Jesus Knows

Jesus Knows (John 4: 1-15)

1-2) Jesus realized that the Pharisees was keeping count of the baptism

The Pharisees was saying that Jesus was baptizing more people then John

They are attempting to make it look like it was a competition between Jesus and John

Turning them into rivals

Is that not like ole satan and the world today

Always trying to make it look as if you are doing something wrong

Ever had someone lie about you, twist what you have done?

People will try their best to make you look and feel bad to make themselves feel better

Here is a little secret, Jesus’s disciples are the ones who did the baptizing, not Jesus

The Pharisees resented Jesus because of his popularity and his teachings

The reason for this is because Jesus’s teachings challenged their teachings - people don’t like that

Notice what scripture didn’t say

Jesus didn’t defend or argue

If I could get to that point, oh what a day that will be

All the struggles I deal with, that one ranks up there pretty high

3-4) After the Pharisees tried pitting Jesus and John against one another

Jesus didn’t correct them or aruge, he just left and went back to Galilee

But in order to get there, he had to go through Samaria

Jesus knew this Samaritan woman was going to be at this well

Jesus also knew that he needed to visit with this woman

Jesus knew this woman was needing him to stop by

Jesus knew this woman’s needs

Is that not something, I am thankful that Jesus knows exactly when to come visit with me

Jesus knows - he knows my needs

He knows your needs, he is wanting to meet with us

He knows exactly what we need and how we need it

What is amazing is it never tells the name of the woman at the well

A lot of miracles happened and the people that was part of it was not named

The young lad in the feeding of the 5,000

I do believe that this was done strategically

It was no accident that names got left out, they was left out for a reason

5-6) Jesus came upon this Samaritan village that bordered the field that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph

It was right at noon time - he was right on time

Jesus was tired from the trip

It was during a hot part of the day

If you have ever been outside on a hot summer day

And you have been walking a long time as Jesus has

You are going to do just as Jesus did and sit down

And you would do exactly what Jesus did next

7) He asked this Samaritan woman for a drink of water

Sounds innocent right

Pretty simple request if you ask me

8-9) Jesus was a jew

Jews wouldn’t have any dealings with the Samaritans

Those days, a Jew wouldn’t be caught dead talking to a Samaritan

They considered them unclean and called them half breeds b/c Assyrians took captive 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom but they left some jewish women

They had children with the women and they became Samaritans

They couldn’t stand the sight of a Samaritan b/c it reminded them of the captivity

But Jesus, Jesus is love, He went there for a reason

Jesus had a well ran ministry

This woman needed Jesus and Jesus had the answer

We get caught up in trying to go bigger and better and forget about the people who doesn’t know Jesus

We try to get so big so that we don’t have to deal with the poor, the homeless, the ones down on life b/c we feel that we are better than others

There are plenty of people still left at the well

Does True Gospel want to run a well ran ministry?

She asked Jesus, how can you ask me for a drink?

A few things that this story tells us, the woman had 5 strikes against her

1- Samaritan - if you touched them, you would be considered unclean

2-she was a woman - women didn’t have a lot of rights, couldn’t buy land,

3-poor - she was gathering the water, rich people had other people to get the water

4-divorced - 5 times - At some point you have to think to yourself, something is wrong with me

5-living in sin with the man not married

This was a recipe for a disaster, you look at all of this and Jesus still went to see her

Ain’t you glad Jesus came to see you

If you are sitting here today and think you have done to much wrong, guess again

Jesus is Jesus, he loves you and he wants you

10) Jesus answered her and said if you knew the gift of God, you wouldn’t have asked me the question that you did