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Did you know that people will pretty much believe anything?
For instance, the percentage of Americans who believe:
That Elvis Presley is still alive: 10;
In reincarnation: 30;
In ghosts: 39;
That aliens have visited earth in the past 100 years: 53;
That the U.S. government is currently involved in cover-ups and conspiracies: 74.
(Well, there may be something to that one!)
People will believe anything, but they will stop short of believing the most important thing.
People will accept all kinds of theories and beliefs, but they won’t accept what the Bible says about Jesus Christ.
The fact is, people are jaded!
The Truth About Us
Our key text today is going to be in John chapter 4. and presents to us a woman who is jaded as well.
She has been around and around, riding the merry-go-round of life and she worn out from it.
But, one day, Jesus Christ showed up outside her little town.
She meets Him and He opens her eyes to the fact that there is a new life.
A life that is free from the burdens and problems of the life she is now living.
Jesus takes this jaded, hardened woman and He leads her to a place of trust.
John 4:3–7 (ESV)
he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.
And he had to pass through Samaria.
So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well.
It was about the sixth hour.
A woman from Samaria came to draw water.
This woman came to Jacob’s Well to draw water.
But, she did not come when all the other women came.
The women came to draw their water early in the morning, before the sun rose high into the sky.
They came while it was still cool.
History tells us that it was about a mile from town to the well where they came for water.
Drawing and carrying water for the day was hot, sweaty work.
While they were there, they caught up on the local gossip and enjoyed a few minutes by themselves, away from the pressures of living in a male dominated society.
Why did this one woman not come with the others?
I think the answer can be found in verses 17-18 and verse 28.
Verse 17 and 18 tells us that she is a woman of much experience.
Perhaps she had been with men who belonged to some of the other women.
Perhaps she was often the topic of their gossip as they drew water from the well.
In these verses, this poor woman tries to argue religion with Jesus.
At first, she sees Him as just another Jew, and she wants Him to know that she has some ideas about religion too.
She talks about their religious differences, v. 9.
She uses sarcasm and ridicule,
Notice the little word “if” in verse 10.
Regardless of what she thought she knew, Jesus points out to her that there is one thing she does not know.
She does not know Who Jesus is and that is the main thing!
Jesus tells her that “if” she only knew, she could ask Jesus for “living water” and she would be forever satisfied!
Left to herself, this woman might have died thinking that she was alright spiritually.
Thank God that Jesus reached into her darkness and dispelled her ignorance about Himself and about the way of salvation!
(Note: Someone has said, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.”
I say, “What you don’t know can send you to Hell!” Far too many people are living in ignorance when it comes to how to get to God.
Many are like this woman in our text.
They know just enough about the church and about Christianity to be a danger to themselves.
There are many things about the Bible and about theology that you may never learn.
Not knowing them will not keep you out of Heaven, nor will not knowing them send you to Hell.
But, if you miss the main thing, you will never see Heaven and you will go to Hell.
What is the main thing?
Here it is:
That is the main thing.
Don’t miss it!)
Here she is, a woman with a checkered past, living a wicked life, v. 16-18, yet she feels that she is qualified to argue religion with the Lord Jesus Christ.
She demonstrates a clear picture of hypocrisy in action!
(Note: People attempt to do this kind of thing all the time!
Everybody thinks they are qualified to argue with God.
They say, “Well, I think this or that”, or “I believe this way or that way”, or “I know what the Bible says, but…” What foolishness!
Who do you think you are? Did you know that it does not matter what you think?
Did you know that God really doesn’t care how you feel?
Did it ever cross your mind that God’s Word is not up for debate?
The Truth About Christ
We Serve a matchless Savior– The Bible tells us in verse 4 that
“He must needs go through Samaria”.
Most Jews went miles out of their way to go around Samaria to avoid coming into contact with them.
The Jews hated the Samaritans!
They were considered to be an inferior race because they were descended from Jews who had intermarried with Gentiles that had been placed in the land by the Assyrians.
Thank God that Jesus does not operate like other men!
He did not care about their heritage.
He did not care about the hated of others.
He did not care about the racial lines drawn by ignorant men.
He operates in the realm of grace!
Jesus went to that place and sat on that well because He wanted to save this poor woman!
Even His disciples were shocked by what Jesus had done,
v. 27.
If Jesus had acted like any other Jew, He would have passed this woman and her town by.
But, He extended grace to them and brought salvation to Sychar!
(Note: Think about it!
If you and I got what we deserved, we would have never gotten a second look from God.
But, I praise God for a Sunday morning when Jesus said, “I must needs go through Forsyth!”
He does not look at people on the basis of our wretched, sinful condition.
He looks at us through eyes of love and grace!
God’s justice demands that you and I die for our sins, Rom.
6:23.
But, when justice cried out to be satisfied, mercy answered and God sent Jesus to die in our place on the cross, Rom.
5:6-8.
Now, in grace, He offers salvation to all who will come and be saved, Rev. 22:17.
Jesus works with this woman patiently.
He took her where He found her and gently led her to where she needed to be.
He brought her to the place where she was ready to hear about Him and about Who He was.
Then, when He revealed Himself to her, v. 26, she was at a place where she was ready to believe on Him.
(Note: That is how the Lord always works with people.
He takes us where He finds us and gently leads us along to the place of faith in Him.
He is always the perfect gentleman!
He stands at the door of man’s heart and He knocks,
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“Knocks” is in the present tense, active voice.
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