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Introduction

Last week, we covered verses 1 to 27 of chapter 4.

One of the things we covered was the origins of the Samaritans.

We did this because Jesus would travel through Samaria, He spoke with a Samaritan woman and Samaritans would hear about Jesus.

Their origins stem from the captivity of the northern kingdom under Assyria in 721 BC.

Jews of the northern kingdom intermarried with Assyrians after the captivity and produced the half-Jewish, half-Gentile Samaritan people who we now know as the Samaritans.Their practices were considered impure and their faith was labeled as a pagan religion.They are first mentioned in the Bible during the time of Nehemiah when the rebuilding of Jerusalem was taking place after the Babylonian captivity.

We see this in Ezra and in the book of Nehemiah.The Samaritans held to the belief that they were the keepers of the Torah.

They believed that they were the true descendants of Israel.

Specifically from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

They had a unique copy of the Pentateuch (the first five books of Moses).And they believed that they alone practiced the purest form of the Mosaic religion.

They also thought of the Jerusalem temple and the Levitical priesthood as illegitimate and so they established their primary place of worship at the site of Mount Gerizim.They were avoided and seen as an impure people.That is why in the Jews there sought to offend Jesus by calling Him a demon possessed Samaritan.

Which was suggesting that he was a half breed only.

Accusing his mother of unfaithfulness and calling him demon possessed which showed you their feelings about Samaritans.This also brings to light Jesus’ use of the parable of the Good Samaritan which would have been extremely offensive.So Jesus traveled in a land that was considered to be full of unclean people.

Their origins stem from the captivity of the northern kingdom under Assyria in 721 BC.

Their origins stem from the captivity of the northern kingdom under Assyria in 721 BC.

Jews of the northern kingdom intermarried with Assyrians after the captivity and produced the half-Jewish, half-Gentile Samaritan people who we now know as the Samaritans.Their practices were considered impure and their faith was labeled as a pagan religion.They are first mentioned in the Bible during the time of Nehemiah when the rebuilding of Jerusalem was taking place after the Babylonian captivity.

We see this in Ezra and in the book of Nehemiah.The Samaritans held to the belief that they were the keepers of the Torah.

They believed that they were the true descendants of Israel.

Specifically from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

They had a unique copy of the Pentateuch (the first five books of Moses).And they believed that they alone practiced the purest form of the Mosaic religion.

They also thought of the Jerusalem temple and the Levitical priesthood as illegitimate and so they established their primary place of worship at the site of Mount Gerizim.They were avoided and seen as an impure people.That is why in the Jews there sought to offend Jesus by calling Him a demon possessed Samaritan.

Which was suggesting that he was a half breed only.

Accusing his mother of unfaithfulness and calling him demon possessed which showed you their feelings about Samaritans.This also brings to light Jesus’ use of the parable of the Good Samaritan which would have been extremely offensive.So Jesus traveled in a land that was considered to be full of unclean people.

Jews of the northern kingdom intermarried with Assyrians after the captivity and produced the half-Jewish, half-Gentile Samaritan people who we now know as the Samaritans.

Their practices were considered impure and their faith was labeled as a pagan religion.

They are first mentioned in the Scriptures during the time of Nehemiah when the rebuilding of Jerusalem was taking place after the Babylonian captivity.

We see this in Ezra and in the book of Nehemiah.

The Samaritans held to the belief that they were the keepers of the Torah.

They believed that they were the true descendants of Israel.

Specifically from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

We see this in Ezra and in the book of Nehemiah.The Samaritans held to the belief that they were the keepers of the Torah.

They believed that they were the true descendants of Israel.

Specifically from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

They had a unique copy of the Pentateuch (the first five books of Moses).And they believed that they alone practiced the purest form of the Mosaic religion.

They also thought of the Jerusalem temple and the Levitical priesthood as illegitimate and so they established their primary place of worship at the site of Mount Gerizim.They were avoided and seen as an impure people.That is why in the Jews there sought to offend Jesus by calling Him a demon possessed Samaritan.

Which was suggesting that he was a half breed only.

Accusing his mother of unfaithfulness and calling him demon possessed which showed you their feelings about Samaritans.This also brings to light Jesus’ use of the parable of the Good Samaritan which would have been extremely offensive.So Jesus traveled in a land that was considered to be full of unclean people.

They had a unique copy of the Pentateuch (the first five books of Moses) and they believed that they alone practiced the purest form of the Mosaic religion.

They also thought of the Jerusalem temple and the Levitical priesthood as illegitimate and so they established their primary place of worship at the site of Mount Gerizim.

The Jews viewed them as an impure people.

We saw in , the Jews sought to offend Jesus by calling Him a demon possessed Samaritan.

The parable of the Good Samaritan would have been extremely offensive because of how they viewed the Samaritans who weren’t considered neighbors.

Jesus traveled through Samaria and there He spoke to a Samaritan women at the well.

In verses 7-10, we saw the woman being spoken to by Jesus.

He was evangelizing here and He was showing her, her need for salvation.

Verse 10 of chapter 4 Jesus reveals two things about her.

First, Jesus in speaking with the woman asked her if she knew of the gift of God.

In , we saw that the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ.

And in , we saw that being saved by grace through faith is a Gift of God.

She didn’t have this.

Therefore she didn’t know (couldn’t) who Jesus was.

Second, Jesus in speaking with the woman asked her if she knew of the gift of God “and who it is that is saying to you.”

Her not knowing who Jesus was showed us her condition.

She did not have grace and she did not have a saving knowledge of Jesus.

Therefore she did not have living water.

Which was the Holy Spirit.

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When one has living water (the Holy Spirit) and a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ (the truth) they can worship God.

And it is those whom God seeks to worship Him.

She didn’t have this, the Samaritans didn’t have this and so Jesus began to show them what they needed in order to be true worshippers.

Jesus told the woman at the well of what she didn’t have and at the end of the conversation He revealed that He was the Messiah promised.

The Samaritan women was moved to the point that she would go and share what she had heard.

Which is what our text is about today.

Outline

1. Coming to Jesus (v.27-30)

2. The food of Jesus (v.31-34)

3. The work of Jesus (v.35-38)

4. Belief in Jesus (v.39-42)

5. Conclusion (v.43-45)

1. Coming to Jesus (v.27-30)

Verse 27 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?”

In verse 27, we see that the disciples came back from buying food in the city there.

They marveled because of Jesus talking with the woman there.

To be marveled meant that they were astonished that Jesus was talking to a woman.

Especially, a Samaritan women.

But they didn’t say anything to Jesus.

What is amazing is the timing.

His conversation was timely to the arrival of the disciples who would have probably interrupted them.

Verse 28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,

After their conversation the disciples arrived to the women leaving into town.

What is amazing is that the women went to the well to get water, but after hearing what Jesus said about Himself, she left her water jar there.

It says in verse 28, “So the woman left her water jar and went away into town”

More urgent than her need for the water in the well was the need to go and tell others what Jesus said to her.

This is exactly what happens to us.

She was given simply the truth of who Jesus was.

The gospel is not about God and...

The gospel is about God!

It is about the gift He gives which is grace!

It’s about the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as the Messiah.

The One who was raised from the dead.

It is about the Holy Spirit who regenerates and saves us from our thirst.

Namely, our never-ending thirst for sin.

That’s really what Jesus exposed here.

He revealed a thirst, not for God, but for sin.

The women had five husbands and the one she was with was not her husband.

She was thirsty.

But for sin.

And this is the condition of every person without the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ which can only be escaped by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.