1 1 O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. Psalm 139 : v Matthew 10 v And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

2 Dates within 2011… The first of January, two thousand & eleven The eleventh of January, two thousand & eleven The first of November, two thousand & eleven The eleventh of November, two thousand & eleven

3 John 4 : 1 – 26 Jesus Talks to a Woman at the Well The Living Water 27 th February 2011

4 1 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” John 4 : v 1 - 7

5 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?” John 4 : v

6 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” 16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” 17 “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” John 4 : v

7 19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 Jesus declared, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” John 4 : v

8 25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus declared, “I who speak to you am he.” John 4 : v

9 The Journey : V 1 – 4 The Witness Jersualem Samaria V4. Now he had to go through Samaria This was not the natural route Hostilities between Jews & Samaritans Northern Kingdom Capital at Samaria Fell to Assyrians 2 Kings 17 v 24 … settled them in the Towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites 740 BC Intermarriage, Jews felt betrayed Mount Gerizim to parallel temple (but destroyed 150 BC) The 1 st time in the Gospel of John that Jesus revealed he was the Messiah

10 The Meeting Place : v Genesis 33 v 18 & 19 Jacob’s well on property owned by him, not spring fed, rain & dew… Common practise, was to collect water at morning & noon v. 6 it was about the sixth hour… (mid day heat) The Women Probably visited at this time because she wanted to avoid meeting people who knew her reputation… Reasons not to interact… 1)She was a Samaritan… 2)Living with a man not her husband (v.18) 3)Was in a public place… The Gospel is not Bound by society’s convention / precedent V 14 “But whoever…” John 3 v 16 “But whosoever…” The longest private conversation, in no. of verses within the Gospel of John 1 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. ISAIAH 65

11 Living Water : v Confrontation Confrontation… V 9 You are a Jew & I am a Samaritan woman… little of an address, more like a retort… Living Water - Old Testament Living Water - Old Testament Psalm 42 v 2Isaiah 55 v 1 Psalm 42 v 2 Isaiah 55 v 1 - Invitation to the Thirsty “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.” “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; Jeremiah 2 v 13 “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Zechariah 13 v 1 Zechariah 13 v 1 Cleansing From Sin “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. Psalm 39 v 6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. Micah 7 v 19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. Personal evangelism lead to many believing…

12 The Confusion : v 15 John 4 v.15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” John 6 v 26 – 34 Jesus the Bread of Life 26 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 32 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 “Sir,” they said, “from now on give us this bread.” How did Jesus response… 16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

13 God’s love & understanding… John 4 Psalm 139 v O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. Jesus knew… 2 things happened… (1) the woman became more respectful (Sir), but also (2) Tried to change the topic… from herself, her own situation to popular theological issue of the time, the correct place to worship… Temple of Jerusalem Mount Gerizim Not the locality, but the attitude, the heart… 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

14 The Testimony of Jesus John 4 John 8v 24 The Validity of Jesus’ Testimony 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 13 The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.” 14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. …because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. 17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. 18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.” 19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?” “You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 25 “Who are you?” they asked. “Just what I have been claiming all along,” Jesus replied.

15 The result… 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him. Many Samaritans Believe 39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers. 42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.” 29Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Our response…

16 Back Up Mal. 1 v My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD Almighty. 2 Kings 17 v 28 – 41 Samaria Resettled 24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns. 25 When they first lived there, they did not worship the LORD; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people. 26 It was reported to the king of Assyria: “The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.” 27 Then the king of Assyria gave this order: “Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires.” 28 So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the LORD. Isaiah 2 v 33 Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. John 5 v 25 I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. Micah 7 v 18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression