Do you know this Jesus? HHM Pastor Jim Parisi 8-18-02
John 4:7-15 7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ’Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." 11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?" 13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." 15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."
Do you know this man Jesus?
Do you know this man who died on a cross, so that you may live forever?
Do we realize the Gift that is offered to us by His unselfish act?
Going through your daily act s of your life?
In John 4 we see Jesus sitting by the well as the others where looking to buy food
Funny thing about these wells they were meeting places
Woman drew water from the wells
Young men who would want to marry hung around the wells too.
Woman of certain reputations also frequented the wells too
He has an encounter with a woman of Samaria
This was highly unusual for a Jew to speak to a Samaritan
Samaria Central region, ancient Palestine. Extending for about 40 mi (65 km) north-south and 35 mi (56 km) east-west, it was bounded by Galilee, Judaea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Jordan River.
Palestine of today and there is still a problem between the Jews and the Arabs their today
It was not the custom of the day to speak to her a Palestinian .
Not proper for a Jew to speak to such a woman this is why her response "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
It was about noon when she came to the well water was drawn 2 times a day
In the morning and evening when it was cool not at high noon in the heat of the day
It was an off time for a respectable woman
She was a woman considered of not so good a reputation
She came in the off hours….. not to be notice
The Samaritans were a mixed race
She was a sinful woman
This is why she is surprised Jesus is even talking to her
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ’Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
He starts to speak to her about eternal life but she doesn’t understand
She wanted to know how he can draw from the well with no device
The well was deep
Isn’t the well the resource of god deep?
Eternal Life is a Gift but you have to ask for it
Eternal Life doesn’t need tools or rituals to be obtained
You cannot purchase this Gift from God.
It is freely given
Men are always trying to purchase the gifts of God
Simon the sorcerer was one in the book of acts chapter 8
Peter was laying hands on people to receive the Holy Spirit
Simon wanted the power and was willing to pay for it he offered them money. Money for a free gift
Ac 8:20 - But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money!
You can not purchase the Gifts of God
You can not purchase your SALVATION
It doesn’t matter what station in life we hold or where our people hailed from
A true gift is one with no compensation being looked for in return
There are no strings attached
13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
You have TO DRINK OF IT
You have to partake of it take in and embrace it
You have to take it in to your body and drink of it so
it becomes part of you.
He promise there will be no need anymore to look that it will quench your desire and thirst for anything else
It will fill you to the point that it will grow and spring forth fountains of testimony …. The testimony of eternal or everlasting life.
It doesn’t matter what state your personal life is in either.
Even because we are sinners we can be saved through the relationship with God he allows through Jesus Christ.
Ro 5:18 - Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
If we don’t follow Jesus and go the way of the world…
Ro 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."
You follow Jesus and you will thirst no more.
Your life will become easer and more fulfilling
She understood this, she knew to could only make her life better
Amen
