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Intro: Water 01
Points
Dr “insert name” talks about the benefits of water to our physical health, what about our spiritual?
I would love to invite you to famous story .
Body: Fill it up to the brim
Context:
Jesus is talking to a Woman at the well.
This was socially unacceptable because;
Samaritan
Woman
Jesus asks the woman to “Give” Him a drink.
Jesus transitions the talk from physical to spiritual.
Key words:
Why? and What was his purpose?
What was his purpose?
Water - hydor
I think it is found in the conversation…lets take a quick look.
Mentioned 3 times in one verse
Never -
“I shall give”
The gift comes from God
Become - ginomae
With 667 occurrences, it is one of the most commonly used words.(1)
With 667 occurrences, it is one of the most commonly used words.
become
Horst Robert Balz and Gerhard Schneider, Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1990–), 247.
Horst Robert Balz and Gerhard Schneider, Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1990–), 247.
It means in the literal sense become, originate, come into existence.
In the NT the following meanings are found: (1) happen, occur; (2) become, originate; (3) attain to or arrive at (something); (4) be made, be created
It means in the literal sense become, originate, come into existence.
In the NT the following meanings are found: (1) happen, occur; (2) become, originate; (3) attain to or arrive at (something); (4) be made, be created.
Horst Robert Balz and Gerhard Schneider, Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1990–), 247.
It means in the literal sense become, originate, come into existence.
happen, occur; become, attain, be made, be created.
(1).
Something new
The sentence that it is written in suggest that it does not exist within, but given by Christ alone.
Hence the giving from Christ “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give”
Springing up into
Will leap up
Come up to the brim
Everlasting life - aionios zoe
life = being alive, healthy & happy
Forever
The conversation
Jesus: Asks for a drink (7)
Samaritan woman: She makes an excuse saying you are a Jew and I am a samaritan woman (9)
Jesus: almost ignores her statement by saying “if you knew” (10)
Samaritan woman: doesn’t ask Jesus for a drink, but wants to know where He got it from.
(11-12).
Because the only Well there was Jacobs Well.
Samaritan woman: then asks the question about Jacob if Jesus is greater than Jacob.
(12).
Jesus: avoids the Jacob question, redirects and goes back to the water.
I love the response of our saviour, for he does not answer her question about being greater than Jacob, but goes to the core question about the living water.
I love the response of our saviour, for he does not answer her question about being greater than Jacob, but goes to the core question about the living water.
One scholar suggests that;
One scholar suggests that;
In replying to the woman, Jesus did not challenge her tradition about the well by drawing attention to her poor understanding of biblical texts.
He did not even mention Jacob again.
Such an approach would be an evangelistic tangent that might appeal to those of us who love to argue.
Instead, Jesus returned to the core question of water and thirst on two levels.
Samaritan woman: finally ask “Sir give me this water”
Jesus: then Jesus does strange thing, and talks about something else;
get your husband.
Samaritan woman: tries get around the question, by answering and saying “I don’t have one”
Jesus: doesn’t let her go that easy, and says thats right you have 5 husbands.
Samaritan woman: Sir you must be a prophet, then she talks ask a question that has probably been on her mind since she was a child.
“What place should we worship?”.
She had resurfaced the conversation, avoiding talking about her personal life.
rather than talking about her husbands she changes gears
Jesus: avoids talking about surface things, and brings the conversation back down to that deep level.
The image of water is also used in both Jewish and Samaritan sources as an image of God’s revelation, the Torah, as well as of the Spirit.
Rather than focusing on the place of worship, He focuses on the nature of worship “spirit and truth”
God will look for those who worship in only spirit and in truth.
The issue was clear.
If Jesus had entered the age-old argument of which was the “right” temple (like our arguments about the “right” church), the woman would not have had to face herself and her sin.
The issue was clear.
If Jesus had entered the age-old argument of which was the “right” temple (like our arguments about the “right” church), the woman would not have had to face herself and her sin
The issue was clear.
If Jesus had entered the age-old argument of which was the “right” temple (like our arguments about the “right” church), the woman would not have had to face herself and her sin.
So what was it that Jesus was trying to accomplish?
The issue was clear.
If Jesus had entered the age-old argument of which was the “right” temple (like our arguments about the “right” church), the woman would not have had to face herself and her sin
W
Jesus was breaking down the walls of excuses.
Jesus leading the conversation, he was able to knock down her walls, and get into a place of truth with her.
It was then, she was able to see God.
It was then she was able to ask for a drink and taste thr living water
Spirit and truth - for the person
Jesus was moving her physical needs to spiritual needs.
It was always his purpose to move her from drinking the bitter water, to the everlasting water of life.
Well it seems that He was trying to get her to come to a real place, a place of Spirit & Truth.
Jesus was telling the woman that he was able to give her the joy, peace, satisfaction and meaning to her life that she so desperately craved.
The trouble was, this woman was looking for that satisfaction in her own way, not God’s way.
Like the rest of humanity, she had rejected the spring of living water (that is, God) and had dug her own well, which was totally unable to hold the water she was thirsty for.
Did Jesus avoid move away from water?
So why bring up water?
Historical fact: Did you know that; according to the Jews and Samaritans, that water was strongly associated with life.
Historical fact: Did you know that;
The image of water is also used in both Jewish and Samaritan sources as an image of God’s revelation, the Torah, as well as of the Spirit.
Jesus journeyed
On one level to worship in spirit could mean to worship not just with words or thoughts or mere emotion but with one’s innermost self, at one’s center, one’s heart.
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