. So the question comes to us, 315 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,640 where are you looking for life? What are you depending on to 316 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,680 give you a sense of completeness? 317 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:56,920 What you? What are you? 318 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,880 What are you holding on to thinking it will finally satisfy 319 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:05,840 you? It is found in being united to 320 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:10,800 Christ by faith, restored to God through His work, renewed by His 321 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:15,480 Spirit, and sustained daily as we continue to depend on Him. 322 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:19,800 That means we no longer build our life on ourselves. 323 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:24,560 We rest in Christ in what Christ has done, not what we can prove. 324 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:30,040 And in this passage this is describes that life as living 325 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:36,320 water, the Holy Spirit dwelling in US, welling up to eternal 326 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,600 life. This is a life to knowing Him, 327 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,920 of knowing Him. Not just knowing about Him, but 328 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:47,200 walking with Him. A life of fellowship with God, 329 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:52,480 where we come to Him, hear from him, and enjoy his presence even 330 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:57,440 in ordinary moments. And as the Spirit works in us, 331 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,200 he keeps pointing us back to Christ, reminding us that 332 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:06,200 through Him we are made right with God, not by our effort, but 333 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,720 by his righteousness given to us. 334 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,600 So this life begins now, knowing Him, walking with Him. 335 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,000 And it does not end here. It carries us all the way to 336 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,600 eternal life, where we will be with God fully forever. 337 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,840 So the woman came to the well expecting an ordinary day. 338 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,160 She came looking for water, but she did not realize that she was 339 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:37,280 standing face to face with the One who gives life itself. 340 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,800 And patiently this is leading her to see who he is. 341 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,880 And in order to bring her to that point, he takes the 342 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:50,680 conversation one step further in the next part of the passage. 343 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:58,280 So second, the Saviour who refills the heart, Look at 1st 344 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:02,800 16. The conversation suddenly 345 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,520 shifts. Jesus says to her, go call your 346 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:11,640 husband and come here. At first that feels unrelated, 347 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,920 right? He was just speaking about 348 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,480 living water, about the gift of God. 349 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,200 Why bring up her personal life here now? 350 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,280 Because Jesus is not just offering something, He's 351 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:28,480 exposing something. He moves from the topic of water 352 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:33,640 to the condition of her heart. The woman answered honestly, I 353 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,680 have no husband. And Jesus replies in verse 17 to 354 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,600 18. You are right in saying I have 355 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,560 no husband, for you have had five husbands and the one you 356 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:50,560 now have is not your husband. In that moment everything 357 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,920 changes. The issue is not only her past, 358 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:59,040 but the issue is that Jesus knows it fully, accurately, 359 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:03,520 without being told. He brings into the open what she 360 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:08,640 has kept hidden and it shows what Scriptures clearly teaches 361 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,920 us. A person cannot receive the life 362 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:17,040 Jesus gives unless they first acknowledge their own sin and 363 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:21,600 their need for Him. And when Jesus speaks, he does 364 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,560 not stay at the surface. He goes to the heart. 365 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,760 And suddenly this woman realized that she's standing before 366 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,240 someone who sees her completely. Her history, her patterns, her 367 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,400 relationships, her disappointments. 368 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:40,400 Nothing is hidden. And it's not only true for her, 369 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,520 that is true also for us. Jesus does not only see what is 370 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,760 feasible, He sees the whole person, the life we present 371 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:53,560 publicly and the life we keep private, the things we admit and 372 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,560 the things we avoid. Hebrew 4. 373 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:01,240 Hebrew 413 says No creature in is high is hidden from his side, 374 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:06,160 but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must 375 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:10,480 give account. And that raises a direct 376 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,920 question for us. What are we trying to keep at 377 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,480 the surface that Christ is already seeing clearly? 378 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,480 Because we can be very active outwardly, even in spiritual 379 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,160 things, while avoiding what is actually going on within. 380 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,000 But Jesus does not allow that separation. 381 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,120 If he had stayed with general teaching about living water, she 382 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:36,600 might have remained. She might she might have 383 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,760 remained interested but unchanged. 384 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,960 She could have left with insight but without transformation. 385 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:50,080 So Jesus here makes it personal. He shows her why she needs what 386 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,440 he is offering and her response is very familiar. 387 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:59,800 In verse 19 she says, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 388 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,560 So you can see here she immediately shifts the 389 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:10,680 conversation in verse 20. She says our fathers worship on 390 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,760 this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where 391 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,760 people ought to worship. Do you see what she is doing 392 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,160 here? She moves from personal exposure 393 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:27,480 to theological discussion, and we understand why, because it is 394 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,400 much easier to talk about religious question than to deal 395 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,400 with the condition of our own heart. 396 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,320 It is easier to discuss where to worship than to us whether we 397 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:42,920 are truly right before God and we do the same thing. 398 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,440 It is easier to talk about church, theology or preferences 399 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:52,680 than to us what is actually going on in my heart before God. 400 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,760 We can stay busy with religious things and never deal with the 401 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:03,560 deeper issue of our heart. But Jesus does not follow her 402 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,280 into that diversion. He answers her question, but He 403 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:12,120 goes deeper than she expects. He says the issue is not where 404 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:19,920 to worship, but how you worship. In verses 21 to 24, He says the 405 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:24,200 hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem 406 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:30,160 will you worship the Father. That statement would have been 407 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,280 shocking because for generation, worship had been tied to 408 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:38,160 specific places. For Jews, it was Jerusalem. 409 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,360 For the Samaritans, it was Mount Jerusalem. 410 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,880 These places were not just location, they were central to 411 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:50,440 identity and religious life. But Jesus says something has 412 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,720 changed. Through him, access to God is no 413 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,000 longer tied to location. Why? 414 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:02,040 Because through Him people are brought directly to the Father, 415 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:07,600 and then and then when he defines what matters. 416 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:13,000 In verses 23, Jesus says the hour is coming and is now here 417 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:18,200 when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and 418 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,360 truth. This is the turning point of his 419 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:25,080 answer. The question is no longer about 420 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,200 the right place, but about the right kind of worshipper. 421 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,920 And that leads directly to us, because the issue is not whether 422 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,200 we worship, but whether we worship rightly. 423 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,600 This gives to defining Marx spirit and truth. 424 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:48,120 So what does that mean? First, to worship in spirit 425 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:53,240 means worship comes from a heart that has been made alive by the 426 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,400 Holy Spirit. It is not simply external 427 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,520 activity. It's not routine, habit, or 428 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,480 participation. A person can sing, pray, attend, 429 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,960 serve, and still not worship God from the heart because through 430 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,520 worship begins with a changed heart. 431 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,280 This is why Jesus spoke earlier about being born again with that 432 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,320 new life from the Spirit. We cannot respond to God as we 433 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:23,560 should. Then this also says worship must 434 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,320 be in truth. That means we do not approach 435 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:32,800 God based on our ideas, our own ideas, or appear or preference. 436 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:39,040 We come according to how He has refilled Himself, and in this 437 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:43,040 gospel that revelation is centered in Jesus Christ. 438 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:47,960 So worship in truth means we come to God through Christ 439 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:53,680 according to who He truly is, not who we imagine Him to be. 440 00:29:54,720 --> 00:30:00,280 This is why Jesus says in verse 22 you worship what you do not 441 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,920 know. The Samaritans had some 442 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:08,160 knowledge of God but is what but it was incomplete and reshaped. 443 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,920 They accept part of God's revelation but not all of it. 444 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:17,520 They set up their own place of worship and followed tradition 445 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:24,760 they had formed over time. And here's where this become 446 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:29,040 very direct to us. Sincerity is not enough, 447 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:33,080 activity is not enough. Familiarity with church is not 448 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,280 enough. So the real question is not do I 449 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:42,080 worship, but the real question is has my heart has been changed 450 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:46,360 and I'm and am I responding to God as he truly is. 451 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,840 Then Jesus explain why this is necessary. 452 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:56,680 Verse 24 Jesus says God is spirit and those who worship him 453 00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:00,040 must worship in spirit and in truth. 454 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:05,760 So because God is spirit, he is not limited to a place and is 455 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:11,880 not approach to action alone. Worship is about how a person 456 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:16,600 comes before him and the only way to come rightly is with a 457 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:21,480 heart made alive by the Spirit and shaped by the truth He has 458 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:26,800 refilled and that leads us to creation. 459 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,760 We can, we cannot avoid what kind of worshipper are we? 460 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,320 Because it is possible to participate in everything 461 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,480 outwardly and still remain unchanged within. 462 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:45,280 That is where this woman stands. She is familiar with religious 463 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,040 discussion, tradition, and debates. 464 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:52,600 But Jesus shows her that true worship begins when a person 465 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,960 faces the truth about themselves and the truth about God. 466 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,840 And this is exactly what Jesus does. 467 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:06,600 He refills her heart and that truth leads to Jesus, to him. 468 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:14,360 So in verses 25, the woman says I know that Messiah is coming. 469 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,880 So the woman senses that the answers she needs about her 470 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:25,280 life, her pain, her sin, and how to worship God must ultimately 471 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:31,160 come from the Messiah. And I just explain fairly clear 472 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:38,800 with clarity In verse 26, Jesus says, I who speak to you am He. 473 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,840 This is one of the clearest self revelation in the gospel. 474 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,200 The one sitting before her is not merely a prophet. 475 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:53,960 He is not just a teacher. He is the Messiah, the Saviour 476 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:58,240 who reveals the truth about our sin, the Saviour who restores 477 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:02,600 true worship, and the Saviour who brings sinners back to the 478 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:07,880 Father. So this moment invites everyone 479 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:12,600 of us to respond, because when Jesus reveals himself, he can. 480 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,200 We cannot stay neutral. When Christ is made known, 481 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:20,680 people either come to him in faith or turn away in unbelief. 482 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,640 His light exposes the heart and that acts for sure calls for 483 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,880 repentance and trust. So the question is not whether 484 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:34,240 we have heard about Jesus. The question is how we respond. 485 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,640 Will we continue to avoid the deeper truth about our hearts? 486 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,160 Will we keep everything at the level of ideas, discussion about 487 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,840 religion, conversation about theology, while never allowing 488 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,440 the truth to confront us personally? 489 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:56,680 Or we will come honestly before the Savior who already knows us 490 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:02,600 completely. The Samaritan woman came to the 491 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,960 well thinking she was simply drawing water, but in reality, 492 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,040 Christ was drawing her into the light. 493 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,360 And the same thing happens whenever the Word of God comes 494 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,600 to us. God's truth does not only inform 495 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:20,480 us, but it reveals us. It change us. 496 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:24,480 It transforms us. Scripture tells us that the Word 497 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:29,360 of God is leaving an active, sharper than any 2 edged sword, 498 00:34:29,679 --> 00:34:33,080 discerning the thoughts and intention of the heart. 499 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:39,159 So when Christ speaks, He addresses what is beneath our 500 00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:44,440 motives, our desires, our hidden patterns, the things we would 501 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:49,040 rather leave untouched. That exposure can feel 502 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,400 uncomfortable. It confronts the reality that 503 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,840 the parts of our lives we try to manage or hide are fully known 504 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:00,000 to him. But this is where the gospel 505 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,640 becomes good news. The one who exposes our sin is 506 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,680 the very one who came to save sinners. 507 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,840 This does not refill our sin to condemn us, but to lead us to 508 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:16,520 Himself for mercy and to give us what we cannot produce on our 509 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:21,800 own, a new heart. So when we begin to see our sin 510 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,760 clearly, we also begin to see our need rightly. 511 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,640 We realize that we cannot repair what is broken within us. 512 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:34,080 Our Air Force, discipline, even our religious activity, cannot 513 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:38,520 cleanse the heart. Only Christ can do that. 514 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:43,160 And that is exactly what Jesus does in this encounter. 515 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:48,040 He meets one woman, He knows her completely, and he begins to 516 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:53,640 change her from within. And it's important for us to 517 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:58,240 understand because if you are in Christ, your heart has already 518 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:02,320 been changed, not by your religious effort, but by Jesus 519 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,240 himself. The change in you is not 520 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:08,360 something you have produced, it is something He has 521 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,200 accomplished. That means you're standing 522 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,800 before. God is not built on how well you 523 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:18,440 are trying to change, but on what Christ has already done for 524 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,840 you. You are accepted because of His 525 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:27,840 work, not your performance, and the truth reshapes how we come 526 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,960 to Him. Worship finds its proper place 527 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:38,120 not in outward location, ritual or routine, but in a heart that 528 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:43,240 has been made through faith in Christ, a heart that respond to 529 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:47,600 God in trust, in obedience, in love, because it has been 530 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:53,280 changed by Him. Now we come to God because we 531 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,040 know Him, not just because it is expected. 532 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:59,360 We listen to His Word because we trust Him. 533 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:08,360 We obey Him because we love Him. And what we see next is that 534 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,520 this change does not stay private. 535 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:14,640 What Jesus does in her life begins to move outward and 536 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:18,480 affect others around her. And that leads us to the final 537 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:23,600 part of this passage. So third, the Savior who brings 538 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:27,680 the heart first. Now look at verse 27. 539 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,560 The disciples returned from the town where they had gone to buy 540 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:37,680 food, and they find Jesus still at the well, still in the 541 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,600 conversation. John tells us they are surprised 542 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:46,000 the Jewish rabbi speaking openly with a Samaritan woman in 543 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,280 publicly and this is not what they are used to. 544 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,440 And yet no one says anything. They do not yet understand what 545 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:57,000 Jesus is doing, and while they are still trying to process the 546 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,280 situation there, the focus of the story shifts again to the 547 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,640 woman. The 1st 28th says so. 548 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:10,360 The woman left her water jar and went away into town. 549 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,720 Death detail is easy to miss, but remember why she came to the 550 00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:19,120 well in the first place. She came to draw water. 551 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:23,040 That was her purpose, her routine, her plan for the day. 552 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,960 But now she leaves the jar behind. 553 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,040 Why? Because something greater has 554 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:34,080 taken hold on her attention. The task that once seemed 555 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:38,800 necessary is now secondary. She has encountered Christ and 556 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,840 it changes what matters. She goes back into the town and 557 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:47,280 begins speaking to others. Verses 29 tells us what she 558 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:51,480 says. Come see a man who told me all 559 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,160 that I ever did. Can this be the Christ? 560 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,720 Notice how simple her testimony is. 561 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,720 She simply she simply tells people what she has experienced 562 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:04,240 and invites them to see for themselves. 563 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:11,440 Come and see and notice the honesty of in her words. 564 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,160 She does not. She does not hide her past. 565 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,160 She doesn't minimize what Jesus revealed to her. 566 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:22,120 In fact, she highlights it. The woman say He told me 567 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:26,800 everything I ever did. The very thing she might have 568 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,280 been ashamed of becomes part of her testimony. 569 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,720 And she asked a question. Can this be the Christ? 570 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:38,200 Her understanding is still growing. 571 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,520 She does not yet have everything clear, but what she has seen is 572 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:46,680 enough to move her to speak. And God uses that. 573 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:52,920 Verses 30 says they went out of the town and were coming to him. 574 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,800 The entire town begins moving forward. 575 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,360 Jesus. And while the townspeople are 576 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,840 coming to see Jesus, the disciples are focused on 577 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,600 something else entirely. They are worried. 578 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:09,360 About lunch verse 31 they say it says. 579 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,520 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying Rabbi eat. 580 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,040 From their perspective this makes sense. 581 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:20,560 Jesus has been travelling, he's tired, he must be hungry. 582 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,680 But listen carefully to Jesus response. 583 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:30,000 I have food to eat that you do not know about, Jesus explained 584 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:34,280 in verse 34. My food is to do the will of him 585 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,400 who sent me and to accomplish His word. 586 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:43,440 In other words, what satisfies Jesus, what sustains Him, is 587 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:47,760 doing the Father's will and completing the work He has been 588 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:52,480 sent to do. This moment with this woman is 589 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,080 not accidental. It is part of of the Father's 590 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,360 plan to bring salvation to sinners. 591 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:04,600 And now Jesus invites his disciples to see beyond what is 592 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:09,600 in front of them. He says in verse 35, do do you 593 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:13,920 not say they are yet for months? And then comes the harvest. 594 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:19,000 Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and see that the fields are 595 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:24,240 white for harvest. In that moment, as the people, 596 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,080 as the people from the town are coming toward him, Jesus is 597 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,200 saying the harvest is already here. 598 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,920 And he continues in verse 36, he says the one who reaps receive 599 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:41,480 wages and gathers fruit for eternal life so that sour and 600 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:46,720 Reaper may rejoice together. So the disciples are stepping 601 00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:49,080 into a work that has already begun. 602 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,920 Others have sown through the Scriptures, through the through 603 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,600 God's past, dealing with his people, and now they are being 604 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,600 called to participate in the harvest. 605 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,760 And this shows us something important. 606 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:10,120 The mission of God does not depend on one person doing 607 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,680 everything. God is always at work across 608 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:17,320 time, using different people, using different time in 609 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:22,240 different ways. Some sow some rib, but all of it 610 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:26,040 belongs to Him. And when we see and then we 611 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:29,720 begin to see the result. Look at verse 39. 612 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:35,280 Many Samaritans from the town believed in him because of the 613 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:39,080 woman's testimony, her simple words. 614 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:46,280 He told me all that I effort did become the means God uses to 615 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,520 draw others. And it is important for us to 616 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:54,920 see God often uses fairly ordinary and imperfect words to 617 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,440 accomplish his work. The woman simply speaks about 618 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:03,240 what Jesus has done in her life and God uses that. 619 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:08,960 Isn't that encouraging? It reminds us that the 620 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:12,960 effectiveness of our witness does not depend on our ability 621 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,520 or until we feel ready, but on God's power. 622 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:21,840 He's able to use even simple, incomplete and imperfect words 623 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:27,040 to draw people to himself. And it's exactly what we see 624 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,080 happens here. After meeting Jesus personally 625 00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:35,080 and hearing His teaching, the people says in verse 42, it is 626 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,400 no longer because of what you had, because of what you said 627 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,560 that we believe. For we have heard for ourselves 628 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:46,840 and we know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world. 629 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:52,840 Notice what they call him, Saviour of the world. 630 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:58,880 Do you see what has happened? A woman who dwell in isolation 631 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:03,320 becomes the means through which an entire town encounters 632 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:06,880 Christ. People who had been excluded, 633 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:10,760 dismissed, and despised now recognize something profound. 634 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:16,400 They were now convinced that Jesus is the Savior of all 635 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:20,320 people, Samaritans as well as Jews. 636 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:25,720 That is the scope of the gospel. Jesus is not merely the savior 637 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:29,040 of a tribe, a culture, or a religious group. 638 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:37,760 He is the Savior of the world. So, brothers and sisters, as we 639 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:41,920 look back over this passage, we begin to see the whole picture 640 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:45,760 come together. A woman came with a thirst she 641 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:49,760 did not fully understand, and Jesus offered her something no 642 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:54,520 ordinary water could provide, the fairy life of God within 643 00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:58,600 her. Then we saw the Saviour who 644 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:02,120 refills the heart and restores through worship. 645 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:07,240 This has brought her life into the light, not to shame her, but 646 00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:11,560 to show her truth about her sin, about her need, and about the 647 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,200 kind of worship the Father seeks. 648 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:19,400 And now we see the Saviour who accomplishes the Father's work 649 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:24,320 and bring the harfest. One life is changed and through 650 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,840 that one life many others come to believe. 651 00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,680 All of it points to 1 unchanging reality. 652 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:37,640 Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, the one who gives 653 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:41,960 life to Sinner, restores them to the Father and get us a people 654 00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:45,280 for for himself from every place. 655 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:51,400 And the truth calls us for a response. 656 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:56,520 Some of you may be still standing at the well. 657 00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:00,600 You are searching, trying different things, hoping that 658 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,600 something will finally satisfy what you feel inside. 659 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:08,800 And maybe you have found moments of relief, but the thirst keep 660 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,520 returning. Jesus speaks into that reality 661 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:17,520 and says that what is different, the life He gives does not run 662 00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:20,440 out. It becomes a source within you. 663 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:25,760 So do not stay at a distance. Come to him. 664 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:30,680 Some of you familiar with the things of Christianity, you know 665 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,800 how to talk about God, you understand Christian teaching. 666 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,640 But if you are honest, you have never really dealt with your sin 667 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:40,160 before God. There are things you avoid, 668 00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:44,720 things you keep hidden. Jesus already knows, and he does 669 00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:48,520 not expose sin to push you away, but to bring you him to Himself, 670 00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:50,920 where there is forgiveness and mercy. 671 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:55,440 South, do not stay in hiding. Come to him. 672 00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:01,040 And for those who already know Christ, this presence, lift our 673 00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:04,960 eyes beyond our lives. The Saviour is still at work. 674 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,320 He's still drawing people to himself. 675 00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:10,080 He's still meeting people in ordinary places. 676 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:14,600 He's still taking lives that seem unlikely and using them in 677 00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:19,080 ways that reach others. The fields us are still ready. 678 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:24,600 So lift your eyes up, look around you and the people God 679 00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:29,280 has placed in your life, your family, your friends, your 680 00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:34,120 coworkers, your neighbors, People who like this woman, are 681 00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:38,440 searching, carrying burdens, and needing to encounter Christ. 682 00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:43,600 Because the same Savior who met one woman at the well at a well 683 00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:46,840 in Samaria is still gathering his people today. 684 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,480 And remember how the story moves forward. 685 00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:54,320 It was not a trained speaker or a religious leader who first 686 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:58,840 brought the town. It was one person who simply say 687 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:04,480 come and see. And that is still the calling of 688 00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:08,240 us as a church. And the joy of the church is to 689 00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:13,440 point people to Christ, to say come and see. 690 00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:17,560 Come and see the One who gives living water. 691 00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:20,720 Come and see the One who forgives Sinner. 692 00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:24,600 Come and see the One who brings us back to the Father. 693 00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:31,560 Come and see Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. 694 00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:36,120 Amen. Let's pray. 695 00:48:42,070 --> 00:48:48,830 Father, thank you for showing us Christ, the One who gives lives, 696 00:48:49,590 --> 00:48:54,360 refills the heart and draws ourselves to you. 697 00:48:55,080 --> 00:49:00,040 Help us to come to you, to trust you, and to point others to you. 698 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:07,920 In Jesus name we pray, Amen. So church, as we remain seated, 699 00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:11,040 let's take a moment to personally reflect on God's word 700 00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:18,080 that was just preached to us. Reflect as you ask yourself, how 701 00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:22,520 would my life be different if I truly believe this truth in 702 00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:27,360 God's word? If you need a little help there 703 00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:32,600 here are a few questions to guide you as we reflect on what 704 00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:36,760 this passage shows us that our hearts often look for life in 705 00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:40,120 the wrong places. When have I been turning to 706 00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:42,920 something other than Christ to satisfy me? 707 00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,920 If Jesus is the one who truly gives sleeping water and knows 708 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:52,640 you completely, what is keeping us? 709 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:56,720 What is keeping me from coming to Him more honestly and fully? 710 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:03,200 If Christ is still at work drawing people to Himself, who 711 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:07,960 is God's place in my life that I can begin to point Him, even in 712 00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:12,840 simple ways? So take a few moments to bring 713 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:17,600 your honest thoughts before the Lord, and after a few minutes we 714 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:19,640 will continue in our response together.