Jesus's Choices

Jesus’s Choices John 4:5-42

• Jesus’ choice was to go directly through Samaria rather than taking the long, traditional route.

• Jesus’s choice was to take a direct path through Samaria because there was a need.

• Jesus makes a choice to help people who were mostly avoided. He helped legion, the woman caught in adultery, the woman with the issue of blood

1. Jesus’s choice was to help someone in need. Why because?

• The woman at the well mattered to Him.

• Her past didn’t stop Him.

• Her reputation didn’t slow Him.

• Her questions didn’t frustrate Him.

• He simply came to meet her where she was.

2. Jesus’s choice is to help us he just didn’t help the woman at the well but

• When we feel unworthy, He comes near. Nobody else came near the Samaritan woman

• When we feel unseen, He sits beside our well.

• When we feel stuck in old patterns, He offers living water.

• When others walk around us, He walks straight toward us. Like Jesus said, “I must needs go through Samaria “.

3. Jesus’s choice is Breaking Barriers (John 4:7–9) Jesus crossed three major boundaries:

• Cultural — Jews avoided Samaritans.

• Gender — Men didn’t speak publicly with women.

• Moral — Her past made her an outcast. no barrier stops His love.

• The woman caught in the act of adultery he did not cast stones

4. Jesus’s Choice is Offering Living Water (John 4:10–14)

• Jesus shifts the conversation from physical water to spiritual thirst.

• The woman’s past didn’t disqualify her from His offer.

• Living water represents salvation, renewal, and a new life

• Jesus doesn’t just patch brokenness—He replaces emptiness with life.

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5. Jesus’s choice is not to shame but to heal (John 4:15–18)

• Jesus gently exposes her story, not to shame her but to heal her.

• He shows that He knows her fully and loves her completely.

6. Jesus makes a choice to transform so this person has a testimony (John 4:27–30, 39–42)

• Notice the text says, She leaves her water jar—symbolizing leaving her old life.

• Notice this woman becomes the first evangelist in Samaria.

• Notice The people believe because of her testimony and then because of Jesus Himself.

• Notice Her story shows that the ones society avoids often become the greatest witnesses.

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7. Jesus makes a choice to take the direct route and Jesus Still Takes the Direct Route

• He comes straight into our brokenness, shame, and questions.

• He doesn’t wait for us to fix ourselves first.

• He meets us in ordinary places—work, home, daily routines.

• He breaks through barriers we think disqualify us.

• His direct route shows intentional love, not accidental grace.