John 4:1-30

Water for

the Thirsty

To feel more fulfilled your actions and

activities need to be in alignment with what you deem

important.Deborah Day

Where do you find fulfillment?

What will make you be fulfilled?

l. The Woman at the Well

Vs.7 “Will you give me a drink?”Barriers in our story:1. Gender barrier2. Racial barrier3. Moral barrierVs. 9 “You are a Jew

and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?”

She focused on the Law, Jesus focused on Grace.

ll. An Offer She Couldn’t Refuse

Vs.10a “If you knew the gift of God…”Rom. 5:15 “Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.”

Vs. 10b “…and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

Vs. 11 “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?Vs. 13,14 “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Eager to satisfy our Physical desires, we overlook our Spiritual needs.

lll. Speaking the Truth in Love.

Vs. 16 “ Go, call your husband and come back.”

Vs.17 “I have no husband,” Vs.18 “You are right when you say you

have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

Vs.20 “Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Vs. 22-23 ”…You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Vs.25,26 “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am He.”

Vs. 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”

In any century, our response to the Lord is the same:

We confront our True Selves Experience God’s Grace Share the Good News.

lV. Digging Deeper

1. Psalm 42:2 “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?

Matt.5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

John 6:35“I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me

will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

2. Titus 3:3-7 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient,

deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

3. Acts 4:19-20Then they called them in again & commanded them not tospeak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! 20 As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

John 4:1-30

Water for

the Thirsty