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White Christmas_pt1: The True Gift
**INTRO 1: THE SERIES**
We don’t get a white Christmas, in this region… but we all understand the nature of a white Christmas...
How beautiful and pure it must be!
Our understand of grace, as a body in the world today, can seem a lot like a “white Christmas” to us… It’s a beautiful and pure thing, but just a little out of reach.
The grace we hear of...
is one deed removed
is one habit away
is one commitment or devotion from achievement
And… one act of being taken away
[PAYOFF] - But, that is not faith based on grace… It is one of works.
**INTRO 2: THE STORY**
There’s a well, just far enough away from town, but still in line-of-sight
Jesus and His Disciples find themselves there.
Stopping to rest, Jesus sends His Disciples into town, for food.
Jesus has this urge to wait back for something
His urge is satisfied when a woman comes to the well...
He speaks to her...
She’s stunned: Men don’t speak to women, and even more she was a Samaritan!
He asks her for a drink, but tells her if she knew who He was, she’d ask him for a drink
She returns with: you have no bucket, how can you draw from this well?
He tells her the drink he can provide will spring up as a living well - never thirst again!
She ask for that drink
Jesus responds, bring your husband
She returns with, I have no husband
He replies with, you’re right… you’ve had 5 and this current man is not even your husband.
[PAYOFF] - Do we fully see what is happening at this well?
Something powerful obviously happens, because later we read that the entire town comes to meet Jesus, and they believe!
What was so powerful?
Are we missing the heart of this moment between Jesus and this woman?
Why was Jesus at this well, on this day, at this time???
Why was Jesus at this well, on this day, at this time???
Let’s go back and study...
Read:
Q: What was Jesus saying?
Are we missing the heart of this moment between Jesus and this strange woman?
I see you!
Let’s break this down...
I see you!
Jews and Samaritans aren’t supposed to engage each other.
John 4:
If ever caught in a room or space together, they would simply go on ignoring each other, as if the other didn’t exist...
But, Jesus broke the silence!
But, Jesus broke the silence!
And because she was probably so focused on the awkwardness of the moment, she got stuck on the “how-to” - “You don’t even gave a bucket!”
[ASIDE] - We can so easily get stuck on the means or the principles, but it’s only supposed to ever be about JESUS!
[PAYOFF] - What was He really saying?
He was saying to this outcast: I see you!
Finally, “Sir, give me this water!”
Such relief she must have longed for!
Remember, it was noon.
The women typically drew water in the mornings, and returned in evenings.
Why was she here at this hour?
Christians can get so stuck on the means or the principles, but it’s only supposed to ever be about JESUS!
I know you!
John 4:
Not only was this a man speaking (out of place) to a woman
But it was a Jew speaking to a Samaritan
PLUS, she probably came at this hour to avoid others, due to her reputation.
Now, let’s examine 2 important elements to this story:
#1-Let’s for a moment think about the context of the culture, and how marriages worked in this day.
With marriages being arranged and chosen for this woman, she may not have had any choice in these matters.
How thrown-away must this woman have felt?
She was cursed for her experience; one that she may have had no control over.
#2-Nowhere else do we see Jesus “call out” a person’s “sins” (Well, except for maybe the the Pharisees… by that was different)
So, why here?
Why so harsh?
Why so mean?
“Get’er Jesus!”… “that ‘sinner!’”
Or, was it something else?
[PAYOFF] - What was He saying?
He was saying: I know you!
I want to spend time with you!
She goes on to ask Him another question, alluding to the “politices” between Jews and Samaritans.
Jesus explains that God really doesn’t care much about that...
She replies that she know’s one day the Messiah will come and explain everything...
John
Finally, what is Jesus saying to this woman at the well?
He’s saying:
I see you, I know you...
I’m on this appointment to meet you...
We know that Jew’s DIDN’T travel through Samaria.
But in this case, Jesus had a specific mission - an appointment!
And that appointment was with this woman!
He was saying: I want to spend time with you!
Oh Pastor Josh, it’s got to be deeper than that, right??
Go back!
To all the stories we can remember… Is this true?
What about Martha and Marry?
What about Zacchaeus?
Take Away
[PAYOFF] - Without an understanding of “the gift” we lose sight of what we have recieved.
[PAYOFF] - Without an understanding of “the gift” we lose sight of what we have recieved.
[PAYOFF] - Without an understanding of “the gift” we lose sight of what we have recieved.
[PAYOFF] - Without an understanding of “the gift” we lose sight of what we have recieved.
[PAYOFF] **Without a true understanding of “the gift” we lose sight of what we have been given.**
[PAYOFF] - Without an understanding of “the gift” we lose sight of what we have recieved.
The true gift is Jesus.
Not principles
Not steps
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