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Sermon Introduction: In today’s passage of Scripture we will be introduced to a woman who is just like all of us in some ways.
She is a woman who was broken by sin.
She is a woman who was probably dealing with an immense amount of shame.
Shame can have a powerful and devastating effect on a individual.
Thankfully God’s GRACE IS GREATER THAN OUR SHAME AND OUR BROKENNESS!
In his book, “Grace is Greater” Kyle Idleman says:
“Carrying around the guilt and shame of a secret for decades takes a toll on a man’s heart.”
(p.
35)
Shame becomes our constant companion and relentlessly whispers, ‘You’re not worthy of forgiveness.
You don’t deserve a second chance.’
But here’s a surprising characteristic about grace—grace chases you.
You can run away and hide, but grace is relentless.
Grace will chase you down.”
“Sometimes when our secret sin gets exposed and we can no longer hide it, then we go into hiding.
As much as possible, we do our best to avoid the people who know.
Shame becomes our constant companion and relentlessly whispers, ‘You’re not worthy of forgiveness.
You don’t deserve a second chance.’
But here’s a surprising characteristic about grace—grace chases you.
You can run away and hide, but grace is relentless.
Grace will chase you down.”
(p.
36)
“Beautiful collision—Collision brings to mind words like broken, busted and wrecked—not typically words that fit with beautiful.
But the Gospels are full of beautiful collisions.
When a broken, busted, and wrecked life collides with Jesus, it’s a beautiful thing.”
Michaelanne- “[He] saw her as the person she was.
As someone worth loving, someone worth trying to save! I’d venture to say all, if not most others would have kept the traditions and not realized her true worth.
Jesus . . .
loved her anyway.
True grace. . .
This really struck me because this still goes on today.
Do we love the social outcasts of our own times enough to overcome any barrier to share the love of Christ with them?”
Scripture Introduction: We find this happening in .
The embodiment of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ, chased down a woman who was running from her past, burdened down by shame and broken beyond repair.
Jesus didn’t want to repair her, Jesus wanted to give her a brand new life.
A collision was about to take place—an ugly collision that turned into a beautiful one!
First we see it was...
An Intended Collision
(vv.
1-5)
Explanation
As opens we find an interesting statement in
Scripture says that Jesus “had” to pass through Samaria.
Just a casual reading of this statement may not meant much to the casual observer, however, it doesn’t mean that this was the only route Jesus could take to Galilee.
There were other routes and most Jews did whatever was necessary to avoid going through Samaria.
For the most part Jews despised the Samaritans and the Samaritans despised the Jews.
There was certainly much ethnic animosity between the two groups of people.
So if Jesus could have taken a different route, then why does Scripture indicate Jesus “had” to go through Samaria?
He had to go through Samaria because He had a “divine appointment” there.
Instead of going out of His way to by-pass Samaria, like most Jews did, Jesus made sure His itinerary took Him intentionally THROUGH Samaria.
Ask Kyle Idleman said in his book, Grace is Greater:
verse 4-He had to go through Samaria
“Had to go” seems to be used more in the sense that He had an appointment to keep. . .
There was going to be a beautiful collision and God had it circled on His calendar.
Grace chased this woman down and caught up with her at a well outside of town.”
Illustration
It was no coincidence that Jesus passed by at just the right time and just the right place to intersect with this woman.
It was no coincidence that Jesus passed by when John the Baptist was baptizing at the Jordan River, or when He spotted Philip & Nathaniel.
It was no coincidence that Jesus happened to intersect with a lame man at the pool of Bethesda.
It wasn’t a coincidence Jesus crossed paths with the lepers, or the Centurion, or the demoniac, or Matthew the tax collector, or the little boy with a lunch . . .
no all of these were providentially arranged, intended collisions.
Application
There have been times in your life when Jesus came passing your way as well.
Maybe it was during a church service like this and the conviction of the Holy Spirit passed your way and gave you an opportunity to repent and believe.
Maybe it was during a crisis moment in your life and He spoke “peace be still” in the middle of your storm.
Maybe He provided joy in your soul, when everything within you wanted to cry out in fear.
Maybe it was protection from the fire of trial and testing or protection during the trial and testing.
Dear friends, “There are no coincidences with God.” God’s providence is working behind the scenes of your life!
This woman had absolutely no idea there was going to be a beautiful collision with God’s Son, but God had it all planned out.
Today He allowed you to be here to hear this message, He is passing your way today and He wants to sit and meet with you today as well.
Not only was this an intended collision, but this was also . . .
An “Odd” Collision
Let’s read about this odd collision in
Odd because of WHERE the meeting took place
We’ve already mentioned it was odd that this meeting would take place in Samaria.
Samaria was a place the Jews typically avoided at all costs.
The Samaritans were looked down upon, despised and even hated by some Jews.
They would often go well out of their way to avoid this community, yet Jesus intentionally CHOSE to go there.
Odd because of WHO He was meeting (v.
9)
It was also odd because of WHO Jesus was meeting with.
Men and women, in this society, typically didn’t talk in public.
Not only was Jesus meeting with a Samaritan, He was meeting with a woman and as we will find out He was meeting with a woman who was known for her immorality.
That leads us to a third observation . . .
Odd because of the TIME of day (v.
6)
Most women would come to the well in the morning or in the evening.
On the way there and back they would talk and fellowship . . .
however, we find this woman coming to the well, BY HERSELF, in the MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
Many scholars assume this is because of her reputation.
Either she didn’t want to be around the other women because of the way they had treated or, or because of her shame or a combination of several things, or because they didn’t want to be around her.
Idleman says: “Sometimes when our secret sin gets exposed and we can no longer hide it, then we go into hiding.
As much as possible, we do our best to avoid the people who know.”
So she would come, by herself, during the hottest part of the day to avoid the looks, the sneers, the whispers . . .
she would come all alone to get the water she needed
Odd because of what Jesus offers (vv.
10-15)
Jesus is sitting at a well, with a woman from Samaria and He offers her “living water.”
Living water could refer to “spring water” or “fresh water” but obviously Jesus us using this as a metaphor for eternal life.
She assumes that the water He is referring to is literal water that can be retrieved with a bucket, but He is about to reveal to her that it can only be retrieved through faith in the Messiah!
Not only does He offer her living water, but He says the water that He offers is a WELL of water that will quench her thirst forever!
I love what one commentary says about this water:
…the “water” that Christ gives . . .
[is] a fountain, springing, gushing, bubbling up and flowing forth within us, ever fresh, ever living.
(Commentary Critical Explanatory on the Whole Bible)
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