Vision & Values lesson 3
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Vision & Values - Lesson 3
Vision & Values - Lesson 3
Confrontation can produce Inspiration
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.
John 4:
Samaria:
The Samaritans occupied the country formerly belonging to the tribe of Ephraim and the half-tribe of Manasseh. The capital of the country was Samaria, formerly a large and splendid city. When the ten tribes were carried away into captivity to Assyria, the king of Assyria sent people to inhabit Samaria (; ).
These foreigners intermarried with the Israelite population that was still in and around Samaria. These “Samaritans” at first worshipped the idols of their own nations, but being troubled with lions, they supposed it was because they had not honored the God of that territory. A Jewish priest was therefore sent to them from Assyria to instruct them in the Jewish religion. They were instructed from the books of Moses, but still retained many of their idolatrous customs.
The Samaritans embraced a religion that was a mixture of Judaism and idolatry (). Because the Israelite inhabitants of Samaria had intermarried with the foreigners and adopted their idolatrous religion, Samaritans were generally considered “half-breeds” and were universally despised by the Jews.
“Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey”
Sitting beside the well at noon.
A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
A divine appointment
A woman from Samaria came to draw water -
He said - “Give me a drink” - He initiates a conversation
She said - “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?”
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”
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Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?
Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”
This is not adding up!
John 4:13
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirst again!
We are living in a world that is thirsty - constantly looking
One drink is all it takes of this living water.
Drinking symbolizing believing
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
One drink, that is, one act of believing in Jesus, results in eternal life.
The living water is the saving message which once received (once drunk) springs up into everlasting life.
As Jesus makes clear in the following verses, the living water is the truth that Jesus is the Messiah who guarantees everlasting life to all who believe in Him. Believing in Jesus results in eternal life taking up residence in the recipient so that he or she actually has an eternal living water fountain within.
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”
Confrontation: the act of confronting : the state of being confronted: such as
the act of confronting : the state of being confronted: such as
a : a face-to-face meeting a confrontation between the suspect and the victim
b : the clashing of forces or ideas : CONFLICT
Inspiration: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation
The Grace New Testament Commentary 5. Jesus’ Encounter with a Samaritan Woman (4:1–42)
One drink is all it takes of this living water.
Verses 13–15 negate the idea that faith must be continuous in order to be “true saving faith.” Drinking symbolizing believing (cf. 6:35). One drink, that is, one act of believing in Jesus, results in eternal life. Jesus specifically denies that one must keep on drinking in order to gain life.
The living water is the saving message which once received (once drunk) springs up into everlasting life. As Jesus makes clear in the following verses, the living water is the truth that Jesus is the Messiah who guarantees everlasting life to all who believe in Him. Believing in Jesus results in eternal life taking up residence in the recipient so that he or she actually has an eternal living water fountain within.
b: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions
: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation
b: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions
c: the act of influencing or suggesting opinions
c: the act of influencing or suggesting opinions The woman was focused on the Natural - “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” (Like Nicodemus)
The woman was focused on the Natural - “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” (Like Nicodemus)
Jesus is not about a quick fix but an eternal solution
Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
Confrontation - Jesus deals with her issues face to face. You think i’m talking about water but I’m talking about your life!
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
Wait! Don’t get Spiritual…
The Samaritans worshiped on Mount Gerizim.
The Grace New Testament Commentary 5. Jesus’ Encounter with a Samaritan Woman (4:1–42)
The Samaritans worshiped on Mount Gerizim.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
“Woman, believe me”
Wrong practices -
You worship what you do not know - She didn’t know where the Messiah was coming from.
Jesus is saying that salvation is through the Messiah—who is Jewish—and is found in the (OT) Scriptures, which are also Jewish
Jesus is saying that salvation is through the Messiah—who is Jewish—and is found in the (OT) Scriptures, which are also Jewish
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
True worshipers - Genuine
Heart & Head
Spirit - The spirit or animating force of a person or deity. (Animating: To give life to; fill with life) Regeneration / A Right Heart
Truth - Conformity to reality or actuality; often with the implication of dependability.
Truth - Conformity to reality or actuality; often with the implication of dependability.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
spirit n. — the spirit or animating force of a person or deity.
truth (quality) n. — conformity to reality or actuality; often with the implication of dependability.
The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”
I am He!
Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” They went out of the town and were coming to him.
Inspiration!